The Oxygen Club of California 2008 World Congress on Oxidants and Antioxidants in Biology took place in Santa Barbara, March 12-15, 2008.
About OCC
OCC is a scientific organization dedicated to enhancing interactions and providing meetings and discussion forums worldwide to those interested in free radicals in biological systems, oxidants and antioxidants in biology and medicine, micronutrients, nutrition and health.
In this web site are listed the current officers of the OCC, a brief history, a complete list of upcoming meetings organized or co-sponsored by the OCC as well as a comprehensive list of other scientific meetings of interest to those in our field. Also included is a collection of downloadable abstracts in PDF format (some in HTML) from our past meetings.
Finally, there is an up-to-date compendium of links to other websites that could be useful to your research or professional interest.
We encourage current and prospective OCC members to provide announcements of meetings, journals, websites, or other information to publish on our site.
Letter from the President
Dear Members and Friends of the OCC,
This is to welcome you to take part in the activities, California-based and worldwide, of the Oxygen Club of California.
We have had a very stimulating Oxygen Club of California 2008 World Congress at Santa Barbara, March 12-15, 2008. At this major OCC activity, some of the challenging areas of contemporary biological and medical research were addressed: MICRONUTRIENTS, BRAIN HEALTH, ALPHA-LIPOIC ACID, THIOL REDOX SYSTEMS.
In addition, several OCC co-sponsored meetings will take place in different places around the world during 2008 and 2009.
You are cordially invited to actively join and participate in these meetings of fruitful scientific exchange, getting together with friends from all over the world and making new contacts at this ideal platform, the OCC.
Outlook: It is a pleasure to announce that the Board of Directors has appointed Chandan Sen as President-Elect, and we all can look forward to his moving OCC matters forward in a fashion exciting as ever, with the OCC 2010 Meeting as major target.
The scientific quality and the level of the meetings would not be possible without the generous support from various organizations, to which I extend sincere thanks and appreciation. It is a privilege for me to help shape the future of OCC during my term as President, and please feel free to contact me with any suggestions you might have.
One final important point: Young Scientists are most welcome to join in actively participating in OCC!
Helmut Sies
President, OCC
