Chemistry International

6^th European Training Course on Carbohydrates

8—14 July 2000
Debrecen, Hungary

This course provides an introduction to modern principles, tools, and trends of carbohydrate chemistry and technology. Participants need a higher education in chemistry or a related discipline, e.g., biochemistry, chemical technology, or food science. The program will include sessions on analysis ("Methods in structural analysis of carbohydrates I and II"); synthesis ("Glycosylation reactions: principles and illustrations", "Synthesis of bioactive oligosaccharides and glycoconjugates", "Combinatorial chemistry of carbohydrates", and "Saccharide engineering: in vivo and in vitro use of enzymes"); structure–function ("Structure and function of glycoconjugates", "Physi-cochemical properties of polymers", "Molecular organization in polysaccharide assemblies", and "Molecular modeling of oligosaccharides, polysaccharides, and protein—carbohydrate interactions"); and industrial applications ("Cyclodextrins: From scientific curiosity to thousand-ton scale production"; "Cellulose and cellu-lose derivatives–molecular and supramolecular structure design"; "Starch and modified starches: Production, structure, properties, and application"; and "Bacterial polysaccharides"). There will also be workshops on renewable raw materials and on nomenclature of carbohydrates. Special topics seminars will include "Wonders in wine: chemistry and art", "Carbohydrates in cyber space", "Physiological effects of structurally different oligosaccharides", "Sugar-derived building blocks for the synthesis of noncarbohydrate natural products", "Medical application of antibiotics containing carbohydrates", and "Cell wall polysaccharides: Key components in food processing". The social program will include a working excursion to the Rakoczi vineyard in Tokaj in the northeastern corner of Hungary, an organ concert in the Church of Debrecen, and a restaurant dinner. A limited number of grants for free participation will be made available to selected candidates.

For more information, contact Carbohydrate Research Foundation, c/o Ms. Ellen Jansen (Zestec), P.O. Box 96882, 2509 JG, the Hague, Netherlands; E-mail: [email protected]; Tel.: +31 70 3544 09 82; Fax: +31 70 351 53 18; Web site: http://www.zestec.com/ crf/tc/6/.