The meeting will be held at the University of Salamanca, Spain, during two days and will include a special session during the first day for the discussion of the role of Max Delbrück in the birth and development of molecular biology. The meeting will include talks by former colleagues on Max Delbrück's personality and scientific abilities that helped shape modern biology. The second day of the meeting will be devoted to review and update the research carried out with the fungus Phycomyces blakesleeanus, a favourite research organism of Max Delbrück with a complex sensitivity to light and other environmental signals. This session will include talks that will describe the role of Phycomyces as a model organism for sensory physiology.
The meeting is open to all and no registration fees are required to attend the scientific sessions. Those interested in attending the meeting should register by sending an e-mail to vic.investigacion@usal.es with your name and contact details.
Confirmed participants include:
Opening ceremony by Werner Arber
Speakers: Javier Avalos, Kostia Bergman, Pat Burke, Josep Casadesús, Enrique Cerdá-Olmedo, Luis M. Corrochano, Nicola Delbrück, Jonathan Delbrück, Tobi Delbrück, Alejandro Fernández-Barrero, Peter Fisher, Leonid Fukshansky, Paul Galland, Igor Gamow, Joseph Heitman, Rainer Hertel, Alex Idnurm, Horace Feeland Judson, Edward Lipson, Guadalupe Martínez-Cadena, Paul Meyer, Atsushi Miyazaki, Antonio Montalvo, Ken Ortega, Arturo P. Eslava, José Ruiz-Herrera, Walter Shropshire, Santiago Torres-Martínez.
The opening ceremony will take place on October 9 at 10.00 am.
Organizing committee:
Enrique Cerdá-Olmedo (Universidad de
Sevilla, Spain)
Arturo Pérez Eslava (Universidad de Salamanca, Spain)
Luis M. Corrochano Peláez (Universidad de Sevilla, Spain)
PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORIES
Pictures taken by Ed Lipson can be viewed here and here.
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Updated 2006.10.24
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