Meeting report on membrane transport and metabolism 4th International Congress on Amino Acids Vienna, Austria, August 7–11, 1995

Summary

The session on Membrane Transport was a lively, interactive one with substantial audience participation in the discussion periods. Progress in this area of amino acid science is rapid as the genes encoding the transporter proteins are being cloned and characterized. The contributors to the platform session represented institutions from several countries giving the meeting a truly international flavor. Most of the participants contributed articles to this volume. The platform speakers were Dr. John McGivan (United Kingdom), Dr. Marçal Pastor-Anglada (Spain), Dr. Bruce Stephens (USA), Dr. G. Gazzola and Dr. V. Dall'Asta (Italy), Dr. Carol MacLeod (USA), Miss Maria Rivera-Correa (Puerto Rico), Dr. Ellen Closs (Germany), Dr. Manuel Palacín (Spain), Dr. Ovidio Bussolati (Italy), Dr. Suresh Tate (USA), Dr. S. Nakamura (Japan).