# 12th International Copper Meeting: Bridging Clinical and Fundamental Science

> **NIH NIH R13** · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $5,000

## Abstract

Project Summary
 The International Copper Meeting has been held biennially for the past 22 years. This overarching goal
of this conference is to bridge the gap between basic scientists and clinicians, fostering new collaborative studies
and translation of fundamental research to clinical practice. The conference brings together basic scientists,
clinicians, and trainees to discuss the latest advances in copper biology, with a focus on the links between copper
homeostasis and human disease. Human disorders associated with aberrant copper metabolism include not
only the well-studied genetic disorders, Wilson disease and Menkes syndrome, but also rare diseases such as
MEDNIK syndrome, ATP7A-related distal motor neuropathy, Huppke-Brendel syndrome, and CCS deficiency.
Moreover, copper has been linked to central and peripheral neurological disorders, lipid metabolism and
metabolic syndrome, cell proliferation, differentiation, and cancer, and infection and immunity.
 The conference program includes presentations by a diverse group of invited speakers and speakers
selected from submitted abstracts as well as poster presentations. The following sessions have been organized:
(1) Inherited disorders of copper metabolism, (2) Copper and disease: therapeutic approaches, (3) Copper in
signaling and cancer, (4) Copper and mitochondria, (5) Copper import and export, (6) Copper and
neurodegenerative disease, (7) Copper trafficking and storage, (8) Copper enzymes, and (9) Copper in
pathogenesis and the immune response. The schedule is designed to provide maximal informal interactions
among participants. The conference organizers represent the extreme basic and clinical ends of the research
spectrum, and together have a deep base of expertise in the field.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10069584
- **Project number:** 1R13TR003484-01
- **Recipient organization:** NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** AMY C. ROSENZWEIG
- **Activity code:** R13 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $5,000
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-09-24 → 2022-09-23

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10069584

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10069584, 12th International Copper Meeting: Bridging Clinical and Fundamental Science (1R13TR003484-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10069584. Licensed CC0.

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