Sunday Evening Session, July 14
Tetrapyrrole Chemistry
- David Lightner, University of Nevada - Discussion Leader
- New Aspects of Bilirubin Chemistry - Antony McDonagh, University of California at San Francisco
- Adventures in Porphyrin Chemistry: from Porphyrin Isomers to Cyclooctapyrroles - Emanuel Vogel, Universität zu Kö1n
Monday Morning Session, July 15
Regulation of Tetrapyrrole Biosynthesis
- James Kushner, University of Utah - Discussion Leader
- Transfer RNA in Heme and Chlorophyll Synthesis: Control at the Step 5-aminolevulinic Acid Formation - Dieter Sö11, Yale University
- Transcriptional Regulation of the Ferrochelatase Gene - David Brenner, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Regulation of Iron Metabolism by the Iron-regulatory Proteins - Elizabeth Leibold, University of Utah
Monday Evening Session, July 15
Enzymology of Tetrapyrrole Biosynthesis
- Eileen Jaffe, Fox Chase Cancer Center - Discussion Leader
- Studies on the Active Site of Coproporphyrinogen Oxidase - Timothy Lash, Illinois State University
- Terminal Enzymes of the Heme Biosynthetic Pathway - Harry Dailey, University of Georgia
Tuesday Morning Session, July 16
Photosynthesis
- Samuel Beale, Brown University - Discussion Leader
- Regulatory Circuits that Coordinate Synthesis of Bacteriochlorophyll and Carotenoids - Carl Bauer, Indiana University
- The Structure of a Bacterial Light-harvesting Complex and its Role in Photosynthesis - Neil Isaacs, University of Glasgow
- New Porphyrin-quinone Systems: Syntheses and Photoinduced Electron-transfer - Heinz Staab, Max-Planck-Institute of Medical Research
Tuesday Evening Session, July 16
Chlorophyll and Heme Degradation
- Jacqueline Sinclair, Dartmouth Medical School - Discussion Leader
- Chlorophyll Catabolism in Plants--Contributions from Chemistry - Bernhard Kräutler, University of Innsbruck
- Heme Oxygenase Structure-function Relationships - Paul Ortiz de Montellano, University of California at San Francisco
Wednesday Morning Session, July 17
Tetrapyrrole - Protein Interaction
- James Collman, Stanford University - Discussion Leader
- X-ray Structure of the B12-binding Domains of Methionine Synthase - Catherine Drennan, The University of Michigan
- The Heme Cofactors of Cytochrome bd Oxidase - Thomas Loehr, Oregon Graduate Institute
- Characterization of Metal-substituted Nitric Oxide Synthase - Melissa Clague, The Universtiy of Michigan
Wednesday Afternoon Session, July 17
Clinical Aspects of Porphyrias
- Herbert Bonkovsky, University of Massachusetts Medical Center - Discussion Leader
- Maureen Poh-Fitzpatrick, Columbia University - Discussion Leader
Wednesday Evening Session, July 17
Biological Applications of Tetrapyrroles
- George Elder, University of Wales College of Medicine - Discussion Leader
- Photodynamic Therapy: Second Generation Photosensitizers - Martha Kreimer-Birnbaum, St. Vincent Medical Center
- The Role of Porphyrins and Vitamin B12 in Environmental Remediation - Suzanne Lesage, National Water Research Institute
Thursday Morning Session, July 18
Disorders of Tetrapyrrole Metabolism
- Yves Nordmann, Xavier Bichat University - Discussion Leader
- Pathogenesis of Biochemical Abnormalities in Variegate Porphyria: a South African Perspective - Peter Meissner, UCT/MRC Liver Research Centre
- Pathogenesis and Treatment of Photosensitivity in Erythropoietic Protoporphyria - Micheline Mathews-Roth, Harvard Medical School
- Molecular Pathogenesis and Therapy of Hyperbilirubinemias - Jayanta Roy Chowdhury, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Thursday Evening Session, July 18
Keynote Address
- A Brief History of Porphyrin Synthesis - Kevin Smith, University of California, Davis
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