ICMG 2011 - ICMG 2011: 5th International Conference on Metals and Genetics

The 5th International Conference on Metals and Genetics (ICMG 2011) is an
international forum for researchers to exchange information regarding advances in
molecular biology, physics, proteomics, systems biology and clinical medicine further
emphasizing the delicate balance of metals in health and diseases, as well as to identify
the emerging research topics of metals in biology. Recent advances in management of
human diseases due to disordered metal metabolism have been ushered by discoveries of relevant genes and determining the effects of their mutations. Metals also play an
important role in cancer biology, partly because metals interact with DNA and partly
because metabolism of metals in cancerous cells presents treatment modalities. The
technical program of ICMG 2011 will consist of invited talks, oral presentations and
poster presentations.

The first conference of this series, initiated by Professor Bibudhendra SARKAR in
Toronto (Canada) in 1994, was carried out to bring together clinical and basic scientists in one forum to stimulate, initiate and advance multidisciplinary research
and collaboration in this area.

We are pleased to invite you to attend the 5th International Conference on Metals and
Genetics (ICMG 2011) to be held in the Kobe International Conference Center, Kobe
City, Hyogo, Japan September 4th to 8th, 2011. The Kobe Congress will follow the
format of the very successful previous meetings (ICMG 1994-Toronto, ICMG 1998-Toronto, ICMG 2004-Toronto, and ICMG 2008-Paris). The congress will
cover the recent advances in metal caused genetic diseases, neurological disorders and
metals, structural biology of metal-proteins impacted in genetic disease, metalloproteomics and genetic disorders: diagnosis and therapeutics, the role of metals
in nutritional supplementation and finally themes related to multi-metals in the
enviroment causing health crisis.

http://pharm.okayama-u.ac.jp/lab/bunseki/icmg2011
We look forward to welcoming you in Kobe.
Sincerely,

Professor Emeritus B. Sarkar, Honorary President
Professor Shuichi Enomoto, President
Professor Hiroko Kodama, Co-President
Dr. Makoto Hiromura, Scientific Secretary