FASEB CONFERENCE/CALCIUM AND CELL FUNCTION

由美国实验生物学学会联合会(FASE B)主办的关于“钙与细胞功能”的国际会议将于2000年7月9日至14日在科罗拉多州的铜山举行。会议将集中于细胞内钙调节的分子生物学的最新进展，以及钙离子在细胞功能调节中的众多作用。将涵盖的主题包括：钙进入和细胞内储存的分子生物学；细胞内钙动力学的调节；钙信号的解码；钙在细胞核、线粒体和膜运输中的功能；以及多细胞钙信号的生理学和病理学。总体目标是将致力于研究钙的所有阶段及其在细胞功能中的作用的不同科学家小组聚集在一起，在有利于非正式思想交流的氛围中工作。这次会议的形式将类似于以往FASE B夏季研究会议的形式。将有8节课，每节有3-4位演讲者和一场主题演讲。下午是免费的，以鼓励受邀演讲者和参与者之间的非正式互动。海报展示是这种互动的重要组成部分，有四个2小时的会议用于海报讨论。此外，为了提高初级参与者的参与度，我们根据提交的最佳海报，留出了4个简短的演讲时间。这是北美历史悠久的大型会议，完全聚焦于钙，涵盖了钙研究的各个领域，而不是单一的分支学科。会议每两年举行一次。已作出特别努力，尽量减少与其他与钙有关的会议的议题和发言者的重叠，如戈登钙信号会议和钙结合蛋白和钙在健康和疾病中的作用国际研讨会，这两个会议都是在奇数年交替举行的。FASEB会议总是超额认购，并从之前的与会者那里获得了很高的评价。

An international conference on "Calcium and Cell Function" will be held July 9-14, 2000 at Copper Mountain, Colorado, under the auspices of the Federation of the American Societies of Experimental Biology (FASEB). The conference will focus on recent advances in the molecular biology of intracellular calcium regulation and the numerous roles of calcium ions in regulation of cell function. The topics to be covered are: molecular biology of calcium entry and intracellular stores; regulation of intracellular calcium dynamics; decoding of calcium signals; calcium function in the nucleus, in mitochondria, and in membrane traffic; and the physiology and pathology of multicellular calcium signaling. The overall goal is to bring together a diverse group of scientists working on all phases of calcium and its role in cell function in an atmosphere conducive to informal exchange of ideas. The format of this conference will be similar to that of previous FASEB Summer Research Conferences. There will be 8 sessions of 3-4 speakers each and 1 keynote lecture. Afternoons are free to encourage informal interactions between invited speakers and participants. Poster presentations are an important part of such interactions and four 2-hour sessions are reserved for poster discussion. In addition, to enhance participation by junior attendees, time has been set aside for 4 short talks based on the best posters submitted. This is the major long-standing conference in North America that focuses entirely on calcium and covers the spectrum of calcium research rather than a single subdiscipline. Conferences are held every two years. Particular effort has been made to minimize overlap in topics and speakers with other calcium- related meetings such as the Gordon Conference on Calcium Signaling and the International Symposium on Calcium-Binding Proteins and Calcium Function in Health and Disease, both held in alternating, odd-numbered years. The FASEB conference is always oversubscribed and has received high ratings from previous participants.