International Copper Meeting: Copper in Biology

描述（由申请人提供）：2012年铜生物学会议将于2012年9月30日至10月3日在意大利阿尔盖罗举行。这将是该系列的第八次会议。中铜 生物学已成为关注生物学和健康中环境铜的各种研究人员的旗舰会议。这是同类会议中唯一一个 专注于铜。铜是几乎所有生命形式的微量必需营养素， 金属具有潜在的毒性。因此，生物体已经进化出专门的稳态机制，确保从环境中充分吸收微量铜，同时最大限度地减少铜化学的毒副反应。铜对人类健康的影响早已为人所知，但现在有了监测铜动力学的尖端工具和铜代谢缺陷的新模型系统，研究人员开始了解铜对多器官系统的广泛影响以及铜相关疾病的机制。Copper 12会议旨在汇集从基础生物无机化学家到细胞生物学家和遗传学家到转化科学家的各种科学家，以传播新的未发表信息，建立合作并促进新的研究方向。特别是，年轻的初级调查员将在整个会议期间以及任何代表性不足的少数民族与会者中展示。 公共卫生相关性：铜在生物学（铜12）的第8次会议旨在促进对环境铜在基础生物学和健康与疾病中的影响的理解。环境中的铜不仅对生命至关重要，而且具有潜在的毒性， 与特定的疾病状态有关。致力于了解铜在生物学中的复杂性的研究人员是多样化的，从基础化学家和生物学家到医生。通过生物学中的铜会议，这些不同的研究人员有机会进行面对面的互动，从而分享研究的新突破，并发展合作以推进该领域。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The 2012 meeting of Copper in Biology will take place in Alghero, Italy Sept 30-Oct 3, 2012. This will be the 8th meeting of this series. Copper in Biology has become the flagship conference for diverse investigators that focus on environmental copper in biology and health. It is the only conference of its kind that specifically focuses on copper. Copper is a trace essential nutrient for virtually all life forms, but this same metal is potentially toxic. As such, organisms have evolved with specialized homeostatic mechanisms that ensure adequate uptake of trace copper from the environment whilst minimizing the toxic side reactions of copper chemistry. The impact of copper on human health has long been known, but now with cutting edge tools for monitoring copper dynamics and new model systems for copper metabolism defects, investigators are beginning to appreciate the extensive impact of copper on multiple organ systems and the mechanisms that underlie copper related disorders. The Copper 12 meeting aims to bring together a diversity of scientists ranging from basic bioinorganic chemists to cell biologists and geneticists to translational scientists to disseminate new unpublished information, to establish collaborations and foster new directions for research. In particular, young junior investigators will be show-cased throughout the conference as well as any under-represented minority participants. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The 8th meeting of Copper in Biology (Copper 12) seeks to advance understanding of the impact of environmental copper in basic biology and in health and disease. Copper in the environment is not only essential for life, but is potentially toxic and has been associated with specific disease states. The group of researchers devoted to understanding the complexity of copper in biology is diverse and extend from basic chemists and biologists to physicians. Through the Copper in Biology conference, such diverse investigators have an opportunity to interact face-to-face and thereby share new breakthroughs in research and develop collaborations to advance the field.