ICRB 2006 - Integrative and Evolutionary Physiology of Copper Proteins: From Molecules to Organisms in their Environment

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Lectures and Symposia updated June 12, 2006

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.
II. Integrative and Evolutionary Physiology of Copper Proteins:
From Molecules to Organisms in their Environment
Heinz Decker (University of Mainz, Germany)
Roy Weber (University of Aarhus, Denmark)

Nora Terwilliger University of Oregon Charleston, USA	Hemocyanins function in the molting process OR: Cops and robbers: evolution of respiratory proteins
Bernd Lieb et al. University of Mainz Germany	Evolution of mollusc hemocyanins
Felix Tuczek University of Kiel Germany	Blue compared to red respiratory proteins: activation of dioxygen
Kenneth Soderhall University of Uppsala Sweden	The functional role of phenoloxidase in the immune response of crustaceans
Mariano Beltramini et al. University of Padova Italy	Heterogeneity of crustacean hemocyanins: Is a 4x6-mer more effective than a 2x6-mer?
Nadja Hellmann, Werner Conze and Heinz Decker University of Mainz Germany	Adaptation of crustaceans to different temperatures: effects on the oxygen binding of hemocyanins
Ulrich Meissner University of Mainz Germany	3D-electron microscopy of arthropod and mollusc hemocyanins at 10 Ǻ resolution
Nadja Hellmann University of Mainz Germany	Allosteric Models for Multimeric Proteins: Oxygen-linked Effector Binding in Hemocyanin
Felix Mark Alfred Wegener Institute Bremerhaven, Germany	Sub-population specific haemocyanin properties contribute to thermal tolerance of the cephalopod Sepia officinalis