B I O C E L L formerly ELECTRON MICROSCOPY AND CELL BIOLOGY Official journal of the Sociedades Latinoamericanas de Microscopía Electrónica (SLAME), Iberoamericana de Biología Celular (SIABC), Federación Iberoamericana de Biología Celular y Molecular, and Sociedad Argentina de Investigaciones en Bioquímica y Biología Molecular (SAIB). BIOCELL - Volume 29 - Supplement - December 2005 - Mendoza, Argentina. Recently BIOCELL has signed an agreement with the new Electronic Library Project of the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA. ISSN 0327 - 9545 (print) - ISSN 1667 - 5746 (electronic) This journal is included in the Life Sciences Edition Contents, the Science Citation Index, Scisearch and Research Alert databases of Current Content; ISI/BIOMED, Index Medicus and MEDLINE available on the NLM's on line MED'LARS systems; EMBASE/ Excerpta Medica; Chemical Abstracts, Biological Abstracts (BIOSIS), Index Medicus for Latin America and LATINDEX. EDITORS Editors in Chief: Mario H. Burgos Ramón S. Piezzi Instituto de Histología y Embriología “Dr. Mario H. Burgos” (IHEM-CONICET), Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina. Editorial Staff: Alfredo J. Castro Vázquez Bruno Cavagnaro Juan Carlos Cavicchia María Isabel Colombo Juan Carlos de Rosas Miguel Walter Fornés Luis S. Mayorga Roberto Yunes Editorial Board: A. Aoki (Argentina) E.W. Kitajima (Brasil) S.N. Báo (Brasil) F. Leighton (Chile) H.S. Barra (Argentina) M.E. Manes (Argentina) C. Barros (Chile) R.W. Masuelli (Argentina) N. Bianchi (Argentina) B. Meyer-Rochow (Alemania) R. Bottini (Argentina) C.R. Morales (Canadá) E. Bustos Obregón (Chile) C.B. Passera (Argentina) O.J. Castejón (Venezuela) E. Rodríguez Echandía (Argentina) F. Roig (Argentina) H. Chemes (Argentina) R.A. Rovasio (Argentina) D.R. Ciocca (Argentina) J. Russo (USA) A.C. Cuello (Canadá) D. Sabattini (USA) N.R. Curvetto (Argentina) A.J. Solari (Argentina) W. de Souza (Brasil) J.C. Stockert (España) P. Esponda (España) R. Wettstein (Uruguay) G. Giménez Martín (España) R. Wolosiuk (Argentina) Production Editor: Lilia Nuñez de Díaz Treasurer: Julio César Monetti Secretarial Assistant: Miriam Mortaloni de Milanese Posmaster: BIOCELL - Instituto de Histología y Embriología “Dr. Mario H. Burgos” (IHEM-CONICET), Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, U.N.Cuyo. Casilla de Correo 56, (5500) Mendoza, Argentina, Fax: (54-261) 449 4117; e-mail: [email protected] http://fcm.uncu.edu.ar/5-investigacion/ihem/index.htm SUBSCRIPTIONS: Check or pay order to BIOCELL should be sent to Secretaría Editorial at the Journal’s address. Year subscription including mailing: Individual U$S 90. Institutions U$S 110. BIOCELL ISSN 0327 - 9545 2005, Vol. 29 (Suppl.): 1-253 PRINTED IN ARGENTINA PABMBPABMB 10th Congress X Congreso -Panamerican Association for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology- SAIBSAIB 41st Annual Meeting XLI Reunión Anual -Argentine Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology- -Sociedad Argentina de Investigación Bioquímica y Biología Molecular- SANSAN 20th Annual Meeting XX Reunión Anual -Argentine Society for Neurochemistry- -Sociedad Argentina de Neuroquímica- December 3-6, 2005 Pinamar, Buenos Aires - República Argentina - 2 BIOCELL 29 (Suppl.), 2005 Acknowledgments The following Institutions supported the organization of this Meeting Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires Fundación Instituto Leloir International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUBMB) European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS) International Brain Research Organization (LARC-IBRO) International Society for Neurochemistry (ISN) International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD) Sociedad Española de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular Sociedad Mexicana de Bioquímica Sociedade Brasileira de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular Sociedad de Bioquimica y Biología Molecular de Chile Sociedad de Bioquimica y Biología Molecular de Uruguay BIOCELL 29 (Suppl.), 2005 3 Members of the PABMB Board Chairman Dr. Juan José Cazzulo Instituto Investigaciones Biotecnológicas, Universidad Nacional de General San Martín. Av. General Paz y Albarellos, INTI, Ed. 24, Casilla 30, (1650) San Martín, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Tel: (54 11) 4580-7255, Fax: (54 11) 4752-9639 [email protected] Past Chairman Dr. Jack Preiss Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA Tel: 517-353-3137, Fax: 517-353-9334 [email protected] Vice Chairman Dr. Sérgio T. Ferreira Dept. Medical Biochemistry, ICB/CCS, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, RJ 21944-590, Brazil Tel: 5521 2562 6790, Fax: 5521 2562 6789 [email protected] http://www.bioqmed.ufrj.br/lpbc/ Treasurer Dr. Pilar Carvallo Dept. Cell and Molecular Biology, Fac. Biological Sciences, P. Universidad Católica de Chile Alameda 340- Casilla 114-D Santiago, Chile Tel: 56 2 686 2705, Fax: 56 2 686 2349 [email protected] Secretary General Dr. Luis Acerenza Sección Biofísica, Instituto de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Iguá 4225, Montevideo 11400, Uruguay Tel: (598 2) 525 8618 to 23, Ext. 139, Fax: (598 2) 525 8629 [email protected] STANDING COMMITTEES Standing Committee on Education Chairman Leila M. Beltramini (Brazil) [email protected] Members Rodolfo Amthauer (Chile) Carlos Argaraña (Argentina) Ana Meikle (Uruguay) Diogo O. G. Souza (Brazil) Standing Committee on Congresses and Symposia Chairman Homero Rubbo (Uruguay) [email protected] Members Hernán Chaimovich (Brazil) Ernesto Podestá (Argentina) María Cecilia Rojas Garrido (Chile) Arnaldo Zaha (Brazil) 4 BIOCELL 29 (Suppl.), 2005 Members of the SAIB Board President Dr. Ernesto J. Podesta Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires Paraguay 2155 piso 5to. Buenos Aires Tel: Tel.: +54 11 4508 3672 [email protected]; [email protected] Secretary Dr. Carlos E. Argaraña CIQUIBIC, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba Tel.: +54 351 4334168/4334171, int. 243, Fax: +54-351-4334074 5000-Córdoba, Argentina [email protected] Vice President Dr. Néstor J. Carrillo IBR, Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario Suipacha 531, S2002LRK Rosario Tel.: +54 341 4350661/4350596/4351235, Fax: +54-341-4390465 [email protected] Past President Dr. Norma Sterin de Speziale IQUIFIB, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires Junin 956, 1er. Piso. Buenos Aires. Argentina Tel.: +54 11 4964 8238 [email protected] Treasurer Dr. Lorenzo Lamattina Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina [email protected] Pro Secretary Dr. María E. Alvarez CIQUIBIC, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba Tel.: +54 351 4334168/4334171, Fax: +54-351-4334074 5000-Córdoba, Argentina [email protected] Pro Treasurer Dr. Fernando C. Soncini IBR, Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario Suipacha 531, S2002LRK Rosario. Argentina Tel.: +54 341 4350661/4350596/4351235, Fax: +54-341-4390465 [email protected] Auditor Dr. Ana Russo de Boland Facultad de Biología y Bioquímica, Universidad Nacional del Sur. Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires. Argentina [email protected] Auditor Dr. Raquel Lía Chan Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacia, Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Santa Fé, Argentina [email protected] BIOCELL 29 (Suppl.), 2005 9 CONGRESS OVERVIEW SATURDAY 03-12-05 10:00 - 15:00 REGISTRATION Room B 15:00 - 16:00 “SAN” YOUNG INVESTIGATORS LECTURES Room A 16:00 -16:30 OPENING CEREMONY Room A 16:30 - 17:30 OPENING LECTURE Lorenzo Lamattina “Nitric oxide builds its own history in plants" Room A Room B Room C 17:30 - 19:30 “Fundación Inst. Leloir” “SBBq” (Brasil) “IBRO” SYMPOSIUM SYMPOSIUM SYMPOSIUM “Glycobiology I “ “Chimerical Proteins and “Neurodegenerative Diseases Peptides” From Protein Structures to Neurobiology” 19:30 - 20:00 Coffee break Room A 20:00 - 21:00 "EDUARDO DE ROBERTIS" LECTURE Enrico Stefani "Heart Estrogen Receptors" 10 BIOCELL 29 (Suppl.), 2005 SUNDAY 04-12-05 Room A 8:15 – 9:15 “Ranwel Caputto” LECTURE Ramón Latorre ”Too hot or too cold? TRP channels as temperature sensors” Room A 9:15 – 10:15 “EMBO” LECTURE Jean Marc Egly “Xeroderma Pigmentosum and Trichothiodystrophy: From Transcription to Clinic” 10:15 – 10:45 Coffee break Room A Room B Room C 10:45 – 12:45 SYMPOSIUM “SBBM” (Uruguay) SYMPOSIUM SYMPOSIUM “Recent Advances In Cellular “Systems Biology and “Signal Transduction In Plant Calcium Signaling” Integrative Biochemistry” Development” Room C 12:45 – 14:30 Lunch Technical Microconferences “Lovob Cientifica” Room A Room B Room C 14:30 – 16:30 ORAL COMMUNICATIONS ORAL COMMUNICATIONS ORAL COMMUNICATIONS • Cell Biology (CB) 1-5 • Microbiology (MI) 1-4 •Enzymology and Structural • Proteomics (PT) 1-3 • Lipids (LP) 1-4 Biology (EN) 1-8 16:30 – 17:00 Coffee break Room A Room B Room C 17:00 – 18:00 LECTURE 17:00 – 19:00 17:00 – 19:00 Jean Lud Cadet “Participation of multiple “Fundación Inst. Leloir” SYMPOSIUM apoptotic pathways in SYMPOSIUM methamphetamine (METH)- “Glycobiology II” “Lipids” induced cell death in the brain” 18:00 – 19:00 LECTURE Ligia Toro "MaxiK channel signaling domains" 19:00 – 21:00 POSTERS • Biotechnology (BT) 1-60 •