6th Internet World Congress for Biomedical Sciences February 14-25, 2000
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SESSION II. Basic Sciences

Iron Metabolism

Chair: Dr. Des Richardson - Heart Research Institute - d.richardson@hri.org.au Australia
Co-Chair: Dr. Prem Ponka - - mdpp@musica.mcgill.ca Canada

[Discussion]

On line Session:  February 21th, 5-7 pm GMT

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(137) Iron metabolism in macrophages

Dr Jeremy Brock - University of Glasgow - jhb1h@clinmed.gla.ac.uk United Kingdom
DR Victoriano Mulero - Universidad de Murcia - vmulero@fcu.um.es Spain

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(138) Iron regulatory proteins and oxidative stress

Dr. Kostas Pantopoulos - Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research - mbg1@musica.mcgill.ca Canada

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(139) Studies on the Mechanism of Action of Nitrogen Monoxide on Iron Uptake from Transferrin

Dr. R.N. Watts - Brisbane Hospital - d.richardson@hri.org.au Australia
Dr. Stacey L. Wardrop - Royal Brisbane Hospital - d.richardson@hri.org.au Australia
Dr. Des Richardson - Heart Research Institute - d.richardson@hri.org.au Australia

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(140) Transferrin-bound and Non-transferrin-bound Iron Uptake by Mammalian Cells

Dr Erica Baker - University of Western Australia - baker@cyllene.uwa.edu.au Australia
Dr Deborah Trinder - University of Western Australia - dtrinder@cyllene.uwa.edu.au Australia
Dr Phillip Oates - University of Western Australia - poates@cyllene.uwa.edu.au Australia
Ms Carla Thomas - University of Western Australia - cthomas@cyllene.uwa.edu.au Australia
Professor Evan Morgan - University of Western Australia - ehmorgan@cyllene.uwa.edu.au Australia

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(141) Iron Proteins as Targets to Modulate Tumor Cell Growth. New Insights into the Cytotoxicity of Gallium - a Modulator of Iron Metabolism.

Dr. Christopher Chitambar - Medical College of Wisconsin - chitambr@mcw.edu United States
Ms. Janine Wereley - Medical College of Wisconsin - paulinew@mcw.edu United States
Ms. Li-Shih Tsao - Medical College of Wisconsin - lstsao@mcw.edu United States
DR. William OŽBrien - Medical College of Wisconsin - wjob@mcw.edu United States

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(142) The potential negative role of iron in HIV infection and its implications

Dr. Johan R. Boelaert - - j.r.Boelaert.Brugge@stego.gent.online.be Belgium
Jacques Piette - - jpiette@ulg.ac.be Belgium

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(145) Structure-Activity Relationships of Iron Chelators of the Pyridoxal Isonicotinoyl Hydrazone Class

Dr. D.B Lovejoy - The Heart Research Institute - d.lovejoy@hri.org.au Australia
Dr. Des Richardson - Heart Research Institute - d.richardson@hri.org.au Australia

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(146) The transferrin receptor 2

Dr. H. Kawabata - - hkawabat@ucla.edu United States
Ms. Rasha Germain - Cedars-Sinai Medical Center - hkawabat@ucla.edu United States
Dr. H. Phillip Koeffler - Cedars-Sinai Medical Center - hkawabat@ucla.edu United States

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(148) The role of phosphorylation in the control of iron regulatory protein 1 activity

Dr. Rick Eisenstein - - eisenste@nutrisci.wisc.edu United States

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(149) Apoptosis induction by iron deprivation in tumor cells: sensitive versus resistant cells

Dr. Jan Kovar - Institute of Molecular Genetics - kovar@biomed.cas.cz Czech Republic
Mr. Tomas Valenta - Institute of Molecular Genetics - valenta@biomed.cas.cz Czech Republic
Mrs. Katerina Spevakova - Institute of Molecular Genetics - spevak@biomed.cas.cz Czech Republic
Mr. Paul W. Naumann - University of Iowa College of Medicine - naumann@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu United States
Dr. Karin Kriegerbeckova - Institute of Molecular Genetics - krieger@biomed.cas.cz Czech Republic
Prof. John D. Kemp - University of Iowa College of Medicine - jkemp@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu United States

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(175) Iron from parenteral preparations alters non-transferrin iron uptake and the RNA-binding activity of iron-regulatory protein in rat hepatocytes and human hepatoma cells

Dr. Hans Goldenberg - University of Vienna - Hans.Goldenberg@univie.ac.at Austria
Dr Barbara Scheiber-Mojdehkar - Institute of Medical Chemistry, University of Vienna - barbara.scheiber-mojdehkar@univie.ac.at Austria
Dr. Lise Brunner-Doepper - Institute of Medical Chemistry - hans.goldenberg@univie.ac.at Austria
Ms Ingrid Kryzer - Institute of Medical Chemistry, University of Vienna - hans.goldenberg@univie.ac.at Austria

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(181) The labile iron pool (LIP) of cells: modulation by intracellular and extracellular Ferritin

Dr. Ioav Cabantchik - - ioav@cc.huji.ac.il Israel
Prof Abraham Konijn - The Hebrew University-Faculty of Medicine - konijn@md2.huji.ac.il Israel