Molecular and Cellular Biology of Lipids

2001年戈登脂质分子和细胞生物学研究会议将于7月15日至20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。2001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、脂类新陈代谢的功能基因组学、转基因动物模型和与脂类相互作用的蛋白质结构的新信息。计划举办9场讲座，5场在晚上，4场在上午，下午还将举行海报会议，鼓励所有参与者介绍他们的最新研究成果。讲座将涵盖以下主题：多磷脂酰肌醇和细胞功能；过氧体的生物发生和功能；脂代谢的动物模型；脂/蛋白质相互作用的结构基础；脂在病理和疾病中的结构基础；脂和囊泡运输；脂代谢的调节；膜中的脂微域；以及脂代谢中的功能基因组学。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、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使用的技术的多样性将吸引对脂类和脂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，并适当平衡，确保年轻科学家、女性和少数群体的代表性。有适当的设施来容纳残疾人，他们在挑选与会者和演讲者时也将得到平等的考虑。会议将汇集该领域的领先科学家，介绍和评估该领域的最新研究，旨在刺激新兴技术在脂质研究前沿的更广泛应用。

The 2001 Gordon Research Conference on Molecular and Cellular Biology of Lipids will be held July 15 to July 20 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 2001 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, functional genomics of lipid metabolism, transgenic animal models and the structure of proteins that interact with lipids. Nine lecture sessions are planned, five in the evening and four in the morning, which will be supplemented by afternoon poster sessions in which all participants will be encouraged to present their latest findings. The lecture sessions will cover the following topics: polyphosphatidylinositides and cell function; peroxisome biogenesis and function; animal models for lipid metabolism; structural basis for lipid/protein interactions; lipids in pathology and disease; lipids and vesicular trafficking; regulation of lipid metabolism; lipid microdomains in membranes; and functional genomics in lipid metabolism. The methodology utilized by the list of speakers covers a broad spectrum of approaches including somatic cell and whole animal 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 minorities. Proper facilities are available to accommodate handicapped individuals who will also be considered equally in the selection of attendees and speakers. The meeting will bring together the leading scientists in the field to present and evaluate the latest research in the area and is designed to stimulate the widen application of the emerging technologies to the frontiers of lipid research.