FASEB Summer Conference: Molecular Biophysics of Cellular Membranes being held in Vermont on July 20-25, 1996

9600520 Silvius最近在哺乳动物细胞生物学中的研究已经确定了许多重要的膜相关现象，其正确的理解将需要来自细胞/分子生物学和结构生物学/生物物理学领域的复杂方法的融合。 在过去，大型社会会议提供了机会，膜研究人员在这些往往不同的学科定期互动，并在“临界质量”讨论这些问题（和策略，以解决这些问题）。 然而，目前在越来越大的程度上（和令人不安的），情况已不再如此。这次会议的主要目标是汇集结构/生物物理和细胞/分子生物学工作者讨论膜组织和功能的问题，这些问题正在成为理解哺乳动物细胞功能的关键问题，其解决方案将需要从刚才提到的不同学科中提取的方法相结合。 为此，将探讨两个互补的主题：膜蛋白的结构和动力学与它们的功能，以及膜的超分子组织及其与哺乳动物细胞膜功能的相关性。 拟议的会议将建立在前三次成功的FASEB夏季会议在膜结构和动力学领域（1988年，1990年和1994年）。 1996年会议的一个重要的新因素（和动机），延续了1994年会议开始的可喜趋势，将是1994年会议领域的主题和研究的更广泛的整合，将是细胞和分子生物学领域的主题和研究人员的更广泛的整合。 研究人员之间的信息和思想交流将通过结合邀请当局的研讨会式演讲，从提交的摘要中选出的与会者的简短演讲，海报演讲和两个旨在揭开新兴技术神秘面纱的研讨会来鼓励，这些技术具有巨大的潜力，有助于膜生物学研究。 在该方案中将作出特别努力，提供富有成效的讨论机会，并通过提前向所有与会者分发口头和海报介绍的摘要，鼓励参与这些讨论。 下面列出了会议的主题和受邀发言者。 名单上的所有发言者都同意参加。 如上文所述，将根据提交的摘要，再挑选数量有限的会议申请者，就其在补充每届会议主题的领域的研究作简短的口头介绍。 %%%

9600520 Silvius Recent research in mammalian cell biology has identified a number of important membrane related phenomena whose proper understanding will require a convergence of sophisticated approaches from the areas of both cell/molecular biology and structural biology/biophysics. In the past, large society meetings have provided the occasion for membrane researchers working within these often distinct disciplines to interact regularly and at 'critical mass' to discuss such problems (and strategies to approach them). However, at present to an increasing (and distressing) extent this is no longer the case. The key objective of this conference is to bring together structural/biophysical and cell-/molecular-biological workers to discuss questions of membrane organization and function that are emerging as key issues for the understanding of mammalian cellular function and whose resolution will require a combination of approaches drawn from the distinct disciplines just noted. To this end two complementary themes will be explored: the structure and dynamics of membrane proteins in relation to their function, and the supramolecular organization of membranes and its relevance to membrane function in mammalian cells. The proposed conference will build on three previous successful FASEB summer conferences in the area of membrane structure and dynamics (1988, 1990 and 1994). An important new element (and motivation) of the 1996 meeting, extending a welcome trend begun by the 1994 conference, will be a more extensive integration of topics and researches from the area of 1994 conference, will be a more extensive integration of topics and researchers from the area of cell and molecular biology. Exchange of information and ideas between researchers will be encouraged by combining symposium-style presentations from invited authorities, shorter presentations by conferees selected from submitted abstracts, poster presentations and two workshops designed to demystify emerging technologies with great potential to contribute to membrane-biological research. Special effort will be made in the program to provide opportunities for productive discussions and to encourage participation in these discussions by distributing summaries of the oral and poster presentations in advance to all conferees. A list of the topics and invited speakers that the conference will feature is given below. All speakers listed have agreed to participate. As noted above a limited number of additional conference applicants will be selected, based on submitted abstracts, to give short oral presentations of their research in areas that complement the theme of each session. %%%