ICRB 2006 - The Integrative and Evolutionary Biology of Gas-Binding Proteins: Globins

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Lectures:

Keynote Lecture: Gills, lungs and spiracles - fossil evidence for the evolution of air breathing

Plenary Lecture: Experimental Evolution as an Approach to Study Respiratory Biology

Plenary Lecture: Neuronal and Chemosensory Control of Breathing: Lessons Learned from a Simple Model System Approach

Plenary Lecture:
The Use of Molecular Tools in Integrative Respiratory Physiology

Symposia:

Homeostatic Responses to Changing Metabolic Demands

Developmental Transitions in Respiratory Physiology

Sensing CO₂, H+ and O₂; A Comparative Survey of Receptors and Pathways

The Integrative and Evolutionary Biology of Gas-Binding Proteins

Coping with Cyclic Oxygen Availability: Evolutionary Aspects

Directions in Respiratory Biology

Respiratory Plasticity after Changes in Oxygen Supply and Demand

Radicals and Foreign Airborne Substances

Innovative Methods in Respiratory Biology

Breathing during Locomotion

The Anatomy, Physics and Physiology of Gas Exchange Surfaces with Emphasis on Pulmonary Surfactant

Mitochondria and Respiration

Deconvoluting Lung Evolution: From Phenotypes to Gene Regulatory Networks

Reconfiguration of the Respiratory Network During Respiratory and Non-Respiratory Behaviours

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The Integrative and Evolutionary Biology of Gas-Binding Proteins.
I. Globins
Michael Berenbrink (University of Liverpool, UK)
Roy E. Weber (University of Aarhus, Denmark)

Thorsten Burmester University of Mainz Germany	Diversity and evolution of globins: Neuro-, cyto-, haemo-, myoglobins and more
Michael Berenbrink University of Liverpool UK	Evolutionary physiology of vertebrate haemoglobins: Tools to study adaptation
Danilo Wilhelm Filho Federal University of Santa Catarina Florianopolis, Brazil	On distribution and physiological significance of thiols in vertebrate hemoglobins
Guido van den Thillart University of Leiden Nederlands	New Hb's in Lake Victoria cichlids subjected to chronic hypoxia
Thomas Gorr University of Zürich Switzerland	Regulation of hemoglobin function in crustaceans: from systems to molecules
Ralph Pirow University of Münster Germany	Functions and molecular transitions of high-molecular invertebrate hemoglobins
Angela Fago University of Aarhus Denmark	NO-vel reactions in hemoglobin: a role in vasodilation?
Paolo Arese University of Torino Italy	Why widespread hemoglobin mutations protect against falciparum malaria
Jeremy Tame Yokohama City University Japan	Structural studies of Root effect hemoglobins
Roy E. Weber University of Aarhus Denmark	Molecular physiological adaptations of vertebrate haemoglobins at high altitude
Heinz Decker University of Mainz Germany	Molecular interpretation of the Root effect
Pia Koldkjær Michael Berenbrink University of Liverpool UK	Managing sickle cell disease: A role for red cell ion transport in fishes
Robert A. B. Holland University of New South Wales Sydney, Australia	Undiscovered Hemoglobins in Marsupials
Zoe Hilton Auckland University New Zealand	Respiratory adaptation and ecological radiation in New Zealand triplefin fishes