St Martin's College, Ambleside, Lake District, UK, 54th Harden Conference - Enzymology: Emerging Trends and Future Prospects, 20-24 August 2002

St Martin's College, Ambleside, Lake District, UK, 55th Harden Conference - Dynamics of Membrane Traffic, 25-30 August 2002

University of Plymouth, UK, 56th Harden Conference - Biological Electron and Proton Transfer, 26-30 August 2003

St. John's College, Oxford, UK, 57th Harden Conference - Proteinase Structure and Function, 10-13 September 2003

The Harden Conferences are residential research conferences held annually under the auspices of the Biochemical Society. Each conference covers a specialist topic and is aimed at the forefront of biological research.

The conferences are planned to be of an interdisciplinary nature, bringing together scientists from various backgrounds who have a common interest in, but different approaches to, the topic of the conference. To maintain a suitably high level of discussion and presentation at the conference, it is desirable that participants be experienced in the field covered; most of the participants will be expected to have postdoctoral or equivalent experience, although Ph.D. students will also be welcome. Each conference lasts four to five days, with planned scientific sessions morning and evening, and the afternoon left clear for informal scientific interchange and recreation.

The planned scientific sessions feature speakers invited by the Conference Chairman and, in addition, time is left for extensive discussion and for short contributions, including posters, by other conference participants.

All participants must be resident for the duration of the conference.

Scientists wishing to participate are asked to contact the Meetings Office for an application pack at the address below. Application packs contain forms for application, bursary application, a sponsored free place and payment.

Bursaries and free places
A limited number of bursaries to cover the cost of registration are available to assist younger members of the Biochemical Society to attend the conferences.

Preference will be given to senior graduate students and restricted to members of the Biochemical Society and the sponsoring societies, i.e. British Biophysical Society, British Society for Cell Biology, British Society for Immunology, Genetical Society, Physiological Society, Society for General Microbiology, Society for Free Radical Research, and Society for Experimental Biology. Applications for these places should be sent to the Biochemical Society from the applicant's supervisor and should be accompanied by an independent reference.