2007 Molecular &Cellular Bioenergetics

2007年分子与细胞生物能量学戈登研究会议（GRC）将于2007年6月17日至22日在新罕布什尔州安多弗的普罗克特学院举行。会议为跨学科的研究人员和研究学员提供了一个重要的平台，展示、讨论和辩论分子和细胞生物能量学前沿主要领域的最新发展：电子传递链组分（氧化还原复合物I-IV）的结构-功能、调节、生物发生和功能障碍、F和v型atp酶和细胞生物能量学。按照最初的设想，在2005年和2006年，该计划分别强调细胞生物能量学和三磷酸腺苷酶；2007年，氧化还原配合物将得到适度的重视。会议将举办8场讲座和讨论，以及1场专题讨论，重点介绍热门话题和未发表的作品，并以海报形式展示。传统的会议涵盖了最先进的高分辨率结构，功能的详细机制，调节，亚基成熟和大分子组装的能量转导组件和过程，以及它们的功能失调，将整合和扩展到细胞和分子生物能量学。该计划将包括一个环节，提供电子-质子转移和水的作用的机理理解，一个环节将合成（有机模拟肽）和分析（成分的分子解剖）方法连接起来，以研究能量转导成分。此外，会议的亮点将是探讨生物纳米科学界面在能量转导和线粒体生物学的“组学”前沿，献给布里顿·钱斯博士。他是这个领域的英雄，是科学和世世代代科学家前所未有的榜样。尽管年事已高，他还是欣然同意担任这次会议的主宾。与过去几年相比，会议出席人数可能会略有增加（约135人，而不是约100人）。GRC的形式在上午和晚上有正式的演讲/讨论时间，下午有非正式的海报会议，非常有利于正式和非正式的讨论，促进跨学科的交流和合作。会议的参与者不仅包括来自世界各地大学、研究机构、政府和工业界的顶尖科学家，还包括相当数量的年轻研究人员和研究实习生（研究生、博士后）。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The 2007 Molecular & Cellular Bioenergetics Gordon Research Conference (GRC) will be held at the Proctor Academy, Andover, New Hampshire from June 17-22, 2007. The Conference provides to an interdisciplinary group of researchers and research trainees an important platform to present, discuss and debate most recent developments in major areas of molecular and cellular bioenergetics frontiers: structure-function, regulation, biogenesis and disfunction of electron transport chain components (redox complexes I-IV), F & V-type ATPases and cellular bioenergetics. As initially conceived, in 2005 and 2006 the program emphasized cellular bioenergetics and ATPases, respectively; in 2007 redox complexes will receive a moderate emphasis. The conference will have eight sessions with lectures and discussions, and one workshop-discussion to highlight hot topics and unpublished works displayed as posters. The traditional sessions covering the state-of-the-art high resolution structure, detailed mechanisms of function, regulation as well as subunit maturation and macromolecular assembly of energy transducing components and processes, and their dysfunctions, will be integrated and expanded will cellular and molecular bioenergetics. The program will include a session providing mechanistic understanding of electron-proton transfer and role of water, a session bridging together synthetic (organic mimick-peptides) and analytical (molecular dissection of components) approaches to energy transducing components. In addition, the highlight of the meeting will be a session probing the bio-nano-science interfaces in energy transduction and "omic" frontiers in mitochondrial biology, dedicated to Dr. Britton Chance. He is a hero of this field, and is an unprecedented role-model for science and scientists of all generations. Despite his advanced age, he has graciously agreed to be the guest of honor of the meeting. The meeting attendance might increase slightly over that of the last few years (~ 135 versus ~ 100 attendees). The GRC format with formal presentations/discussion periods in the mornings and evenings, and informal poster sessions in the afternoons, is very conducive for both formal and informal discussions, promoting interdisciplinary communications and collaborations. The Conference participants include not only leading scientists from universities, research institutes, government and industry around the world, but also a substantial number of younger researchers and research trainees (graduate students, postdoctoral fellows).