Gordon Research Conf--Nitric Oxide in Biochem & Biology

戈登“生物化学和生物学中的一氧化氮”研究会议旨在为化学家、生物学家、生物化学家、细胞生物学家、临床医生和其他生物医学科学家提供有关化学和生物系统中一氧化氮和活性氮物种的最新知识。该研究会议每两年举行一次；下一次会议将于2001年2月4日至8日在加州文图拉港镇福朋喜来登酒店举行。自1995年以来已经举行了三次会议，根据大量的申请者和会后评价，这些会议证明非常有成效。特别要求资金支持年轻的研究人员担任会议主席和演讲者，并部分支持富有成效的博士后和研究生参加会议。本计划中列出的演讲者是根据往届会议主席、联合主席和与会者的建议选出的。几乎所有的演讲者都接受了邀请，介绍了他们在一氧化氮的生物学和化学方面的最新研究。主题包括活性氮在神经退行性变、血管疾病和伤口愈合中的作用，选择性抑制一氧化氮合酶同功酶的新策略，一氧化氮与血红蛋白和其他血红素蛋白的反应以及酪氨酸硝化的生物学效应。此外，1998年诺贝尔医学奖得主Louis Ignarro教授将作题为“n -羟精氨酸在一氧化氮合成过程中的生理作用”的全体演讲。预计将有50至70张海报，分别举行两次为期两天的宣传活动。根据戈登会议的规定，总出席人数不得超过135人。戈登研究会议为参与者和研究领域的多样性提供了一个极好的和必要的论坛。这次戈登研究会议的主要优势是为不同学科的科学家提供了一个扩展和不间断的互动机会。这种类型的互动通常会产生新的合作研究计划。戈登研究会议专注于一氧化氮的生物化学，在探索这一重要和临床相关领域的前沿研究方面发挥着至关重要的作用。

The Gordon Research Conference on "Nitric Oxide in Biochemistry and Biology" is designed to provide chemists, biologists, biochemists, cell biologists, clinicians, and other biomedical scientists with state of the art knowledge on nitric oxide and reactive nitrogen species in chemical and biological systems. This research conference is held every two years; the next meeting will be held February 4-8, 2001, at the Four Points Sheraton Harbortown Hotel, Ventura, California. Three conferences have been held since 1995 and they have proven to be extremely productive based on the large number of applicants and the post-meeting evaluations. Funding is specifically requested to support young investigators as session chairman and speakers as well as to partially support productive post docs and graduate students to attend the meeting. The speakers listed in this program were selected based on suggestions from previous chairs, co-chairs and attendees at the past conferences. Virtually all speakers have accepted the invitation to present their latest research on the biology and chemistry of nitric oxide. Topics to be covered include the roles of reactive nitrogen species in neurodegeneration, vascular disease and wound healing, novel strategies for the selective inhibition of nitric oxide synthase isozymes, reactions of NO with hemoglobin and other heme proteins and the biological effects of tyrosine nitration. In addition, Professor Louis Ignarro, the recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Medicine, will present a Plenary Lecture entitled "The physiological role for N-hydroxyarginine during the synthesis of nitric oxide." Two separate poster sessions of two days each are scheduled for an anticipated 50-70 posters. Total attendance is limited to 135 by Gordon Conference rules. The Gordon Research Conference provides an excellent and needed forum for the diversity of both participants and research areas. The main strength of this Gordon Research Conference is the opportunity offered for scientists in different disciplines to interact in an extended and uninterrupted fashion. This type of interaction generally results in new collaborative research initiatives. The Gordon Research Conference focused on the biological chemistry of nitric oxide plays a crucial role in exploring frontier research in this important and clinically relevant field.