Gordon Research Conference: Membrane Transport Proteins

描述（由申请人提供）：戈登研究会议“膜转运蛋白：生理和病理生理意义”将于2002年7月21日至26日在康涅狄格州新伦敦的康涅狄格学院举行。这将是该系列自1998年开始以来的第三次会议。膜转运蛋白的快速发展是目前生物医学科学中最令人兴奋的领域之一。会议将介绍和讨论的最新进展对基础科学和临床实践都具有广泛的影响。会议将涵盖ABC转运蛋白和疾病；多重监管机制；通道蛋白;atp酶、通道和转运体的结构生物学；转运体：结构/功能、生理和病理生理意义和机制；还有神经递质。这个项目将汇集来自许多不同专业的科学家，包括生物化学、生物物理学、细胞和分子生物学、分子和细胞内分泌学、信号转导和分子药理学。会议将包括31场定期演讲、海报展示、从摘要中选出的几位青年研究者的简短演讲和一次全体演讲。主席的选择是基于他们对主题的了解以及他们平衡和向本次戈登会议预期的广大听众介绍其领域内最近结果和争议的概述的能力。他们将在会议期间提供介绍和激发讨论。所有演讲者将被要求为学生、博士后、研究员、制药行业科学家和教职员工等不同的听众准备演讲。与戈登研究会议的传统保持一致，将产生的互动和交流，无论是正式的还是非正式的讨论，都可以预期是非常刺激和富有成效的。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Support is requested for a Gordon Research Conference on "Membrane Transport Proteins: Physiological and Pathophysiological Implications," to be held from July 21 to 26, 2002, at Connecticut College in New London, CT. This will be the third conference on this topic since the series started in 1998. The fast-evolving field of membrane transport proteins is currently one of the most exciting in the biomedical sciences. The recent developments that will be presented and discussed at the meeting hold wide-ranging implications for both basic science and clinical practice. Sessions will cover ABC transporters and disease; multiple regulatory mechanisms; channel proteins; structural biology of ATPases, channels and transporters; transporters: structure/function, physiological and pathophysiological implications and mechanism; and neurotransmitter transporters. This program will bring together a group of scientists from many different specialties, including biochemistry, biophysics, cell and molecular biology, molecular and cellular endocrinology, signal transduction, and molecular pharmacology. The meeting will consist of 31 regular talks, poster presentations, a few young investigator short talks selected from the abstracts, and a plenary lecture. Chairpersons were selected on the basis of their knowledge of the topics and their ability to balance and present an overview of recent results and controversies in their fields to the broad audience expected at this Gordon Conference. They will provide an introduction and stimulate discussion during their sessions. All speakers will be asked to prepare their talks for a diverse audience comprised of students, postdocs, fellows, pharmaceutical industry scientists, and faculty members. In keeping with the tradition of the Gordon Research Conferences, the interactions and exchanges that will result, whether from formal or informal discussions, can be expected to be extraordinarily stimulating and productive.