... as the human serpinopathies. This review reports on recent major discoveries in the serpin field, based upon presentations made at the 4th International Symposium on Serpin Structure, Functionand ... fun between the b-sheets Meeting report based upon presentations made at the 4th Interna-tional Symposium on Serpin Structure, Function and Biology (Cairns, Australia)James C. Whisstock1,2,3, ... antichymotrypsin, these data sug-gesting that the antichymotrypsin-like serpins areunder conformational control.Another theme of the meeting was the use of modelorganisms to understand serpin function....