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"Plant Sensing, Response and Adaptation to the Environment "
11-Jan-2009 -
16-Jan-2009
Big Sky
Montana
USA
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"Understanding plant environmental responses requires not only considering the structural biology and molecular mechanisms of signal transduction from photoreceptor proteins, but also ecological and evolutionary genetic approaches to adaptation. Progress is being made in how circadian clocks are used to integrate daily light and temperature changes into seasonal information to control daily as well as seasonal reproductive growth. However integrating these multidisciplinary approaches into a community effort remains a challenge. Often the photoreceptor biochemist is not aware of approaches that use sequence diversity to capture population information, and vice versa. There is also a separation in the field between those studying different sensory pathways: e.g. light, temperature and pathogen presence. This meeting aims to bring these scientists together by transcending biochemistry and population genetics approaches to understanding plant sensing and environmental adaptation. The meeting will promote interaction between these fields and advance our understanding through collaborations. "
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Registration Deadline: 16-Sep-2008
http://www.keystonesymposia.org/Meetings/ViewMeetings.cfm?Meetin
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Chronobiology
19-Jul-2009 -
24-Jul-2009
Newport
RI
USA
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The 2009 Gordon Conference on Chronobiology will present cutting-edge research on the molecular, cellular and systems aspects of circadian biology. The Conference will feature a wide range of topics, such as the dynamics of transcription and cell cycles, molecular mechanisms of clocks, genetics of human clocks, metabolism and clocks, novel functions for clock genes, model organism clocks, entrainment mechanisms, and the neurobiology of the suprachiasmatic nucleus. Invited speakers represent a variety of scientific disciplines, including biochemistry, molecular genetics, genetics, genomics, structural biology, cell biology, imaging, modeling, sleep medicine, neuroscience, behavior and human biology. The Conference will bring together a collection of investigators who are at the forefront of their field, and will provide opportunities for junior scientists and graduate students to present their work in poster format and exchange ideas with leaders in the field. Some poster presenters will be selected for short talks. The collegial atmosphere of this Conference, with programmed discussion sessions as well as opportunities for informal gatherings in the afternoons and evenings, provides an avenue for scientists from different disciplines to brainstorm and promotes cross-disciplinary collaborations in the various research areas represented.
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Registration Deadline: 28-Jun-2009
http://www.grc.org/programs.aspx?year=2009&program=chrono
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Pineal Cell Biology
07-Feb-2010 -
12-Feb-2010
Galveston
TX
USA
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The Gordon Research Conference on Pineal Cell Biology will be held February 7-12, 2010 at the Hotel Galvez, in Galveston, Texas, USA. As usual, this will be a broadly interdisciplinary meeting, in an exciting new venue on Galveston Island. Topics to be covered include: Molecular and cellular biology of pineal gland development; Circadian regulation of melatonin production in the pineal and retina; The role of the pineal hormone, melatonin, in internal dissemination of circadian time; Circadian clock mechanisms; Melatonin actions on recognized target sites/functions (circadian and photoperiodic actions), and new/ emerging effects of melatonin; Circadian clock functions in the retina and pineal. Virtually all aspects of circadian and seasonal rhythms are of interest to this community. Levels of analysis include molecular and cellular studies, pharmacology, physiology and animal behavior, and human studies. Young scientists at the graduate and post-doc level will be actively integrated through poster presentations and selection of some posters authored by Trainees for “Hot Topics” oral presentations; trainees are strongly encouraged to apply. Suggestions for speakers and sessions to include, including self-nominations, are welcomed and should be forwarded to the Conference Chair, Dave Weaver, at [1]David.weaver@umassmed.edu. Stimulating poster sessions will occur. The poster sessions are an excellent opportunity for younger scientists to present their work. All registrants are welcome to present a poster. Abstracts (for programming purposes; title, authors, institution, text up to 400 words) should be submitted to the conference Vice-Chair, Debra Skene ([2]D.Skene@surrey.ac.uk ). This announcement will be updated as additional information develops.References Visible links 1. mailto:David.weaver@umassmed.edu 2. mailto:D.Skene@surrey.ac.uk
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Registration Deadline: 17-Jan-2010
http://www.grc.org/programs.aspx?year=2010&program=pinealcell
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Adipose Tissue Biology
24-Jan-2010 -
29-Jan-2010
Keystone
Colorado
USA
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The study of adipose tissue has evolved over the years from merely being a passing note in most physiology texts to now playing center stage in the etiology of most metabolic diseases. This shift was assisted by early studies exploring the molecular signals and gene expression changes that dictate the differentiated state of a cell, for which the adipocyte was a model. Such studies led to the discovery of PPARgamma as one of those key regulators of adipogenesis, and later the realization that it was the pharmacologic target of the glitazone class of anti-diabetic agents. Further seminal studies from The Jackson Laboratories on mouse genetics of obesity paved the way for the discovery of adipocyte-derived regulatory hormones (ﾓadipokinesﾔ) such as leptin and its receptor. These in turn ushered in the current state of vigorous investigation dissecting the molecular pathways of satiety and other aspects of signaling cross-talk between adipose tissue and other organs. The updated view of adipose tissue as a bona fide endocrine organ has been further extended to include it as a potential reservoir of stem cells for tissue engineering and an integral player in inflammatory status and insulin resistance. This meeting will cover these and other topics of the adipose biology field, including the role of angiogenesis in adipose tissue expansion; the white fat-brown fat debate; the contribution of the circadian clock to the hormonal and neural signals that coordinate food intake and activity for metabolic balance; and the connections between central and peripheral signals involved in the unanticipated lipodystrophic disorders resulting from such therapeutic regimens as antipsychotics and anti-retrovirals. A series of hot-topic sessions and short talks from submitted abstracts are also planned.
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Registration Deadline: 24-Jan-2010
http://www.keystonesymposia.org/Meetings/ViewMeetings.cfm?MeetingID=1043&subTab=summary
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Chronobiology
12-Jun-2011 -
17-Jun-2011
Lucca (Barga)
Italy
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The 2011 Gordon Conference on Chronobiology will present cutting-edge research on the molecular, cellular and behavioral aspects of circadian systems. The Conference will feature a wide range of topics, covering model organisms from prokaryotes, to plants, fungi, and animals, on levels from genes to behavior, using approaches from basic science and modelling to translational research. Invited speakers represent a variety of scientific disciplines, including biochemistry, molecular genetics, neurobiology, cell biology, epidemiology and mathematics. The Conference will bring together a collection of investigators who are at the forefront of their field, and will provide opportunities for junior scientists and graduate students to present their work in poster format and exchange ideas with leaders in the field. Some poster presenters will be selected for short talks. The collegial atmosphere of this Conference, with programmed discussion sessions as well as opportunities for informal gatherings in the afternoons and evenings, provides an avenue for scientists from different disciplines to brainstorm and promotes cross-disciplinary collaborations in the various research areas represented.
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Registration Deadline: 15-May-2011
http://www.grc.org/programs.aspx?year=2011&program=chrono
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