January 29, 2010

2010 World Congress of the Oxygen Club of California

KEYNOTE LECTURES

The 2008 Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine.
•   Harald zur Hausen – Novel agents in human carcinogenesis: status and perspectives
 
•   Luc Montagnier – New Horizons in HIV/AIDS
 
A Norman I. Krinsky Memorial Lecture opens the Translational Science by Micronutrients session on
 Carotenoids and Vitamin A.
•   Johannes von Lintig – Carotenoid cleavage and biological action
 
SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS
 
• SESSION I: WOUND HEALING
CHAIRS: C.K. Sen and T.K. Hunt
SPEAKERS: G. Gurtner, O. Velazquez, S. Roy, A. Friedman, D. Losordo, T. Mustoe, C. Jamora, M.G. Clemens
 
• SESSION II: REDOX SIGNALING AND INFLAMMATION
CHAIRS: J. Yodoi & E. Arnér
SPEAKERS: A. Holmgren, S.-G. Rhee, J. Yodoi, K. Sugie, A. van der Vliet, D.K. Das, S. Orrenius, H. Utsumi, T. Hagen
 
• SESSION III: CARDIOVASCULAR
CHAIRS: D.K. Das & C.G. Fraga
SPEAKERS: N. Maulik, H. Otani, J. Sadoshima, G. Poli
 
• SESSION IV: MICRONUTRIENTS
Organized by Lester Packer and Enrique Cadenas
– CAROTENOIDS AND VITAMIN A
CHAIRS: H. Sies & K. Kraemer
SPEAKERS: J. von Lintig, G. Lietz, R.D. Semba, G. Tang, U. Hammerling
– COENZYME Q
CHAIRS: M. Traber & R. Stocker
SPEAKERS: V. Kagan, P. Nava, D.J. Morré, I.P. Hargreaves
– POLYPHENOLS
CHAIRS: B. Frei & M. Eggersdorfer
SPEAKERS: Bharat Aggarwal, S. Henning, Y.-J.Surh, T.A. Prolla,
 
• SESSION V: REDOX IMAGING
CHAIRS: P. Kuppusamy & H. Utsumi
SPEAKERS: H. Saji, H.M. Swartz, P. Kuppusamy
 
• SESSION VI: AGING
CHAIRS: J. Viña & B.N. Ames
SPEAKERS: J. Viña, A.M. Cuervo, T. Grune, B.N. Ames, L. Rodriguez Mañas
 
PRIZES AND AWARDS
Prize and Awards will be given during the Gala dinner on Friday, March 19th, and require the attendance at the OCC World Congress as a speaker, chairperson, or poster presenter. The Oxygen Club of California conferences award the following prizes and awards:
 
The Oxygen Club of California and Jarrow Formulas Health Science Prize ($25,000) will be awarded for pioneering research in Oxygen Biology and Medicine.
 
Young and Established Investigator Awards
•   The Science and Humanities Award ($5,000) will be awarded to a scientist involved in research in Oxygen Biology and Medicine who has achieved innovative research and leadership worldwide. Sponsored by Osato Research Institute.
•    The Antioxidants and Redox Signaling Translational Research Award ($1,000)
•   The DSM Nutraceutical Research Award ($1,000)
•   The Oxygen Club of California Award ($500)
 •  The Linus Pauling Institute Award ($500) 
 
SPECIAL FUNCTIONS
A piano concert in honor of the 200th anniversary of Frederick Chopin before the banquet on Friday, March 19th. Event sponsored by the Osato Research Institute.
 
REGISTRATION AND ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
Information on accommodation, registration and abstract submission is available on line at:
 
 http://www.oxyclubcalifornia.org/OCC2010/occ2010.php 
 

 January 28, 2010