The 5th International Conference on Plasma Membrane Redox Systems and Their Role in Biological Stress andDisease will be held from march 26th-29th, 2000 in Hamburg, Germany.

The topics of this conference will include the function of plasma membrane bound redox processes in cellular defense mechanisms, apoptosis, redox status dependent regulation, signalling and oxidative stress. Both animal and plant plasma membranes will be covered.

Detailed informations about the conference and a form to receive the first circular can be found at:

        http://www.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/biologie/ialb/redox2000/redox.htm

You will also find the abstracts (full text) of the last conference on Plasma Membrane Redox Systems held in Antwerp (Belgium) from April 5th-8th 1998 at the web-site.

You can also contact the organizers by sending email to:

        REDOX2000@botanik.uni-hamburg.de

or:

        FAX:    +49-40-82282-254
        Phone:  +49-40-82282-345 / -348
        Mail:   M. Boettger, O. Doering and S. Luthje
                Institut fur Allgemeine Botanik
                Ohnhorststr. 18
                D-22609 Hamburg
                Germany