6th
European
Training Course on Carbohydrates
814 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");
structurefunction ("Structure and function of glycoconjugates",
"Physi-cochemical properties of polymers", "Molecular
organization in polysaccharide assemblies", and "Molecular
modeling of oligosaccharides, polysaccharides, and proteincarbohydrate
interactions"); and industrial applications ("Cyclodextrins:
From scientific curiosity to thousand-ton scale production";
"Cellulose and cellu-lose derivativesmolecular 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/.