Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!uunet!bionet!VAXH.NKI.NL!HW From: HW@VAXH.NKI.NL ("Hans V. Westerhoff") Newsgroups: bionet.general Subject: (none) Message-ID: <70DBFDE33E9F00A713@VAXH.NKI.NL> Date: 29 Jun 90 22:57:00 GMT Sender: daemon@genbank.BIO.NET Lines: 344 International Study Group on BioThermoKinetics acting chairman: Dr. Hans V. Westerhoff Amsterdam, 29 June 1990 FROM: Dr Hans V. Westerhoff Acting chairman ISG Biothermokinetics Netherlands Cancer Institute, H5 Plesmanlaan 121 NL-1066 CX Amsterdam THE NETHERLANDS ph: +31 20 5122536, FAX: +3120 172625 BITNET: HW@VAXH.NKI.NL Dear Colleague, Please find appended the second announcement and preliminary program of the 1990 Biothermokinetics meeting, as well as the final registration form. We have attempted to cover various aspects of biothermokinetics in this program. We stress that most of the BTK program will be between-the-talks and hence between-the-lines of this program; there will be much discussion and the duration of the formal presentations will be limited. The "market" sessions are designed to further stimulate this. All posters may be presented additionally in a brief oral presentation. After each poster viewing period there will be a round table discussion of the posters. In the oral-presentation program, there are some open slots to be filled at the last moment by participants with exciting results. As usual, the Biothermokinetics workshop is a no-budget meeting. Consequently, the conference cannot pay for travel, registration, or board for the participants, including the persons mentioned on the program below. However, anyone who would like to come, but cannot do so because of financial limitations, should register and mention this problem IN RED (specifying which part of the costs (s)he cannot raise her/himself) on her/his registration form. We will divide the limited funds we have over these people and will let them know as soon as possible, what our support may amount to. Best Greetings, Hans V. Westerhoff BITNET: HW@VAXH.NKI.NL phone: +31 20 512 2536 FAX: +31 20 172625 SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT: 4th BioThermoKinetics Workshop August 31 - September 2, 1990 Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands The International Study Group for BioThermoKinetics (Acting Chairman: Hans V. Westerhoff) organizes its 4th workshop on Thermodynamics, Kinetics and Control Analysis of Biological systems. The meeting is a satellite to the 6th European Bioenergetics Conference. It starts friday (August 31) afternoon at 14h00, and ends sunday (September 2) afternoon at 17h00. Scientific Program: Oral presentations: I.Regulation and Control; theoretical and experimental developments (Barrett, UK: Control of carbohydrate catabolism); (Kacser, UK: Time dependent control analysis); (Sen, USA: Graph methods in control analysis); (Cardenas, France: High sensitivity and cascades); (Kahn, France: modular control analysis); (Irvine, USA: Regulation of the immune system) II.Cooperativity and coupling: (Hendler, USA: cooperativity and coupling in cytochrome oxidase); (Azzone, Italy: coupling and slip); (Malatesta, Antonini, Sarti, Italy: ); (P. Nicholls, Canada: A critical view on oxidase models) III.Dynamics and thermokinetics (Cortassa, Argentina: MNET and glycolytic oscillations); (S. Brown, UK: Control of proton flow through the flagellar motor at varying potentials); (Pietrobon, Italy: thermokinetics of regulated channels); (Berman, South Africa: slip in the Ca++- ATPase); (Walz, Switzerland: Thermokinetics of lac permease); (Venturoli, Italy: Surface charge effects on thermokinetics of protons and electrons in chromatophores); (Kell, UK: nonlinear dielectrics). IV.Dynamics, structure and motion (Caplan*, Israel: Dynamics of the bacterial flagellar motor); (Hol*, NL: The energetics in molecular dynamics) V.Microbial growth and evolution (Van Dam, NL: Control and thermodynamics of microbial growth); (Snozzi, Switzerland: Microbial growth kinetics: data and models); (Niederberger, Switzerland: flux control in yeast's tryptophan pathway); (Heinrich & Hoffman, DDR: control theory and evolution); (Pallson, USA: Linear optimization and hybridoma metabolism) Additional speakers will be selected from the participants. "Markets:" A.Computer programs ("market") (Sauro, UK; Fell, UK; Blommestijn, NL; Mazat*, France; Bennett, UK; Mendes*, Portugal, Irvine, USA; Mikulecky, USA; Cornish- Bowden, France; Yoshida*, USA; Holzh%tter*, DDR; Colosimo*, Italy) B.Analytical methods for biothermokinetics ("market") (S. Shuster, DDR; Kahn, France; Mikulecky, USA; Kacser, UK; Pallson, USA; Aon, Argentina; Bohnensack*, DDR; Reder*, France; Heinrich, DDR; K. van Dam, NL, H.V. Westerhoff, NL) C.Problem solving (Anyone is asked to come and present a quantitative biological problem; all others are challenged to attempt to help in solving it) A round table discussion on "channeling", local domains, etc. will be organized Posters There will be additional poster sessions to cover these and other biothermokinetics topics. All posters can be presented in a two- minutes oral presentation before the viewing period. Posters will be discussed plenarily after the poster viewing period. *: not confirmed Accomodation: Leeuwenhorst Congress Center, Langelaan 3, 2211 XT Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands, some 30 kms southwest of Amsterdam and its international airport, Schiphol. The center can be reached by telephone (+31 2523 78888), FAX (+31 2523 77106) and telex 41885. Sport facilities are amply available. The beach is at walking distance. "Standard accomodation" (with "standard registration") is single room, shower and toilet, from friday afternoon till sunday afternoon. Transportation If there is sufficient interest, we shall arrange for transportation from Schiphol airport friday at 12h00 (from arrival hall, meeting point). Train travellers take the train to Schiphol station (at the line Amsterdam-Leiden), then go into the airport building and proceed to the arrival hall. Alternatives: (i)by plane: fly into Schiphol airport, take a train to Leiden (30 min), then a cab to Leeuwenhorst, or bus #60 at 8 h23 and 9h23 (takes 35 minutes). At other hours, this bus still leaves at 7 to and 23 minutes past the hour, but then you should exit at the stop at the factory DMN and make a 20 minutes walk. Or, continue the train ride to The Hague and take bus #90 as described below. (ii)by train: from Amsterdam, The Hague, or Rotterdam to Leiden, then as above. Or, take the train to The Hague, then bus# 90 (leaves at 9 past and 21 to the hour during the day) and get off at bus stop Leeuwenhorst Center. Cross the road and take the path opposite the bus stop. Or take the train to Haarlem and take bus# 90, which leaves (during daytime) 8 minutes to and 22 minutes past the hour. Get off at bus stop Leeuwenhorst and take the path at the stop. (iii)by car: From Amsterdam take A4 then A44 southwest, turn off at exit Noordwijkerhout/Sassenheim. Drive past the sign Noordwijkerhout and from there follow the signs "Congrescentrum". From Rotterdam, take A4 North up to the exit Nieuw Vennep, or Schiphol. Make a U-turn, then proceed South as if coming from Amsterdam (this is a detour; for shorter routes, buy a road map). Please indicate how you plan to travel on your registration form. Costs: BTK meetings have no budget. Consequently, invited participants and other participants contribute equally to the costs: Standard registration including full board is: Hfl 700 Extra night plus breakfast is: Hfl 078 Reduction per person if two persons per room: Hfl 026 Bathtub in room Hfl 030 Accompanying person Hfl 350 Registration fee excluding board Hfl 550 Single day, no board Hfl 350 If booking of cheap hotel in Amsterdam is desired before or after the conference, please mention this on your registraton form. 1 Hfl is approximately US $0.55, or DM 0.90. Hfl prices are definitive. Methods of payment: Please arrrange for the money to arrive in Amsterdam before July 15. Thereafter, prices will increase by Hfl 100. 1.Transfer the money to the Dutch bank: "Postbank, Amsterdam" which has the international recognition code: PSTBNL2A, mentioning Dr. H.V. Westerhoff, BTK, Amsterdam, account number 5420174. 2.Send a personal cheque to Dr. H.V. Westerhoff, BTK, Amsterdam, for the amount in Hfl, or the equivalent in your currency (then add the equivalent of Hfl 25 for exchange costs), or the equivalent in US$ (then add $10). 3.International Money Order to Dr. H.V. Westerhoff, BTK, at the address specified above. Please add a photocopy of your money transfer document to your registration forms. ----------------------------------------------------------------- REGISTRATION FORM BTK 1990. August 31- September 2 Return, preferably by BITNET (HW@VAXH.NKI.NL) to: Dr. H. V. Westerhoff, Chairman BTK Nederlands Kanker Institute, H5 Plesmanlaan 121 NL-1066 CX Amsterdam The Netherlands 0: I will participate in the BTK meeting 0: I will submit a poster contribution to the BTK meeting 0: (For all presentations:) I enclose a 1-page abstract of my presentation 0: I would like to participate in the "market": ....... and need the following personal computer equipment and operating system: .......... 0: I will also participate in the EBEC and have arranged this with the EBEC organizing committee. 0: The invitation letter you sent, is not sufficient to get funds. Please .................................... 0: Please book one standard registration for me (Hfl 700) 0: Please make an additional booking for thursday night (Hfl 78) 0: Please make an additional booking for sunday night (Hfl 78) 0: I will be accompanied by ..... nonparticipating persons, please book accomodation for them (Hfl 350), in same/different room (cross out). 0: I would like the following deviations from the standard registration...................................... .................................................. 0: I will pay, before July 15, the amount: Hfl ...... through method 1, 2, 3 (circle) specified in the announcement. I enclose a photocopy of the money transfer document to facilitate checking the success of the transfer. 0: I will travel by plane, train, car (circle) and plan to arrive at Leeuwenhorst on (specify date:) ....................... at ..h... 0: I am interested in the bus from Schiphol airport on friday 12h00. 0: I am interested in bus transportation from Leeuwenhorst, sunday afternoon at 17h30 (to Schiphol airport, and railway stations). 0: I have special dietary/ religious wishes: ............... 0: I have severe problems paying the registration, for the following reasons..................................... Could you try to find me a subsidy, at least for the amount of Hfl..... 0: My name is: ......................................... 0: Mailing Address: .................................... ..................................................... ..................................................... ..................................................... 0: Phone: +.... .... ................ 0: FAX: +.... .... ................. 0: BITNET: ........@..................... OFFICIAL LETTER OF INVITATION: BTK; International Studygroup for Biothermokinetics acting chairman: Dr. Hans V. Westerhoff Amsterdam, 9 June 1990 FROM: Dr Hans V. Westerhoff Acting chairman ISG Biothermokinetics Netherlands Cancer Institute, H5 Plesmanlaan 121 NL-1066 CX Amsterdam THE NETHERLANDS ph: +31 20 5122536, FAX: +3120 172625 BITNET: HW@VAXH.NKI.NL Dear colleague, As you know, the International Studygroup for Biothermokinetics provides a forum for scientists working on the quantitative analyses of biological processes, in terms of thermodynamics, kinetics, control and regulation. The studygroup organizes biannual conferences, as well as workshops. The 1990 conference on Biothermokinetics will be held in The Netherlands, from August 31 until and including September 2, just after the 6th European Bioenergetics Conference. The conference is informal and aimed at promoting discussion rather than monologues. Consequently, poster sessions, market sessions, and round table discussions are as central as oral presentations. In view of the interesting results of your recent work, the organizing committee of this BTK meeting considers representation of your work crucial to the quality of the meeting. Therefore, we would like to invite you to give a presentation. If you are willing to accept this invitation, please send us a one-page abstract (including, title, authors, affiliation, phone and BITNET number) and return the enclosed registration form as soon as possible. BTK is a scientific organization without capital. Hence, the BTK meetings lack budget; all the participants' organizations pay for their travel, board and registration. The quality and standing of our meetings usually convinces these organizations rather readily. We are hoping for your quick and positive response to our invitation, Sincerely Yours, H. V. Westerhoff, Ph. D. cc. Registration form cc. Program ----------------------------------------------------------------