The organization of the joint 21st ISN-ASN 2007 Meeting, in Cancún, Mexico, is progressing well. The local organizing chairpersons informed about the advances at the ISN Council and the ISN Business Meetings during the 20th ISN Congress in Innsbruck. The preliminary information on the different aspects of the Cancún Meeting can be seen in the web page at the following address: www.isn-asn2007cancun.org.mx. The local organizing committee invites you to visit this page.
Venue:Centro de Convenciones Cancún (Cancún Convention Center)
Blvd. Kukulcán Km. 9
Cancún, Quintana Roo
77500 México
Tel: (998) 881 04 00
Fax: (998) 881 04 02
www.cancuncenter.com
Julio Morán
jmoran@ifc.unam.mx
Herminia Pasantes hpasante@ifc.unam.mx
Ricardo Tapia rtapia@ifc.unam.mx
The Program Committee met in Portland, USA, on March 10th and 12th to make many of the key decisions regarding the scientific program for Cancun. All proposals relevant to the Congress and Satellite Meetings were considered. The scientific standard of submissions was extremely high. In an effort to produce a well-rounded and contemporary scientific program the breadth of neurochemistry and “hot” areas were carefully considered.
A number of 24 Young Investigators were selected to participate in the Young investigator colloquia, covering the following areas:
A large number of very high quality submissions were received for Symposia and the Committee’s task here was extremely difficult. In view of the high standard of submissions, a decision was made to add a number of these submissions to the program as Workshops.
- Molecular mechanisms involved in Alzheimer disease
- Neurotransmitter receptors trafficking, assembly and signaling
- Protein folding and aggregation in neural functioning and pathologies
- Nuclear factors involved in neural surviving, differentiation and signaling
- Molecular mechanisms involved in neuropathologies
- Control of neurotransmitter release and uptake
Symposia:
These sessions are complemented by several Workshops addressing rapidly advancing areas of neurochemistry and neuroscience;
- Protein translation and degradation in synaptic plasticity and memory
- Molecular control of neurogenesis in the embryonic and adult brain
- Neurobiology of prion disease
- Structure, function and regulation of Na+ dependent neurotransmitter/aminoacid transporters of the SLC6 family
- Axonal transport in health and disease
- Functions of the inducible nitric oxide synthase in neurological disease conditions
- Signaling towards synaptogenesis
- Biology of the Alzheimer disease amyloid precursor protein
- Neuronal signaling by extracellular metalloproteases
- Role of endocannabinoid system in neural development
- PARP-1 at the interaction of brain energetics, inflammation and cell death
- Energetics and brain activation
- Regulation and disregulation of neuronal homeostasis by glycogen synthase kinase 3-?.
- Regulation of NMDA receptors and plasticity in addiction
- Neurotoxins in Neurochemistry
- Neuroinflammatory processes and therapeutic measures in Parkinson’s disease
- Plasticity and neurodegeneration two sides of the same coin
- Signaling mechanisms regulating astrocytic gliosis
- Exo-endocytosis at the nervous system: Molecules, modulation and mechanisms
- Role of vascular growth factors in neurogenesis during development and disease
- Cytoskeletal dynamics and signal transduction in neurons
- Activation and regulation of metabotropic receptor signalsomes, role in synaptic plasticity
- Presynaptic cholinergic metabolism
- Novel insights on cerebellar and precerebellar neurogenesis
- Long lasting effects of perinatal stress and early intervention
- Molecular dynamics of cell signaling
- Neurotransmitter receptors on microglia functions and consequences
- Deciphering the road for neuronal migration
- Complexity of the opioid/nociceptin system
- Release of ATP from glial and neuron supporting cells
Workshops:
A number of pre- and post-Satellite Meetings were approved:
- Mitochondrial heterogeneity and communication with other organelles
- Fragile X protein microRNA pathways in neurons
- Use of genetically engineered mice to study GABA function
- Functional neuroimaging in the neurodegenerative disesases and neuropsychiatric disorders
- From biology to silicon and back: a discussion on neuronal-glial interactions as key part of the integrated information circuit of the CNS
- ISN perspectives: survival skills for career development in neurochemistry
- Functional neurochemistry of cerebrospinal fluid (CFS) handling cells
- Metabotropic glutamate receptors as promising pharmacological targets for diverse human nervous system disorders
- Recent advances in brain gene expression studies: relevance to mood disorders and suicide
- Ex vivo models of neurodegeneration and regeneration
- Small RNAs as tools and targets in neurochemistry
- From cell-cell recognition to memory formation. New strategies for induction of plasticity and regeneration
At this early stage some issues relevant to the Program are still being negotiated and the above information should not be considered as absolutely final.
- Cellular and molecular mechanisms of drugs of abuse and neurotoxicity: cocaine, GBH and substituted amphetamines
- Mitochondria and oxidative stress in neurodegenerative disease
- Satellite symposia in honor of Professor John Clark
- Myelin development and function
- Others to be confirmed
Mª Teresa Miras-Portugal
Chair of Program Committee
Congress Website: www.isn-asn2007cancun.org.mx