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FEBS News
August 1988
FEBS LETTERS
Volume 236, number 2
FEBS NEWS Change of Address TheEditorial
Office of the EUROPEAN at the following address:
European Journal Editorial Office Postfach A 152 CH-8032 Ziirich Switzerland
JOURNAL
OF BIOCHEAdISTR
Y, will be transferred
to Zurich,
of Biochemistry
NB: Manuscripts submitted to FEBS Letters should continue to be sent to the Editor who is the closest to the field of interest of the author(s) (see Notes to Authors, published in every issue of FEBS Letters). Papers should not be sent to the address of the Publisher - this will incur serious delay in publication.
FEBS Officers Executive
Committee
Members
Professor S. Prakash Datta Dept of Biochemistry, University College London, ENGLAND
Treasurer
London WClE 6BT
Chairman
Professor Vito Turk J. Stefan Institute, Department of Biochemistry Jamova 39, YU 61000 Ljubljana YUGOSLAVIA
Secretary-General
Professor Guy Dirheimer Institut de Biologie Moleculaire et Cellulaire du CNRS 15, rue RenC-Descartes, F-67084 Strasbourg FRANCE
Chairman Advanced Courses Committee
Dr Horst Feldmann, Institut fur Physiologische Chemie, Physikalische Biochemie und Zellbiologie, Universitat Mtinchen, Goethestr. 33, D-8000 Miinchen 2 FRG
Chairman
Fellowships Committee
Dr Carlos Gancedo Instituto de Enzimologia de1 CSIC, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autonoma, Arzobispo Morcillo 4, E-28029 Madrid 34 SPAIN
Chairman
Publications
Professor Uriel Littauer The Weizmann Institute of Sciences, Dept of Neurobiology, IL Rehovot 76100 ISRAEL
Committee
Immediate Past-Chairman
Meetings Counsellor
Professor Karl Decker Biochemisches Institut der Universitit, D-7800 Freiburg i. Br. FRG
Hermann-Herder-Str.
Professor Horst Kleinkauf Institut fur Biochemie und Molekulare Biologie Technische Universitat Berlin Franklinstrasse 29, D-1000 Berlin 10 (West) GERMANY
PO Box 26
7
523
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General
Secretaries
of FEBS Constituent
Institut fur Medizinische Chemie und Biochemie Fritz-Pregl-StraRe 3, A-6020 Innsbruck AUSTRIA Professor Willy L.R. Stalmans Belgische Vereniging/Biochemie, Gasthuisberg Afdeling Biochemie, B-3000 Leuven BELGIUM
Dr Jiii Kraml Charles University, CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Biology,
Katerinska
Bulgarian
Herestraat,
Academy
32, CS-12108
du CNRS,
Dr Gerd Hansen Institut fur Biochemische Medizin (Charite) der Humboldt sitat, Hessische Str. 3/4, DDR-1040 Berlin GDR Professor H. Gibian c/o Schering AC, Miillerstr. GERMANY
170/178,
Professor R.H. Burdon The Biochemical Society, 7 Warwick GREAT BRITAIN
10
London
240, H-1368
Univer-
Professor M. Serban Calea Victoriei 125, R-79717 ROMANIA
WClR
5DP
Dr Henry Byrne Research Laboratory, Arthur James’ Gate, Dublin 8 REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
524
Guiness and Co. (Dublin)
of
Ltd, St.
The Norwegian
Staroscinska
5, 02-5 14
de Coimbra,
Pace das
Dr Matilde Sanchez-Ayuso SEB, Vitruvio 8, 28006 Madrid SPAIN Dr S. Styring Inst. for Biokemi, Arrhenius Stockholm SWEDEN
Dr Nazmi Gzer, P.K. 407, Yenisehir, TURKEY University
de Boelelaan
Bucharesti
Lab., Stockholm
Dr L. Kuhn Institut Suisse de Recherches Chemin Boveresses, CH-1066 SWITZERLAND
Budapest
Dr B. Simonarson Biochemistry Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, Iceland, Armuli 30, IS-108 Reykjavik 1CELAND
POLFA,
Professor Arselio P. Carvalho Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Escolas, P-3049 Coimbra Codex PORTUGAL
Professor E.G. Fragoulis Dept of Biochem. Cell and Mol. Biol. Gen., Panepistemiopolis Kouponia, University of Athens, G-157.01 Athens GREECE Dr Egon J. Hidvegi MTESZ, VI, Postafiok HUNGARY
Enterprise,
15, rue
D-1000 Berlin (West) 65
Court,
Dr Lidia Pass Pharmaceutical Warsaw POLAND
of
II, Facolta di Medicina, 5, I-8013 1, Napoli
Dr Anne-Lise Borresen Dept of Genetics, Institute for Cancer Research, Radium Hospital, Montebello, N-0310 Oslo NORWAY
lnstitut,
Helsinki
Professor V. Bocchini Istituto di Scienze Biochimico-fisiche Universita di Napoli, Via S. Pansini ITALY
Institute
Professor Hendrik A. Rauc Biochemisch Laboratorium der Vrije Universiteit, 1083, NL-1081 HV Amsterdam THE NETHERLANDS
of Sciences,
Panum
Ltd. PO Box 350, SF-00101
Professor Jean-Pierre Ebel Institut de Biologie Moleculaire et Cellulaire Rene-Descartes, F-67084 Strasbourg FRANCE
49,
Praha
Dr Constance Vind Biokemisk Institut A, Kobenhavns Universitet, Blegdamsvej 3C, DK-2200 Kobenhavn N DENMARK Dr Helena Nevalainen Research Lab. ALKO FINLAND
der Universitlt,
1988
Societies
Professor Israel Pecht Dept of Chemical Immunology, The Weizmann Sciences, PO Box 26, 76100 Rehovot ISRAEL
Professor Bernd Puschendorf
Dr L. Dolapchiev Institute of Molecular 1113 Sofia BULGARIA
August
FEBS LETTERS
2
Experimentales Epalinges
University,
sur le Cancer,
Ankara
Academician S.E. Severin Room 113, 34 Vavilov Str., USSR Professor Igor Kregar Institut Joief Stefan, Jamova YUGOSLAVIA
117312 Moscow
39, YU-61111
S-10691
Ljubljana
Volume
236.
number
FEBS
2
August
LETTERS
1988
FEBS Meeting:
Scientific
programme
The scientific programme will include plenary lectures, symposia and poster sessions on the following topics: (1) Genome structure and organization; (2) Gene expression and regulation; (3) Growth, differentiation, development and aging; (4) Protein; (5) Enzymes; (6) Biochemistry on the immune response; (7) Evolutionary biochemistry; (8) Biochemistry and molecular biology of plants; (9) Biomembranes; (10) Receptors, signal transduction and modulators; (11) Bioenergetics; (12) Cell and tissue biochemistry; (13) Metabolism and regulation; (14) Cell-cell interactions; (15) Neurobiochemistry; (16) Biochemical pharmacology; (17) Medical and clinical biochemistry; (18) Life under extreme biochemical conditions; (19) Emerging topics in nutritional biochemistry; (20) Environmental biochemistry; (21) Biochemistry in technology; (22) Novel and advanced techniques in biochemistry.
Scientific A commercial
Forfirther
exhibition
of scientific
instruments,
books
information, contact: 19th FEBS Meeting,
Telex: 614357 egagpl
exhibition
and (bio)chemicals
will take place during
c/o EGA, Viale Tiziano
19, I-00196 Roma,
the congress
Italy. Telephone:
+ 39(6)396.03.41.
i.
FEBS Advanced Courses 1989 89-07. Frontiers in Molecular Genetics (L:60) Harare (Zimbabwe), 5-10 January 1989 Prof. G. Bernardi, Laboratoire de GCnCtique Moleculaire,
lnstitut
Jaques
Monod,
Tour 43, 2 Place Jussieu,
F-75005
Paris,
89-02. Protein-Lipid Interactions and Molecular Aspects of Protein Insertion and Translocation in Membranes (P:30) Utrecht, 23-29 January 1989 Prof. B. de Kruijff, Institute of Molecular Biology and Medical Biotechnology, University of Utrecht, Padualaan 8, NL-3584 The Netherlands. 89-06. Developmental Biology (L:75) Hotel Norica, Maria Aim (Austria), 5-l 1 March Dr. K. Kratochwil, lnstitut fur Molekularbiologie Salzburg, Austria.
1989 der Gsterreichischen
Akademie
der Wissenschaften,
89-04. Protein Data Bases Based on the Analysis of Two-Dimensional Gels (P:20) Aarhus, 7-10 May 1989 Prof. J.E. Celis, Department of Medical Biochemistry, Ole Worms Alle, Building 171, DK-Aarhus 89-01. Biochemistry of Membrane Transport (L:8O/P:20) Budapest, 1-14 May 1989 Prof. A. Fonyo, Department of Physiology, Semmelweis Medical
University,
POB 259, H-1444
89-03. Low Temperature Methods in Biological Electron Microscopy (P:15) University of Oslo, Blindern, 20-26 May 1989 Dr. N. Roos, Electronmicroscopical Unit for Biological Sciences, Univ. of Oslo,
POB
89-09. NATO-EMBO-FEBS Summer School: Protein Engineering (L:lOO) Island of Spetsai (Greece), 3-16 September 1989 Prof. B.F.C. Clark, Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 89-08. Biomolecular Electronmicroscopy (BIOMOLEM 1989) (P:40) University of Ulm (FRG), 7-16 September 1989 Prof. K. Kleinschmidt, Institute of Microbiology, Dept. of Virology, 89-05. FT-IR of Biomolecules (P:24) Campus de Lejona (Vizcaya, Spain), 17-23 September 1989 Prof. J.L.R. Arrondo, Departm. Bioquimica, Fat. Ciencias, Apdo. L, lecture
course;
P, practical
course.
The figure
after
University
Youth
11, A-5020
Budapest
8, Hungary.
N-0316 Oslo 3, Norway.
Aarhus,
Denmark.
of Ulm, POB 4066, D-7900 Ulm, F.R.G.
644, SP-48080
‘L’ or ‘P’ indicates
Utrecht,
C, Denmark.
1062, Blindern,
140, DK-8000
BillrothstraBe
France.
Bilbao,
the number
Spain.
of participants
foreseen.
Travel Fund
The Youth Travel Fund of the Federation may help you attend the FEBS Advanced Courses. Please apply to the local organizers Treasurer of FEBS, Department of Biochemistry, University College London, Gower Street, London WCIE6BT, England.
or to Prof. S.P. Datta,
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2
FEBS LETTERS
Guidelines for the application
August
1988
of a FEBS course grant
Guidelines for FEBS Fell0 wships (I) The fellowships are to support usually short-term (not longer than two or, exceptionally, three months) visits by members of any FEBS Constituent Society to laboratories in another country within the FEBS area for the purpose of carrying out experiments with special techniques or other forms of scientific collaboration or advanced training, and specially to support development arising at short notice. Applicants from developing countries within the natural area of interest of FEBS, although not members of FEBS, will be eligible for FEBS fellowships, but only a limited amount of travel money will be awarded. (2) Applications for fellowships to work in a laboratory in the same country in which the applicant is at present working or normally works are not considered. (3) Applications of senior scientists and heads of departments will not be considered. Also, applications from students without a PhD degree or at least one publication in an international journal will not be entertained. (4) Fellowships will not be awarded for attendance at courses, symposia, meetings or congresses. (5) FEBS fellowships may not be used to complement other fellowships. (6) A statement should be made by the applicant whether he has applied for another fellowship for the same project. (7) No application should be submitted by a recipient of a FEBS fellowship during the two years following the award of the first one. (8) Travel costs will be paid on the basis of 2nd class railway fares, or economy plane fares, if the train journey exceeds I8 hours. For long travels couchettes will also be paid by FEBS. Presently the daily allowance is 65 DEM, possibly with a geographic adaptation factor. It is a condition of any award by FEBS that a full declaration be made to FEBS of all other grants, awards or contributions obtained for the same travel and subsistence expenditure. (9) The fellowships are intended to cover travel plus subsistence of the fellow only and not of any dependents. Fellows are not insured by FEBS against medical expenses for themselves or their families; neither are they insured for accidents during their travel to and from the host institute. FEBS does not recognize recipients of its fellowships as agents or employees of FEBS and accepts no liability for any of their actions or activities or for the health or safety of their persons. In their own interest, recipients of fellowships are, therefore, urged to make sure that themselves, their families and the institutions that receive them are fully covered by the necessary insurances. FEBS is a non-governmental organization whose awards are not automatically endowed with any particular tax privilege. It is the sole responsibility of the recipient of an award to pay any tax which may be levied upon it by the appropriate national authority. (10) Applications should be sent in triplicate with the following documents: A. A research proposal of about two pages of typescript indicating clearly: (I) the nature of the project and the type of experiments to be carried out, (2) why it is necessary to travel to a foreign laboratory to conduct the experiments, (3) why the particular laboratory has been selected, (4) why the project will require the particular time period requested. If the aforementioned material is not sufficiently clear the application is likely to be rejected or the decision on it seriously delayed. B. A short curriculum vitae of the applicant with a list of publications indicating name and order of authors. C. A letter of acceptance from the legal head of the receiving institute and signed by the leader of the group that will receive the applicant, written on an official form supplied by the Chairman of the Committee. D. A letter of support from an experienced scientist who knows the work of the applicant to be sent directly to the Chairman of the FEBS Fellowships Committee. E. A letter from FEBS Constituent Society confirming that the applicant is a member at the time of the application. F. An estimate of the cost of travel in DEM in the stationery of a Travel Agency (2nd class rail or economy air) to and from the receiving institute. When taking a plane the applicants must find out the cheapest flight (Apex, Super-Apex, Charter, student fares. etc.) and the type of flight should be explicitly stated in the estimate. G. The applications should be written in English. (1 I) Applications for fellowships are assessed throughout the year. There is no deadline for an application but as a rule it should be received by the Chairman at leastIWO months before the proposed starting date. Retrospective applications cannot be considered.
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(12) The fellowship should start within six months of the decision to grant it. A longer delay will need permission of the Chairman. (13) The applicant must send a short report about the work performed. Every publication of work done while in receipt of a FEBS fellowship must acknowledge the help given by FEBS and two reprints of it must be deposited with the Chairman of the Fellowships Committee. (14) No FEBS grant for research costs will be given to institutes accepting to take the FEBS fellow.
FEBS Summer
Fellowships
These fellowships are intended to help to support short-term research projects by young promiring students in laboratories within the FEBS area in a country different from that where the applicant works. The total amount of money allotted to each Fellowship will be DEM 2500. The applicants should have been working or studying during the preceding year in a laboratory on a topic related to that proposed in the application and rhould usually not be older than 26 at the time of the application. Applications will be assessed once every year. They should be received by the Chairman of the FEBS Fellowships Committee before April 1 of each year. The applications should contain: - a short description of the work to be carried out (five copies), - a letter from the laboratory where the applicant has worked or studied in the preceding year with an opinion on his/her performance to be sent directly and separately to the Chairman, a short curriculum vitae of the applicant (five copies), a letter of acceptance of the receiving laboratory, the successful applicant will have to fill later an official report on a form supplied by FEBS. The fellowship should be used before October of the current year. No grant will be given to the institute receiving the applicant. A statement should be made by the applicant whether he has applied for another fellowship for the same project. FEBS Fellowships may not be used to complete other fellowships obtained for the same purpose. The roral number of summer fellowships in 1989 IS limited to 20. Fellows are not insured by FEBS against medical expenses for themselves or their families; neither are they insured for accidents during their travel to and from the hoxt institute. FEBS does not recognize recipients of its fellowships as agents OTemployees of FEBS and accepts no liability for any of their actions or activities or for the health or safety of their persons. In their own interest, recipients of fellowships are, therefore, urged to make sure that both they, their families and the institutions which receive them are fully covered by the necessary insurances. FEBS is a non-governmental organization whose awjards are not automatically endowed with any particular tax privilege. It is the sole responsibility of the recipient of an award to pay any tax which may be levied upon it by the appropriate national authority. The applicant must rend a short report about the work performed to the Chairman of the Fellowshipr Committee.
FEBS One-Year
Fellowships
(I) These fellowhips are intended to support one year stays of members of FEBS constituent societies in a laboratory of another country within the FEBS area. The amount of money allocated per fellowship will be up to 32 000 DEM based on the cost of living in the receiving country plus travel expenses to and from the receiving laboratory and town of origin. A family help up to 3600 DEM may be provided. (2) Applications to work in a laboratory in the same country in which the applicant ir working or normally works are not considered. (3) Eligible candidates shall be members of a FEBS constituent Fociety for at least one year before the application is submitted. They shall be normally less than 35 years old at the time of application. (4) FEBS fellowships may not be used to complement other type of support for the same visit. (5) FEBS fellowships are not renewable. (6) A statement should be made by the applicant if another fellowship or other type of help for the same project has been applied for. (7) Fellows are not insured by FEBS against medical expenses for themselves or their dependents; neither are they insured against accidents during their travel or stay. FEBS does not recognize recipients of its fellowships as agents or employees of FEBS and accepts no liability with respect of any of their actions or activities or in respect of the health and safety of their persons. In their own interest recipients of fellowships are therefore urged to make sure that they and their families and the institutions that receive them are fully covered by the necessary insurances. FEBS is a non-governmental organization whose awards are not automatically endowed with tax privileges. It is the sole responsibility of the recipient of the award to pay any tax which may be levied upon it by the corresponding authorities. (8) Applications should be written in English and shall include the following documents (original and five copies arranged in this order): A. Curriculum vitae of the applicant with a list of publications (do not include abstracts). B. Extended research plan (no more than five pages) with title, nature of the project, methodology, goals and justification as to why the particular laboratory has been chosen. A detailed summary of the project of one page shall be included. C. A letter of acceptance from the legal head of the receiving institute and signed also by the leader of the group in which the applicant will work indicating the agreement with the proposed subject of research. D. A letter wpportmg the application from an experienced scientist who knows the work of the applicant. E. A letter from the corresponding FEBS constituent society stating that the applicant is a member of it and date of admission in the society. (9) Fellowships will be awarded during the annual FEBS Meeting. Applications shall be received by the Chairman of the Fellowships Committee before April 1st of the corresponding year. Retrospective applications cannot be considered. (IO) The fellowships should start within six months of the award. A longer delay would need the permission of the Chairman of the Fellowships Committee. (I I) The applicant must send to the Chairman of the Fellowships Committee a report about the work performed within three months of the end of the fellowship. Every publication of work executed during the time of the fellowship must acknowledge the help of FEBS and two reprints shall be sent to the Chairman of the Fellowships Committee. (12) No grant for research or bench fee will be given, to the institute accepting to take a FEBS Fellow. (13) Applications should be sent to the Chairman of the Fellowships Committee (see address below). Only a limited number of one-year-fellowships is available. Contact address: Chairman of the FEBS Fellowships Committee: Dr C. Gancedo lnstituto de Enzimologia CSIC, Facultad de Medicina Spain
UAM,
Arzobispo
Morcillo,
4, 28029 Madrid
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FEBS NEWS Change of Address TheEditorial
Office of the EUROPEAN at the following address:
European Journal Editorial Office Postfach A 152 CH-8032 Ziirich Switzerland
JOURNAL
OF BIOCHEAdISTR
Y, will be transferred
to Zurich,
of Biochemistry
NB: Manuscripts submitted to FEBS Letters should continue to be sent to the Editor who is the closest to the field of interest of the author(s) (see Notes to Authors, published in every issue of FEBS Letters). Papers should not be sent to the address of the Publisher - this will incur serious delay in publication.
FEBS Officers Executive
Committee
Members
Professor S. Prakash Datta Dept of Biochemistry, University College London, ENGLAND
Treasurer
London WClE 6BT
Chairman
Professor Vito Turk J. Stefan Institute, Department of Biochemistry Jamova 39, YU 61000 Ljubljana YUGOSLAVIA
Secretary-General
Professor Guy Dirheimer Institut de Biologie Moleculaire et Cellulaire du CNRS 15, rue RenC-Descartes, F-67084 Strasbourg FRANCE
Chairman Advanced Courses Committee
Dr Horst Feldmann, Institut fur Physiologische Chemie, Physikalische Biochemie und Zellbiologie, Universitat Mtinchen, Goethestr. 33, D-8000 Miinchen 2 FRG
Chairman
Fellowships Committee
Dr Carlos Gancedo Instituto de Enzimologia de1 CSIC, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autonoma, Arzobispo Morcillo 4, E-28029 Madrid 34 SPAIN
Chairman
Publications
Professor Uriel Littauer The Weizmann Institute of Sciences, Dept of Neurobiology, IL Rehovot 76100 ISRAEL
Committee
Immediate Past-Chairman
Meetings Counsellor
Professor Karl Decker Biochemisches Institut der Universitit, D-7800 Freiburg i. Br. FRG
Hermann-Herder-Str.
Professor Horst Kleinkauf Institut fur Biochemie und Molekulare Biologie Technische Universitat Berlin Franklinstrasse 29, D-1000 Berlin 10 (West) GERMANY
PO Box 26
7
523
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General
Secretaries
of FEBS Constituent
Institut fur Medizinische Chemie und Biochemie Fritz-Pregl-StraRe 3, A-6020 Innsbruck AUSTRIA Professor Willy L.R. Stalmans Belgische Vereniging/Biochemie, Gasthuisberg Afdeling Biochemie, B-3000 Leuven BELGIUM
Dr Jiii Kraml Charles University, CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Biology,
Katerinska
Bulgarian
Herestraat,
Academy
32, CS-12108
du CNRS,
Dr Gerd Hansen Institut fur Biochemische Medizin (Charite) der Humboldt sitat, Hessische Str. 3/4, DDR-1040 Berlin GDR Professor H. Gibian c/o Schering AC, Miillerstr. GERMANY
170/178,
Professor R.H. Burdon The Biochemical Society, 7 Warwick GREAT BRITAIN
10
London
240, H-1368
Univer-
Professor M. Serban Calea Victoriei 125, R-79717 ROMANIA
WClR
5DP
Dr Henry Byrne Research Laboratory, Arthur James’ Gate, Dublin 8 REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
524
Guiness and Co. (Dublin)
of
Ltd, St.
The Norwegian
Staroscinska
5, 02-5 14
de Coimbra,
Pace das
Dr Matilde Sanchez-Ayuso SEB, Vitruvio 8, 28006 Madrid SPAIN Dr S. Styring Inst. for Biokemi, Arrhenius Stockholm SWEDEN
Dr Nazmi Gzer, P.K. 407, Yenisehir, TURKEY University
de Boelelaan
Bucharesti
Lab., Stockholm
Dr L. Kuhn Institut Suisse de Recherches Chemin Boveresses, CH-1066 SWITZERLAND
Budapest
Dr B. Simonarson Biochemistry Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, Iceland, Armuli 30, IS-108 Reykjavik 1CELAND
POLFA,
Professor Arselio P. Carvalho Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Escolas, P-3049 Coimbra Codex PORTUGAL
Professor E.G. Fragoulis Dept of Biochem. Cell and Mol. Biol. Gen., Panepistemiopolis Kouponia, University of Athens, G-157.01 Athens GREECE Dr Egon J. Hidvegi MTESZ, VI, Postafiok HUNGARY
Enterprise,
15, rue
D-1000 Berlin (West) 65
Court,
Dr Lidia Pass Pharmaceutical Warsaw POLAND
of
II, Facolta di Medicina, 5, I-8013 1, Napoli
Dr Anne-Lise Borresen Dept of Genetics, Institute for Cancer Research, Radium Hospital, Montebello, N-0310 Oslo NORWAY
lnstitut,
Helsinki
Professor V. Bocchini Istituto di Scienze Biochimico-fisiche Universita di Napoli, Via S. Pansini ITALY
Institute
Professor Hendrik A. Rauc Biochemisch Laboratorium der Vrije Universiteit, 1083, NL-1081 HV Amsterdam THE NETHERLANDS
of Sciences,
Panum
Ltd. PO Box 350, SF-00101
Professor Jean-Pierre Ebel Institut de Biologie Moleculaire et Cellulaire Rene-Descartes, F-67084 Strasbourg FRANCE
49,
Praha
Dr Constance Vind Biokemisk Institut A, Kobenhavns Universitet, Blegdamsvej 3C, DK-2200 Kobenhavn N DENMARK Dr Helena Nevalainen Research Lab. ALKO FINLAND
der Universitlt,
1988
Societies
Professor Israel Pecht Dept of Chemical Immunology, The Weizmann Sciences, PO Box 26, 76100 Rehovot ISRAEL
Professor Bernd Puschendorf
Dr L. Dolapchiev Institute of Molecular 1113 Sofia BULGARIA
August
FEBS LETTERS
2
Experimentales Epalinges
University,
sur le Cancer,
Ankara
Academician S.E. Severin Room 113, 34 Vavilov Str., USSR Professor Igor Kregar Institut Joief Stefan, Jamova YUGOSLAVIA
117312 Moscow
39, YU-61111
S-10691
Ljubljana
Volume
236.
number
FEBS
2
August
LETTERS
1988
FEBS Meeting:
Scientific
programme
The scientific programme will include plenary lectures, symposia and poster sessions on the following topics: (1) Genome structure and organization; (2) Gene expression and regulation; (3) Growth, differentiation, development and aging; (4) Protein; (5) Enzymes; (6) Biochemistry on the immune response; (7) Evolutionary biochemistry; (8) Biochemistry and molecular biology of plants; (9) Biomembranes; (10) Receptors, signal transduction and modulators; (11) Bioenergetics; (12) Cell and tissue biochemistry; (13) Metabolism and regulation; (14) Cell-cell interactions; (15) Neurobiochemistry; (16) Biochemical pharmacology; (17) Medical and clinical biochemistry; (18) Life under extreme biochemical conditions; (19) Emerging topics in nutritional biochemistry; (20) Environmental biochemistry; (21) Biochemistry in technology; (22) Novel and advanced techniques in biochemistry.
Scientific A commercial
Forfirther
exhibition
of scientific
instruments,
books
information, contact: 19th FEBS Meeting,
Telex: 614357 egagpl
exhibition
and (bio)chemicals
will take place during
c/o EGA, Viale Tiziano
19, I-00196 Roma,
the congress
Italy. Telephone:
+ 39(6)396.03.41.
i.
FEBS Advanced Courses 1989 89-07. Frontiers in Molecular Genetics (L:60) Harare (Zimbabwe), 5-10 January 1989 Prof. G. Bernardi, Laboratoire de GCnCtique Moleculaire,
lnstitut
Jaques
Monod,
Tour 43, 2 Place Jussieu,
F-75005
Paris,
89-02. Protein-Lipid Interactions and Molecular Aspects of Protein Insertion and Translocation in Membranes (P:30) Utrecht, 23-29 January 1989 Prof. B. de Kruijff, Institute of Molecular Biology and Medical Biotechnology, University of Utrecht, Padualaan 8, NL-3584 The Netherlands. 89-06. Developmental Biology (L:75) Hotel Norica, Maria Aim (Austria), 5-l 1 March Dr. K. Kratochwil, lnstitut fur Molekularbiologie Salzburg, Austria.
1989 der Gsterreichischen
Akademie
der Wissenschaften,
89-04. Protein Data Bases Based on the Analysis of Two-Dimensional Gels (P:20) Aarhus, 7-10 May 1989 Prof. J.E. Celis, Department of Medical Biochemistry, Ole Worms Alle, Building 171, DK-Aarhus 89-01. Biochemistry of Membrane Transport (L:8O/P:20) Budapest, 1-14 May 1989 Prof. A. Fonyo, Department of Physiology, Semmelweis Medical
University,
POB 259, H-1444
89-03. Low Temperature Methods in Biological Electron Microscopy (P:15) University of Oslo, Blindern, 20-26 May 1989 Dr. N. Roos, Electronmicroscopical Unit for Biological Sciences, Univ. of Oslo,
POB
89-09. NATO-EMBO-FEBS Summer School: Protein Engineering (L:lOO) Island of Spetsai (Greece), 3-16 September 1989 Prof. B.F.C. Clark, Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 89-08. Biomolecular Electronmicroscopy (BIOMOLEM 1989) (P:40) University of Ulm (FRG), 7-16 September 1989 Prof. K. Kleinschmidt, Institute of Microbiology, Dept. of Virology, 89-05. FT-IR of Biomolecules (P:24) Campus de Lejona (Vizcaya, Spain), 17-23 September 1989 Prof. J.L.R. Arrondo, Departm. Bioquimica, Fat. Ciencias, Apdo. L, lecture
course;
P, practical
course.
The figure
after
University
Youth
11, A-5020
Budapest
8, Hungary.
N-0316 Oslo 3, Norway.
Aarhus,
Denmark.
of Ulm, POB 4066, D-7900 Ulm, F.R.G.
644, SP-48080
‘L’ or ‘P’ indicates
Utrecht,
C, Denmark.
1062, Blindern,
140, DK-8000
BillrothstraBe
France.
Bilbao,
the number
Spain.
of participants
foreseen.
Travel Fund
The Youth Travel Fund of the Federation may help you attend the FEBS Advanced Courses. Please apply to the local organizers Treasurer of FEBS, Department of Biochemistry, University College London, Gower Street, London WCIE6BT, England.
or to Prof. S.P. Datta,
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Guidelines for the application
August
1988
of a FEBS course grant
Guidelines for FEBS Fell0 wships (I) The fellowships are to support usually short-term (not longer than two or, exceptionally, three months) visits by members of any FEBS Constituent Society to laboratories in another country within the FEBS area for the purpose of carrying out experiments with special techniques or other forms of scientific collaboration or advanced training, and specially to support development arising at short notice. Applicants from developing countries within the natural area of interest of FEBS, although not members of FEBS, will be eligible for FEBS fellowships, but only a limited amount of travel money will be awarded. (2) Applications for fellowships to work in a laboratory in the same country in which the applicant is at present working or normally works are not considered. (3) Applications of senior scientists and heads of departments will not be considered. Also, applications from students without a PhD degree or at least one publication in an international journal will not be entertained. (4) Fellowships will not be awarded for attendance at courses, symposia, meetings or congresses. (5) FEBS fellowships may not be used to complement other fellowships. (6) A statement should be made by the applicant whether he has applied for another fellowship for the same project. (7) No application should be submitted by a recipient of a FEBS fellowship during the two years following the award of the first one. (8) Travel costs will be paid on the basis of 2nd class railway fares, or economy plane fares, if the train journey exceeds I8 hours. For long travels couchettes will also be paid by FEBS. Presently the daily allowance is 65 DEM, possibly with a geographic adaptation factor. It is a condition of any award by FEBS that a full declaration be made to FEBS of all other grants, awards or contributions obtained for the same travel and subsistence expenditure. (9) The fellowships are intended to cover travel plus subsistence of the fellow only and not of any dependents. Fellows are not insured by FEBS against medical expenses for themselves or their families; neither are they insured for accidents during their travel to and from the host institute. FEBS does not recognize recipients of its fellowships as agents or employees of FEBS and accepts no liability for any of their actions or activities or for the health or safety of their persons. In their own interest, recipients of fellowships are, therefore, urged to make sure that themselves, their families and the institutions that receive them are fully covered by the necessary insurances. FEBS is a non-governmental organization whose awards are not automatically endowed with any particular tax privilege. It is the sole responsibility of the recipient of an award to pay any tax which may be levied upon it by the appropriate national authority. (10) Applications should be sent in triplicate with the following documents: A. A research proposal of about two pages of typescript indicating clearly: (I) the nature of the project and the type of experiments to be carried out, (2) why it is necessary to travel to a foreign laboratory to conduct the experiments, (3) why the particular laboratory has been selected, (4) why the project will require the particular time period requested. If the aforementioned material is not sufficiently clear the application is likely to be rejected or the decision on it seriously delayed. B. A short curriculum vitae of the applicant with a list of publications indicating name and order of authors. C. A letter of acceptance from the legal head of the receiving institute and signed by the leader of the group that will receive the applicant, written on an official form supplied by the Chairman of the Committee. D. A letter of support from an experienced scientist who knows the work of the applicant to be sent directly to the Chairman of the FEBS Fellowships Committee. E. A letter from FEBS Constituent Society confirming that the applicant is a member at the time of the application. F. An estimate of the cost of travel in DEM in the stationery of a Travel Agency (2nd class rail or economy air) to and from the receiving institute. When taking a plane the applicants must find out the cheapest flight (Apex, Super-Apex, Charter, student fares. etc.) and the type of flight should be explicitly stated in the estimate. G. The applications should be written in English. (1 I) Applications for fellowships are assessed throughout the year. There is no deadline for an application but as a rule it should be received by the Chairman at leastIWO months before the proposed starting date. Retrospective applications cannot be considered.
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(12) The fellowship should start within six months of the decision to grant it. A longer delay will need permission of the Chairman. (13) The applicant must send a short report about the work performed. Every publication of work done while in receipt of a FEBS fellowship must acknowledge the help given by FEBS and two reprints of it must be deposited with the Chairman of the Fellowships Committee. (14) No FEBS grant for research costs will be given to institutes accepting to take the FEBS fellow.
FEBS Summer
Fellowships
These fellowships are intended to help to support short-term research projects by young promiring students in laboratories within the FEBS area in a country different from that where the applicant works. The total amount of money allotted to each Fellowship will be DEM 2500. The applicants should have been working or studying during the preceding year in a laboratory on a topic related to that proposed in the application and rhould usually not be older than 26 at the time of the application. Applications will be assessed once every year. They should be received by the Chairman of the FEBS Fellowships Committee before April 1 of each year. The applications should contain: - a short description of the work to be carried out (five copies), - a letter from the laboratory where the applicant has worked or studied in the preceding year with an opinion on his/her performance to be sent directly and separately to the Chairman, a short curriculum vitae of the applicant (five copies), a letter of acceptance of the receiving laboratory, the successful applicant will have to fill later an official report on a form supplied by FEBS. The fellowship should be used before October of the current year. No grant will be given to the institute receiving the applicant. A statement should be made by the applicant whether he has applied for another fellowship for the same project. FEBS Fellowships may not be used to complete other fellowships obtained for the same purpose. The roral number of summer fellowships in 1989 IS limited to 20. Fellows are not insured by FEBS against medical expenses for themselves or their families; neither are they insured for accidents during their travel to and from the hoxt institute. FEBS does not recognize recipients of its fellowships as agents OTemployees of FEBS and accepts no liability for any of their actions or activities or for the health or safety of their persons. In their own interest, recipients of fellowships are, therefore, urged to make sure that both they, their families and the institutions which receive them are fully covered by the necessary insurances. FEBS is a non-governmental organization whose awjards are not automatically endowed with any particular tax privilege. It is the sole responsibility of the recipient of an award to pay any tax which may be levied upon it by the appropriate national authority. The applicant must rend a short report about the work performed to the Chairman of the Fellowshipr Committee.
FEBS One-Year
Fellowships
(I) These fellowhips are intended to support one year stays of members of FEBS constituent societies in a laboratory of another country within the FEBS area. The amount of money allocated per fellowship will be up to 32 000 DEM based on the cost of living in the receiving country plus travel expenses to and from the receiving laboratory and town of origin. A family help up to 3600 DEM may be provided. (2) Applications to work in a laboratory in the same country in which the applicant ir working or normally works are not considered. (3) Eligible candidates shall be members of a FEBS constituent Fociety for at least one year before the application is submitted. They shall be normally less than 35 years old at the time of application. (4) FEBS fellowships may not be used to complement other type of support for the same visit. (5) FEBS fellowships are not renewable. (6) A statement should be made by the applicant if another fellowship or other type of help for the same project has been applied for. (7) Fellows are not insured by FEBS against medical expenses for themselves or their dependents; neither are they insured against accidents during their travel or stay. FEBS does not recognize recipients of its fellowships as agents or employees of FEBS and accepts no liability with respect of any of their actions or activities or in respect of the health and safety of their persons. In their own interest recipients of fellowships are therefore urged to make sure that they and their families and the institutions that receive them are fully covered by the necessary insurances. FEBS is a non-governmental organization whose awards are not automatically endowed with tax privileges. It is the sole responsibility of the recipient of the award to pay any tax which may be levied upon it by the corresponding authorities. (8) Applications should be written in English and shall include the following documents (original and five copies arranged in this order): A. Curriculum vitae of the applicant with a list of publications (do not include abstracts). B. Extended research plan (no more than five pages) with title, nature of the project, methodology, goals and justification as to why the particular laboratory has been chosen. A detailed summary of the project of one page shall be included. C. A letter of acceptance from the legal head of the receiving institute and signed also by the leader of the group in which the applicant will work indicating the agreement with the proposed subject of research. D. A letter wpportmg the application from an experienced scientist who knows the work of the applicant. E. A letter from the corresponding FEBS constituent society stating that the applicant is a member of it and date of admission in the society. (9) Fellowships will be awarded during the annual FEBS Meeting. Applications shall be received by the Chairman of the Fellowships Committee before April 1st of the corresponding year. Retrospective applications cannot be considered. (IO) The fellowships should start within six months of the award. A longer delay would need the permission of the Chairman of the Fellowships Committee. (I I) The applicant must send to the Chairman of the Fellowships Committee a report about the work performed within three months of the end of the fellowship. Every publication of work executed during the time of the fellowship must acknowledge the help of FEBS and two reprints shall be sent to the Chairman of the Fellowships Committee. (12) No grant for research or bench fee will be given, to the institute accepting to take a FEBS Fellow. (13) Applications should be sent to the Chairman of the Fellowships Committee (see address below). Only a limited number of one-year-fellowships is available. Contact address: Chairman of the FEBS Fellowships Committee: Dr C. Gancedo lnstituto de Enzimologia CSIC, Facultad de Medicina Spain
UAM,
Arzobispo
Morcillo,
4, 28029 Madrid
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