Meetings aid the transfer of knowledge and communication between researchers. The Beilstein-Institut organizes and supports such endeavours.
Overviews of the meetings and abstracts of the lectures are available.
The comprehensive Proceedings of the meetings are also available.
The Beilstein Bozen symposia address contemporary issues in the chemical and related sciences by employing an interdisciplinary approach. Along a central theme, scientists from a wide range of areas - often outside chemistry - are invited to present aspects of their work for discussion. By examining topics from different vantage points, employing different lines of thought, interactions can take place allowing problems to be identified, new developments to follow and advances to be made. Since 1988, the Beilstein Bozen symposia have addressed many different themes. In recent times the focus has been in selected interdisciplinary aspects of chemistry and biology. It is planned to continue along this path in the future.
The ESCEC Symposia (Experimental Standard Conditions of Enzyme Characterization) serve a special research area. They deal with enzymes, which play an essential role for all processes of life. For the elucidation of metabolism processes reliable and comparable enzyme data are required. The ESCEC symposia are the forum for discussing standards for measuring and publication of such experimental data.
The meetings have led to the formation of the STRENDA commission. From suggestions made at meetings, the commission produces recommendations for consideration at specialist committees.
Last year a new symposium covering the modern topic of glyco-bioinformatics was held in October. The aim of this symposium was the establishment of a network of glycochemists and biologists along with experts in bioinformatics and computer sciences.
