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Zinc-UK Summer Meeting, Aberdeen, 4-5th July 2013

09 May 2013

The Zinc-UK meeting this summer will be held at the Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health at the University of Aberdeen on 4^th and 5^th July. A map of the venue can be found here.

As well as linking UK and non-UK zinc researchers, the meeting will have 2 themes:

Bioanalytical Methods in Zinc Biology
Biomedical Roles of Zinc

Zinc-UK strongly encourages students to participate and posters can be on any subject related to zinc. We are delighted to say that Metallomics will be offering a Poster Prize during the meeting.

To register for the meeting or to find out more, please visit the Zinc-UK meeting website.

Recent Zinc-related articles published in Metallomics:

The BaeSR regulon is involved in defense against zinc toxicity in E. coli
Da Wang and Carol A. Fierke
Metallomics, 2013, 5, 372-383
DOI: 10.1039/C3MT20217H

Repletion of zinc in zinc-deficient cells strongly up-regulates IL-1β-induced IL-2 production in T-cells
Doha Daaboul, Eva Rosenkranz, Peter Uciechowskia and Lothar Rink
Metallomics, 2012, 4, 1088-1097
DOI: 10.1039/C2MT20118F

Synaptic Zn2+ homeostasis and its significance
Atsushi Takeda, Masatoshi Nakamura, Hiroaki Fujii and Haruna Tamanoa
Metallomics, 2013, 5, 417-423
DOI: 10.1039/C3MT20269K

Zinc released from olfactory bulb glomeruli by patterned electrical stimulation of the olfactory nerve
Laura J. Blakemore, Elisa Tomat, Stephen J. Lippard and Paul Q. Trombley
Metallomics, 2013, 5, 208-213
DOI: 10.1039/C3MT20158A

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4th International Symposium on Metallomics

17 Jan 2013

Registration now open!

The conference will be held in Oviedo, Spain from Monday, 8th July, to Thursday, 11th July 2013 and will continue the tradition of the outstanding previous meetings (1st ISM 2007 in Nagoya, Japan, 2nd ISM 2009 in Cincinnati, USA, and 3rd ISM 2011 in Münster, Germany). Scientists across the broad spectrum of metallomics (biology, biochemistry, chemistry, medicine, physiology, toxicology, etc.), including those from industry, government, and academia, are therefore encouraged to form part of this exciting series of conferences, aiming at a multidisciplinary encounter. The programme will be completed by an attractive social programme for attendees and accompanying persons encouraging you to discover Asturian’s landscape and traditions.

Highly-recognised plenary speakers that have already confirmed their participation include:

Chris Orvig, University of British Columbia, Canada
Nigel Robinson, Durham University, UK
Scott D. Tanner, University of Toronto, Canada
Itamar Willner, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

Registration, abstract submission and applications for students travel grants are now open! More information on the venue, the programme, etc. can be found on the homepage of the conference!

We are looking forward to welcoming you in Oviedo in July 2013!

Alfredo Sanz-Medel Conference chairman
María Montes-Bayón Conference co-chairman

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Metallomics 2013 themed issue

08 Jan 2013

4th International Symposium on Metallomics (Metallomics 2013)
Calatrava Congress Centre, Oviedo, Spain
8-11 July 2013

The 4th ISM will continue in the tradition of the outstanding previous meetings and will bring together scientists from all over the world to discuss the various aspects of metallomics. Scientists across the broad spectrum of metallomics (biology, biochemistry, chemistry, medicine, physiology, toxicology, etc.), including those from industry, government, and academia, are therefore encouraged to take part in this exciting series of conferences, aiming at a multidisciplinary encounter.

Further details about what we can look forward to can be found on the conference website.

Plenary speakers confirmed

There is already a great selection of Plenary speakers confirmed, including:

Tomas Ganz, University of California, Los Angeles, USA; Chris Orvig, University of British Columbia, Canada; Nigel Robinson, Durham University, UK; Scott D. Tanner, University of Toronto, Canada and Itamar Willner, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

Themed issue in Metallomics

I am also delighted to annouce that Metallomics will be publishing a themed issue from the conference. We welcome the submission of communications, full papers and reviews for consideration in the issue, and all articles will be subject to the usual high standards of the journal through peer-review. Details of the submission deadline for the issue will follow.

We will also be offering a Metallomics Poster Prize of a personal electronic subscription to the journal, and one of the newly designed i-pod Nanos (so if you are presenting a poster, this could be yours!)

Take a look at previous Metallomics themed issues that have been published from the conference, the 2nd ISM 2009 in Cincinnati, USA, and 3rd ISM 2011 in Münster, Germany.

We look forward to seeing you in Oviedo!

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Metallomics 2013: 8-11 July – Oviedo, Spain

14 Nov 2012

The 4th International Symposium on Metallomics organised by the Analytical Spectrometry Group will be held in 2013 at the Calatrava Congress Centre in Oviedo, Spain from Monday 8th July to Thursday 11th July.

The meeting will include invited presentations of well-known colleagues trying to cover the entire spectrum of metallomics and oral presentations. Topics include:

Metalloproteins and -enzymes
Tools for Metallomics
Metals in Neurosciences
Toxicological and Essential Aspects of Metal Species
Metallodrugs
Metals for Bioimaging and Nanoscience
Plants Metallomics

Special emphasis will be placed on poster sessions, in which preferably young scientists will have the great opportunity to discuss their work in a stimulating and relaxed atmosphere. The poster sessions will include the exhibition of scientific instrumentations and support presented by the world-wide leading suppliers. A number of basic short courses will be also provided.

Important Dates (2013)

10th January – Opening of Abstract Submission and Registration
1st April – Deadline for Abstract Submission
1st May – Notification to Authors about Abstract Acceptance
15th May – Deadline for Early Registration

Contact the Conference Secretary – Jörg Bettmer: secretary@metallomics2013.com / Phone: +34-985103000 (ext 5366) or visit the website for more details.

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A Forum for Metallomics

14 Sep 2012

I recently had the pleasure of attending the 3rd Forum on Metallomics in Japan, which was held at Showa Pharmacuetical University, Machida, Tokyo, Japan. This was a two day Symposium held from 30-31st August, providing the opportunity for young, up-and-coming scientists working in the area of metallomics to present and share their research, through both oral and poster presentations.

Showa Pharmaceutical University

The themes of the Forum were well chosen, with the first day highlighting one of the important application areas for this field, Metallomics and Environmental Toxicology, with the second day looking at the more fundamental techniques used and the interface between Analytical Chemistry and Metallomics.

I’m delighted to say that Metallomics had the opportunity to recognise the emerging young researchers in this area, with two awards presented to the best Young Scientists presenting their work during the Forum. These were awarded to Dr Yasunari Kanda from the National Institute of Health Sciences, Japan and Dr Shin-ichiro Fujii from the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology.

From left: Professor Yasumitsu Ogra (Chairman), Dr Yasunari Kanda, Dr Shinichiro Fujii and Dr May Copsey (Editor, Metallomics)

Metabolomics approach for tributyltin toxcity – Yasunari Kanda

Trace elemental analysis of single yeast cells by time-resolved ICP-MS using the HECIS – Shinichiro Fujii

I’d like to offer our warmest congratulations to them both, and I hope that you will have the opportunity to read their research yourself in Metallomics very soon. We would also like to sincerely thank the Chairman of the Forum, Professor Yasumitsu Ogra for all his help with organisation of these awards and inviting us to be part of the Forum. We look forward to supporting the 4th Metallomics Forum in two years time at Musashino University.

In spring 2013, we will be publishing a themed issue inviting articles from this Metallomics Forum, highlighting the range and quality of the metallomics research which is being conducted in Japan. This will be the second in this series of issues, Metallomics in Japan, following the issue that we published from the 2010 meeting. Please find the articles here from that issue.

The field of metallomics has traditionally been strong in Japan, largely thanks to the pioneering work of Professor Hiroki Haraguchi, who was one of the first researchers to propose metallomics as a new emerging area of research. This has led to an expanding number of exciting youg researchers working in this field. Read an Editorial from Wolfgang Maret, the Chair of the Metallomics Editorial Board, on the development of the field of metallomics and how we envisage the journal will be able to support the community as this develops in the future.

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Biometals 2012 – 15-19 July, Brussels, Belgium

01 Aug 2012

Grand Place/Grote Markt in Brussels. Unfortunately it wasn't quite this sunny every day during the conference!

A couple of weeks ago I made the most of the UK’s rail connection to mainland Europe and hopped on the Eurostar to attend Biometals 2012 in Brussels. This conference takes place every two years and alternates between the two sides of the Atlantic; the historic capital of Belgium certainly made a contrast to the wonderful desert landscape we experienced in Tuscon, Arizona in 2010!

The meeting, hosted at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, covered a broad range of topics related to the role of metals in biological systems, from iron uptake to copper homeostasis, and from metalloproteins to plant-metal interactions. Delegates came from across the globe to present their work and network with colleagues, and I was certainly pleased to see some familiar faces from other meetings.

There were two particularly poignant mentions for members of the community who have sadly passed away in recent times: Ivano Bertini and Jorge Crosa. The Ivor Stojiljkovic Award was posthumously presented to Jorge, and his post-doctoral colleague Hiraoki Naka gave a talk on some of the recent work from the group. Meeting Chair Pierre Cornelis also gave a fitting tribute with some excellent pictures from Jorge’s life. I was lucky enough to meet Jorge at Biometals in 2010 – he was a great scientist, a charming man, and will be missed by his peers and colleagues.

Our thanks to the organisers for having Metallomics as part of this great conference, in particular the local committee: Pierre Cornelis, Joris Messens, Max Mergeay, Nathalie Verbruggen, Jan Colpaert and Ruddy Wattiez.

Many of the speakers at Biometals 2012 have published with Metallomics and with other RSC journals; we’ve highlighted some of their work in a temporary collection of papers which you can find here. These will all be free to access until 21 August 2012, so please take a look.

The articles below are a taster of what features in the collection.

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6th Zinc-UK Meeting

18 Jun 2012

University of Cardiff, 9-10 July 2012

Coming up in July, I’m very much looking forward to attending the next in the series of Zinc-UK meetings, which is being hosted at the University of Cardiff. I’m pleased to say that Metallomics will be supporting the meeting in the form of student Poster Prize, so I’m expecting some lively discussion too!

My first experience of the Zinc-UK group was at the recommendation of incoming-Metallomics Editorial Board Chair, Wolfgang Maret. He suggested that I attend their 5th meeting held in November last yearat UCL Institute of Opthalmology, London. The aims behind the group and the meeting are to link UK (and non-UK) zinc researchers, from whichever field they work in.

It was certainly interesting and also refreshing to meet the diverse range of researchers that I did, so I’m looking forward to more of the same in Cardiff. However there is a significant difference this time, with the meeting held over two days there will be even more time for networking and socialising – always good in my book!

The theme of the 6th meeting is Zinc Signaling, so heres just a sample of the kind of topics that we might be looking at:

Proposed glucocorticoid-mediated zinc signaling in the hippocampus
Atsushi Takeda and Haruna Tamano
Metallomics, 2012, Advance Article
http://xlink.rsc.org/?doi=10.1039/C2MT20018J

Dynamic action of neurometals at the synapse
Haruna Tamano and Atsushi Takeda
Metallomics, 2011, 3, 656-661
http://xlink.rsc.org/?doi=10.1039/C1MT00008J

If you’ll be in Cardiff on the 9th, I look forward to seeing you there!

May Copsey

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Biometals 2012 conference registration now open

19 Mar 2012

Biometals 2012 will take place in at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium, 15-19 July 2012.

Online registration and abstract submission are now open via www.biometals2012.be

Early registration and abstract submission deadline is 15 April, so book your place now! Our Deputy Editor , Vibhuti Patel, will be attending on behalf of Metallomics.

The scientific committee includes our Advisory Board members Al Crumbliss and Wolfgang Maret. Also involved is Chris Rensing, who was Guest Editor on our Metal Toxicity themed issue, and many researchers who have published with Metallomics.

Read some of their papers here

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Speakers at GRC Metals in Biology

20 Feb 2012

In January I attended the GRC on Metals in Biology, which took place in Ventura, California, USA. Whilst it was nice to enjoy some Californian sunshine (and the odd thunderous rainstorm) the real highlight was the incredible quality of science. It was the 50th Anniversary of the meeting, which was special in itself, but we were certainly fortunate to see excellent scientists presenting their work.

Amongst those attending were Metallomics Editorial Board member Tom O’Halloran, who (aptly) chaired the session on Metallomics and Metalloproteomics, and Advisory Board member Partha Basu, who was discussion leader for Metalloids in Biology.

I’m pleased to say that we’ve published work from a significant number of the speakers and discussion leaders in recent years, in Metallomics and other journals across RSC Publishing. We’ve collected all these papers together, and you can access them using the links below. They’ll be free to access until 5 March 2012, so why not take a look at some journals that wouldn’t usually be on your reading list?

The Metals in Biology Saltman Lecture was given by Mi Hee Lim, whose paper featured on the cover of our themed issue on Metals in Neurodegenerative Diseases

Thanks go to meeting Chair Mike Maroney, and Vice-Chair Amy Rosenzweig for putting together a great meeting – we look forward to continuing our support of this important conference.

Speaker papers in Metallomics

Julia Brumaghim, Clemson University
Preventing metal-mediated oxidative DNA damage with selenium compounds
Erin E. Battin, Matthew T. Zimmerman, Ria R. Ramoutar, Carolyn E. Quarles and Julia L. Brumaghim
Metallomics, 2011, 3, 503-512
DOI: 10.1039/C0MT00063A

Max Costa, New York University
Tutorial Review: Epigenetics in metal carcinogenesis: nickel, arsenic, chromium and cadmium
Adriana Arita and Max Costa
Metallomics, 2009, 1, 222-228
DOI: 10.1039/B903049B

Robert Hausinger, Michigan State University
Critical Review: Mechanisms of nickel toxicity in microorganisms
Lee Macomber and Robert P. Hausinger
Metallomics, 2011, 3, 1153-1162
DOI: 10.1039/C1MT00063B
From themed issue: Metal Toxicity

Mi Hee Lim, University of Michigan (Saltman Lecture)
Synthesis and characterization of IMPY derivatives that regulate metal-induced amyloid-β aggregation
Jung-Suk Choi, Joseph J. Braymer, Se Kyung Park, Shaik Mustafa, Junghyun Chae and Mi Hee Lim
Metallomics, 2011, 3, 284-291
DOI: 10.1039/C0MT00077A
From themed issue: Metals in Neurodegenerative Disease

Stephen Lippard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Critical Review: Inhibition of transcription by platinum antitumor compounds
Ryan C. Todd and Stephen J. Lippard
Metallomics, 2009, 1, 280-291
DOI: 10.1039/B907567D

Stephen Ragsdale, University of Michigan
Critical Review: Metal centers in the anaerobic microbial metabolism of CO and CO₂
Güneş Bender, Elizabeth Pierce, Jeffrey A. Hill, Joseph E. Darty and Stephen W. Ragsdale
Metallomics, 2011, 3, 797-815
DOI: 10.1039/C1MT00042J

John Stolz, Duquesne University
A proteome investigation of roxarsone degradation by Alkaliphilus oremlandii strain OhILAs
Peter Chovanec, John F. Stolz and Partha Basu
Metallomics, 2010, 2, 133-139
DOI: 10.1039/B915479E
From themed issue: 2009 International Symposium on Metallomics, Cincinnati, USA

Speaker papers in other RSC journals

Ruma Banerjee, University of Michigan
Review: Properties of an unusual heme cofactor in PLP-dependent cystathionine β-synthase
Sangita Singh, Peter Madzelan and Ruma Banerjee
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2007, 24, 631-639
DOI: 10.1039/B604182P
From themed issue Heme

Serena DeBeer, Max Planck Institute for Bioinorganic Chemistry
Perspective: Electronic structure and spectroscopy of “superoxidized” iron centers in model systems: theoretical and experimental trends
John F. Berry, Serena DeBeer George and Frank Neese
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 4361-4374
DOI: 10.1039/B801803K

Harry Gray, California Institute of Technology
Redox reactivity of photogenerated osmium(II) complexes
Jillian L. Dempsey, Jay R. Winkler and Harry B. Gray
Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 10633-10636
DOI: 10.1039/C1DT11138H
From themed issue: Dalton Transactions 40th Anniversary

Hugh Harris, University of Adelaide
Method: Silicon nitride as a versatile growth substrate for microspectroscopic imaging and mapping of individual cells
Elizabeth A. Carter, Benjamin S. Rayner, Andrew I. McLeod, Lindsay E. Wu, Craig P. Marshall, Aviva Levina, Jade B. Aitken, Paul K. Witting, Barry Lai, Zhonghou Cai, Stefan Vogt, Yao-Chang Lee, Ching-Iue Chen, Mark J. Tobin, Hugh H. Harris and Peter A. Lay
Mol. BioSyst., 2010, 6, 1316-1322
DOI: 10.1039/C001499K

Todd Harrop, University of Georgia
A thermally stable {FeNO}⁸ complex: properties and biological reactivity of reduced MNO systems
Ashis K. Patra, Koustubh S. Dube, Brian C. Sanders, Georgia C. Papaefthymiou, Jeanet Conradie, Abhik Ghosh and Todd C. Harrop
Chem. Sci., 2012, 3, 364-369
DOI: 10.1039/C1SC00582K

Sarah Michel, University of Maryland
Perspective: Cysteine and histidine shuffling: mixing and matching cysteine and histidine residues in zinc finger proteins to afford different folds and function
Jamie L. Michalek, Angelique N. Besold and Sarah L. J. Michel
Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 12619-12632
DOI: 10.1039/C1DT11071C

Vincent Pecoraro, University of Michigan
Perspective: Harnessing natures ability to control metal ion coordination geometry using de novo designed peptides
Anna F. A. Peacock, Olga Iranzo and Vincent L. Pecoraro
Dalton Trans., 2009, 2271-2280
DOI: 10.1039/B818306F

Valérie Pierre, University of Minnesota (Stiefel Lecture)
Fe₃O₄@organic@Au: core–shell nanocomposites with high saturation magnetisation as magnetoplasmonic MRI contrast agents
Eric D. Smolensky, Michelle C. Neary, Yue Zhou, Thelma S. Berquo and Valérie C. Pierre
Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 2149-2151
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC03746J

Amy Rosenzweig, Northwestern University
Relating dynamic protein interactions of metallochaperones with metal transfer at the single-molecule level
Jaime J. Benítez, Aaron M. Keller, David L. Huffman, Liliya A. Yatsunyk, Amy C. Rosenzweig and Peng Chen
Faraday Discuss., 2011, 148, 71-82
DOI: 10.1039/C004913A
From themed issue: Spectroscopy, Theory and Mechanism in Bioinorganic Chemistry

Richard Schrock, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
An electrochemical investigation of intermediates and processes involved in the catalytic reduction of dinitrogen by [HIPTN₃N]Mo (HIPTN₃N = (3,5-(2,4,6-i-Pr₃C₆H₂)₂C₆H₃NCH₂CH₂)₃N)
Thiruvengadam Munisamy and Richard R. Schrock
Dalton Trans., 2012, 41, 130-137
DOI: 10.1039/C1DT11287B

Veronika Szalai, NIST
Cu K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy reveals differential copper coordination within amyloid-β oligomers compared to amyloid-β monomers
Jason Shearer, Paige E. Callan, Thao Tran and Veronika A. Szalai
Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 9137-9139
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC02446

Kazuyuki Tatsumi, Nagoya University
Dihydrogen activation by sulfido-bridged dinuclear Ru/Ge complexes: insight into the [NiFe] hydrogenase unready state
Tsuyoshi Matsumoto, Naohisa Itakura, Yukiko Nakaya and Kazuyuki Tatsumi
Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 1030-1032
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC03391J
From collection: Hydrogen

Richard Vachet, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Minireview: Engineered nanoparticle surfaces for improved mass spectrometric analyses
Zheng-Jiang Zhu, Vincent M. Rotello and Richard W. Vachet
Analyst, 2009, 134, 2183-2188
DOI: 10.1039/B910428C

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One-day symposium on cellular transition metal ion concentration

06 Dec 2011

Announcing a one-day Symposium on The control of cellular transition metal ion concentrations. This Symposium will be free to attend, and will be held at King’s College London.

King’s College London, Franklin-Wilkins Building, Waterloo Campus
Auditorium Ground Floor
Wednesday, 29th February 2012

A view of life as based on organic chemistry neglects the importance of all the elements that are traditionally in the purview of inorganic chemistry. Transition metals from the first series (Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn) are critical for life as cofactors in thousands of proteins. This symposium focuses on how cells select transition metal ions and control their concentrations. Metal ion selection includes chemical principles, but also biochemical principles that solve issues how highly competitive metal ions can be selected against unfavourable concentration gradients. The symposium will open with views from Prof. RJP Williams (Inorganic Chemistry, Oxford University), one of the founders of the field of inorganic biochemistry and the originator of the Irving-Williams series, a now classical concept that describes the stability of coordination compounds of the transition metal series.

Speakers include:

Fraser Armstrong, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
Nigel Robinson, Durham University, Durham, UK
Michael Aschner, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
Wolfgang Maret, King’s College London, London, UK
Robert Hider, King’s College London, London, UK

Read a selection of these authors’ work here in Metallomics:

Insights from Caenorhabditis elegans on the role of metals in neurodegenerative diseases
Ebany J. Martinez-Finley, Daiana Silva Avila, Sudipta Chakraborty and Michael Aschner
Metallomics, 2011, 3, 271-279
DOI: 10.1039/C0MT00064G

Metalloproteomics, metalloproteomes, and the annotation of metalloproteins
Wolfgang Maret
Metallomics, 2010, 2, 117-125
DOI: 10.1039/B915804A

The potential application of iron chelators for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases
Robert C. Hider, Sourav Roy, Yong Min Ma, Xiao Le Kong and Jane Preston
Metallomics, 2011, 3, 239-249
DOI: 10.1039/C0MT00087F

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