20th International Symposium on Chirality

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20th International Symposium on Chirality
July 6-9, 2008
University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
For more information, www.chirality2008.org
Abstracts for poster presentation will be accepted until May 15

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The Chirality International Symposium Series is the premier meeting that brings together world-renown scientists to provide the largest and most thorough coverage of all aspects and advances related to chirality, and its impact on the practical and economic aspects of science and technology. This year’s meeting includes discussions for exchanging ideas and recent progresses on all aspects related to chirality in life sciences, chemistry, separation sciences, material sciences and physics.

The program will include the Chirality Medal Award  and reception, plenary and keynote lectures, contributed oral presentations on original research and applications, poster sessions, seminars, exhibits focusing on novel chiral technologies, scientific conferences and specialized courses, poster competition, and a symposium banquet.

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Symposium Proceedings
The proceedings of the symposium will be published in the journal, Chirality. Get a free sample copy at the meeting.

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Poster Deadlines
Abstracts for poster presentation will be accepted until May 15. After that date, it may not be possible to include the abstract in the conference abstract book. Abstract submission details are posted at www.chirality2008.org.

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Winner of 2008 Chirality Medal
Wolfgang Lindner, Research Professor, Department of Analytical Chemistry and Food Chemistry, University of Vienna, Austria, has been selected as the recipient of the 2008 Chirality Medal in recognition of his outstanding achievements in the field of Separation Sciences and in particular in the domain of Stereoselective Separation Techniques.

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Sunday Short Courses
Analytical and preparative separations of stereoisomers by HPLC and SFC (instructors: D. Armstrong and C. Welch)
Enantioseparations using electromigration techniques (instructors: B. Chankvetadze and S. Rudaz)
Spectroscopic methods (instructors: Th. Wenzel, N. Berova, and P. Polavarapu)
Recent developments in enantioselective transition metal catalyzed reactions (instructors: P. Kündig and A. Alexakis)


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Topic Areas
Fundamental aspect of molecular chirality  
Stereoselective synthesis & catalysis  
Supramolecular chirality  
New chiral selectors  
Enzymatic methods  
Chirality and biology  
Chirality and pharmaceutical sciences  
Chiral pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics  
Chiral sensors  
Chiroptical spectroscopy  
Enantioseparation techniques (analytical & preparative)  
Resolution techniques  
Chiral polymers  
Chirality and environment  
Chirality and fragrances  
Natural products  


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Permanent International Scientific Committee of the Chirality Series
Daniel W. Armstrong (University of Texas at Arlington, USA)
Nina Berova (Columbia University, USA)
John Caldwell (University of Liverpool, UK)
Vadim Davankov (Russian Academy of Sciences Inst., Russia)
Eric Francotte (Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Switzerland)
Jérme Lacour (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
Wolfgang Lindner (University of Vienna, Austria)
Domenico Misiti (University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Italy)
Yoshio Okamoto (Nagoya University, Japan)
Kazuhiko Saigo (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Dave Walba (University of Colorado, Boulder, USA)
Christopher Welch (Merck & Co., USA)
Eiji Yashima (Nagoya University, Japan)


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Contact
Organizers Switzerland Ltd
c/o Chirality 2008 Symposium
Obere Egg 2
4312 Magden / Switzerland
Tel.: +41 61 836 98 76
Fax: +41 61 836 98 77
Email: chirality2008@organizers.ch

For more information please visit www.chirality2008.org.

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