Chairmen of the European Research Councils’ Chemistry Committees

 


CERC3 YOUNG CHEMISTS’ WORKSHOPS 2004

 “Biocatalysis”

24-28 March 2004, Erlangen, Germany

 

 

Information

 

1. Places/Maps

 

Map of central Erlangen:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How to reach Erlangen:

 

 

 

2. Traveling to Erlangen

Travel by airplane and/or train

Erlangen may be reached most easily via the nearby Nuremberg airport (ca. 15 km) (http://www.airport-nuernberg.de).

Please note:

A pick-up service at Nuremberg airport will be available to bring you directly to the hotel. Please let us know your arrival time, your flight number and the the airline you are traveling with.

Munich airport is ca. 160 km south of Erlangen. Train connections to Erlangen are via the "S-Bahn" (rapid transit) to Munich central station, and then to Erlangen via Nuremberg. Connections may be less convenient than those via Frankfurt airport (see below), although Munich is closer.

Frankfurt airport is ca. 240 km north-west of Erlangen. There are trains directly from the airport to Nuremberg where local trains to Erlangen depart every 20-30 min. during daytime hours. Some of the Frankfurt - Erlangen trains save time by connecting at Fürth rather than at Nuremberg central station. The conductor will advise you.

 

The convenient  online-service (http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.exe/e) on the World Wide Web is recommended for scheduling individual train routes in Germany.

Cars may be rented at all airports, or in Erlangen.

Please note:

For looking up train connections to Erlangen starting from Frankfurt airport, enter "Frankfurt(M)Flugh" as departure. For trains connections starting from Munich airport, enter "München Flughafen T" in the query. If your keyboard does not have German "Umlaut" facilities, enter "Munchen Flughafen" instead. The syntax for date entry is, e.g., 17.9.1997. The syntax for time entry is, e.g., 11:00.

 

Travel by car:

You may reach Erlangen easily via the Autobahn A73. This connects to the A9 from Berlin, the A9 from Munich, or the A3 from Frankfurt. Please look at the map.

Please note:

Please let us know if you will travel by car to inform the hotel about your need for a parking place.

 

Common for all directions:

On the Autobahn A73, take the "Erlangen-Zentrum" exit. Coming from north (unlikely if you followed the routes suggested above) you will automatically be on the "Werner-von-Siemens-Strasse". Coming from south, turn right at the end of the exit in "Erlangen-Ost" direction and then go straight onto the "Werner-von-Siemens-Strasse". Continue for ca. 1.5 km until you see the "Aral" gas station on your right; the hotel is on your left side, opposite the gas station; turn left onto “Hofmannstrasse”.

If you leave the hotel, enter the “Walter-Flex-Strasse” which is on the opposite side of the street. The large grey building is the Institute of Organic Chemistry.

 

 

3. Hotel

 

Your hotel is the “Dorint-Hotel” which lies very close to the Institute of Organic Chemistry where the workshop will be held – walking time approximately 2 min. The workshop will officially start on Thursday, March 25, at 8.30 and the official end will be on Saturday, March 27, probably around 14.30. We recommend planning for four nights in the hotel.

 

 

4. Lunch/Dinner/Social Program

 

Lunch will be served in the local “Mensa” which is about 5 min by feet from the institute. If you prefer to go to a restaurant, there are plenty of those in close vicinity. A map with the restaurants will be in the workshop package that you get when you arrive. Dinner will also be served in the Mensa but will be a buffet with warm and cold dishes.

There will be a welcome mixer on Wednesday, March 24, in the evening (19.00). Brezeln, sausages, cheese and beer will be offered. We plan to have an excursion to the medieval town of Bamberg in the afternoon of Saturday, March 27 with a dinner buffet in the evening.

 

Please note:

Please let us know if you wish to have lunch and dinner in the Mensa. Also, we would appreciate it if you could tell us whether you want to participate at the welcome mixer and the excursion to Bamberg.

 

 

5. Preliminary schedule

 

Wednesday, March 24

19.00              Welcome mixer in the Foyer if the Institute for Organic Chemistry

 

Thursday March 25

8.30                Opening ceremony

8.40-10.40     4 presentations; lengths approx. 25 min, 5 min discussion

10.40-11.00  Coffee break

11.00-13.00  4 presentations; lengths approx. 25 min, 5 min discussion

13.00-14.30  Lunch break

14.30-16.30  4 presentations; lengths approx. 25 min, 5 min discussion

16.30-16.50  Coffee break

16.50-18.50  4 presentations; lengths approx. 25 min, 5 min discussion

19.15              Dinner

 

Friday, March 26

8.40-9.40       Invited lecture by an outstanding senior chemist in the field

9.40 -10.40    2 presentations; lengths approx. 25 min, 5 min discussion

10.40-11.00  Coffee break

11.00-13.00  4 presentations; lengths approx. 25 min, 5 min discussion

13.00-14.30  Lunch break

14.30-16.30  4 presentations; lengths approx. 25 min, 5 min discussion

16.30-16.50  Coffee break

16.50-18.50  4 presentations; lengths approx. 25 min, 5 min discussion

19.15              Poster session including dinner/cold buffet

 

Saturday, March 27

8.40-10.40     4 presentations; lengths approx. 25 min, 5 min discussion

10.40-11.00  Coffee break

11.00-13.00  4 presentations; lengths approx. 25 min, 5 min discussion

13.00-14.30  Lunch break

14.30-18.30  Excursion to the medieval town of Bamberg

 

Times may vary depending on the number of participants.

Please note:

In order to plan for the technical necessities please let us know if you intend to give your oral presentation with a beamer, transparencies or slides.

 

We intend to invite a senior scientist in the field of biocatalysis/bioinorgic chemistry to give a lecture.

 

In order to stimulate discussions we want to make a poster session. The details about size etc. will be announced at a later time. Please let us know if you wish to participate at the poster session.

 

 

6. Fees

 

Due to the tight schedule of the workshop, we arranged for a complete program of lodging and meals. The hotel, breakfasts, lunchs, dinners, coffee breaks, social program, workshop packages including maps, schedules, books, etc. amount to costs of € 500,- per participant. We kindly ask you to pay this sum in advance and ask for reimbursement from your funding agency. We will give you at a later time the details of a bank account in Germany to which you should transfer the money. Thank you for your understanding!

 

Please do not hesitate to ask the local organizer if you have further questions:

 

 

Dr. Norbert Jux,

Institut für Organische Chemie

der Universität Erlangen

Henkestraße 42

D-91054 Erlangen

Germany

 

Tel.:           +49(0)9131-8522976

FAX:          +49(0)9131-8526846;

e-mail:      jux@organik.uni-erlangen.de