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Meetings supported by the ISN Conferences Committee

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


Meetings supported by the ISN Conferences Committee and Reports


Meetings supported by the ISN Conferences Committee in the April 30, 2008 deadline


Jan 31 - Feb 3, 2009
Annual Winter Neuropeptide Conference (WNPC)
Breckenridge Colorado, USA
Francis W. Flynn
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
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
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
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
Department of Biotechnology,
Guru Nanak Dev University,
Amritsar, India
Tel.: +91-183-2258431
Fax: +91-183-2258820
kgurcharan.neuro@yahoo.com


Meetings supported by the ISN Conferences Committee in the October 31, 2007 deadline


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
Meeting information
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
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
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
Philip A. Barker
Montreal Neurological Institute,
McGill University,
Montreal, Canada
Tel.: +1-514-398-3064
Fax: +1-514-398-5214
phil.barker@mcgill.ca


Meetings supported by the ISN Conferences Committee in the April 30, 2007 deadline


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
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


Meetings supported by the ISN Conferences Committee in the October 31, 2006 deadline


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
www.stress07.com
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
akiow@naramed-u.ac.jp


Meetings supported by the ISN Conferences Committee in the April 30, 2006 deadline


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


Meetings supported by the ISN Conferences Committee in the October 31st, 2005 deadline


December 3-6, 2005
Pinamar, Argentina
ISN Symposium entitled: "Signalling pathways in development, plasticity and disease"
Report
Santiago Quiroga
Dpto. de Quimica Biologica, Fac. de Ciencias Quimicas y CIQUIBIC, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba y CONICET, Ciudad Universitaria
Argentina
Tel: (54351) 433-4168
squiroga@mail.fcq.unc.edu.ar

March 25-30, 2006
Tirol, Austria
8th International Neuroscience Winter Conference
www.sambax.com/nwc2006
Report
Alois Saria
Division of Neurochemistry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Innsbruck
Austria
Tel: +43 (512)504 23710
Fax: +43 (512) 504 23716
alois.saria@uibk.ac.at

April 5- 9, 2006
Cordoba, Argentina
VIII Argentine Neuroscience Workshop
Report
Maria Eugenia Pedreira
Laboratorio de Neurobiología de la Memoria (IFIByNE), Departamento de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Celular, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales - Universidad de Buenos Aires
Argentina
Tel: (+54-11) 45763348
Fax: (+54-11) 45763447
mpedreira@fbmc.fcen.uba.ar

July 23-26, 2006
Muenster, Germany
International Symposium on Neurodegeneration and Neuroprotection
Final Program
Report
Scientific Report
Financial Report
Susanne Klumpp
Westfaelische Wilhelms-Universitaet, Institut fuer Pharmazeutische und Medizinische Chemie
Germany
Tel.: +49 251 83 32 200
Fax: +49 251 83 32 201
klumpp@uni-muenster.de

July 30 -August 3, 2006
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
12th Amine Oxidase and Trace Amines Workshop
Report
Frans Boomsma
Department of Internal Medicine, section of Vascular Medicine
The Netherlands
Tel. + 31 10 4633764
Fax + 31 10 4634531
f.boomsma@erasmusmc.nl

August 15-18, 2006
Lausanne, Switzerland
VIIth International Conference on Brain Energy Metabolism, "Integrating Molecular, Celluar, and Metabolic Aspects of Neuron-Glia Interactions"
Report
Rolf Gruetter
Laboratory of functional and metabolic imaging, Centre d'Imagerie BioMedicale (CIBM) of the UNIGE, UNIL, CHUV, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Institut for Complex Matter Physics
Switzerland
Tel: +41-21-693-4467
rolf.gruetter@epfl.ch