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.

OCC Mission

The OCC seeks to promote scientific interactions to improve the understanding of the roles of micronutrients in oxygen biology and medicine as they pertain to redox and energy metabolism, cell signaling and transcription, and epigenetics. An ultimate goal is to translate these findings to benefit human life- and health-span. OCC sponsors are from industrial organizations, health and medical foundations, government, and academia. We are also cosponsored by the Linus Pauling Institute. With this wide support, conference organizers bring together the world's best researchers to address current scientific issues. The OCC provides a forum -in the form of prizes and awards- for the recognition of scientific achievements by both promising scholars and established investigators.

Welcome Address from the OCC President

OCC Members and Friends!

I am pleased to report that plans are well underway for the 2012 OCC World Congress to be held in Alba, Piedmont Region, Italy, 20-23 June 2012. The program, as usual covers cutting-edge science with an internationally recognized group of speakers. The excellence of the up-coming program, in large part, is thanks to Giuseppe Poli, Vice President for Scientific Planning, who is playing a significant role in co-organizing this OCC World Congress. We are looking forward to the beautiful setting of this year's OCC meeting. The congress will focus on Cell Signaling and Nutrient Gene Interactions, Novel Roles of Micronutrients, and Metabolic Aspects of Health, Disease and Aging.

Maret G. Traber