III International Training Course

“Proteins as Cellular Nanomachines: Molecular Motors, Channels & Pumps”

III International Symposium on Myosin V

Rio de Janeiro

Armação de Búzios

Jul 10-21, 2006

It is our great pleasure to extend you an invitation to participate in the III International Symposium on Myosin V (Jul 14th – 17th) and III International Training Course: Proteins as Cellular Nanomachines: Molecular Motors, Channels & Pumps (Jul 10th - 13th and 18th – 21st), which will be held in Rio de Janeiro and in Armação de Búzios.

The course will be held in Rio. The main topic will be Molecular Motors, Channels & Pumps. The idea is to give us a relaxed atmosphere to talk about cell biology, together with 20 advanced students. We plan to have two 1.5 h lectures (each morning) and 4 students passing each day with an investigator who have made important contributions to our understanding of the molecular basis of cell. It is supposed that each researcher has to be at least for 7 days in the course (four lab days and during the Symposium), but if it is his preference he can stay for the whole period.

Búzios, located in the Rio de Janeiro coast, will provide us a relaxed atmosphere to talk about cytoskeleton, cell motility, and the roles of class V myosins. One full day will be dedicated to a social and schooner ride along the coast. We are planning talks by investigators who have made important contributions to the understanding of the molecular basis of cell understanding. We also will have a poster section where recent results on cellular and molecular aspects of cell biology can be presented and discussed.

Main organizer (to whom enquiries may be addressed):

L. C. Cameron (Brazil)

cameron@unirio.br

Av Pasteur, 296

Urca - Rio de Janeiro – RJ

Brazil

CEP 22290-240

(5521) 2295 3347

2295 5737 - Ext. 284

Organizing Committee:

International: George Bloom (USA); Ernesto Carafoli (Italy); John Mercer (USA) & Jose Sotelo (Uruguay)

Local: Carmem L. Antão-Paiva; Foued Espindola; Roy Larson & Regina Lugarinho

Tentative Teaching Staff:

Javier Ambrozio	Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico	Mexico
Juan Benech	Inst. Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable	Uruguay
George Bloom	University of Virginia	USA
L. C. Cameron	Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro	Brazil
Ernesto Carafoli	University of Padova	Italy
Enrique de la Cruz	Yale University	USA
Foued Espindola	Universidade Federal de Uberlândia	Brazil
Enilza Espreafico	Universidade de São Paulo	Brazil
Ryan L. Karcher	McLaughlin Research Institute	USA
Primal de Lanerolle	University of Illinois at Chicago	USA
George Langford	Dartmouth College	USA
Roy Larson	Universidade de São Paulo	Brazil
John Mercer	McLaughlin Research Institute	USA
Hans Oberleithner	University of Muenster	Germany.
Bill Provance	McLaughlin Research Institute	USA
José R. Rodríguez Medina	University of Puerto Rico	USA
Verônica Salerno-Pinto	Universidade Federal de Rio de Janeiro	Brazil.
Luigia Santella	Stazione Zoologica "A. Dohrn"	Italy
Miguel Seabra	Imperial College	UK.
Martha Sorenson	Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	Brazil
Jose Sotelo	Inst. Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable	Uruguay
Margaret Titus	University of Minnesota	USA