BioMetals 2010 Conference

描述（由申请人提供）：Biometals 2010是一个致力于金属在生物学中的重要性的国际会议。对于研究金属处理的众多生物学方面的科学家来说，它可以作为一个整合各个领域研究成果的平台。这次会议的特别优势在于，在各种不同金属领域从事前沿工作的多元化国际社会的参与。由于细胞内金属处理系统的强相互作用和重叠，这方面很重要，这在其他专注于特定金属子集或金属处理系统的会议中没有得到解决。预计将产生新的研究方向。这次会议的时机至关重要，因为基因组学、蛋白质组学和代谢组学等领域取得了重大进展，证明了对各种金属的作用和毒性的理解取得了巨大进展。为了在了解金属在健康和毒性方面的作用方面取得迅速有意义的进展，必须采取跨学科的方法。预计将有大约200名研究人员参加为期4天的会议。除了由成熟的研究人员进行40到30分钟的演讲外，还计划由早期职业科学家（研究生和博士后研究人员）进行14到15分钟的演讲。此外，还安排了两场海报会议，让研究生、博士后和其他感兴趣的个人有机会展示他们的工作，并与资深研究人员互动。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Biometals 2010 is an international conference devoted to the importance of metals in biology. For scientists studying the numerous biological aspects of metal handling, it serves as a platform to integrate findings from various fields. The particular strength of this meeting is the participation of a diverse international community who work at the cutting edge of their fields on a variety of different metals. This aspect is important due to the strong interplay and overlap of intracellular metal handling systems, which is not addressed in other meetings that are focused on particular subsets of metals or metal handling systems. New research directions are expected to result. The timing of this conference is crucial since significant progress has been made in areas such as genomics, proteomics, and metabolomics to justify dramatic advances in the understanding of the role and toxicity of various metals. An interdisciplinary approach is necessary to enable rapid meaningful advances to understand the role of metals in health and toxicity. Approximately 200 researchers are expected to attend the 4 day conference. In addition to 40- to 30-minute talks by established investigators, 14- to 15-minute presentations by early career scientists (graduate students and post-doctoral researchers) are planned. Two poster sessions are also scheduled, which will also give graduate students, post-doctoral fellows and other interested individuals a chance to present their work and interact with senior researchers. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Biometals 2010 is an international conference devoted to the importance of metals in biology. For scientists studying the numerous biological aspects of metal handling, it serves as a platform to integrate the findings from various fields to understand the role of metals in health and toxicity.