ANNO 2000: A LIPID MILESTONE
October 26-28, 2000
Utrecht, the Netherlands
Many lipids appear to live double lives, both as membrane building blocks and as modulators of important cellular processes such as signal transduction and membrane biogenesis, transport and sorting. Highly specific interactions between lipids and proteins, and the ever increasing range of covalent combinations of both classes of molecules provide the membrane with a full repertoire of possibilities to exert its specific functions. The molecular bases of membrane lipid based diseases are being established and at the same time membrane lipid behaviour is understood at the molecular and even atomic level by the application of sophisticated biophysical and computational approaches. New technologies are being developed to manipulate membrane systems which may open the way to membrane engineering.
The Institute of Biomembranes of Utrecht University decided to highlight these developments by organizing an International Symposium.
The programme is centered around the following topics: "Building Bricks and Biogenesis", "Specific Interactions and Functions" and "Novel Techniques and Developments".
For more information, contact:
J.A.F. Op den Kamp
Dept. of Lipid Biochemistry
CBLE/University of Utrecht
P.O. Box 80.054
3508 TB Utrecht
The Netherlands
Tel: +31-30-253 35 22
Fax: +31-30-252 24 78
E-mail: j.a.f.opdenkamp@chem.uu.nl
URL : http://mcb.bio.uu.nl/ib/conferences/ANNO%202000.htm