11th International Symposium on Flavins and Flavoproteins, Nagoya, Japan, July 27-31 1993.

黄素和黄素蛋白的范围很广，但定义很清楚和简单。它涵盖了与基于异四氧嘧啶核的化合物的化学和生物学以及极少数密切相关的结构有关的所有方面的工作。由于黄素作为修复基团具有非凡的多功能性，并参与了各种重要的生物氧化和还原过程，这一领域继续迅速扩大。人们对黄素的兴趣从理论化学到医学方面都有。第11届黄素和黄蛋白国际研讨会将于1993年在日本名古屋举行，这是自1965年以来每隔3年举办一次的系列研讨会之一。由于这一领域研究的持续和不断加快的步伐，必须定期举行会议。计划每隔三年举办一次这样的专题讨论会，以便最大限度地传播迅速获得的新知识，及时调整应遵循的最佳方向，并促进新的研究。复习讲座将涵盖整个领域，会议将汇集来自世界各地不同学科的科学家，并促进有价值的讨论和信息交流。

The area of flavins and flavoproteins is a broad, but clearly and simply defined one. It covers all aspects of work pertaining to the chemistry and biology of compounds based on the isoalloxazine nucleus and on a very few closely related structures. Because of the extraordinary versatility of flavins as a prosthetic group and its involvement in a variety of important biological oxidation and reduction processes, this area continues to expand rapidly. Interest in flavins ranges from theoretical chemistry to medical aspects. %%% The 11th International Symposium on Flavins and Flavoproteins will be held in Nagoya, Japan in 1993 as one of a series which has been organized at 3 year intervals since 1965. Because of the continued and increasing pace of research in this area, it is important that regularly scheduled meetings be held. The attempt has been to plan such symposia at three year intervals in order to maximize communication of the rapidly acquired new knowledge, allow timely adjustments on best directions to follow and stimulate new research. Review lectures will cover the entire field and the meeting will bring together scientists from all over the world from a wide variety of disciplines and promote valuable discussion and exchange of information.