Programme

“International School of Crystallization: Drugs, Foods, Agrochemicals, Minerals, New Materials (ISC2012)”.
Hotel San Antón (Granada, Spain). May 21-25, 2012

Sunday, May 20 WELCOME

18:00 – 20:00

Registration/Check-in

 

20:00

Welcome Cocktail at the Hotel San Anton

 

Monday, May 21 FUNDAMENTALS: Chairs: J. Gómez Morales & E. Boldyreva

08:00 – 09:00

Registration

 

09:00 – 09:15

Overview of the School

JuanMa García-Ruiz,
CSIC-University of Granada, Spain
Jaime Gómez Morales,
CSIC-University of Granada, Spain

09:15 – 10:15

Crystallization from solution: phase diagrams, supersaturation and other basic concepts

Gerard Coquerel,
University of Rouen, France

10:15 – 11:00

Nucleation Theory

Jim de Yoreo,
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA

11:00 – 11:30

Coffee break

 

11:30 – 12:30

Analytical aspects of prenucleation stages

Helmut Cölfen,
Max Planck Institute, Germany

12:30 – 13:30

Crystal growth kinetics and mechanisms

Jim de Yoreo,
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA

13:30 – 15:00

Lunch

 

15:00 – 16:00

Morphology of crystals and crystal aggregates

JuanMa García-Ruiz,
CSIC-University of Granada, Spain

16:00 – 17:00

In-process analytical techniques for monitoring, controlling and scaling-up solution crystallization processes

Kevin Roberts,
University of Leeds, UK

17:00 – 17:30

Coffee break

 

17:30 – 18:30

Poster session

 

Tuesday, May 22 CRYSTALLIZATION TECHNIQUES: Chairs: N. Rodriguez & J. Bernstein

09:00 – 10:00

Crystallization: solution growth and gel growth

JuanMa García-Ruiz,
CSIC-University of Granada, Spain

10:00 – 11:00

Crystallization from melts

Ulrich Griesser,
University of Insbruck, Austria

11:00 – 11:30

Coffee break

 

11:30 – 12:30

Supercritical crystallization

K. Byrappa,
University of Mysore, India

12:30 – 13:30

High pressure crystallization

Andrzej Katrusiak,
Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland

13:30 – 15:00

Lunch

 

15:00 – 16:00

The development of robust pharmaceutical crystallization processes

Dierk Wieckhusen,
Novartis Pharma, Switzerland

16:00 – 17:00

Crystallization of lipids in colloidal dispersion techniques

Kyo Sato,
Hiroshima University, Japan

17:00 – 17:30

Coffee break

 

17:45 -18:30

Poster session

 

Wednesday, May 23 Morning session POLYMORPHISM: Chairs: G. Coquerel & U. Griesser

09:00 – 10:00

Fundamentals of polymorphism

Joel Bernstein,
Ben Gurion University, Israel

10:00 – 11:00

Chiral crystallization

Cristóbal Viedma,
University Complutense Madrid, Spain

11:00 – 11:30

Coffee break

 

11:30 – 12:30

Engineering Cocrystal Thermodynamic Stability and Eutectic Points via Micellar Solubilization and Ionization

Naír Rodriguez-Hornedo,
University of Michigan, USA

12:30 – 13:30

Polymorphs and solvates: legal aspects

Joel Bernstein,
Ben Gurion University, Israel

13:30 – 15:00

Lunch

 

Wednesday, May 23 Evening session DEMONSTRATION FAIR

15:00 – 16:00

Simultaneous practical demonstrations

 

16:00 – 17:00

Simultaneous practical demonstrations

 

16:30 – 17:00

Coffee break

 

17:00 – 17:30

Simultaneous practical demonstrations

 

17:30 – 18:30

Poster session

 

22:00

Night visit to the Alhambra

 

Thursday, May 24 DEMONSTRATION FAIR

09:20-10:30

Simultaneous practical demonstrations

 

10:30-11:00

Coffee break

 

11:00-13:00

Simultaneous practical demonstrations

 

13:00-15:00

Lunch

 

15:00-16:30

Simultaneous practical demonstrations

 

16:30-17:00

Coffee break

 

17:00-17:40

Simultaneous practical demonstrations

 

20:00

Dinner and Flamenco Party

 

Friday, May 25 Mineral Growth: Chairs: J. de Yoreo & G. Falini

09:00-09:45

Crystallization 4,6 billions years ago

Katsuo Tsukamoto,
Sendai University, Japan

09:45-10:30

Nanoscale observations of mineral growth and dissolution

Andrew Putnis,
University of Münster, Germany

10:30-11:00

Coffee break

 

11:00-11:45

Crystal growth of nanocrystalline apatites

Jaime Gómez Morales,
CSIC-University of Granada, Spain

11:45-12:30

Bio-controlled crystal growth of the mollusk shell

Alain Baronnet,
CINaM-CNRS, Marseille, France

12:30-13:15

From nanoparticles to crystals: or how does a mineral form

Liane G. Benning,
University of Leeds, UK

13:15-13:30

Posters prizes and closing of the School

Organizing committee

13:30-15:00

Lunch