R13 travel grant for Polyamine/parasite conference in Portland, OR

多胺/寄生虫会议将在俄勒冈州健康与科学中心举行 俄勒冈州波特兰大学，2006年7月5日至7日。巴迪·乌尔曼博士，麻省理工学院 生物化学和分子生物学，以及研究助理西格里德·罗伯茨博士 OHSU生物化学和分子生物学教授是联合组织者。 会议的焦点将是作为药物靶点的多胺途径。 寄生原生动物和蠕虫。参与者将包括主要调查人员， 博士后研究员和来自美国和国际的学生 直接在会议区域工作的实验室，以及当地的 俄勒冈州研究生和本科生。会议将于 跨学科性质；到目前为止，拥有分子专业知识的参与者 生物学、生物化学、遗传学、合成化学和结构生物学 表示有兴趣参加这次会议。会议将由一个 会议参与者发表一系列30分钟的演讲，并将包括一张海报 为学生和博士后研究员介绍他们的工作的会议。的目标是 会议的目的是评估#年多胺领域的研究状况。 寄生虫特别关注这一途径作为药物靶点的用途 细胞外和细胞内的原生动物，以及寄生的蠕虫。 讨论的主题包括：原生动物中的多胺代谢途径， 多胺在寄生虫中的代谢途径，多胺的验证 多胺的酶类药物靶点、生化和结构表征 酶、药物发现和抑制剂设计与耐药性 机械装置。

The Polyamine/Parasite Conference will be held at The Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon on July 5-7, 2006. Dr. Buddy Ullman, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Dr. Sigrid Roberts, Research Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at OHSU are the co-organizers. The focus of the meeting will be the polyamine pathway as a drug target in parasitic protozoa and helminths. Participants will include principal investigators, postdoctoral fellows, and students from both United States and international laboratories that are working directly in the area of the meeting, as well as local Oregon students at the graduate and undergraduate level. The meeting will be interdisciplinary in nature; thus far, participants with expertise in molecular biology, biochemistry, genetics, synthetic chemistry, and structural biology have expressed interest in attending the meeting. The meeting will be composed of a series of 30 min talks given by meeting participants and will include a poster session for students and postdoctoral fellows to present their work. The goal of the meeting is to assess the state of research in the area of polyamines in parasites focusing particularly upon the utility of this pathway as a drug target in both extracellular and intracellular protozoa, as well as in parasitic worms. Topics for discussion will include: Polyamine Metabolic Pathways in Protozoa, Polyamine Metabolic Pathways in Parasitic Worms, Validation of Polyamine Enzyme Drug Targets, Biochemical and Structural Characterization of Polyamine Enzymes, Drug Discovery and Inhibitor Design, and Drug Resistance Mechanisms.