Trace Element Metabolism: Basic and Applied Research

下一届FASEB“微量元素代谢：基础与应用研究相结合”夏季会议将于2006年6月17日至22日举行。会议将在科罗拉多州斯诺马斯的斯诺马斯村举行。这个场地提供了一个极好的环境，在刺激的环境中促进科学互动。会议的目标是通过汇集具有不同观点和实验方法的科学家来促进科学思想的交流和鼓励合作的发展。另一个目标是让年轻的研究人员参与会议，目的是让他们与这个迅速发展的领域中更成熟的研究人员进行互动。自上次会议以来的两年里，微量元素的研究取得了重大进展。2006年的会议将主要关注我们对铁、铜、硒和锌代谢的理解的最新进展。10场会议将考虑微量元素代谢的各个方面，包括运输和获取，细胞内运输，金属蛋白生物发生，微量元素功能的新方面，以及调节这些过程的转录和转录后调节机制。这些会议将包括微量元素在人类疾病中的作用、营养状况评估和微量元素代谢研究的新模型系统。顾名思义，会议的重点将放在基础和应用微量元素研究的结合上。目前的项目包括42位受邀演讲者，其中33%是年轻的研究人员（即终身教职前）。所有人的选择都是基于他们的卓越研究和对该领域的杰出贡献。根据申请，将接受约100名额外与会者。这些个人将被鼓励提交海报，并在两个海报环节中展示。我们还将获得资助，为最多10名博士后或高级研究生提供旅行奖励。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The next FASEB Summer Conference on "Trace Element Metabolism: Integrating Basic and Applied Research" will be held June 17-22, 2006. The site of the conference will be Snowmass Village in Snowmass, Colorado. This venue provides an excellent environment to promote scientific interaction in stimulating surroundings. The goals of the conference are to promote exchange of scientific ideas and to encourage the development of collaborations by bringing together scientists with different perspectives and experimental approaches. Another goal is to involve young investigators in the conference with the aim of allowing them to interact with the more established investigators in this rapidly developing field. In the 2 years since the previous conference, there have been significant advances in trace element research. The 2006 conference will focus primarily on recent developments in our understanding of iron, copper, selenium, and zinc metabolism. 10 sessions are planned that consider various aspects of trace element metabolism including transport and acquisition, intracellular trafficking, metalloprotein biogenesis, new aspects of trace element function, and the transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulatory mechanisms that regulate these processes. These sessions will be integrated with presentations on trace elements in human disease, assessment of nutritional status, and new model systems for the study of trace element metabolism. As the name of the conference suggests, the emphasis will be on integrating basic and applied trace element research. The current program includes 42 invited speakers and 33% of these are young invesigators (i.e. pre-tenure). All were chosen based on the excellence of their research and meritorious contributions to the field. Approximately 100 additional attendees will be accepted upon application. These individuals will be encouraged to present posters to be displayed in 2 poster sessions. We also will obtain funds to provide travel awards for up to 10 postdocs or senior graduate students.