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Prof. Dr. BEYER, Klaus Ludwig-Maximilians-University Department of Biochemistry Schillerstrasse 44 D-80336 Muenchen, Germany	Dr. IVANCICH, Anabella CNRS URA 2096 and CEA Saclay Institut de Biologie et Technologies de Saclay (iBiTec-S) 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Prof. BROPHY, Peter J. Director, Centre for Neuroscience Research Professor of Veterinary Anatomy & Cell Biology Division of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences University of Edinburgh Summerhall Edinburgh EH9 1QH, UK	Prof. JÁNOSSY, András Department of Experimental Physics Institute of Physics, Faculty of Natural Sciences Budapest University of Technology and Economics Budafoki út. 8. H-1111 Budapest, Hungary
Dr. CAMENEN, Loic HORIBA Jobin Yvon 16-18 rue du Canal 91165 Longjumeau Cedex, France	Prof. KNOWLES, Peter Emeritus Professor of Biophysical Chemistry Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology University of Leeds Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
Prof. ESMANN, Mikael Department of Biophysics University of Aarhus Ole Worms Alle 185 DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark	Prof. MARSH, Derek Abteilung Spektroskopie Max-Planck-Institut für biophysikalische Chemie Am Fassberg 11 37077 Göttingen, Germany
Dr. GRÓF, Pál Department of Biophysics and Radiation Biology Semmelweis University Puskin u. 9. 1088 Budapest, Hungary	Prof. ORMOS, Pál Biological Research Centre Hungarian Academy of Sciences Temesvári krt. 62. H-6726 Szeged, Hungary
Prof. HIDEG, Kálmán Department of Organic and Pharmacological Chemistry Faculty of Medicine, University of Pécs Szigeti út 12 H-7624 Pécs, Hungary	Prof. PÁLI, Tibor Biological Research Centre Hungarian Academy of Sciences Temesvári krt. 62. H-6726 Szeged, Hungary
Prof. PÁRDUTZ, Árpád Biological Research Centre Hungarian Academy of Sciences Temesvári krt. 62. H-6726 Szeged, Hungary	Prof. VÍGH, László Biological Research Centre Hungarian Academy of Sciences Temesvári krt. 62. H-6726 Szeged, Hungary
Prof. ROCKENBAUER, Antal Chemical Research Centre Hungarian Academy of Sciences Pusztaszeri út 59-67. H-1025 Budapest, Hungary	Prof. WATTS, Anthony Managing Editor, European Biophysics Journal Head of Oxford Biomembrane Structure Unit, Biochemistry Department, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QU, UK

Biophysics Workgroup of the Szeged Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

The Conference will be located in the Biological Research Centre (BRC) situated on the left bank of the Tisza river.

Szeged is located on the south part of Hungary 10 km far from the border of Hungary and Serbia and 170 km far from Budapest. From Budapest, Szeged can be reached either by car or by train.

Hungary's international airport is easy to reach from any point on the globe. The international airport of Hungary, Budapest Ferihegy Airport has two terminals roughly 28 kilometres from the city center. Unless you rent a car and drive directly to Szeged, take a train at Ferihegy Terminal 1 (see below).

The air Traffic and Airport Administration operates an Airport Minibus Service (Tel: +36 (1) 296-8555), which takes passengers from the airport to any address in Budapest (among them to any railway station) and picks them up at any point of Budapest (e.g. at any Hotels). Regular mass transit bus is also available at the airport (No. 200), which takes passengers from the airport (Terminal 1 and 2) to the station Kõbánya-Kispest of the Metro line 3. Changing to the Metro there, the city center and the main railway stations can be reached easily. A taxi from the airport to the city center costs approximately 4200 HUF (17 EUR).

Budapest has three large international railway stations: Eastern (Keleti), Western (Nyugati) and Southern (Déli). They are well linked to the public transport. One can commute between the railway stations by metro (http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/bud/budapest.htm or http://www.budapesthotels.com/systempages/metro.asp). Taking an Intercity train is the fastest way to get to major towns from Budapest. Trains to Szeged leave frequently from the Nyugati Railway Station located downtown in Budapest. Check the timetable. If you arrive by plane you can take the train at Ferihegy Terminal 1. There is a small station there and all trains to Szeged do stop at this station. If you arrive to Ferihegy Terminal 2, you can reach the Railway stop "Ferihegy" by taking the local transport bus (No. 200) or by taking a taxi. To get there takes about 10-15 minutes. At the "Ferihegy station" two platforms have been built which are connected with a pedestrian footbridge equipped with lifts above the clearway. A short pedestrian path of just 200 meters connects the railway station with Terminal 1 (click here to see a picture). Tickets can be bought at Tourinform at Ferihegy Terminal 1 from 09.00 to 22.00. Outside opening hours, tickets can be bought from the conductors on the trains. In the city you can buy tickets at the railway ticket offices.

Volánbusz Rt., being a member of Eurolines, operates scheduled services to several countries (e.g. Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Great Britain, Holland, Italy, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, the Ukraine).

In terms of documents, you only need a valid driving licence, registration document and a country sticker to enter Hungary. The use of dimmed headlights is compulsory for motorcyclists at all times, while for passenger cars only outside built-up areas. The use of seat belts is compulsory for front and back seat passengers at all times, inside and outside built-up areas. To use motorways in Hungary, you need a motorway sticker. Motorway sticker can be purchased at border crossings and petrol stations.

Public transport in Szeged consists of trams, trolleys and buses. Tickets are valid for any of the three types of transportation and can be purchased in advance or at the driver (250 HUF, at present). Tickets can be bought in front of the Szeged Railway Station in a special boot and numerous places downtown in similar boots.

09:00	Tibor Páli (Szeged): Greeting by the host organizer
09:05	Opening remarks by Árpád Párdutz (deputy director of the Institute of Biophysics)

09:10	Derek Marsh (Göttingen): Spin-label EPR of lipid-protein interactions with László Horváth
09:40	Anthony Watts (Oxford): ESR and solid state NMR complementary studies of ligand-GPCR interactions
10:10	Peter Brophy (Edinburgh): Protein-protein interactions in the assembly of nodes of Ranvier in myelinated nerves

11:00	Peter Knowles (Leeds): Amine oxidase : the elusive role of the active site copper
11:30	Mikael Esmann (Aarhus): Spin label EPR spectroscopy of Na,K-ATPase
12:00	Klaus Beyer (Munich): How lipids contribute to protein structure: a case for spin label ESR spectroscopy
12:30	Tibor Páli (Szeged): Spin relaxation EPR for structural studies on spin-labelled membrane proteins

14:00	Loic Camenen (Paris) (Jobin-Yvon Horiba - sponsor): Review of fluorescence lifetime techniques
14:30	Anabella Ivancich (Saclay): The role of tryptophanyl and tyrosyl radicals as cofactors in enzyme catalysis: Multifrequency (95-285 GHz)EPR spectroscopy studies combined with site directed mutagenesis
15:00	Kálmán Hideg (Pécs): Recent results in chemistry and biology of nitroxides: spin-labels, nitrones and SL-alpha-amino acids
15:30	Pál Gróf (Budapest): Spin label studies of liposomal drug delivery systems

16:20	Antal Rockenbauer (Budapest): A rapid method to simulate EPR spectra of spin-labels in the entire motional domain: the principle of characteristic jumps
16:50	András Jánossy (Budapest): High frequency EPR spectroscopy of spin labelled fullerenes
17:20	Closing remarks by Derek Marsh (Göttingen)