Nomenclature / Christophe Dugave -- General mechanisms of cis-trans isomerization : a rapid survey / Christophe Dugave -- Mechanisms of cis-trans isomerization around the carbon-carbon double bonds via the triplet state / Yasushi Koyama, Yoshinori Kakitani, Hiroyoshi Nagae -- Retinal binding proteins / Hideki Kandori -- Non-retinal chromophoric proteins / Marc Zimmer -- Fatty acids and phospholipids / Chryssostomos Chatgilialoglu, Carla Ferreri -- In silico dynamic studies of cis-trans isomerization in organic and biological systems / Ute F. Reohrig, Ivano Tavernelli, Ursula Rothlisberger -- Chemical aspects of the restricted rotation of esters, amides, and related compounds / Christophe Dugave -- Amide cis-trans isomerization in peptides and proteins / Stephan Wawra, Gunter Fischer -- Enzymes catalyzing peptide bond cis-trans isomerizations / Gunter Fischer -- Tailoring the cis-trans isomerization of amides / Luis Moroder, Christian Renner, John J. Lopez, Manfred Mutter, Gabriele Tuchscherer -- Peptidyl prolyl isomerases : new targets for novel therapeutics? / Christophe Dugave -- Other cis-trans isomerizations in organic molecules and biomolecules / Muriel Gondry, Christophe Dugave -- Cis-trans isomerism in metal complexes / Alzir Azevedo Batista, Salete Linhares Queiroz.