History of the Symposium

The International Symposium on Metal Ions in Biology and Medicine has been organized every two years, since 1990.

  • The first International Symposium on Metal Ions in Biology and Medicine was established in Reims, France, in 1990 and chaired by Philippe Collery & Jean Claude Etienne, under the initiative of both Philippe Collery (France) and Theophile Theophanides (Greece), with the support of Lionel Poirier (Food and Drug Administration, USA).
  • The second one was held in Loutraki, Greece, in 1992 and chaired by Jane Anastassopoulou and Theophile Theophanides.
  • The third one was held in Montreal, Canada, in 1994 and chaired by Neil A. Littlefield and Lionel Poirier (from USA).
  • The fourth one was held in Barcelona, Spain, in 1996, and chaired by José L. Domingo, Juan M. Llobet and J. Corbella.
  • The fifth one was held in Munich, Germany, in 1998 and chaired by Peter Brätter, Virginia Negretti de Brätter and Peter Schrämel.
  • The sixth one was held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in 2000 and chaired by José A. Centeno (from USA).
  • The seventh one was held in Saint Petersburg, Russia, in 2002 and chaired by Lylia A. Khassanova and Zilara M. Khassanova.
  • The eighth one was held in Budapest, Hungary, in 2004 and chaired by Maria A. Cser and Ibolya Sziklai László.
  • The ninth one was held in Lisbon, Portugal, in 2006 and was chaired by Maria C. Alpoim, Paula V. Morais, Maria A. Santos and A. Cristovao.
  • The tenth one was held in Bastia, France, in 2008 and was chaired by Phillipe Collery, Ivan Maymard and Theophile Theophanides.

Metal Ions Volumes I-IX

Publications of Metal Ions in Biology and Medicine
John Libbey Eurotext, Paris: volumes I – IX

COLLERY Ph., POIRIER L.A., MANFAIT M., ETIENNE J.C. Metal Ions in Biology and Medicine. John Libbey Eurotext, Paris. 1990, vol.1, 600 pages.

ANASTASSOPOULOU J., COLLERY Ph., ETIENNE J.C., THEOPHANIDES T. Metal ions in Biology and Medicine. John Libbey Eurotext, Paris. 1992, vol.2, 453 pages.

COLLERY Ph., POIRIER L., LITTLEFIELD N., ETIENNE J.C. Metal Ions in Biology and Medicine. John Libbey Eurotext, Paris. 1994. Vol.3, 585 pages.

COLLERY Ph., CORBELLA J., DOMINGO J.L., ETIENNE J.C., LLOBET J.M. Metal Ions in Biology and Medicine. John Libbey Eurotext, Paris. 1996. Vol.4, 703 pages.

COLLERY Ph., BRÄTTER P., NEGRETTI DE BRÄTTER V., KHASSANOVA L., ETIENNE J.C. Metal Ions in Biology and Medicine. John Libbey Eurotext, Paris.1998. Vol.5, 775 pages.

CENTENO J., COLLERY Ph., VERNET G., FINKELMAN R.B., GIBB H., ETIENNE J.C. Metal Ions in Biology and Medicine. John Libbey Eurotext, Paris. 2000. Vol.6, 816 pages.

KHASSANOVA L., COLLERY Ph., MAYMARD I., KHASSANOVA Z., ETIENNE J.C. Metal Ions in Biology and Medicine. John Libbey Eurotext, Paris. 2002. Vol.7, 662 pages.

CSER A., SZIKLAI-LÁSZLÓ I., ETIENNE J.C., MAYMARD I., CENTENO J., KHASSANOVA L., COLLERY Ph. Metal Ions in Biology and Medicine. John Libbey Eurotext, Paris. 2004. Vol.8, 568 pages.

ALPOIM M.C, MORAIS P.V, SANTOS A, CRISTOVAO A.J, CENTENO J, COLLERY Ph. Metal Ions in Biology and Medicine. John Libbey Eurotext, Paris. 2006. Vol.9, 580 pages.

COLLERY Ph., MAYMARD I., THEOPHANIDES T., KHASSANOVA L., COLLERY T. Metal ions in Biology and Medicine, John Libbey Eurotext, Paris. 2008. Vol.10, 937 pages.