Affinity Chromatography and Separations Chairperson: Jerker Porath, Sweden AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY LECTURE Matthias Uhlen, Sweden AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY: ASKING HOW IT WORKS AND WHERE THIS HAS LED Irwin Chaiken, USA MOLECULAR IMPRINTING TECHNOLOGY-RECOLLECTIONS OF SOME IMPRINTS MEIR HAS MADE ON ME Klaus Mosbach, Sweden NEW AFFINITY ADSORBENTS FOR THE PURIFICATION OF BIOPHARMACEUTICALS Chris Lowe, UK Karin Cabrera, Germany

Avidin-Biotin System Chairperson: Helmut Ringsdorf, Germany ADVENTURES WITH RECOMBINANT STREPTAVIDIN Charles Cantor, USA SMART AND BIFUNCTIONAL STREPTAVIDIN Patrick Stayton, USA Richard Johnson, USA INCREDIBLE AVIDIN. WHY AND HOW? Markku Kulomaa, Finland BONDING WITH AVIDIN AND BIOTIN Ed Bayer, Israel

Affinity Targeting Chairperson: Michael Sela, Israel AVIDIN AND STREPTAVIDIN-BASED TARGETING FOR THERAPY AND DIAGNOSIS Ruth Arnon, Israel POLYMERS FOR DRUG DELIVERY AND TISSUE ENGINEERING Bob Langer, USA COMBINATORIAL APPROACHES TO THE DESIGN OF BIOMATERIALS THAT INTERACT WITH SELECTED CELL TYPES Joachim Kohn, USA WHAT CAN ALLICIN FROM GARLIC DO FOR YOU David Mirelman, Israel

Signal Transduction Chairperson: Indu Parikh, USA CELLULAR SIGNALING BY TYROSINE PHOSPHORYLATION Yossi Schlessinger, USA SPHINGOSINE-PHOSPHATE: SIGNALING INSIDE AND OUT Sarah Spiegel, USA DIMERIZATION AND SIGNALING IN CYTOKINE RECEPTOR SYSTEMS Oded Livnah, Israel SIGNALING TO THE TRANSLATION MACHINERY Nahum Sonnenberg, USA NOVEL ACTIVITIES OF CHEMOKINES IN REGULATION OF LEUCOCYTE-INTEGRIN FUNCTION UNDER SHEAR FLOW Ronen Alon, Israel