2004-2006 Biomineralization Gordon Research Conferences

描述（由申请人提供）：2004年戈登会议“生物矿化”是第五次（隔年）这样的戈登会议自1996年以来。这次成功的会议汇集了学术界，研究机构，政府实验室和工业研究实验室的研究人员。重点是深入讨论生物矿化的前沿研究。牙科，医学，化学，材料科学，生物学和古生物学等领域的研究人员在着名的戈登会议的刺激环境中会面5-1/2天。会议关注的主题包括：脊椎动物和无脊椎动物器官中的矿物结构，包括磷酸钙、碳酸盐和二氧化硅;矿化组织中基质蛋白的性质和功能;仿生学在矿化组织领域的应用以及生物矿化组织中结构/功能关系在材料科学中的应用;矿化结缔组织和牙列疾病的分子基础;细胞-矿物质、基质-矿物质和矿物质-矿物质相互作用的分子基础。所有戈登会议的总体目标是鼓励在一个领域的最新和最令人兴奋的发现的自由交流;会议记录的出版是严格禁止的。会议规模限制在135人左右。会议的气氛和结构旨在激发全体会议（上午和晚上）中对主题的深入讨论，以及研究人员小组在用餐时间，下午非结构化时间，以及每天下午和晚上全体会议之后的海报会议期间的非正式交流。最近的戈登生物矿化会议得到了与会者的最高评价，我们被授权在2004年举办一次会议。我们将继续以前各次会议的非常成功的模式。两位杰出的领导人和开创新天地的年轻同事都将发表演讲。考虑的主题将像往常一样，范围广泛，包括基础物理化学和分子生物学，新材料的设计和实用性，人类生物矿化组织疾病的基础，以及不同生物分子策略的影响。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The 2004 Gordon Conference on "Biomineralization" is the fifth (alternate years) such Gordon Conference since 1996. This successful conference brings together researchers in academia, research institutes, government laboratories, and industrial research laboratories. The emphasis is on thorough discussion of the cutting edge research in biomineralization. Researchers in dentistry, medicine, chemistry, materials science, biology, and paleontology, among others, meet for 5-1/2 days in the stimulating environment of the well known Gordon Conferences. Topics of interest to the Conference include: the structure of the mineral in organs of vertebrates and invertebrates, including calcium phosphates, carbonates, and silica; the properties and function of the matrix proteins found in mineralized tissues; application of biomimetics to the mineralized tissue field and the application of structure/function relationships in biomineralized tissues to materials science; the molecular basis of diseases of mineralized connective tissues and dentition; the molecular basis of cell-mineral, matrix-mineral, and mineral-mineral interactions. The general goal of all Gordon Conferences is to encourage free exchange of the latest and most exciting findings in a field; publication of the proceedings of the conferences is strictly prohibited. The size is limited to approximately 135 conferees. The atmosphere and structure of the conference is designed to stimulate in-depth discussion of topics in the plenary sessions (morning and evening), and informal exchanges between small groups of researchers during mealtimes, unstructured time in the afternoon, and during poster session every afternoon and after the evening plenary session. The recent Gordon Conferences on Biomineralization have received the highest evaluations from participants, and we are authorized to hold a conference in 2004. We will continue the very successful formula of preceding conferences. Both distinguished leaders and younger colleagues breaking new ground will give talks. Topics considered will, as usual, range widely, including fundamental physical chemistry and molecular biology, design and utility of new materials, the basis of disorders of biomineralized tissues in humans, and the implications of molecular strategies in different creatures.