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Le Congrbs comprendra une quinzaine de conferences de mise au point et envi- ron 150 communications orales ou affi- ch#es qui traiteront des principaux pro- bl6mes qu" affrontent aujourd'hui I" ana- lyse chimique et les analystes.

Les conferences de mise au point seront donn#es par des personnalit6s fran.caises et 6trang#res de renomm#e internationale. Prof. Basselier (Universit# Paris Vl). M r . G. Bouvy (Ing6nieur, C.N.E.T., Lannion). Prof. R. Castaing (Lab. Physique des Solides, Universit# Paris-Sud, Orsay). Mr. D. Coutagne (Laboratoire central de Recherche, Rh6ne Poulenc Industries, Decines). Prof. P. J. Cozzone (Lab. Biologie physicochimique, Universit# de Provence, Marseille). Dr. M. J. E. Golay. Mr. K. Govindaraju (Centre de Recherches P6trographiques et G#ochimiques, C.N.R.S., Vandoeuvre-les- Nancy). Prof. Dr. J. F. K. Huber (Institut fi~r Analytische Chemie der Universitat, Wien). Mr. P. J. Laude (Directeur des Recherches, Instruments SA Division Jobin Yvon, Long]umeau). Mr. M. Legrand (Chef du D#partement Physique-Recher- che, Roussel Uclaf, Romainville). Mr. Pham V. Huong (Lab, de Spectroscopie IR et Raman, Universit$ de Bordeaux). Prof. Dr. W. Simon (Lab. for Organische Che- mie, E.T.H., ZSrich). Prof. Badoz (Ecole de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de Paris).

Renseignements et envoi des r6sum6s des co mmu~nications :

Groupement pour l'avancement des m#thodes spectroscopiques et Physico-chimiques d'analyse G.A.M.S. 88, Boulevard Malesherbes, 75008 Paris T#I. 563.93.04 +.

F E B S :

I A d v a n c e d c o u r s e s

N ° 76. (( Modern Techniques of Ribo- nucleic Acids Analysis ~> Sofia, Bulgaria, 20-27 April 1981.

A course of lectures, discussions and experimental work on isolation of RNA (special reference to mRNA) ; reverse transcription of RNA ; cell-free translation of mRNA ; RNA : DNA hybridization tech- niques ; primary and secondary structure of RNA. 20 students. Course fee : $ 70. Living expenses : approx. $ 150. Applica- tions (by 1 December 1980) and info : Prof. A A Had]iolov, Institute of Molecu- lar Biology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria.

N ° 75. <{ Immunological Methods and Applications >) God, Hungary, 22 Ma i - 6 June 1981.

A course of lectures demonstrations and practical work, to be held at the L. Eotvos University, God (23 km from Budapest). 40 participants. Registration fee (including accommodation, ful l board and local transportation) : US $ 350. Info : Prof. J. Gergely, Dept. of Immuno- logy, L. Eotvos University, H-2131 God, Javorka S.u. 14, Hungary.

N ° 74. (( Proteinases in Mammalian Tissues and Cells )) Halle (Saale), GRD, 20-26 July 1981.

A course of lectures, experimental work and discussions on cellular protei- nases, their substrates and inhibitors (including kinetics), their quantitative determination, methods to check the puri- ty of proteinases and special problems of membrane bound proteinases. 40 par- ticipants. Course fee (registration and a method book) for the ful l course : 400 M ; for the lecture course only : 100 M. Living expenses (accommodation in a students dormitory and food) : 20 M per day. Applications and a brief description of academic background and scientific interest (before 1 January 1981) and fur- ther info : Dr H Kirschke, Institute for Physiological Chemistry, Martin Luther University, DDR-402 Halle (Saale), P.O.B. 184.

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