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FROM GENOME TO PROTEOME

Third Siena 2D electrophoresis meeting
Siena, Italy, Aug. 31-Sept. 3 (Monday to Thursday), 1998

Organizers and information
Scientific Program
Registration and Hotel Reservation
Abstracts and Proceedings
Travel Information

Organizers and information:

Denis F. HOCHSTRASSER (University of Geneva)
Luca BINI and Vitaliano PALLINI (University of Siena)
Tel.: + 39 577 298 014 or 045
Fax: + 39 577 298 084
E-mail:

Address for correspondence:

Dpt. Biologia Molecolare

Pian dei Mantellini 44

53100 Siena

Italy

The meeting is sponsored by

Proteome Science plc

THE GLOBAL INVESTOR IN PROTEOMICS

which willdonate awards for:

The outstanding presentation at the conference.
The most exciting scientific poster.
The most interesting scientific presentation or poster by a young scientist.

Scientific Program

SUNDAY AUGUST 3Oth
19.30	Welcome Party
MONDAY AUGUST 31st
8.00 - 9.15	Registration, Opening Remarks and Welcome Address
9.15 - 10.00	Opening Lecture
10.00 - 11.00	PLENARY SESSION 1: Sample Preparation And Solubilisation
11.30 - 12.30	PLENARY SESSION 2: pH, pI, pK And Relevant Gradients
12.30 - 14.00	Lunch
14.00 - 15.20	PLENARY SESSION 3: Transblot, Detection And Quantitation
15.30 - 18.10	PARALLEL SESSIONS: Biological Fluids, Rat And Mouse, Prokaryotes
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 1st
9.00 -10.00	PLENARY SESSION 4A: Protein ChemicalAnalysis
10.00 - 12.30	PLENARY SESSION 4B: Co- AndPost-Translational Modification Analysis
12.30 - 14.00	Lunch
14.00 - 15.20	PLENARY SESSION 5: Theory And Experiment Design
15.30 - 18.10	PARALLEL SESSIONS: Yeast, Plants, Eukaryotic Cells And Tissues
19.30	Social Dinner
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 2nd
9.00 -10.00	PLENARY SESSION 6: Proteome DataManagement, Storage And Display
10.00 - 11.00	PLENARY SESSION 7: Artificial Intelligence And Neural Networks
11.30 - 12.50	PLENARY SESSION 8: Interventional Clinical And Biomedical Proteomics
12.50 - 14.30	Lunch
14.30 - 16.30	Visit and Discussion To Posters
16.30 - 18.15	PARALLEL SESSIONS: Oncology, Sample Preparation And Mass Spectrometry Related Technologies, Pharmacology And Toxicology
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 3rd
9.00 - 10.00	PLENARY SESSION 9: Nanotechnology -Multidimensional Separation On A Chip And MicrochipChemistry
10.00 - 11.00	PLENARY SESSION 10: Cyber Proteomic Tools
11.30 - 12.50	PLENARY SESSION 11: Automation And The Future
12.50 - 14.30	Lunch
14.30 - 15.15	Closing Lecture
15.15 - 15.30	Concluding Remarks

Registration and Hotel Reservation:

To facilitate e-mail transmission, there are no forms to be completed. If you wish to attend the meeting please e-mail or fax us your affiliation, addresses and hotel requirements. We will acknowledge reception of your registration. We will forward your hotel reservation to the Hotel Agency which will indicate name and address of your hotel and will ask for a deposit (Hotel prices are reported below). DEADLINE for sending registration and hotel reservation is MAY 31st.
Note: September is high season in Siena and hotel availability for this meeting is limited to 200 rooms. In case you decide to attend the meeting, as we hope, please let us know at your earliest convenience.

Registration fee:
It is 900,000 Lit (Italian lire, inclusive of 20% VAT, ca. 920 DM or ca. 515 US $). It includes reception party, social dinner, four lunches and seven coffee breaks. The fee for accompanying person is 180,000 Lit (inclusive of 20% VAT) and covers reception party and social dinner. Payment is to be made by bank check payable to: 2D ELECTROPHORESIS, UNIVERSITA' SIENA,
and mailed to


UFFICIO CONGRESSI

UNIVERSITA SIENA

VIA BANCHI DI SOTTO 46

53100 SIENA, ITALY

along with a letter indicating name and affiliation of person(s) to be registered.
DEADLINE IS MAY 31st.

Hotel prices:
Prices per room per night (breakfast included) in hotels in the historical center are as follows:

1st CLASS
- single room Lit 180,000-200,000
- double room Lit 240,000-290,000
- double room used as single Lit 200,000-235,000
2nd CLASS
- single room Lit 100,000-130,000
- double room Lit 150,000-200,000
- double room used as single Lit 130,000-160,000
3rd CLASS
- double room Lit 130,000-136,000
- double room used as single Lit 115,000-120,000.
Accommodations in small apartments in the Chianti hills (the university cloister at Pontignano, villas and farmhouses) are also possible, especially if you are driving. Parking lots are located near the conference building.

Abstracts and Proceedings:

The ABSTRACT BOOK will be distributed at registration.

PROCEEDINGS will be published 6 months after the meeting in an issue of ELECTROPHORESIS. Instruction to authors will be mailed upon request. The editor will be Dr. M.J. Dunn. It is important that you have your manuscript ready at the meeting.

Travel Information:

From Rome International Airport

Train transportation from Rome International Airport to Rome Railway Station "Termini" is available about every hour from 6.50 to 21.20; journey time is about 30'.

Trains from Rome Railway Station "Termini" to Siena

Time table
Roma	8.18	10.10	12.10	13.45	15.12	16.00	16.18
Chiusi arr.	10.01	11.18	13.18	14.55	16.43	17.10	18.01
Chiusi par.	10.20	12.10	13.38	15.07	17.15	17.15	18.47
Siena	11.33	13.45	15.13	16.27	18.33	18.33	20.04

Roma	17.44	18.05	18.18	19.09	20.05
Chiusi arr.	18.42	19.27	20.01	20.38	21.26
Chiusi par.	18.47	19.32	20.45	20.45	21.33
Siena	20.04	20.50	22.00	22.00	22.50
Please inquire if you are supposed to change train at Chiusi

From Florence Airport

Bus transportation from Florence Airport to Florence Bus Station and Railway Station "Santa Maria Novella" is available about every 30' from 6.30 to 22.30; journey time is about 20'. Bus and train stations are just across the street.
Bus to Siena leave almost every hour (7 a.m. - 7p.m.).

Trains from Florence Railway Station "Santa Maria Novella" to Siena

Time table
Firenze	6.33	8.25	9.18	11.20	13.25	14.13
Empoli arr.	7.03	8.58	9.55	11.56	13.56	14.41
Empoli par.	7.04	9.05	9.58	11.59	14.03	14.42
Siena	7.57	10.04	10.54	13.05	15.06	15.33

Firenze	15.20	17.10	17.20	18.20	19.13	20.30
Empoli arr.	15.55	17.39	17.55	18.55	19.51	21.03
Empoli par.	15.56	17.40	17.56	18.56	19.56	21.04
Siena	17.04	18.32	19.08	19.55	21.00	22.08
Please inquire if you are supposed to change train at Empoli

From Pisa Airport to Siena

Time table from Pisa Airport Railway Station
Pisa aer.	10.27	12.44	13.35	14.38	15.38	16.38	17.44
Empoli arr.	11.16	13.21	14.17	15.16	16.16	17.16	18.25
Empoli par.	11.59	14.03	14.42	15.56	16.37	17.40	18.56
Siena	13.05	15.06	15.33	17.04	17.33	18.32	19.55

Time table from Pisa Railway Station "Centrale"
Pisa centr.	5.12	6.50	8.27	9.21	10.11	11.21	12.21
Empoli arr.	6.02	7.20	8.58	9.50	11.00	11.50	12.50
Empoli par.	6.20	7.29	9.05	9.58	11.59	11.59	13.08
Siena	7.25	8.36	10.04	10.54	13.05	13.05	14.20

Pisa centr.	13.21	15.21	15.45	16.21	17.21	18.21	19.08
Empoli arr.	13.50	15.16	16.16	16.50	17.50	18.50	19.38
Empoli par.	14.03	15.56	16.37	17.07	17.56	18.56	19.56
Siena	15.06	17.04	17.33	18.10	19.08	19.55	21.00

Pisa centr.	19.21	20.03	20.21	23.00
Empoli arr.	19.50	20.33	20.58	23.30
Empoli par.	19.56	21.04	21.04	23.35
Siena	21.00	22.08	22.08	0.39
Please inquire if you are supposed to change train at Empoli


arr = arrivo, arrival

par = partenza, departure