Summer School 2008
| Cuernavaca/MX 18.05.-31.05.2008
(Hotel Racquet, Cuernavaca)
Tentative Program/Instructors/Schedule
Participating students and instructors are expected to stay at the hotel during the course
throughout, to guarantee optimal interaction. Once accepted, students will receive
financial support to cover costs for accommodation, food, and travel.
The summer school will include activities outside of the scientific program to introduce
the participants and instructors to the culture of the two interacting countries, Mexico
and Germany. Although the course language is ENGLISH, these activities aim to raise
the interest to learn more about Mexico and Germany. Detailed information will be
given about studying in Germany (Master and PhD programs, fellowships). Teaching
material (handouts, CDs) will be distributed during the course. Students are expected to
present a poster on their recent research, the best three posters will receive an award.
German Instructors are coming from the University of Konstanz (Drs. PMH Kroneck &
H Küpper) and the University of Göttingen (Drs. S Andrade & O Einsle). Mexican
Instructors and Guest speakers are coming from UNAM (Drs. ME Sosa Torres, E
Escamilla Marván & A Solano Peralta), CINVESTAV (Dr. L Quintanar Vera), UAEM
Cuernavaca (Dr. H Höpfl), Universidad de Guanajuato (Dr. G. Mendoza Diaz).
Saturday, 17.05.08. Arrival Instructors
Sunday, 18.05 08
Arrival Participants
Sunday, 01.06.08
Departure of Instructors & Participants
1. Week
Sunday, 18.05.08
13h00 Registration/Welcome
Chemistry for Biologists
14h00 Coordination Chemistry (2h/ME Sosa Torres/L)
16h30 Proton and Electron Transfer (1h/PMH Kroneck/L)
18h00 Guest Lecture: Metal Complexes (1h/H Höpfl/G)
19h30 Get together
Monday, 19.05.08
Biology for Chemists
08h30 Main building blocks of the cell (2h/O Einsle/L
11h00 Enzyme Catalysis and Energy Conservation (1.5h/S Andrade/L)
14h30
17h00
19h00
20h00
Biometals – General Aspects
Metals in Biology and Medicine (2h/PMH Kroneck/L)
Metal Homeostasis (1.5h/H Küpper/L)
Dinner
Poster Presentations by Participants (P)
Tuesday, 20.05.08
08h30
10h30
Biometals – General Aspects
Metals and Evolution of Life (1.5h/PMH Kroneck/L)
Guest lecture: Meet the Microbes (1.5h/E Escamilla/G)
14h00
Physical Techniques
NMR Spectroscopy (2h/ME Sosa Torres/L)
1
16h30
19h00
20h00
EPR Spectroscopy (2h/PMH Kroneck/L)
Dinner
Poster Presentations by participants (P)
Wednesday, 21.05.08
08h30
10h30
Physical Techniques
IR and Raman Spectroscopy (1.5h/ME Sosa Torres/L)
X-ray Spectroscopy (2h/H Küpper/L)
14h30
17h00
19h00
20h00
Macromolecular Crystallography (2h/O Einsle/L)
Electrochemistry – Principles (1.5h/ME Sosa Torres/L)
Dinner
Electrochemistry of Metalloproteins (1.5h/S Andrade/L)
Thursday, 22.05.08
08h30
10h30
Physical Techniques
Stopped Flow (1.5h/PMH Kroneck/L)
Rapid Quench (1.5h/PMH Kroneck/L)
14h00
16h30
19h00
20h00
Problems Phys. Tech. I (5 Groups/rotating/5Instructors)
Problems Phys. Tech. II (5 Groups//rotating/5Instructors)
Dinner
Guest Lecture: High Field EPR Spectroscopy (1h/A. Solano-Peralta/G)
08h30
10h30
Specific Metalloproteins
Silent Metals: Na,K, Ca (1.5h/PMH Kroneck/L)
Silent Metals: Zn,Cd (1.5h/H Küpper/L)
14h00
16h30
19h00
20h00
Heme Proteins (2h/O Einsle/L)
Iron-Sulfur Proteins (2h/S Andrade/L)
Dinner
Study in Germany – UKN BaMa Life Science (1h/PMH Kroneck)
Friday, 23.05.08
Saturday, 24.05.08
10h00
14h00
Excursion/UAEM/Coordinator H. Höpfl
Palacio de Cortes/Cuernavaca
Sunday, 25.05.08
10h00 Exhibition A. von Humboldt/Goethe Institut
19h00 Dinner
20h00 Get together/Discussion Participants-Instructors
2. Week
Monday, 26.05.08
08h30
10h30
Specific Metalloproteins
Fe Proteins (no cofactors) (1.5h/ME Sosa Torres/L)
Cu chaperones (1.5h/H Küpper/L)
14h00
16h30
19h00
20h00
Type 1,2,3 Cu proteins (2h/O Einsle/L)
Multicopper Proteins (2h/PMH Kroneck/L)
Dinner
Guest Lecture: Multicopper Oxidases (1.5h/L Quintanar Vera/G)
Tuesday, 27.05.08
08h30
10h30
Specific Metalloproteins
Mo and W Enzymes (1.5h/S Andrade/L)
Ni Enzymes (1.5h/H Küpper/L)
14h00
Models and Complex Systems
Mitochondrial Respiratory Chain (2h/PMH Kroneck/L)
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16h30
19h00
20h00
Photosynthesis (2h/H Küpper/L)
Dinner
Study in Germany –Programs & Fellowships (DAAD)
Wednesday, 28.05.08
08h30
10h30
Models and Complex Systems
Oxygen Evolving Complex (1.5h/PMH Kroneck/L)
Hydrogenases (1.5h/S Andrade/L)
14h00
16h30
19h00
20h00
Problems Phys Tech/Metalloproteins III (see above)
Problems Phys Tech/Metalloproteins IV (see above)
Dinner
Study in Germany & Mexico – Personal Experiences (H. Höpfl)
Thursday, 29.05.08
08h30
11h00
Models and Complex Systems
Nitrogen Fixation - Nitrogenase (2h/O Einsle/L)
Nitrogen Fixation – Models (1.5h/ME Sosa Torres/L)
14h30
17h00
19h00
20h00
Metalloenzymes of the Sulfur Cycle (2h/S Andrade/L)
Metalloenzymes from Extremophiles (1.5h/PMH Kroneck/L)
Dinner
Detoxification of Metals by Plants and Bacteria (1.5h/H Küpper/L)
08h30
11h00
Models and Complex Systems
Radical Enzymes (2h/PMH Kroneck/VL)
Dioxygen Activation-Cytochrome P450 (1.5h/O Einsle/L)
14h30
16h30
19h00
20h00
Dioxygen Activation – Models (1.5h/ME Sosa Torres/L)
NO Synthase (1.5h/S Andrade/VL)
Dinner
Guest Lecture: Metal-based drugs (1h/G. Mendoza Diaz/G)
Friday, 30.05.08
Samstag 31.05.08
08h30
10h30
Sensing and Imaging
Sensing O2, NO and CO (1.5h/PMH Kroneck/L)
Tracing metals in cells (1.5h/H Küpper/L)
14h30
15h00
17h00
19h00
Evaluation of the course by the participants/Questionaires
Evaluation of the course – Discussion Participants-Instructors
Presentation of Poster Awards
Farewell Dinner
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