From owner-announce@net.bio.net Mon Oct 26 22:00:00 1998 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: Caroline Horwood Newsgroups: bionet.announce Subject: Plant Proteins and the Mechanical Properties of Cell Walls Date: 27 Oct 1998 10:01:14 -0800 Organization: The University of York, UK Lines: 44 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Approved: kristoff@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <362DF706.5C6D1A7@york.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT Plant Proteins and the Mechanical Properties of Cell Walls 10 - 12 April 1999 Alicante, Spain The focus of this workshop is the proteins which play an essential role in the synthesis and modification of cell walls. Details of specific classes of wall enzymes are beginning to emerge, making it timely to address bottlenecks in current technological approaches to the subject, and in how best to transfer our fundamental understanding of these processes to end-user applications. The workshop will encompass three days of activities, addressing: * Cell walls and plant growth * Measurement of mechanical properties * Wall loosening and rigidifying enzymes * Fruit softening * Food processing * Plant fibres Invited speakers: Riccardo Angelini, Alain Boudet, David Bruce, Hans Edelmann, Stephen Fry, Renee Goldberg, Don Grierson, Herman Hofte, George Jeronimidis, Emilia Labrador, Ester Lorences, Simon McQueen-Mason, Pere Puigdomenech, Keith Roberts, P Rodis, PEter Schopfer, Keith Waldron and Ignacio Zarra THIS EVENT IS SPONSORED BY THE EU'S TRAINING AND MOBILITY OF RESEARCHERS PROGRAMME. A limited number of bursaries toward the cost of registration, accommodation and travel expenses are available for researchers younger than 35 who are citizens of EU member states. For more information, contact: Plant Protein Club PO Box 373 University of York York YO10 5YW UK Tel/Fax: +44 (0)1904 434327 Email: ppc@york.ac.uk WWW site: http://www.york.ac.uk/org/ppc/ .