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Oxygen Radicals

Gordon Research Conference

February 8 - 13, 1998
Chairs and
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Ventura Beach Marriott
2055 Harbor Boulevard
Ventura, California, United States
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Conference Program

Sunday

02:00 p.m. - 06:00 p.m. Arrival, Gordon Research Conference Registration, Hotel check-in
06:00 p.m. - 07:30 p.m. Dinner

Molecular Mechanisms and Antioxidants : 7:30pm - 9:30pm

Chair: Matthew B. Grisham, Ph.D., LSU Medical Center, Shreveport, LA

07:30 p.m. - 08:10 p.m. Nikki Holbrook, Ph.D., NIA/NIH, Baltimore, MD - Signalling pathways involved in regulating mammalian cell responses to oxidant injury.
08:10 p.m. - 08:50 p.m. Larry Marnett, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN - Molecular Mechanisms of Oxidative Damage.
08:50 p.m. - 09:30 p.m. Balz Frei, Ph.D., Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA - Mechanisms of action of small molecule antioxidants.

Monday


Cellular Mediators of Oxidative Stress : 08:45 a.m. - 12:15pm

Morning Scientific Session

Chair: Catherine Rice-Evans, Ph.D., UMDS, University of London, UK

08:45 a.m. - 09:00 a.m. Announcements and Chair's Introductory Remarks
09:00 a.m. - 09:45 a.m. Peter Wardman, S.Sc., Gray Laboratory Cancer Research Trust, Mount Vernon Hospital, Middlesex, UK - Mediation of oxidative stress in cancer via nitrogen-, oxygen- and sulfur-centered radicals.
09:45 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Mattias Hentze, Ph.D., EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany - Regulation of Iron Metabolism by Oxidants and NO.
10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Coffee Break
10:45 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Ann Aust, Ph.D., Utah State University, Logan, UT - Role of iron, GSH and NO in asbestos-mediated cellular DNA oxidation.
11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Mark Juckett, Ph.D., Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI - Heme and the endothelium: Effects of nitric oxide on catalytic iron, ferritin, and heme oxygenase activity.
12:15 p.m. - 12:30 p.m. Conference Photograph


12:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Afternoon Activities

12:30 p.m. - 01:30 p.m. Lunch
01:30 p.m. - 05:00 p.m. Informal Scientific Interactions
05:00 p.m. - 06:00 p.m. Poster Session
06:00 p.m. - 07:00 p.m. Dinner

Mediators of Oxidative Stress In Vivo : 7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Evening Scientific Session

07:30 p.m. - 08:15 p.m. Jay W. Heinecke, M.D., Washington University, School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO - Molecular mechanisms of oxidative damage by myeloperoxidase.
08:15 p.m. - 09:00 p.m. Bruce Bacon, M.D., St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO - Hepatotoxicity of Experimental Hemochromatosis.

Tuesday


Vascular Oxidative Biology : 08:45 a.m. - 12:15pm

Morning Scientific Session

Chair: Balz Frei, Ph.D., Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR

08:45 a.m. - 09:00 a.m. Announcements and Chair's Introductory Remarks
09:00 a.m. - 09:45 a.m. Tom McIntyre, Ph.D, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT - Proatherogenic effects of oxidized phospholipids.
09:45 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. John F. Keaney, Jr., M.D., Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA - Oxidative stress and endothelial cell function.
10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Coffee Break
10:45 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. John Folts, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI - Antioxidants and platelet aggregation in vitro and in vivo.
11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Tak Yee Aw, Ph.D., LSU Medical Center, Shreveport, LA - Hypoxia/Reoxygenation-Induced Adhesion of PMNs to Endothelial Cells: Role of Oxidants and transcription factors.


12:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Afternoon Activities

12:30 p.m. - 01:30 p.m. Lunch
01:30 p.m. - 05:00 p.m. Informal Scientific Interactions
05:00 p.m. - 06:00 p.m. Poster Session
06:00 p.m. - 07:00 p.m. Dinner

Radicals in Enzyme Kinetics : 7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Evening Scientific Session

07:30 p.m. - 08:15 p.m. Mike Gunther, Ph.D., NIEHS/NIH, Research Triangle Park, NC. - The myoglobin free radical family.
08:15 p.m. - 09:00 p.m. James W. Whittaker, Ph.D., Oregon Graduate Institute, Portland, OR - Radical Copper Oxidases: Doing Chemistry One Electron at a Time.

Wednesday


Nitric Oxide : 08:45 a.m. - 12:15pm

Morning Scientific Session

Chair: Balaraman Kalyanaraman, Ph.D., Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI.

08:45 a.m. - 09:00 a.m. Announcements and Chair's Introductory Remarks
09:00 a.m. - 09:45 a.m. Steve Tannenbaum, Ph.D., MIT, Cambridge, MA - Oxidative and nitrosative modifications of DNA.
09:45 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Jim Mitchell, Ph.D., NCI, Washington, DC - Nitric oxide as a modulator of cancer treatment modality.
10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Coffee Break
10:45 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. David Jourd'heuil, Ph.D., Biomedical Research Institute, Shreveport, LA -Modulation of nitrosothiol formation by reactive oxygen metabolites and SOD.
11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Bettie Sue Masters, Ph.D., University of Texas, San Antonio, TX - Distinguishing structural characteristics of the isoforms of NOS - Relation to function.


12:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Afternoon Activities

12:30 p.m. - 01:30 p.m. Lunch
01:30 p.m. - 05:00 p.m. Informal Scientific Interactions
05:00 p.m. - 06:00 p.m. Poster Session
06:00 p.m. - 07:00 p.m. Dinner

7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Evening Scientific Session

07:30 p.m. - 08:15 p.m. Jack Lancaster, Ph.D., LSU Medical Center, New Orleans, LA - Cytotoxicity of NO in mammalian cells.
08:15 p.m. - 09:00 p.m. Brice Weinberg, Duke University, Durham, NC - Human mononuclear phagocyte NOS and nitric oxide production.

Thursday


Degenerative Diseases : 08:45 a.m. - 12:15pm

Morning Scientific Session

Chair: Matthew B. Grisham, Ph.D., LSU Medical Center, Shreveport, LA.

08:45 a.m. - 09:00 a.m. Announcements and Chair's Introductory Remarks
09:00 a.m. - 09:40 a.m. John W. Baynes, Ph.D., University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC - Oxidative stress in diabetes and aging.
09:40 a.m. - 10:20 a.m. George Perry, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH - Oxidative damage in Alzheimer and other neurodegenerative diseases.
10:20 a.m. - 10:40 a.m. Coffee Break
10:40 a.m. - 11:20 a.m. Joan S. Valentine, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, CA - SOD mutants and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
11:20 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Tory M. Hagen, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, CA - Mitochondrial decay in aging: partial reversal through dietary supplements.
12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m.
  • Conference Business Meeting: Chaired by Kelvin Davies, Ph.D., University of Southern California, Pasadena, CA. (Immediate-past Gordon Conference Chair).
  • Election of New Vice-Chair(s) and Conference Evaluation.


12:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Afternoon Activities

12:30 p.m. - 01:30 p.m. Lunch
01:30 p.m. - 05:00 p.m. Informal Scientific Interactions
05:00 p.m. - 06:00 p.m. Poster Session

6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Conference Banquet & Iron Bolt Award

8:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Conference Keynote Lecture
  • Norman I. Krinsky, Ph.D. - Carotenoids in health and disease

Friday

Departure

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