Saturday February 20

08:30, Chemistry Institute, Grand Auditoire.

Opening of the Workshop, AVZ

08:40 - 09:10 Sebastiano Campagna, Messina

"Metal Dendrimers as Artificial Antenna Systems"

09:10 - 09:30 Fanny Kirsch, Brussels

"Overview of the TMR research in Brussels"

09:30 - 10:00 John Kelly + Paul Kruger, Dublin

"Nanometer Scale Metallo-Based Assemblies: Their Chirality,

Interaction with DNA, Photophysics and Magnetic Properties"

10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break

10:30 - 11:00 Lucia Flamigni/Francesco Barigelletti, Bologna

"Photoinduced processes in multicomponent systems"

11:00 - 11:20 Gianfranco Denti, Dr. Milena Sommovigo, Pisa

"Luminescent and Redox-active Oligonuclear Bi- and Trimetallic Complexes of Osmium, Rurenium and Platinum"

11:20 - 11:50 Alain Van Dorsselaer, Strasbourg

"MS and non-covalent interactions"

11:50 - 12:15 Alex von Zelewsky, Fribourg

"Chiral Building Blocks"

12:30 Lunch (in Chemistry Building)

13:30 - 14:00 Strasbourg group

Dr. Emmanuelle Leize

"MALDI-MS: a new tool for probing interactions between

proteins and metal surface. Use in dental implantology"

H. Nierengarten

"ESMS characterization of high-molecular-weight Cu(II)

coordination polymers"

14:00 - 15:15 Brussels group

A. Brodkorb: "Molecular recognition and photo-electron

transfer between stereoisomers of a dinuclear Ru(II)

complex and mono- and polynucleotides" (20-25’)

J. Kolnaar: "Synthesis of dinuclear and dendritic Ru(II)

species based on the PHEHAT ligand" (20-25’)

F. Piérard: "Use of Chiral building blocks in the stereo-

specific preparation of Ru(II) complexes containing a phenanthroline analogue of Tröger base as chiral ligand"

A. Etoc: "Design of new optically resolved complexes containing the ligand PHEHAT" (10’)

15:15 - 15:45 Discussion

15:45 - 16:15 Susana Encinas (Bologna)

"Luminescent molecular wires with 2,5-thienyl spacers linking [Ru(tpy)2] and [Os(tpy)2] units"

16:15 - 16:45 Coffee break

16:45 - 17:00 Frédérique Loiseau (Messina)

"Synthesis and properties of Ru(II) and Os(II) building

blocks suitable to prepare larger polymetallic arrays

featuring specific functions

17:00 - 18:15 Dublin group

Dr. Philip R. Mackie

"Heterometallic Coordination Complexes with Novel Photophysical and Magnetic Properties"

Dr. Carlos Penedo-Esteiro

"Photophysical Investigation of RuII polypyridyls and DNA"

Antonella Di Trapani

"Chromium Coordination Complexes as Precursors to

Heterometallic Species"

Michelle E. Higgins

"Enantiomerically Pure Metal Complexes as Probes for DNA"

Karen OiDonoghue

"Binuclear Metal Complexes as DNA Probes"

18:15 - 18:45 Discussion

19:45 Dinner, Rest. Soleil Blanc

Sunday, February 21

09:00 - 10:00 Business meeting (Coordinator + Team leaders)

10:00 - 11:00 Fribourg group

Ulrich Knof

"Predetermination of Chirality at Chiral Metal Centers"

Gabriella Albano

"New luminescent Ruthenium-Complexes with extended

p systems"

Liana Ghizdavu

"Stereoselectivity and Transfer of Chirality in Rh(III) Complexes"

Olimpia Mamula

"From Circular Helicates to DNA like Structures"

Jorge Parola

"Towards Metal-Complexing Hemicarcerands"

11:00 - 12:00 General discussion.

Sunday after 12:00 ad hoc organization of activities. If needed, more scientific discussions, or some local excursions. Fribourg people will be available as guides.