27 June - 1 July 2004 - Brighton, UK - 6th Congress of the International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids

Lipids as Determinants of Cell Function and Health

Their aim for ISSFAL 2004 to serve as a focus for communication among academic and
industrial scientists, health professionals, industrialists, educators, administrators and
communicators about issues related to the biology of fatty acids and lipids. The
congress will deliver new insights into the roles of lipids in cell function and in health
and disease and will assert the key role of lipid biology in the post-genomic era. One
key focus will be the importance of lipids in cellular organisation and in molecular
and cellular responses. The second key focus will be on the role of lipids in health and
disease, particularly in relation to the degenerative diseases which pose a real global
challenge and which are destined to become more important over the next 20 years.
The final key focus will be on global issues, revisiting degenerative diseases in the
global setting, but also highlighting new technologies and new strategies as they
relate to production and application of lipids for human health.

Features of ISSFAL 2004 will include the presentation of the Alexander Leaf
Distinguished Scientist Award 2004 and the David Horrobin Memorial Lecture,
established to honour this long-time supporter of ISSFAL and its aims. In addition,
there will be a Workshop on PUFA in Maternal and Child Health and a forum for
dietitians, which is being organised in conjunction with the British Dietetic
Association.