ISN Advanced School
12th ISN Advanced School of Neurochemistry
“Neurochemistry of Glia-Neuron Interaction”
April 16-20, 2013
Chichén Itzá, Yucatán, Mexico
Online application opens - August 01, 2012
Deadline to apply - October 15, 2012
The Advanced School will precede the ISN-ASN Cancun Meeting and will be held in Chichén Itzá in Yucatán, Mexico, approximately 2 hrs. from Cancun. Chichén Itzá means "at the mouth of the well of the Itza” in Mayan language. It is an ancient archeological site of the Pre-Columbian Maya civilization first settled around 600 A.D.
The topic of the School “Neurochemistry of Glia-Neuron Interaction” covers a rapidly developing field both from neurochemistry and molecular and cellular neurobiology, which is a traditional strength of ISN but offers a lot of very promising new developments.
The School will cover aspects of macroglial and microglial development, activity-dependent glia-synapse communication, metabolic cooperation between neurons and glia, axon-myelin-communication, and gliotransmission. Lectures will be given by leading experts in these fields. Students will have the opportunity to present their own work in short oral presentations or posters.
The Advanced School is open for young scientists (graduate students and young post docs up to 4 years after graduation). Students will be selected by the ISN Advanced School Committee and will provide free access to the School including accommodation and transfer to the main meeting in Cancun. A limited number of travel grants will also be available.
Constanze Seidenbecher, Chairperson
Lourdes Massieu, Local Organizer
Program
The final program schedule for the School can be downloaded here: Program Schedule ISN School 2013
Material for Students
Here, you find key publications from faculty members for download. You can use these papers to prepare for the School.
ISN Advanced School Subcommittee
Constanze Seidenbecher (Germany; Chair)
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Philip Beart (Australia; ex-officio)
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Alois Saria (Austria; ex-officio)
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Monica Carson (USA; ex-officio)
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Eujoon Kim (Korea)
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Antonis Stamatakis (Greece)
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Arturo Ortega (Mexico)
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Babette Fuss (USA)
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Flavia Gomes (Brazil)
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Lourdes Massieu (Mexico; Local coorganizer)
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Travel and Venue
The Advanced School will be held in Chichén Itzá in Yucatán, Mexico, approximately 2 hrs. from Cancun. Chichén Itzá means "at the mouth of the well of the Itza” in Mayan language. It is an ancient archeological site of the Pre-Columbian Maya civilization first settled around 600 A.D.
Students and faculty members will be taken by School bus from Cancun airport to Chichén Itzá on April 16. After the meeting, the bus will bring all attendees to the Cancun convention center, where the ISN main meeting will take place.
The School venue is the hotel Villas Arqueológicas in Chichén Itzá http://www.villasarqueologicas.com.mx/en/chichen-itza/hotel.html.
Bus travel, lodging and meals are free for all attendees.
Faculty Members
Lectures will be given by leading experts in the field of neuron-glia interaction. Confirmed faculty members are:
Luis Barbeito, Institut Pasteur, Montevideo, Uruguay
Felipe Barros, Valdivia, Chile
Frank Kirchhoff, University of Saarland, Homburg, Germany
Phil Beart, Florey Neuroscience Institutes, Australia
Cagla Eroglu, Duke University, USA
Babette Fuss, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA
Justin Lee, KIST, Korea
Matt Rasband, Baylor College of Medicine, USA
Axel Nimmerjahn, Salk Institute, USA
Lourdes Massieu, U.N.A.M. Mexico
