2007 Vitamin B12 and Corphins Gordon Conference

描述(由申请人提供)： 第三届戈登维生素B12和海豚研究会议将于7月举行 2007年1月至6日，在缅因州比德福德的新英格兰大学。这次会议是一个多学科的会议，在欧洲的一个地点(2005年在牛津)和在美国的缅因州的地点之间交替举行，反映了两大洲在维生素B12领域的相当大的社区。2006年会议的主席是伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校的Lycan化学和生物化学教授Wilfred van der Donk，副主席是奥地利因斯布鲁克Leopold-Franzens大学的Bernhard Kraeutler。2007年会议的目标是：1)展示一群来自广泛不同领域的科学家，包括流行病学、遗传学、生物化学、微生物学、化学和物理学，他们都在维生素B12研究的前沿工作。介绍的主题将从疾病模型、营养和B12的吸收和运输到酶催化、诊断和生物合成的机制。2)组织一次激动人心的会议，让不同社区的成员积极参与，讨论最新的发展，最重要的是分享从不同观点和背景获得的见解。增加的多学科互动也是为了促进合作。3)确保不断有新的想法和调查人员涌入。为了实现这一目标，演讲者名单几乎全部由以前没有发言过的演讲者组成，已经确定了几名初级科学家，特别是博士后，将介绍他们的工作。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The third biannual Gordon Research Conference on Vitamin B12 and Corphins will be held July 1-6, 2007, at the University of New England in Biddeford, Maine. This conference is a multidisciplinary meeting that alternates between a European site (Oxford in 2005) and the Maine site in the United States, reflecting the sizeable communities in the field of vitamin B12 on both continents. The Chair of the 2006 meeting is Wilfred van der Donk, Lycan Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, with the vice-Chair being Bernhard Kraeutler from the Leopold-Franzens Universities Innsbruck, Austria. The aims for the 2007 meeting are: 1) To feature a group of scientists from widely different fields including epidemiology, genetics, biochemistry, microbiology, chemistry, and physics that all work at the forefront of research on vitamin B12. The topics presented will vary from disease models, nutrition, and B12 uptake and transport to mechanisms of enzyme catalysis, diagnostics, and biosynthesis. 2) To organize an exciting and stimulating conference in which the members of the different communities actively participate, discuss the latest developments and most importantly, share insights obtained from diverse viewpoints and backgrounds. The increased multidisciplinary interactions are also intended to promote collaborations. 3) To ensure a continuing influx of new ideas and investigators. To achieve this, the speakers list has been made up almost entirely of speakers that have not spoken before and several junior scientists, in particular postdocs, have been identified that will present on their work.