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September 3, Friday

Arrival


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

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

Chair:

Toshikazu Hirao

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
Chairs:

    Alan S. Tracey
19.30-21.00 Presentation of the Vanadis Award

21.00-23.00

    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




      
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




       Poster Session
16.30-19.00 Excursion to Ópusztaszer

19.00-23.00
 
       Banquet



September 6,


Monday


Departure

or


Program of the COST D21 workgroup meeting (Monday 6th-7th September)



Last modified: 18 Augustus 2004

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