Ninth Annual Oxygen Society Meeting

描述(由申请人提供)：我们请求为2002年11月20日至24日在德克萨斯州圣安东尼奥市圣安东尼奥万豪河流中心举行的第九届氧气学会年会提供部分资金。基金将资助受邀演讲者的旅费、住宿费和注册费，以便氧气学会业务预算和年度会议收入可用于支持学生、研究员和青年研究人员以及在“回到基础：活性氧和氮物种及其生物影响的测量”的任选讲习班上讲课的成员的旅费和参与费。该研讨会将为年轻或新的研究人员提供专家讲座，介绍在体外和体内氧化剂/自由基介导的反应的反应物和产物的量化中应用的概念、方法、解释和各种技术。会议将于随后开始，为期四天，上午将举行四次受邀的全体讲座，下午将举行两次平行会议。上午四个受邀的全体讲座的主题是：镰刀细胞疾病中的活性氧和氮物种，自由基与衰老生物学，类黄酮的生物和抗氧化活性，以及硝化应激和神经退化。下午的讲座将从计划委员会成员提交的摘要中挑选出来。每一次下午的会议将由实地挑选的年轻调查人员主持。从上午8：30到9：30，氧气学会会议的一个显著特点--日出自由基学校将每天举行，该领域的资深科学家或专家将向由学生、研究员和年轻研究人员组成的听众讲解自由基化学和生物学的基本方面。招贴会将全天展示，并在下午4：30至6：30开放供讨论总体而言，会议将围绕活性氧和氮物种在生物学和疾病中扮演的不同角色进行广泛的研究努力。发表的研究将对我们对衰老以及心血管、肿瘤、炎症和神经退行性疾病的理解产生影响，并可能为新型抗氧化剂和疗法减轻这些疾病的机制提供新的见解。总之，这次会议为交流自由基化学、生物学和医学的最新基础和应用研究提供了一个论坛，并为科学家提供了一个讨论新的合作安排的机会。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We request partial funding for the 9th Annual Meeting of the Oxygen Society to be held on Nov 20-24, 2002 at the San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter, San Antonio, TX. Funds will support the travel, lodging and registration fees of invited speakers so that funds from The Oxygen Society operating budget and annual meeting income can be directed toward supporting the travel and participation of students, fellows and young investigators, as well as members lecturing in an optional workshop on "Back to the Basics: Measurement of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species and their biological effects". This workshop will provide lectures by experts to young or new investigators on the concepts, approaches, interpretations and various techniques applied in quantification of reactants and products of oxidant/free radical-mediated reactions in vitro and in vivo. The body of the meeting will then begin for four days, with four invited plenary lectures delivered in the morning and two parallel afternoon sessions. The themes of the four invited plenary lectures in the morning are: Reactive Oxygen and Nitrogen Species in Sickle Cell Disease, Free Radicals and the Biology of Aging, Biological and Antioxidant Activities of Flavanoids, and Nitrative Stress and Neurodegeneration. The lectures delivered in the afternoon sessions will be selected from abstracts submitted at large by members of the Program Committee. Each afternoon session will be chaired by selected young investigators in the field. From 8-9:30 am, The Sunrise Free Radical School, a distinct characteristic of the Oxygen Society Meeting, will be held each day featuring senior scientists or experts in the field addressing fundamental aspects of free radical chemistry and biology to an audience consisting of students, fellows and young investigators. Poster sessions will be displayed all day and will be open for discussion between 4:30-6:30 pm. Overall, sessions will address a broad range of research endeavors surrounding the diverse roles that reactive oxygen and nitrogen species play in biology and disease. Research presented will have an impact on our understanding of aging as well as cardiovascular, neoplastic, inflammatory and neurodegenerative diseases and may provide new insight into mechanisms by which novel antioxidants and therapeutics may attenuate some of these diseases. In summary, the conference provides a forum for exchange of recent basic and applied research on free radical chemistry, biology & medicine as well as an opportunity for scientists to discuss new collaborative arrangements.