Rust never sleeps: The continuing story of the Iron Bolt.

Albert van der Vliet, Tobias P Dick, Steve D Aust, Willem H Koppenol, Fulvio Ursini, Anthony J Kettle, Joseph S Beckman, Valerie O'Donnell, Victor Darley-Usmar, Jack Lancaster, Neil Hogg, Kelvin J A Davies, Henry Jay Forman, Yvonne M W Janssen-Heininger

Journal: Free radical biology & medicine 2019;124():353-357

PMID: 29913216

Abstract

Since 1981, Gordon Research Conferences have been held on the topic of Oxygen Radicals on a biennial basis, to highlight and discuss the latest cutting edge research in this area. Since the first meeting, one special feature of this conference has been the awarding of the so-called Iron Bolt, an award that started in jest but has gained increasing reputation over the years. Since no written documentation exists for this Iron Bolt award, this perspective serves to overview the history of this unusual award, and highlights various experiences of previous winners of this "prestigious" award and other interesting anecdotes.

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Address: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA.; Division of Redox Regulation, DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Utah, Logan, UT, USA.; Braunwald, Switzerland.; Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.; Department of Pathology, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand.; Linus Pauling Institute, Environmental Health Sciences Center, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA.; Systems Immunity Research Institute, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.; Center for Free Radical Biology, Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.; Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.; Department of Biophysics and Redox Biology Program, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA.; Andrus Gerontology Center of the Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

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