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History of TEMA
The concept of a meeting on trace elements originated in
1967. It was the brain child of Colin
Mills (Aberdeen) and Eric Underwood (Perth). Success of the
first TEMA meeting in Aberdeen, Scotland in 1969 set the
standard for the 13 subsequent TEMA meetings held at
three-year intervals at sites around the world. TEMA
originally stood for Trace Element Metabolism in Animals.
Recognizing the rapidly expanding awareness of trace
elements in human nutrition and medicine, the acronym became
Trace Elements in Man and Animals (TEMA). The purpose of the
TEMA meetings has remained: (1) a form for recent progress,
and (2) a site to exchange ideas among investigators in the
trace element field.
A full description of the history of
the TEMA symposia is available at:
www.rowett.ac.uk/tema/About%20TEMA/AboutTEMA.html
[Information on the TEMA Parent Committee can be found at:
www.rowett.ac.uk/tema/Parent%20Committee/ParentCommittee.html] |
