| Program ( might be changed)  | 
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| September 3, | Friday | 
Arrival  | 
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| 15.00- | Registration at
Hotel Tisza | 
    
| 18.00-19.30 | 
      Reception at the City Hall | 
| September 4, | 
      Saturday | |
| 9.00-9.15 | 
      Opening | |
| Chair: | 
      Kenneth Kustin | 
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| 9.15-9.45 | Plenary lecture: | Toshikazu Hirao (University of Osaka, Osaka, Japan): | 
| Novel Redox Function of Oxo and Imido Vanadiums | ||
| 9.45-10.15 | Plenary lecture: | Vincent Pecoraro (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA): | 
| Synthetic and Computational Methods to Understand the Mechanism of Vanadium Haloperoxidases | 
10.15-10.30  | 
      Coffee break  | 
    
| Chairs: | 
      Debbie C. Crans,
João Costa Pessoa | 
    
| 10.30-10.50 | Ron
Wever (Van 't Hoff
Institute for Molecular Sciences, Amsterdam, The
Netherlands), Z. Hasan, R. Renirie, A.F. Hartog, B. Rodenko, N.
Tanaka : Mutagenesis Studies and Direct Evolution on Vanadium Haloperoxidases  | 
    
| 10.50-11.10 | William
Armstrong (Boston
College, Boston,
USA), P.J. Bonitatebus Jr., K. Abu-Sbeih :  Multinuclear Vanadium (II,III) Complexes  | 
    
| 11.10-11.30 | Jennifer
Littlechild
(University of Exeter, Exeter,
UK), E. Garcia-Rodriguez, M. Isupov :  Vanadium Bromoperoxidase Enzymes  | 
    
| 11.30-11.50 | Jens
Hartung (Techniche
Universität Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany) :  The Stereoselective Synthesis of Functionalized Cyclic Ethers via Vanadium(V)-Catalyzed Oxidations  | 
    
| 11.50-12.10 | Valeria
Conte
(Università di 
Roma Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy), B. Floris, P. Galloni, A.
Silvagni :  Reactivity Comparison in Different Solvents for V(V)-Catalyzed Oxybromination of Double and Triple Bonds. Two-Phase System vs. Ionic Liquids  | 
    
| 12.10-12.30 | Themistoklis A. Kabanos (University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece), H.N. Miras, M.J. Manos, J.D. Woollins, A.M.Z. Slawin : Polyoxovanadium-Sulfite Compounds: Synthesis, Structural, and Physical Studies | 
| 12.30-12.50 | Michal
Sivák (Comenius
University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic), P. Schwendt, J. Tatiersky
:  Peroxovanadium Complexes with OxNy, OO, and NN Donor Set Ligands  | 
    
| 12.50-13.10 | Athanasios
Salifoglou (University
of Crete, Heraklion, Greece),
M. Kaliva :  The Aqueous Chemistry of Biologically Relevant Vanadium-Hydroxycarboxylate Systems  | 
    
13.00-14.30  | 
      Lunch  | 
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| Chair: | 
      Toshikazu Hirao | 
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| 14.30-15.00 | Plenary lecture: | Hisashi Yamamoto (University of Chicago, Chicago, USA): | 
| Vanadium Catalyzed Asymmetric Epoxidation. An Effective Controller System and a Rational Mechanistic Model | 
| 15.00-15.20 | 
      Christian
Lorber (Laboratoire
de Chimie du CNRS, Toulouse, France):  Imido-Vanadium(IV) Complexes. Synthesis, Coordination Chemistry, and Catalytic Applications  | 
    
| 15.20-15.40 | Esther
C.E. Rosenthal
(Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany), S. Dechert:  Oxovanadium Alkoxides: Ether Alcohols as Versatile Ligands  | 
    
| 15.40-16.00 | Gabriella
Santoni (University
of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany), D. Rehder:  Chiral Vanadium Catalysts in the Asymmetric Oxidation of Sulfides  | 
    
16.00-16.15  | 
      Coffee Break  | 
    
| Chairs: | 
      Kan Kanamori, Lage
Pettersson | 
    
| 16.15-16.35 | Anastasios
D. Keramidas
(University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus), M. Rikkou:  NMR Investigations on the Structures and Dynamics of Octahedral Bis(Chelate) Dichloro VIII Compounds Isolated by an Unusual Reduction of Non-Oxo VIV  | 
    
| 16.35-16.55 | Jurek
Krzystek (National High
Magnetic Field Laboratory, Tallahassee,
USA), A.T. Fiedler, J.J. Sokol, A. Ozarowski, S.A. Zvyagin, T.C.
Brunold, J.R. Long, L.C. Brunel, J. Telser:  Electronic Structure of Pseudo-Octahedral Complexes of Vanadium(III): a Comprehensive Magnetochemical Study  | 
    
| 16.55-17.15 | Kaspar
Hegetschweiler
(Universität des Saarlandes , Saarbrücken, Germany), E.
Garribba, G. Micera, L. Nagy, R. Sessoli:  Mononuclear and Polynuclear Complexes of Vanadium(IV) with 1,3,5-Triamino-1,3-5-trideoxy-cis-inositol  | 
    
| 17.15-17.35 | Jan
Honzíček (University of
Pardubice, Pardubice, Czech Republic), M. Erbena, P. Nachtigall, J.
Vinklárek:  Structural Investigation of Vanadocene(IV) Pseudohalide Complexes  | 
    
| 17.35-17.55 | Yoram
Shechter (Weizmann
Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel), I. Goldwaser, M. Mironchik, H.
Tsubery, M. Fridkin :  Oral Therapy of L-Glutamic-acid(gamma) Monohydroxamate-Vanadium (2:1) Complex Improves Blood Glucose Profile in Different Types of Diabetic Rodents  | 
    
| 17.55-18.15 | Manuel
Aureliano Alves
(University of Algarve, Algarve, Portugal), S. Soares, C.
Gutiérrez-Merino, R. Gândara, A. Sousa, H. Martins, I.
Figueiredo, G. Borges, N. Joaquim, J.M. Coucelo:  Vanadate Oligomers Contribution to Vanadium Toxicity  | 
    
18.15-19.30  | 
      Dinner  | 
    
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       Chairs: 
       | 
          Alan
S. Tracey | 
    
| 19.30-21.00 | Presentation of the Vanadis Award | 
21.00-23.00 
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      Wine Tasting  | 
    
| September 5, | 
      Sunday | |
| Chair: | 
      Hitoshi Michibata | |
| 9.00-9.30 | Plenary lecture: | Alan Tracey (John Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada): | 
| Perspectives on Vanadate: The Aqueous Chemistry of Vanadium(V) | 
| 9.30-9.50 |  Dieter Rehder
(University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany), M Časný, G.
Santoni:  Vanadate and Proteins: Native Systems and Model Compounds  | 
    
| 9.50-10.10 | Chris
Orvig (University of British
Columbia, Vancouver, Canada), K.H. Thompson, B.D. Liboiron, G.R.
Hanson, S. Dikanov: In Vivo Coordination Chemistry of Insulin-Enhancing Vanadium Pharmaceuticals  | 
    
10.10-10.25  | 
      Coffee break  | 
    
| Chairs: | 
      Dieter Rehder, Valeria
Conte | 
    
| 10.25-10.45 | Hitoshi
Michibata (Hiroshima
University,  Hiroshima, Japan), T. Ueki, N. Yamaguchi, K. Fukui,
T. Hamada, M. Asanuma, H. Hirota: Characterization of Vanabins, Vanadium-Binding Proteins, Key Substances of Vanadium Accumulation in Ascidians  | 
    
| 10.45-11.05 | Marvin
W. Makinen (University
of Chicago, Chicago, USA), H. Ou, D. Mustafi, M.J. Brady:  Probing Insulin Regulation of Glucose Metabolism with Paramagnetic Organic Chelates of VO2+  | 
    
| 11.05-11.25 | Beáta
G. Vértessy
(Institute of Enzymology, Budapest, Hungary), O. Barabás, D.
Mustafi, M. W. Makinen, A. Békési, J.
Kovári:  Competent Substitution of the Physiological Mg2+ Co-Factor by Vanadyl(VO2+) in the Catalytic Site of dUTPase Enzyme Allows for Parallel Mechanistic Investigations in Solution and in the Crystal  | 
    
| 11.25-11.45 | Lage
Pettersson (Umeå
University, Umeå, Sweden):  Vanadium(V) Speciation in Systems of Bioinorganic Relevance  | 
    
| 11.45-12.05 | András
Gorzsás
(Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden), I. Andersson, L.
Pettersson:  Speciation in the Vanadate-Citrate-Lactate Mixed Ligand System  | 
    
| 12.05-12.25 | J.
Costa Pessoa, I. Correia, M.T. Duarte, M.F.M. Piedade, T.
Jakusch, T. Kiss, M.M.C.A. Castro, C.F.G.C. Geraldes, F. Avecilla: Vanadium (IV and V) Complexes of Schiff Bases and Reduced Schiff Bases, Derived from the Reaction of Aromatic o-Hydroxyaldehydes and Diamines  | 
    
| 12.25-12.45 | Ton
Hubregtse (Delft
University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands), I.W.C.E. Arends, U.
Hanefeld, T. Maschmeyer, R.A. Sheldon: Amavadin: Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalytic Properties  | 
    
| 12.45-13.05 | Kavosh
Majlesi (Islamic Azad
University, Tehran, Iran), Karim Zare:  Complexation of Dioxovanadium(V) with Isoleucine and Phenylalanine at Different Temperatures and Ionic Strengths  | 
    
      13.00-14.30 
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      Lunch  | 
    
| Chair: | 
      Chris Orvig | |
| 14.30-15.00 | Plenary lecture: | Hiromu Sakurai (Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, Kyoto, Japan): | 
| New Developments of Insulinomimetic Dinuclear Vanadium(IV)-Tartrate Complexes | 
| 15.00-15.20 | Debbie C. Crans (Colorado State
University, Fort Collins, USA), C. Simone, E. Gaidamauskas, B.
Baruah :  How Can a Cation and an Anion Both Be a Transition State Analog for the Same Enzyme?  | 
    
15.30-16.30 
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      Poster Session  | 
    
| 16.30-19.00 | Excursion to Ópusztaszer | 
19.00-23.00  | 
        Banquet  | 
    
| September 6, | 
      Monday | |
| Departure | ||
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| Program of the COST D21 workgroup meeting (Monday 6th-7th September) |