Organizers:
David Richardson (University of East Anglia, UK)
Nick Watmough (University of East Anglia, UK)
Steve Chapman (University of Edinburgh, UK)
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Session One
Chair:
David Richardson (University of East Anglia, UK)
12:30 - 14:00 Registration
Engineering function in synthetic protein maquettes
Les Dutton (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA)
Iron-sulphur cluster biosynthesis
Michael Johnson (University of Georgia, Athens, USA)
A tale of two dioxygenases
Steve Chapman (University of Edinburgh, UK)
15:40 - 17:00 Poster session 1 (odd numbered posters) with tea/coffee
Role of transition metals in oxygen sensing by humans
Chris Schofield (University of Oxford, UK)
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Session Two
Chairs:
Peter Rich (University College London, UK)
Steve Chapman (University of Edinburgh, UK)
The complexities of c-type cytochrome biogenesis
Stuart Ferguson (University of Oxford, UK)
Structures and reaction pathways of the molybdenum centres of sulfite oxidizing enzymes by pulsed EPR spectroscopy
John Enemark (The University of Arizona, Tucson, USA)
Copper and biological methane oxidation
Amy Rosenzweig (Northwestern University, Evanston, USA)
10:40 - 11:10 Coffee/tea break
Tuning the heme redox potential in the cytochrome c6 family
Selected oral communication - Jonathan Worrall (University of Essex, UK)
The 3-His iron center ¿ a distinct motif of catalytic function in non-heme metal dependent emzymes
Selected oral communication - Stefan Leitgeb (Graz University of Technology, Austria)
Iron acquisition by the heme-binding Isd proteins in Staphylococcus aureus - studies of the mechanism using magnetic circular dichroism spectroscopy and mass spectrometry
Martin Stillman (The University of Western Ontario, Canada)
Signal perception by FNR: the role of the iron sulfur cluster
Jason Crack (University of East Anglia, UK)
12:40 - 14:00 Lunch and poster session 2 (all posters)
14:00 - 17:40 Boat trip on the river Wensum in Norwich
Bioinorganic chemistry in the UK: the role of the Centre for Metalloprotein Spectroscopy and Biology at UEA
The IBDG Lecture - Mike Wilson (University of Essex, UK)
19:00 - 21:00 Drinks reception and meeting dinner
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Session Three
Chair:
Les Dutton (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA)
Bacterial nitric oxide synthases: structure, reactivity and function
Brian Crane (Cornell University, Ithaca, USA)
New insights into the activity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa cd1 nitrite reductase
Francesca Cutruzzolà (University of Rome 'La Sapienza', Italy)
Metallo-regulatory proteins and nitric oxide signalling in bacteria
Stephen Spiro (University of Texas, Dallas, USA)
10:40 - 11:10 Coffee/tea break
Coherent Raman detected electron spin resonance spectroscopy: a ¿double resonance¿ technique linking electron spin resonance and magnetic circular dichroism
Selected oral communication - Stephen Bingham (University of Bath, UK)
Spectroscopic studies of the alternative oxidase
Selected oral communication - Anthony Moore (University of Sussex, UK)
Spectroscopy of bacterial nitric oxide reductase
Myles Cheesman (University of East Anglia, UK)
The iron-sulphur clusters in mitochondrial complex I
Judy Hirst (Medical Research Council, Cambridge, UK)
12:40 - 14:00 Lunch and poster session 3 (even numbered posters)
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Session Four
Chair:
Nick Watmough (University of East Anglia, UK)
Mid-infrared studies of ligand binding to cytochrome oxidase
Peter Rich (University College London, UK)
Oxygen-reduction coupled to proton pumping in respiratory oxidases
Peter Brzezinski (Stockholm University, Sweden)
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