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BCA Spring Meeting 2004

University of Manchester

Tuesday 6 March to Thursday 8 April 2004

Scientific Program

Parallel Session: Molecules in Medicine

Wednesday 7 April, 8:30 - 10:00 (Room C2)

Chair: Christine Cardin (Reading)

Molecules in medicine is a theme that cuts across both biological and chemical crystallography. The early morning session is therefore a joint session on this subject, and this is followed by individual sessions on biomolecules in medicine and chemical aspects of this subject.

Detailed Programme

08:30 Malcolm Walkinshaw (Edinburgh) - The Role of Protein-Ligand Crystal Complexes in Drug Discovery

09:15 Gary Parkinson (London) - Diverse DNA Structures and Ligand Design in Cancer Therapeutics

 

Parallel Session: Biomolecules in Medicine

Wednesday 7 April, 10:30 - 12:00 (Room H11)

Chair: T.B.A.

Detailed Programme

10:30 J P Derrick (UMIST) - Structure and Function of Outer Membrane Proteins from the Meningitis-Causing Bacterium Neisseria Meningitidis

11:00 T.B.A.

11:30 T.B.A.

 

Parallel Session: Molecules in Medicine: Chemical Aspects

Wednesday 7 April, 10:30 - 12:00 (Room C2)

Chair: Jonathan Charmant (Bristol)

Detailed Programme

10:30 Neil Feeder (Pfizer) - Selection of the Optimum Solid Form for Drug Delivery

11:00 Carl Schwalbe (Aston) - From Small Molecule Structures to Medicines

11:30 Bill David (ISIS) - In-Situ Dehydration Studies of Pharmaceutical Compounds