Regional Biophysics Meeting 2005

Hotel Dobrava, Terme Zreče, Slovenia

March 16-20, 2005

Invitation

Slovenian Biophysical Society kindly invites you to participate at the international Regional Biophysics Meeting, which will take place in the relaxing spa atmosphere of Dobrava Hotel in Terme Zreče, Slovenia, on the southern slopes of Pohorje mountain chain.

The conference will be held in late winter, when skiing is usually still possible in the adjecent Rogla ski resort.

The conference is organized in cooperation with Biophysical Societies of Austria, Croatia, Hungary and Italy and is based on the idea of a regional biophysical meeting, which stems from the first Italian-Slovenian Workshop on Biophysics, held in September 2002 in Trento, Italy.

Main Topics

Invited Speakers

Scientific committee

Scientific programme

Scientific programme will consist of invited lectures and poster sessions.

Invited lectures

25 minutes presentation + 5 minutes discussion

Poster sessions

poster session with 2 minutes oral presentation

A tentative time frame and the detailed scientific programme for the conference are available as PDF files.

Poster preparation

The posters should fit into a rectangular area not larger than 120 cm (height) by 90 cm (width). Authors are advised to typeset the text large enough for the poster to be comfortably read from 2.5 meters distance. Adhesives for fixing the poster to the board will be supplied by the organizers.

Best poster award

A special committee will review the oral presentation, discussion at the poster session as well as contents of the posters in terms of original results and innovative presentations. The presenter of the best poster will receive an award.

Abstracts

Detailed instructions for preparation of abstracts are given on our web page. Deadline for abstract submission was December 26, 2004.

Book of abstracts is available online in PDF format.

Publications

Regular papers will be published through peer-reviewed process in regular issue of Journal of Chemical Information and Modelling (formerly ACS Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences). Please see the author guidelines.

Deadline for manuscript submission is May 1, 2005. Manuscripts can only be submitted online via ACS Paragon System. In order to process your submittal quickly, please submit along with the manuscript a cover letter where you specify that the topic was presented at the Regional Biophysics Meeting 2005. You can use the provided template (MS Word format).

Venue

Dobrava Hotel, Terme Zreče, is placed in Zreče, at the foothils of Pohorje mountain group, in the northeasteren Slovenia.

Distances from neighbouring cities to Zreče:

Maribor40 km
Graz85 km
Ljubljana100 km
Zagreb130 km
Trieste190 km
Wien300 km
Venezia350 km
Salzburg350 km
Budapest370 km

Accomodation

Available accomodation is:

Accomodation is possible in single or double rooms. Participants can reserve the rooms directly through the online accomodation form. Hotel reservation can not be guaranteed for accommodation forms received after December 15, 2004.

Registration Fee

Registration fee is € 240 up to December 15, 2004. Registration fee for late registration (after December 15, 2004) is € 290. Registration fee for postgraduate students is € 150. Registration for undergraduate students is free.

Registration fee should be paid via bank transfer in favour of Slovenian Biophysical Society, Jamova 39, Ljubljana.

IBAN: SI56020100253397528
Bank: Nova Ljubljanska banka d.d., Trg republike 2, Ljubljana
BIC/SWIFT code: LJBASI2X

Participants from Slovenia are obliged to pay registration fee in Slovenian tolars (SIT) at the going exchange rate to »Društvo biofizikov Slovenije, Jamova 39, Ljubljana«, account no. 02010-0253397528, transaction purpose »Udeležba na Biophysics 2005«, referred as »05«.

Bank charges are the responsibility of the payer and should be paid at source in addition to the registration fees.

Financial support for students

A limited amount of funds is available to provide partial financial support for postgraduate students. The support will cover the registration fee.

To apply please send an email to marjeta.sentjurc@ijs.si with the Subject "Application for support RBM2005" and the following information in the body of the message: family name, first name, affiliation, research field and theme of your Ph.D. thesis, name of Ph.D. advisor and university/institution where postgraduate studies are conducted. Application should also include a signed letter of recommendation by the Ph.D. advisor, which can be sent to dr. Marjeta Šentjurc by regular mail.

The applications should be received before Friday, January 14, 2005. The applicants will be notified about the decision by Friday, January 28, 2005.

Social events

Get together party, tour/skiing, a cultural event and the dinner reception are planned.

Important dates

December 15, 2004
Reduced registration fee; room reservation
December 26, 2004
Abstract submission
May 1, 2005
Paper submission

Organising Comittee

President Janez Štrancar janez.strancar@ijs.si
Secretary Marjeta Šentjurc marjeta.sentjurc@ijs.si
Primož Peterlin primoz.peterlin@biofiz.mf.uni-lj.si
Dušanka Janežič dusa@cmm.ki.si
Milan Brumen milan.brumen@uni-mb.si
Marjana Nemec marjana.nemec@ijs.si
Zoran Arsov zoran.arsov@ijs.si
Contact person for Austria Karl Lohner
Contact person for Croatia Marina Kveder
Contact person for Hungary Laszlo Zimanyi
Contact person for Italy Giorgio Mario Giacometti

Addresses

Marjeta Šentjurc
Laboratorij za biofiziko - EPR center
Institut Jožef Stefan
Jamova 39
SI-1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia

telephone: +386-1-477-3689
telefax: +386-1-426-3269
e-mail: marjeta.sentjurc@ijs.si
WWW: http://www.drustvo-biofizikov.si/biophysics2005/

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