Registration is up for the Proteoglycan Gordon Conference held every other year. This is a great meeting to learn all about PGs and glycosaminoglycans

http://www.grc.org/programs.aspx?year=2008&program=proteoglyc

PROTEOGLYCANS

July 6-11, 2008
Proctor Academy
Andover, NH

Chair:
Thomas N. Wight

Vice Chair:
Marian F. Young

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MEETING FEES
Conferee (Single) $780
Conferee (Double) $715
Conferee (Off-Site) $620
Guest (Single) $605
Guest (Double) $540
Guest (Off-Site) $445
Application Deadline: Applications for this meeting must be submitted by June 15, 2008.

Please apply early, as some conferences become oversubscribed (full) before this deadline. If the conference is oversubscribed, it will be stated here. You will still be able to submit your application. However, it will only be considered by the Conference Chair if there are cancellations, making more seats available.

The major purpose of this meeting will be to bring together scientists from around the world working in the area of proteoglycan research to present and discuss their most recent findings in each of nine (9) sessions which will include sessions on the biosynthesis, structure, interactions, and degradation of these molecules. These sessions will be complemented with other sessions designed to address how these molecules contribute to events fundamental to development and disease. Our goal will be to promote a further understanding of the role these molecules play in various aspects of human development and in pathologic events connected to inflammation and immunity. Specific sessions in this area will include involvement of proteoglycans in diseases of the musculoskeletal system, nervous system, vascular and lung systems, and cancer. A final session on current developments on the use of proteoglycans as therapeutics in the clinic is planned.