Iron Transport at EB2006

Experimental Biology (1-5 April 2006) in San Francisco featured a Symposium on "Molecular Mechanisms of Intestinal Iron Transport" and a Special Poster Session on "Metal Ion Transport", sponsored by ApoPharma and the American Physiological Society Gastrointestinal/Liver Section.

Symposium: "Molecular Mechanisms of Intestinal Iron Transport"
Wednesday, 5 April 2006, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm: Moscone Convention Center, Room 132

Organizers

James F Collins University at Buffalo-SUNY, Buffalo, NY

Bryan Mackenzie University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

Program & Speakers

Poster Session: "Metal Ion Transport"

Tuesday, 4 April 4 2006, 12:45 pm - 3:00 pm: Moscone Convention Center, Exhibit Hall
C Posters / Program Number 776

Travel Awards

ApoPharma Travel Awards

Thanks to an educational grant from ApoPharma several awards were made to provide travel support to students and postdoctoral trainees who attended the symposium and were first author on an Abstract submitted to the special Poster session 1126-APS: Metal Ion Transport. The following awardees were recognized at the Gastrointestinal & Liver Physiology Section Reception and Business Meeting EB 2006:

• Anthony C. Illing (University of Cincinnati) - Abstract #8080
  Functional properties of a prototypical member of the NRAMP superfamily of metal-ion transporters


• Reagan McRae (Georgia Tech) - Abstract #4742
  Alteration of the intracellular copper topography in Menkes and Atox1 mutant cells visualized by X-ray fluorescence microscopy


• Elizabeth Nemeth (UCLA) - Abstract #2785
  Altered hepcidin regulation in hereditary hemochromatosis


• Gloria Preza (UCLA) - Abstract #2789
  The N-terminus of hepcidin is essential for its interaction with ferroportin: structure-function study


• Ali Shawki (University of Cincinnati) - Abstract #8094
  Molecular impact of human divalent metal-ion transporter DMT1 mutations associated with disease phenotypes


• Yong Tong (University of Massachusetts) - Abstract #5733
  Expression and characterization of a novel bacterial heme transport protein

APS Travel Awards

• APS (GI/Liver Section) Awards for Graduate Students, Postdocs, Junior Faculty

• APS Travel Awards for Undergraduate Students (David S. Bruce Awards)

EB 2007

For information on Experimental Biology 2007 please visit www.eb2007.org.

About Our Sponsors

We gratefully acknowledge the support of the following sponsors.

• ApoPharma (news), the new drug development division of ApoTex Inc (website)

• American Physiological Society (website)

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