Gordon Research Conference: Membrane Transport Proteins

描述(申请人提供)：申请资助将于2002年7月21日至26日在康涅狄格州新伦敦市的康涅狄格学院举行的戈登研究会议，主题为“膜运输蛋白：生理和病理生理学意义”。这将是自1998年该系列会议开始以来，关于这一主题的第三次会议。快速发展的膜运输蛋白领域是目前生物医学科学中最令人兴奋的领域之一。将在会议上介绍和讨论的最新发展对基础科学和临床实践都具有广泛的影响。课程内容包括：ABC转运体与疾病；多种调控机制；通道蛋白；ATPase、通道和转运体的结构生物学；转运体：结构/功能、生理和病理生理学意义及机制；以及神经递质转运体。该项目将汇集来自许多不同专业的科学家，包括生物化学、生物物理学、细胞和分子生物学、分子和细胞内分泌学、信号转导和分子药理学。会议将包括31次定期演讲、海报演示、从摘要中挑选的几个年轻调查人员的简短演讲，以及一次全体讲座。主席是根据他们对专题的了解以及平衡和向预计将在本次戈登会议上看到的广大听众概述各自领域的最新成果和争议的能力选出的。他们将在会议期间提供介绍并鼓励讨论。所有演讲者将被要求为不同的听众准备他们的演讲，其中包括学生、博士后、研究员、制药行业科学家和教职员工。按照戈登研究会议的传统，无论是通过正式或非正式讨论产生的互动和交流，都可以预期是非常激动人心和富有成效的。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Support is requested for a Gordon Research Conference on "Membrane Transport Proteins: Physiological and Pathophysiological Implications," to be held from July 21 to 26, 2002, at Connecticut College in New London, CT. This will be the third conference on this topic since the series started in 1998. The fast-evolving field of membrane transport proteins is currently one of the most exciting in the biomedical sciences. The recent developments that will be presented and discussed at the meeting hold wide-ranging implications for both basic science and clinical practice. Sessions will cover ABC transporters and disease; multiple regulatory mechanisms; channel proteins; structural biology of ATPases, channels and transporters; transporters: structure/function, physiological and pathophysiological implications and mechanism; and neurotransmitter transporters. This program will bring together a group of scientists from many different specialties, including biochemistry, biophysics, cell and molecular biology, molecular and cellular endocrinology, signal transduction, and molecular pharmacology. The meeting will consist of 31 regular talks, poster presentations, a few young investigator short talks selected from the abstracts, and a plenary lecture. Chairpersons were selected on the basis of their knowledge of the topics and their ability to balance and present an overview of recent results and controversies in their fields to the broad audience expected at this Gordon Conference. They will provide an introduction and stimulate discussion during their sessions. All speakers will be asked to prepare their talks for a diverse audience comprised of students, postdocs, fellows, pharmaceutical industry scientists, and faculty members. In keeping with the tradition of the Gordon Research Conferences, the interactions and exchanges that will result, whether from formal or informal discussions, can be expected to be extraordinarily stimulating and productive.