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举行 2006年7月5日至7日，俄勒冈州波特兰的大学。Buddy Ullman博士，教授 生物化学和分子生物学，Sigrid Roberts博士，研究助理 OHSU的生物化学和分子生物学教授是共同组织者。 会议的重点将是多胺途径作为药物靶点， 寄生原生动物和蠕虫。与会者将包括主要研究者， 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 俄勒冈州的研究生和本科生。会议将 跨学科性质;迄今为止，具有分子生物学专业知识的参与者 生物学、生物化学、遗传学、合成化学和结构生物学 他表示有兴趣参加会议。会议将由一名 一系列30分钟的演讲，由与会者提供，并将包括一张海报 会议的学生和博士后研究员介绍他们的工作。的目标 会议将评估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效用， 细胞外和细胞内的原生动物，以及寄生蠕虫。 讨论主题包括：原生动物中的多胺代谢途径， 寄生蠕虫中的多胺代谢途径，多胺的验证 多胺的酶药物靶标、生化和结构表征 酶、药物发现和抑制剂设计以及耐药性 机制等

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.