Biochemical Society Meeting, UK

Part 1 Techniques: static and dynamic light scattering approaches to structure determination of biopolymers; the use of low angle laser light scattering with gel permeation chromatography for the molecular weight determination of biomolecules; combined differential light scattering with various liquid chromatography separation techniques; new tools of biochemists - combined laser doppler microelectrophoresis and photon correlation spectroscopy; an on-line dynamic scattering instrument for macromolecular characterization; an overview of current methods of analyzing QLS data; low-bias macroscopic analysis of polydispersity; mesoparticle diffusion of biopolymer and polymer solutions; the diffusion of BSA molecules on poly("N"-isopropyl acrylamide) gels - a forced Rayleigh scattering study; developments in electrophoretic laser light scattering and some biochemical applications; an investigation of rigid rod-like particles in dilute solution; static and dynamic light scattering by semi-dilute rod-like polyelectrolytes; quasi-elastic light scattering from an evanescent wave to probe particle/wall interactions. Part 2 Macromolecules: compactness of protein in molecules in native and denatured states as revealed by laser light scattering and X-ray scattering; dynamic light scattering studies of concentrated Casein Micelle suspensions; aggregation of proteins; hydrodynamic behaviour of myosin filaments studied by laser light scattering; quasielastic and total intensity light scattering studies of mucin glycoproteins and cartilage proteoglycans; use of on-line laser light scattering coupled to chromatographic separations for the determination of molecular weight, branching, size and shape distributions of polysaccharides; chain rigidity of polyuronates - static light scattering of aqueous solutions of hyaluronate and alginate; laser light scattering studies of polysaccharide gels; light scattering studies of DNA condensation; dynamics and structures of DNA; DNAs as models of rigid and semi-rigid rod-like macromolecules. Part 3 Macromolecular assemblies: total intensity and quasi-elastic light scattering applications in microbiology.