1999 GORDON CONFERENCE ON LIPID METABOLISM

1999年戈登类脂代谢研究会议将于6月27日至7月2日在密歇根州梅里登的金博尔联合学院举行。该会议40多年来每隔几年举行一次，是国际上公认的展示脂类生物化学和分子生物学领域最新和最重要研究成果的最负盛名的论坛。1999年的会议将延续这一强调脂类代谢的酶学、生物化学和细胞生物学的传统，增加关于脂类在细胞功能中的作用和与脂类相互作用的蛋白质结构的新信息。会议将命名为脂类的分子和细胞生物学，以反映脂类在生物学中的广泛重要性。计划举办九场讲座，其中五场在晚上，四场在上午，下午还将举行两次海报会议，鼓励所有参与者介绍他们的最新研究成果。讲座将由四到五位讲者在每节课中介绍以下主题：脂类A的生物化学和遗传学；脂类信号；脂类运输和膜转位；囊泡运输和磷脂转移蛋白；甾醇代谢的遗传学和生物化学；脂类代谢的遗传学和生物化学(体细胞)；脂类代谢的遗传学和生物化学(酵母)；脂类在细胞过程中的作用；热点话题(未指定)。发言者名单使用的方法涵盖了广泛的方法，包括体细胞和整个动物遗传学、微生物遗传学、结晶学、酶学、基因组的分子生物学操作、荧光显微镜等。上述主题的广度和所采用的技术的多样性将吸引对脂类和脂类代谢有共同兴趣的不同科学家群体。参与者和演讲者将被挑选出来，以反映这一研究领域的国际卓越表现，并确保适当的平衡，确保年轻科学家、女性和单一群体的代表性。有适当的设施可供残疾人士使用，他们在选择与会者和演讲者时也将得到同等考虑。会议应促进最新的新兴技术应用于我们在最重要的脂质功能和脂质代谢领域的理解前沿。

The 1999 Gordon Research Conference on Lipid Metabolism will be held June 27 to July 2 at Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, NH. This conference has been held in odd years for over 40 years and is recognized internationally as the most prestigious forum for the presentation of the latest and most significant research in the area of lipid biochemistry and molecular biology. The 1999 conference will continue this tradition of emphasis on the enzymology, biochemistry, and cell biology of lipid metabolism with the additional inclusion of emerging information on the role of lipids in cell function and the structure of proteins that interact with lipids. The Conference will be named Molecular and Cellular Biology of Lipids to reflect the broad spectrum of lipid importance in biology. Nine lecture sessions are planned, five in the evening and four in the morning, which will be supplemented by two afternoon poster sessions in which all participants will be encouraged to present their latest findings. The lecture sessions will cover the following topics presented by either four or five speakers in each session: Biochemistry and Genetics of Lipid A; Lipid Signaling; Lipid Transport and Membrane Translocation; Vesicle Trafficking and Phospholipid Transfer Proteins; Genetics and Biochemistry of Sterol Metabolism; Genetics and Biochemistry of Lipid Metabolism (Somatic Cells); Genetics and Biochemistry of Lipid Metabolism (Yeast); Function of Lipids in Cellular Processes; Hot Topic (unassigned). The methodology utilized by the list of speakers covers a broad spectrum of approaches including somatic cell and whole animal genetics, microbial genetics, crystallography, enzymology, molecular biological manipulation of genomes, fluorescence microscopy, etc. The above breadth of topics and the diversity of techniques employed will attract a diverse group of scientists with a common interest in lipids and lipid metabolism. Participants and speakers will be selected to reflect international excellence in this area of research with an appropriate balance ensuring representation of young scientists, women, and monorities. Proper facilities are available to accommodate handicapped individuals who will also be considered equally in selection of attendees and speakers. The meeting should stimulate the application of the latest emergent technology to the frontiers of our understanding in the most important areas of lipid function and lipid metabolism.