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Cell Biology of Metals

General Info
Status:	Active
Discipline:	Chemical
Initial Year:	2005
Cycle:	24 Months

Categories
Biological Chemistry Inorganic Chemistry Molecular Cell Biology

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Conference Description

The Cell Biology of Metals Gordon Conference was initiated to provide a forum for an emerging field, encompassing the uptake, distribution and use of metals in cells and organelles. Metals are taken up across membranes and are directed to various cellular destinations, ultimately finding their way into the correct metalloproteins. Intricate mechanisms control uptake, distribution, trafficking, and insertion into proteins. Transporters, chelators, metal cofactors, protein folding chaperones, metallochaperones, transcription factors and translation regulators are involved. The level of complexity equals that of the protein trafficking pathways that are being characterized by modern methods of cell biology. An important objective is to understand how protein trafficking pathways and metal trafficking pathways are integrated and intersect. Other areas of focus are mechanisms of metal ion homeostasis, how cells sense diverse metal ions, and how homeostatic mechanisms for different metal ions are interconnected. Cellular malfunction or disease ensue if any of the steps in metal homeostasis are perturbed, and the meeting emphasizes these disease related implications. The sessions are organized according to cell structure, cutting across metals (Fe, Cu, Zn, Mo) and evolutionary categories.

Meeting History

Year	Meeting Name	Dates	Conference Site	Chair(s)
2011	Cell Biology of Metals	Jul 31 - Aug 5	Salve Regina University	David P. Giedroc Sabeeha Merchant
2009	Cell Biology of Metals Metal Metabolism and Disease	Aug 9-14	Salve Regina University	Valeria Culotta Walter Schaffner
2007	Cell Biology of Metals	Jul 29 - Aug 3	Salve Regina University	Andrew Dancis Jonathan Gitlin
2005	Cell Biology of Metals	Jul 3-8	Bates College	Dennis R. Winge Nigel Robinson

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