Beijing Satellite Meetings

Neutron Scattering

The Organizing Committee invites you to the Neutron Scattering Satellite Meeting (NSS-93) to be held in the coastal town of Beidaihe, Aug. 17-19. Limited accommodations will restrict the number of attendees to approximately 100. The meeting will be be organized by the China Institute of Atomic Energy, the Institute of Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the Neutron Diffraction Commission with the support of the IUCr.

The scientific program will include microsymposia and poster sessions, covering a wide range of topics in the field of neutron scattering. The microsymposia will consist of invited talks devoted to recent advances and reviews. Contributed papers may be submitted for either oral or poster presentation. Authors should submit a type written abstract suitable for reproduction and review purposes. It should be single spaced and fit into a frame 15 cm wide 20 cm high, including the title, authors' names, and affiliations. Deadline for receipt is Apr. 1, 1993.

Beidaihe is a small holiday town east of Beijing, with good beaches, hills, rocks, pine forests, and a "Mediterranean flavor". Transportation from Beijing to Beidaihe will be arranged by the local organizing committee.

The approximate registration fee for NSS-93 will be $150. It may be reduced to $70 for students on special application. The registration fee for accompanying persons will be $120. The language for the meeting will be English. For further information contact: C-t Ye, China Inst. of Atomic Energy, PO Box 275-30 Beijing 102413 China. Tel.: (86) 1-935-7727; FAX: (86) 1-935-7008; TELEX: 222373. IAE CN or the Commission Chairman: S. Mason, Inst. Laue Langevin, Grenoble, France. FAX: (33) 76483906.

Electron Crystallography

The Commission on Electron Diffraction of the IUCr is sponsoring a Summer School on the topic "Electron Crystallography - Theory and Techniques" to be held in Beijing, Aug. 16-20. The program of the School will include lectures by internationally known experts on the various topics, discussion sessions, and problem solving by the students. Subject areas will include the theory and techniques for diffraction by gases and amorphous solids, structure analysis of inorganic and organic molecular crystals, computing methods, convergent beam electron diffraction, accurate determination of structure factors, and the effects of inelastic scattering. Students engaged in electron diffraction research are encouraged to bring their results and problems for discussion with the instructors. For information contact the chairman of the Local Committee: Z. Zhang, Beijing Laboratory of Electron Microscopy, Academy of Sciences, China, 100080 Beijing, PO Box 2724, China or the Program Committee Chair, J. M. Cowley, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Arizona State U., Tempe, AZ 85287-1504, USA. 

Powder Diffraction

The Satellite Meeting on Powder Diffraction will be held in Hangzhou from Aug. 31 to Sept. 3. The Organizing Committee welcomes your participation. The scientific program will include invited lectures, microsymposia, and poster sessions. The meeting will cover a wide spectrum of topics and problems in the area of powder diffraction. English will be the official language.

Hangzhou, situated on the Qiantiag River, at the southern end of the Grand Canal, is the ancient capital of several kingdoms and dynasties. This prosperous industrial and agricultural center located in the fertile Yangtze River valley is also a graceful tourist attraction. West of the city proper is the world famous West Lake with its blue sunlit waters surrounded by mist-covered green hills. Large numbers of tourists frequent the placid lake, smooth causeways, lavish temples, exquisite bridges, pavilions, terraces, towers, rocks, caves, islands, historic relics, friendly restaurants, and lakeside teahouses. The city was considered by Marco Polo as "the most magnificent city in the world" and the lake was compared by the Song Dynasty poet Su Dongpo as the most beautiful lady in China, "who looks attractive whether in light cosmetics or richly made up".

Major cultural attractions include tea plantations, silk industry, Buddhist temples, Southern Song Imperial Palace relics, and Farmers' domestic life. Special local cuisine includes West Lake vinegar fish, Longjing tea shrimp, honeyed ham, barbecued chicken in clay, quick-fried eel, deep-fried beancurd skins, assorted pastries and dumplings.

For further information contact Organizing Chair, R-g. Ling, Central Laboratory, Hangzhou U., Hangzhou, 310028, China. FAX: (86) 571-870107. Sec. General: F.-t. Ma, Dept. of Chem., Hangzhou U., Hangzhou, 310028 China. Program Chair: J.I. Langford, School of Physics and Space Research, U. of Birmingham, PO Box 363, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK. FAX: (44) 21-414-6709.

Synchrotron Radiation

The meeting will be held Aug. 31 to Sept. 3, 1993, at Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility (BSRF). The scientific program will include plenary and poster sessions and will cover the following main areas:

• New and novel synchrotron radiation techniques in crystallography, diffraction, and EXAFS.
• Progress of synchrotron radiation crystallographical research in materials science, biological science (including protein engineering), thin films, surfaces, and other fields.
• Synchrotron radiation in China. A conducted tour of the synchrotron radiation source and beam lines at BSRF, IHEP, Beijing.

Some support will be arranged toward the registration and accommodation costs of young scientists and students participating in the meeting. Social events, sightseeing to the scenic spots around Beijing and postmeeting tour to Xi'an, Hangzhou, and Guilin will be arranged. The working language will be English.

For further information contact: Y. Zhao, Meeting Sec., Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Inst. of High Energy Physics, PO Box 918, 2-7, Beijing 100039, China. Tel.: (86) 1-821-3344 Ext. 359 or 659; FAX: (86) 1-821-3374; e-mail: xian@vxihep.ihep.cern.ch.

Molecular Structure

A symposium, organized by the Commission for Small Molecules (CSM) will be held from Aug. 31 to Sept. 3, in Fuzhou, Fujian Province. Contributed papers may be submitted for either lecture or poster presentations. Fees are tentatively set at $140.00 for active participants and $50.00 for students.

Judith Howard and Llu Shi-Xlong, Co-chairs of the Program Committee for the Satellite Meeting on Molecular Structure, visit a stone carving center near Fuzhou.

The meeting will be held at Fuzhou University and accommodations are available in nearby hotels. Also, there will be simple, inexpensive student accommodations. Hotels and lecture theatres are air-conditioned. Fuzhou, on the southeast China coast, facing Taiwan across the straits was founded in the sixth century A.D., and became a major trading post mentioned in the journals of Marco Polo. Flowers bloom year round in Fuzhou's tropical climate. Among the many scenic and historical sites nearby are the Drum Mountain on the northern banks of the Minjang River and an Xichan Buddhist Temple built in 538 A.D. that houses two giant white jade Sleeping Buddha.

For further information contact: S.-x. Liu, Dept. of Chem., Fuzhou U., Fujian 350002, China. Tel.: (86) 591-710845; FAX: (86) 591-713866.

Preliminary Program

Systematic Analysis of Molecular Geometry, Conformation, and Thermal Motion

F. Herbstein (Israel) Chair

• *H. B. Bürgi (Switzerland): Structure Correlation and Reaction Pathways
• *A. Kalman (Hungary): Isostructuralism in Organic Compounds
• *B. Jensen (Denmark): Conformation and Molecular Interactions in Choline Esters
• *J. M. Delgado (Venezuela): Systematic Analysis of Ternary and Quaternary Semiconductor Compounds
• *F. Allen (UK): Systematic Conformational Analysis Using the Cambridge Structural Database
• *J. Boeyens (South Africa): Conformational Analysis and Rotational Barriers
• *L. Manojlovic-Muir (Scotland): Coordinately Unsaturated Platinum Clusters. An Analogy with Metal Surfaces

Molecular Interaction and Recognition in Crystals

J. Howard (UK) Chair

• *L. Leiserowitz (Israel): Molecular Recognition at Crystal Interfaces
• *G. Gilli (Italy): Resonance Assisted Hydrogen Bonds
• *G. Desiraju (India): Crystal Engineering
• *W. Saenger (Germany): Molecular Recognition in γ-Cyclodextrin Complexes
• *C. Pascard (France): Cryptates of Organic Anions
• E. Boldyreva (Russia): The Effect of the Crystal Structure on the Intramolecular Linkage Isomerization In the Nitro and Nitrito Co (III) Amine Complexes

Structure and Activity of Biological Molecules

W. L. Duax (USA) Chair

• T. Ishida (Japan): Aldose Reductase Inhibitors
• *B. Kojic-Prodic (Croatia): Conformation and Function of Plant Hormones
• *M. Mackay (Australia): Structure Studies of Colchicine
• *M. G. Banwell (Australia): Reaction Pathways for the Syntheses of Colchicine and Related Antimitotic Agents
• *D. Eggleston (USA): Peptide Conformation, Analysis, and Function
• *M. Vijayan (India): Conformation and Aggregation in Crystallographic Complexes of Amino Acids and Peptides
• *E. Benedetti (Italy): The Influence of Aminoisobutyric Acid and Oligopeptide Conformation

Phase Relations and Transformations in Some Small Moiety Systems

H. B. Bürgi (Switzerland) Chair

• *T. Hahn (Germany): The Crystal Chemistry of Sodium Sulphate and Related Compounds
• *G. Chapuis (Germany): Modulated Structures Resulting from Phase Transformations
• J. Lefebvre (France): Phase Transformations in Molecular Crystals
• *F. Herbstein (Israel): Disorder-order Transitions in pi-pi* Charge Transfer Molecular Compounds

*Accepted