The ISN Conferences Committee funds small international meetings and symposia for scientists on specialized neurochemical topics.

Guidelines for applications.

March 28-April 1, 2010
Trends in Psychiatric Genetics and Neurobiology (TPGEN 2010)
Breckenridge, Colorado
Sara Cohen-Woods
Institute of Psychiatry
MRC SGDP
London, UK
Tel.: +44-207-848-0856
Fax: +44-207-848-0575
sarah.cohen@kcl.ac.uk
http://www.tpgen.com/home

June 4-5, 2010
Drug Discovery for Neurodegenerative Diseases: Neurochemical Complexes and Drug Targets
Panama City, Panama
K.S. Jagannatha Rao
Institute for Advanced Scientific
Research and High Technology Ser.
City of Knowledge
Panama
Tel.: +507-517-0097
Fax: +507-507-0000
kjr5n2009@gmail.com

July 7-10, 2010
9th International Conference on Brain Energy Metabolism: Mitochondrial-Cytosolic Interactions: From Energetics to Pathogenesis
Budapest, Hungary
Vera Adam-Vizi
Department of Medical Biochemistry
Semmelweis University
Budapest, Hungary
Tel.: +361-266-2773
Fax: +361-267-0031
veronika.adam@eok.sote.hu
http://icbem-budapest-2010.org

May 13-15, 2010
5th Pannonian Symposium on CNS Injury
Report
Pecs, Hungary
Andras Buki
Department of Neurosurgery
Pecs University
Pecs, Hungary
Tel.: +36-72-535-932
Fax: +36-72-535-931
andras.buki@aok.pte.hu

Sept 26-Oct 1, 2010
ISN Symposium on Signalling at the Synapse
OzBio2010 on "Molecules of Life: From Discovery to Biotechnology
Melbourne, Australia
Ann Turnley
Centre for Neuroscience
University of Melbourne
Tel.: +61-3-8344-3981
Fax:+61-3-9349-5917
turnley@unimelb.edu.au

October 6-8, 2009
Immune System of the Brain: Neurochemical and Neuroendocrine Aspects
Report
Yerevan, Armenia
Guevork Kevorkian
H. Buniatian Institute of Biochemistry
National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia
Yerevan, Republic of Armenia
Tel: +374 10-281840
Fax: +374 10-297343
ggevorgyan@sci.am

November 3-6, 2009
3rd Protein Misfolding and Neurological Disorders Conference
Port Douglas, Australia
Stephen Bottomley
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University
Clayton, Victoria, Australia
Tel: +61 3-99029362
Fax: +61 3-99029500
steve.bottomley@med.monash.edu.au

November 27-29, 2009
Molecular Mechanisms of Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders
Report
Photos
Martin, Slovak Republic
Dusan Dobrota
Department of Biochemistry, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine
Comenius University
Martin, Slovak Republic
Tel: +421 43-4131565
Fax: +421 43-4136770
dobrota@jfmed.uniba.sk

September 4-6, 2009
ISN Symposium on "Dopamine and Addiction"
Joint Argentine Neuroscience Meeting
Report
Cordoba, Argentina
M Fernanda Ceriani
Instituto Leloir
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Tel: +54 11-52387500
Fax: +54 11-52387501
fceriani@leloir.org.ar

November 3-6, 2009
ISN Symposium on "Multileveled Oligonucleotide Approaches in Neurochemical Research"
Joint Conference of Japanese Society Antisense Technology and International Oligonucleotide Therapeutics Society
Report
Fukuoka, Japan
Hermona Soreq
Department of Biological Chemistry
Hebrew University
Jerusalem, Israel
Tel: +972 2-6585109
Fax: +972 2-6520258
soreq@cchuji.ac.il
 

April 5-7, 2009
7th Junior Academics Meeting 2009 - Molecular Mechanisms in Exocytosis and Endocytosis
Report
University of Edinburgh, UK
Ulrich Wiegand
Centre for Integrative Physiology
School of Biomedical Science
Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K.
Tel.: +44-131-6502864
Fax: +44-131-6506527
uwiegand@ed.ac.uk

June 3-6, 2009
12th International Congress on Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis (Battens disease)
Report
Hamburg, Germany
Glyn Dawson
Department of Pediatrics
University of Chicago
Chicago, USA
Tel.: +1-773-7026430
Fax: +1-773-7029234
dawg@uchicago.edu

September 1-7, 2009
Molecular view of a synapse and its proteolytic remodeling in neuronal plasticity
Report
Wierzba, Poland
Prof. Leszek Kaczmarek
Nencki Institute3
Warsaw, Poland
Tel: +48-22-650-3001
Fax: +48-22-822-5342
http://neurogene.nencki.gov.pl/wierzba

September 2-4, 2009
Synaptopathy: dysfunction of synaptic function
Report
Newquay, Cornwall, UK
Paul Skehel
Centre for Neuroscience Research
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, UK
Tel.: +44-131-6511961
Fax: +44-131-6506530
paul.skehel@ed.ac.uk

September 20-25, 2009
10th International Meeting on Cholinesterases
Report
Sibenik, Croatia
Zrinka Kovarik
Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health
Zagreb, Croatia
Tel.: +385-1-4673188
Fax: +385-1-4673303
zkovarik@imi.hr

November 12-16, 2009
15th International Symposium on Chromaffin Cell Biology (15th ISCCB)
Report
Merida City, Mexico
Arturo Hernãndez-Cruz
Instituto de Fisologia Celular
Universidad National Autonoma de Mexico
Mexico City, Mexico
Tel.: +52-55-56225623
Fax: +52-55-56225607
ahernan@ifc.unam.mx

June 21-24, 2009
ISN Symposium on "Axon homostasis and diseases"
52nd Annual meeting of the Japanese Society for Neurochemistry
Report
Ikabo, Shibukawa,Gumma, Japan
Hiroshi Kiyama
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Graduate School of Medicine
Osaka City University
Osaka, Japan
Tel.: +81-666-453701
Fax: +81-666-453702
kiyama@med.osaka-cu.ac.jp

September 8-12, 2009
ISN Symposium on "Axon-oligodendrocyte signalling and the regulation of myelination
9th European Meeting on Glial Cells in Health and Disease (Euroglia 2009)
Report
Paris, France
David Attwell
Department of Physiology
University College
London, UK
Tel.: +44-20-7679-7342
Fax: +44-20-7916-7968
d.attwell@ucl.ac.uk
 

Jan 31 - Feb 3, 2009
Annual Winter Neuropeptide Conference (WNPC)
Breckenridge Colorado, USA
Francis W. Flynn
Report
Department of Zoology and Physiology
University of Wyoming
Laramie, USA
Tel.: +1-307-766-6446
Fax: +1-307-766-3502
flynn@uwyo.edu

Sept. 26-27, 2008
4th Pannonian Symposium on CNS Injury
Pécs, Hungary
Report
Program
Photo
Photo
Jan Galik
Institute of Neurobiology,
Slovak Academy of Sciences,
Košice, SK-04001,
Slovak Republic.
Tel.: +421-55-677-5062
Fax: +421-55-678-5074
galik@saske.sk

Sept. 8-11, 2008
6th International Symposium on Experimental and Clinical Neurobiology
Kosice, Slovakia
Report
Program
Andras Buki
Department of Neurosurgery,
Pecs University,
Pecs, Hungary
Tel.: +36-72-535-932
Fax: +36-72-535-931
andras.buki@aok.pte.hu

Sept. 1-4, 2008
ISN-Symposium on Neurotransmitters Glia and Development
I. Ibero Latin-American and Caribean Meeting on Neuroscience (NeuroLatam)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Report
Abstracts
Roberto Paes de Carvalho
Department of Neurobiologia,
Universidade Federal Fluminense,
Brazil
Tel.: +55-21-2629-2263
Fax: +55-21-2629-2268
robpaes@vm.uff.br

Sept. 1-4, 2008
ISN-Symposium on Cannabinoid Actions in the Central Nervous System
I. Ibero Latin-American and Caribean Meeting on Neuroscience (NeuroLatam)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Report
Ismael Galve Roperh
Department of Biochemistry,
and Molecular Biology,
Complutense University,
Madrid, Spain
Tel: +34-91-3944668
Fax: +34-91-3944672
igr@quim.ucm.es

Nov. 28-29, 2008
ISN-Symposium: Molecular Aspects of Brain Aging and Neurological Disorders
Annual Meeting of the Indian Society for Neurochemistry
Amritsar, India
Gurcharan Kaur
Report
Department of Biotechnology,
Guru Nanak Dev University,
Amritsar, India
Tel.: +91-183-2258431
Fax: +91-183-2258820
kgurcharan.neuro@yahoo.com

March 1-5, 2008
39th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Neurochemistry
San Antonio, TX, USA.
Report
Siming Shen
Neuroscience Department,
R.W.J. Medical School,
Piscataway, NJ, USA
Tel.: +1-732-235-4520
Fax: +1-732-235-4029
simingshen@gmail.com

April 9-13, 2008
X Argentine Workshop in Neuroscience
Huerta Grande, Cordoba, ARGENTINA
Report
Abstracts Book
Alejandro F. Schinder
Fundacion Instituto Lenoir,
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Tel.: +5411-5238-7500
Fax: + 5411-5238-7501
aschinder@leloir.org.ar

May 4-9, 2008
"Development and Diseases of Myelin"
9th Gordon Conference on Myelin
II Ciocco, ITALY
Report
Peter J. Brophy
Centre for Neuroscience Research,
University of Edinburgh,
Edinburgh, UK
Tel.: +44-131-650-6107
Fax: +44-131-650-6336
Peter.Brophy@ed.ac.uk

June 9-10, 2008
Physiological and Pathophysiological Roles of Aquaporins in Brain
Oslo, NORWAY
Report
Ole Petter Ottersen
Centre for Molecular Biology and Neuroscience,
Department of Anatomy,
University of Oslo,
Oslo, Norway
Tel.: +47-22 85 1528/-1270
Fax: +47-22 85 1488
oleppp@yahoo.com

July 9-11, 2008
Cell-cell adhesion mechanisms: from development of synaptic networks to cognitive dysfunction
Villars-sur-Ollon, SWITZERLAND
Report
Conference Abstract Book
Carmen Sandi
Ecole Polytechnique Federal de Lausanne (EPFL),
Lausanne, Switzerland
Tel.: +41-21-693-9534
Fax: +41-21-693-9636
carmen.sandi@epfl.ch

August 23-27, 2008
Glutamate in the Tripartite Synapse: Functional and Metabolic Relations in Norm and Pathology
Wierzba, POLAND
Report
Program
Photo
Jan Albrecht
Department of Neurotoxicology,
Medical Research Centre,
Polish Academy of Sciences,
Warsaw, Poland
Tel.: +48-22 6685323
Fax: +48-22 6685532
jalb@cmdik.pan.pl

September 4-8, 2008
Katzir Conference on Life and Death in the Nervous System
Kfar Blum, Upper Galilee, ISRAEL
Report
Program & Abstracts
Philip A. Barker
Montreal Neurological Institute,
McGill University,
Montreal, Canada
Tel.: +1-514-398-3064
Fax: +1-514-398-5214
phil.barker@mcgill.ca

June 9-10, 2007
ISN Symposium: Neurochemistry and Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
Satellite of the 16th Meeting of the International Behavioral Neuroscience Society
Curitiba, PR, BRAZIL
Report
Marco Antonio M. Prado
ICB, Federal University of Minas Gerais
Brazil
Tel: +55 31 34992718
Fax: +55 31 34992698
mprado@icb.ufmg.br

September 9-11, 2007
International Symposium on Hyperammonemia and Hepatic Encephalopathy
Valencia, Spain
Report
Program
List of ISN Fellowships
Cátedra Santiago Grisolía
Prolongación Paseo de la Alameda, 42-B, 1er piso pta 1
46023 Valencia, Spain
Tel: +34 96 197 46 70
Fax: +34 96 197 45 98
catedrasg@cac.es
www.fundacioncac.es

October 11-15, 2007
14th International Symposium on Chromaffin Cell Biology (14th ISCCB)
www.14thISCCB.unito.it
Sestri Levante, Italy
Report
14th ISCCB (Program Abstracts Note Book)
Editorial
Emilio Carbone
CNISM Research Unit, N.I.S. Centre of Excellence
Italy
Tel: +39 011 6707786
Fax: +39 011 6707708
emilio.carbone@unito.it

January 18-19, 2008
ISN symposium on Recent advances in the molecular mechanisms of neuronal death and neuroregeneration
Asia-Pacific Society of Neurochemistry/Society for Neurochemistry (India) Workshop and Meeting
Bangalore, India
Report
Raghu Vemuganti
University of Wisconsin
USA
Tel: 608 263 4055
Fax: 608 263 1728
vemugant@neurosurg.wisc.edu

February 2-5, 2008
The Annual Winter Neuropeptide Conference (WNPC)
Breckenridge, Colorado
Report
Andrew F. Russo
University of Iowa
USA
Tel: 01 319 335 7872
Fax: 01 319 335 7330
andrew-russo@uiowa.edu
www.wnpc.org

May 17-20, 2008
5th International Symposium Neuroprotection and Neurorepair: Cerebral Ischemia and Stroke
Magdeburg, Germany
Report
Georg Reiser
Institut fur Neurobiochemie, Medizinische Fakultaet der Otto-von-Guericke Universitaet
Magdeburg
Germany
Tel: +49 0 391 67 13088
Fax: +49 0 391 67 13097
georg.reiser@medizin.uni-magdeburg.de

July 8-9, 2007
ISN Symposium on the neurochemistry of alpha-synuclein toxicity New frontiers in basic and clinical research in Parkinson's disease and other synucleinopathies
Queensland, Australia
Report
Kay Double
Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute
Australia
Tel: +61 29 399 1056
Fax: +61 29 399 1105
k.double@unsw.edu.au

July 12 -17, 2007
ISN Symposium on Mitochondria on Jury and Judge on the Life or Death of Neurons
7th IBRO World Congress of Neuroscience
Report
Melbourne, Australia
Vera Adam-Vizi
Department of Medical Biochemistry, Semmelweis University
Hungary Tel: + 361 266 2773
Fax:: + 361 267 0031
av@puskin.sote.hu

August 23-26, 2007
ISN Symposium on Glucocorticoid receptor gene function in the brain 2nd World Conference of Stress and 3rd Cell Stress Society International Congress on Stress Responses in Biology and Medicine
Report
Budapest, Hungary
Peter Csermely
Semmelweis University
Department of Medical Chemistry
Hungary
Tel: +36 1 266 2755, etn.: 4102
Fax: +36 1 266 6550
Csermely@puskin.sote.hu

September 13-16, 2007
Mutant SOD1 and familial ALS: from the molecule to man
Report
Milano, Italy
Maria Teresa Carri
Deptartment of Biology
University of Rome "Tor Vergata"
Italy
Tel: +39 06 50 17 03 087
Fax: +39 06 50 17 03 323
carri@Bio.uniroma2.it

September 30-October 5, 2007
Second Gordon Research Conference on Cannabinoid function in the CNS Les Diablerets, Switzerland
Report
Manuel Guzman
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology I
School of Biology, Complutense University
Spain
Tel: +34 91 394 46 68
Fax: +34 91 394 46 72
mgp@bbm1.ucm.es

October 17-19, 2007
Protein misfolding in neurological disorders
Dunk Island, Australia
Report
Kevin Barnham
Department of Pathology
The University of Melbourne
Australia
Tel: +61 3 83 44 25 55
Fax: +61 3 93 47 67 50
kbarnham@unimelb.edu.au

October 18-20, 2007
Glial Activation and Function
Dalian, China
Report
Akio Wanaka
Department of Anatomy and Neurosience
Nara Medical University Faculty of Medicine
Japan
Tel: +81 744 22 3051
Fax: +81 744 29 8825 

July 23-28, 2006
15th World Congress on Animal, Plant and Microbial Toxins, International Society for Toxinology
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Report
Edward G. Rowan
SIBS, University of Strathclyde
UK
Tel: 44 141 548 2689
Fax: 44 141 552 2562
e.g.rowan@strath.ac.uk

September 6-10, 2006
MOLECULAR BASIS OF NEUROLOGICAL AND PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS
Martin, Slovak Republic
www.jfmed.uniba.sk/konferencie/symposium
Report
Dusan Dobrota
Department of Medical Biochemistry, Comenius University
Slovak Republic
Tel: (421) 43 4131565
Fax: (421) 43 4136770
dobrota@jfmed.uniba.sk

September 13-16, 2006
NEUROINFLAMMATION IN NEURONAL DEATH AND REPAIR
Calabria, Italy
Report
Giacinto Bagetta
Facolta di Farmacia, Dipartimento Farmacobiologico, Universitia della Calabria
Italy
Tel: 333/ 6599330
Fax: 0984/ 493462
g_bagetta@virgilio.it

December 17-20, 2006
Special symposium on “Advances in basic and clinical neurosciences” to be held at the Silver Jubilee (24th) Annual conference of the Indian Academy of Neurosciences.
ISN Symposium on the Neuropathogenesis of HIV-1 Dementia
Lucknow, India
Report
Jonathan D. Geiger
Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Therapeutics, University of Dakota, School of Medicine and Health Sciences
USA
Tel: 1 701 777 2183
Fax: 1 701 777 4490
jgeiger@medicine.nodak.edu

February 2-6, 2007
The Annual Winter Neuropeptide Conference (WNPC)
Colorado, USA
Report
Curt A. Sandman
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Irvine
USA
Tel: 1 714 957 5435
Fax: 1 714 957 5354
casandma@uci.edu

March 23-25, 2007
Neurochemical Mechanisms for Neurodegenerative Disorders
Pucon, Chile
Report
Juan Segura-Aguilar
Programa de Farmacologia Molecular y Clinica, ICBM
Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile
Chile
Tel: 56 2 978 6057
Fax: 56 2 737 2783
jsegura@med.uchile.cl

April 1-3, 2007
Molecular mechansisms of exocytosis and endocytosis (6th Junior Academics Meeting)
Edinburgh, UK
Report
Ulrich K. Wiegand
Centre for Integrative Physiology, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Edinburgh
UK
Tel : 44 131 650 2864
Fax: 44 131 560 6527
uwiegand@ed.ac.uk

May 6-10, 2007
The Ixth International Meeting on Cholinesterases
Suzhou, China
Report
ihome.ust.hk/~ixche/
Karl W.K. Tsim
Department of Biology, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
China
Tel: (852) 2358 7332
Fax: (852) 2358 1559
ixche@ust.hk

June 10-15, 2007
11th Biannual Meeting of the International Neurotoxicology Association: Neuroprotection and Promotion of Repair Following Neurotoxic Injury
ISN Symposium on The Role of Metallothioneins in Neuroprotection
Asilomar, California, USA
Report
Carey Pope
Center for Veterinary Health Sciences, Oklahoma State University
USA
Tel: 1 405 744 6257
Fax: 1 405 744 0462
Carey.pope@okstate.edu