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July 17-22, 1988

July 18-20, 1988

July 19-21, 1988

July 24-27, 1988

August 8-11, 1988

September 7-9, 1988

September 12-16, 1988

September 18-23, 1988

September 29, 1988

October 24-30, 1988

XII IUPAC SYMPOSIUM ON PHOTOCHEMISTRY. Bologna, Italy. For more information, contact: Prof. F. Bolletta, Dipartimento di Chimica "G. Ciamician", Via Selmi 2, 1 40126 Bologna, Italy.

SELENIUM IN BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE--FOURTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM. Tubingen, West Germany. For more information, contact: Prof. Dr. A. Wendel, Physiologisches-Chemisches, lnstitut der Universitat, Hoppe- Seyler-Strasse 4, D-7400 Tubingen, West Germany. Tel: 7071 292456.

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY AND MEDICAL LASER APPLICATIONS. London, England. For more information, contact: J. A. S. Garuth, Post-graduate Centre, Royal South Hants Hospital, Graham Road, Southampton S09 4PE, U.K.

SOCIETY FOR FREE RADICAL RESEARCH SUMMER MEETING. Bangor, Wales. For more information, contact: Paul Beaumont, Research Division, North East Wales Institute, Deeside, Clywd, CH5 4BR, Wales, U.K. Tel: 0244-817531 ext. 245.

12TH MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF OXYGEN TRANSPORT TO TISSUE. Ottawa, Canada. For more information, contact: K. Rakusan, Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K1H 8M5, Canada. Tel: (613) 737-6602.

TECHNIQUES AND MECHANISMS IN POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILIZATION. Brighton, England. For more information, contact: Dr. N. C. Billingham, MOLS, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9Q J, U.K. Tel: 0273 678313.

2ND INTERNATIONAL MEETING ON PULSE INVESTIGATIONS IN PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY, AND BIOLOGY (PULS' 88). Lodz, Poland. For more information, contact: Organizing Committee PULS' 88, The Institute of Applied Radiation Chemistry, ul Wroblewskiego 15, 93-590 Lodz, Poland.

5th INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ORGANIC FREE RADICALS. Zurich, Switzerland. For more information, contact: Dr. H. Paul, Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut, Universitat Zurich-lrchel, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland.

CONFERENCE ON ANTIOXIDANT NUTRITION WITH EMPHASIS ON THE IMMUNE FUNCTIONS. Los Angeles, CA. For more information, contact: Marshall Phillips, USDA, NADC, P.O. Box 70, Ames, IA 50010, U.S.A. Tel: (515) 239-8370.

21st ANNUAL MEETING OF THE EUROPEAN SOCIETY FOR RADIATION BIOLOGY. Tel Aviv, Israel. For more information, contact: The Secretariat, Euro- pean Society for Radiation Biology, P.O. Box 50006, Tel Aviv 61500, Israel.

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October 30- November 6, 1988

October 31- November 3, 1988

November 8-12, 1988

November 18-22, 1988

December 9-10, 1988

December 19, 1988

February 6-10, 1989

July 2-7, 1989

September 17-22, 1989

10th INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON PHOTOBIOLOGY. Jerusalem, Israel. For more information, contact: The Secretariat, lOth International Congress on Photobiology, P.O. Box 983, Jerusalem 91009, Israel.

VITAMIN E: BIOCHEMISTRY AND HEALTH IMPLICATIONS. Sheraton Center, New York, NY. Conference Chairmen: Lawrence J. Machlin, Anthony T. Diplock, Lester Packer, William A. Pryor. For more information, contact: Public Relations Department, The New York Academy of Sciences, 2 East 63rd Street, New York, NY 10021, U.S.A. Tel: (212) 838-0230.

INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON FREE RADICALS IN MEDICINE. Vienna, Austria. For more information, contact: The Secretariat, 1st International Symposium on Free Radicals in Medicine, Congress Team International Ltd., 30 Deane Way, Ruislip, Middlesex HA4 8SX, U.K. Tel: (01) 206-0426.

SYMPOSIUM ON THE BIOLOGICAL BASIS OF HUMAN LONGEVITY. San Francisco, USA (in conjunction with the 41st annual scientific meeting of the Gerontological Society of America). For more information, contact: Dr. Richard G. Cutler, Gerontology Research Center NIA, 4940 Eastern Ave., Baltimore, MD 21224, USA. Tel: (301) 550-1814.

SOCIETY FOR FREE RADICAL RESEARCH WINTER MEETING. Paris, France. For more information, contact: Dr. lngrid Emerit, lnstitut Biomedical, 15 rue de l'Ecole de Medicine, 75006 Paris, France. Tel: 1-43-29-99-39.

FREE RADICALS AND DISEASE (Special colloquium of the Biochemical Society). London, England. For more information, contact: Dr. Catherine Rice- Evans, Department of Biochemistry, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, Rowland Hill St., London NW13 2PF, U.K. Tel: O1 794 0500.

GORDON CONFERENCE: OXYGEN RADICALS IN BIOLOGY. Ventura, USA. For more information, contact: Prof. Steven D. Aust, Director of Biotechnology and Toxicology, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322-4430, USA. Tel: (801) 750-2730.

2nd INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SPIN TRAPPING AND AMINOXYL RADICAL CHEMISTRY. Guelph, Canada. For more information, contact: Dr. Edward G. Janzen, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada. Tel: (519)824-4120 ext. 3827 or ext. 3044.

5TH SYMPOSIUM ON SUPEROXIDE AND SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE. Jerusalem, Israel. For more information, contact: Dr. Gidon Czapski, The Secretariat--SOD V, P.O. Box 394, 61003 Tel-Aviv, Israel.

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