Support for small conferences (ISN-CC)

Introduction

The ISN Conference Committee (ISN-CC) provides financial support for the organisation of small conferences on specialised neurochemical topics. Applications are examined by the ISN-CC and are granted on a competitive basis according to these guidelines.

The final decision on the funding of awards is made by the Chair of ISN-CC.

Chair:
Akio Wanaka, Japan

APPLICATIONS

Applications for the ISN-CC support must be submitted via the online application forms which are available on the members part of your My ISN. 

As of the April 2024 round, the Conference Committee is no longer accepting the Symposium grant. 

APPLICATION DEADLINES

There are two application deadlines per year: April 30 and October 31.

Applicants for ISN-CC funding MUST be active members of the ISN. Only ISN-CC awardees who have renewed their membership for the current year are eligible to receive financial support. 

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Please note that you are required to list speakers who must confirm, via the inbuilt system, their participation. Please ensure you allow sufficient time before the deadline to prepare your application and receive confirmations. Without these confirmations, your application will not be submitted.

ISN-CC CATEGORIES

Support for small conferences on neurochemical topics

Small Conferences:

  1. a). General Rules

    Support for small conferences on neurochemical topics

    • ISN-CC provides financial support for the organisation of small conferences on specialised neurochemical topics. The conference supported should deal with an important and up-to-date topic of neurochemistry.
    • ISN-CC provides support of up to 25,000 USD for a small neurochemistry conference.
    • At least 60% of the money granted must be used for Young ISN Neurochemistry Awards to facilitate the attendance of young neurochemists (postdocs and students) at small neurochemical conferences. The name and institutional affiliation of the ISN awardees should be listed in the meeting’s brochure and the post-meeting report.
    • Speakers must have committed to attend the conference.
    • Funds should be used to cover travel, registration and accommodation expenses. Expenses for honoraria, food, social events will not be funded.
    • ISN secretariat will provide promotional material. The awardee is required to make a 5 minute presentation at the beginning of the conference to acknowledge the substantial financial contribution from ISN to the conference, to introduce ISN to the audience, to highlight the benefits of ISN membership and to publicly announce the availability of application forms for ISN membership on the ISN Portal (http://www.neurochem.org).
    • Applications for support of a small neurochemistry conference falling on dates which collide with those of an ISN biennial meeting / Flagship School will not be considered for funding.

     

    b). Things for CC members to consider while reviewing applications

    • The conference is actually on a topic of neurochemistry!
    • Applicants are preferably members of ISN (or at least a sister society)
    • The conference is topical/timely and includes a broad range of speakers (not just a group of local scientists) that fit within the scientific theme
    • Some of the speakers are leading scientists, others are early career researchers
    • There is a clear commitment to use at least 60% of funds to support young scientists
    • The speaker list has good geographic and gender balance, while taking into consideration the scientific theme of the meeting and the scientific merit of the speakers (quality is critical)
    • The speakers have committed to be part of the conference
    • A complete and realistic budget is provided that shows the overall conference budget plus how ISN funds will be disbursed
    • For repeat applicants they should justify how their previous funding was successful and of benefit to ISN (such as recruitment of new ISN members, publications in J Neurochem) or to ISN members & provide a rationale for a subsequent meeting

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ISN Mini-Meets

ISN Mini-meets

General Rules

  • These meetings are virtual meetings only and will be run on the ISN Zoom webinar platform. Attendees must pre-register.
  • Meetings should last no longer than 90 min (including questions/discussion) and should be held at a time of day when it is reasonable to expect most people around the world will be able to attend. The timing of this may change as time zones adjust for summer daylight saving. ISN will allocate an appropriate time slot for the meeting if your meeting is selected.
  • The topic of the meeting should be a focussed area of neurochemistry or neurochemistry-related education and it should feature three to four speakers.
  • The application should list the title of the symposium, the names of the speakers, the titles of the presentations and three recent publications of each speaker that are relevant to the topic of the symposium.
  • If appropriate the speaker list includes an up & coming early career researcher
  • The applicant should clearly state whether the speakers have confirmed their agreement to take part in the session. Only proposals with confirmed speakers will be evaluated by ISN-CC. Speakers may also agree to post a recorded version of their presentation on the members section of the ISN website.
  • If accepted, the date and time for the symposium will be established by mutual agreement between the organisers and the ISN Secretariat.
  • ISN will also promote the event.

 Things for the CC members to consider while reviewing applications

  • The symposium is actually on the topic of neurochemistry or related to neurochemical education.
  • Applicants are members of ISN
  • The symposium is appropriately focussed on a topical or timely neurochemical topic and includes a broad range of speakers that fit within the scientific theme
  • The speaker list has good geographic and gender balance, while taking into consideration the scientific theme of the session and the scientific merit of the speakers (quality is critical)
  • The speakers have committed to be part of the symposium and have indicated whether or not they give permission for the recording of their presentation to be placed on the ISN website and the period of time for which they are happy for this to be done (preferably open-ended). Written evidence of permission must be obtained prior to the Mini-meet by the ISN Secretariat.
  • If appropriate the speaker list includes an up & coming early career researcher
  • Repeat applicants should indicate the level of interest in any previous mini-meet.
  • Following acceptance of offers to hold a Mini-meet, the upcoming schedule for the next period of time covered by the Conference Committee will be published on the ISN website.

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GENERAL INFORMATION AND GUIDELINES

Before you proceed with the Guidelines, please click and read the “Assessment criteria for committee members and applicants

  • A conference supported by ISN-CC should deal with an important and up-to-date topic of neurochemistry. Applicants must justify why their conference is important in the research area of neurochemistry and why ISN should support their conference.
  • The conference supported should be international (preferably intercontinental) as reflected by the composition of the organising committee, the list of prospective invited speakers, and the countries of origin of the expected attendees. Local conferences will not be supported.
  • Applications for ISN-CC support have to be submitted online via your My ISN account. You must be an active ISN member to apply. Should there be more than one applicant, all of them must be active ISN members. Members of the ISN Council or the ISN-CC are excluded to apply for ISN-CC support.
  • The application must be submitted and received before either of the deadlines (April 30 and October 31), and the supported conference should be held at least four months after and within one year after the deadline. An application will not be accepted if it is received after the deadline.
  • ISN-CC strongly discourages applications for support of a second consecutive conference in a series of meetings that are organised by one society, one organiser or a group of organisers. Priority for funding will be given to conferences that have not previously received ISN-CC support. Applicants (organisers, groups of organisers or societies) are required to declare whether they have received previous ISN-CC support.
  • Applications for support of ISN school initiatives, of satellite conferences of an ISN Biennial Meetings or of an annual/biennial meeting of an ISN sister society (ASN, ESN and APSN) will not be supported, as such events are already supported by other ISN funding schemes.
  • Successful applicants cannot apply for support from other ISN funds for the same conference (for example CAEN or other ISN-funded initiatives).
  • Applications must contain a detailed budget that clearly states how the requested money will be spent, in line with the regulations of ISN-CC.
  • Should your award be approved, the applicant(s) will receive 80% of the amount granted before the meeting. The funds must be sent to a bank account of the applicant’s institution or a designated bank account associated with the meeting. In the last case, a justification/clarification should be provided. Transfer to any private/personal bank account is not possibleThe residual 20% will be transferred upon receipt and approval of the meeting report by the Chair of the ISN-CC. Claims for the transfer of the residual awarded ISN-CC support must be received by ISN within one month after the end of the meeting.
  • Conferences that are supported by ISN-CC, as well as reports on ISN supported conferences, will be publicised on the ISN homepage (neurochemistry.org).
  • Conference organisers or Chairs of supported symposia agree to (1) advertise the ISN-supported event via ISN social media, (2) inform the audience at the event about ISN  and the benefits of an ISN membership (slides will be provided by the ISN secretariat), (3) post a statement of the success of the ISN supported event via ISN social media and (4) submit a short scientific and financial meeting report to the CC Chair within one month after the end of the meeting. The residual 20% of support will only be available and transferred if an acceptable report is received in time.
  • Should you not provide the report by the deadline, without the approval of the extension, ISN reserves the right to withhold the remaining 20% funding and to prevent the applicant/the organisers from being eligible for future ISN funding.
  • Please note that the size of the report should be no more than 5 MB (you can send photos in separate documents, maximum of 5 MB per document).
  • The report for ISN supported SMALL CONFERENCES should contain:
    1. Basic information (the title of the meeting, dates, organiser, venue, etc.)
    2. Registration and registration fees
    3. Program
    4. Speakers
    5. Plenary Speakers
    6. The highlight of the meeting
    7. Participants
    8. Material distribution
    9. Social events
    10. Travel awards
    11. Travel subsidies for Invited Speakers/Plenary Speakers
    12. Sponsorship
    13. General budget; detailed ISN budget, how the ISN funds were utilised
    14. List of participants
    15. Confirmation of the used of the provided ISN slides to inform the audience on ISN and on the benefits of an ISN membership.
    16. Confirmation of the posting of information on the ISN supported event on the ISN Social Media channels before the event took place.
    17. Confirmation of the posting of some concluding statements with pictures on the success of the ISN supported event on the ISN Social Media channels after the event took place.
    18. Photos
    19. Comments of at least three attendants about the Meeting
    20. The budget used for each speaker or awarded person must be specified separately
CANCELLATION POLICY

Should the meeting be cancelled and 80% of the funds have been received, you must inform the ISN Secretariat immediately and arrange the return of the full awarded amount. ISN is not responsible for any bank charges.

AWARDEES / REPORTS / ARCHIVES

ISN-CC Supported Activities 2023

 

1) Awarded Applications for small conferences on specialized neurochemical topics (maximal USD 25,000)

International Symposium: Neurochemical Networks Underlying High-Level Cognitive Function
Organizer: Miguel Skirzewski

Emerging roles of non-coding RNA in brain development, function and evolution.
Organizer: Timothy Bredy

15th International Conference on Brain Energy Metabolism: Brain Bioenergetics in Aging – Neurovascular and Neurometabolic Coupling and Fuels (ICBEM2024)
Organizer: Kelly Drew

European Synapse Meeting 2024 
Organizer: Noa Lipstein

 

2) Awarded Applications for ISN-Symposia in meetings of other scientific societies or groups (maximal USD 7,000)

ISN symposium: Mechanistic Advances And New Perspectives On Brain Metabolism.
Organizer: Dimitra Mangoura

ISN Symposium: Plasticity of Cortical circuits in development and adulthood
Organizer: Nicolas Unsain

ISN Symposium: From development to disease – how astrocyte heterogeneity sculpts the brain
Organizer: Valentina Cerrato

Neurochemistry in neurodegenerative diseases
Organizer: Samson Salile Salile

ISN Symposium: “A Neurochemist’s View on Functions and Dysfunctions of Brain Synapses
Organizer: Eckart Gunderlfinger

ISN Symposium: Unraveling Cortical Complexity: From Genes to Therapeutic Targets in Neurodevelopmental Disorders 
Organizer: Koh-ichi Nagata

ISN Symposium: Development and maintenance of the nervous system; from molecules to connections
Organizer: Kavita Babu

ISN-CC Supported Activities 2022

 

1) Awarded Applications for small conferences on specialized neurochemical topics (maximal USD 20,000)

Great Lakes glia
Location: Traverse City, MI
Organizer: Douglas Feinstein
Report

Modeling development and disease with human tissue organoids
Location: Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine, Bangalore, India
Organizer: Carol J Schuurmans
Report

8th European Synapse Meeting
Location: São Francisco Convention Center, Coimbra
Organizer: Ana Luisa Carvalho
Report

 

2) Awarded Applications for ISN-Symposia in meetings of other scientific societies or groups (maximal USD 7,000)

Oxytocin and Vasopressin: Circuits and Behavior
Location: Beijing, China
Organizer: Vito Salvador Hernandez 
Report

ISN Symposium: One mechanism to rule them all?: Signaling and endosomal pathways involved in the health and disease of the nervous system
Location: Ciudad Universitaria, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Organizer: Victoria Rozes Salvador
Report

ISN Symposium: Sphingolipids and brain: pathophysiology and therapeutics
Location: Beijing, China
Organizer: IRCCS Neuromed, Via Dell’Elettronica, 86077, Pozzilli (IS), Italy
Report

ISN-CC Supported Activities 2021

 

1) Awarded Applications for small conferences on specialized neurochemical topics (maximal USD 20,000)

17th International Symposium on Cholinergic Mechanism.
Location: Dubrovnik
Organizer: Zrinka Kovaric
Report

Emerging Concepts of the Neuronal Cytoskeleton 6th edition
Location: Hotel Santa Cruz – Santa Cruz, Región del Libertador Bernardo O’Higgins, Chile
Organizer: Carlos Wilson
Report

21st International Symposium on Chromaffin Cell Biology (ISCCB-21)
Location: Hotel Hafen, Hamburg, Germany
Organizer: Manfred Lindau
Report

 

 

ISN-CC Supported Activities 2019

Andrew J. Lawrence (Chair) Australia

The Committee for Conference Support and for ISN Symposia:
Kazuhiro Ikenaka (ex officio), Japan
Ralf Dringen (ex officio), Germany
Flavia Gomes (ex officio), Brazil
Alessandro Prinetti (ex officio CAEN chair), Italy
Hermona Soreq, Israel
Natalia Nalivaeva, UK
Francisco Nualart Santander, Chile
Caroline Rae, Australia
Mark Cookson, USA
Sérgio Teixeira Ferreira, Brazil
Amitabha Chattopadhyay , India
Ben Emery, USA
Schuichi Koizumi, Japan
Vania Prado, Canada

1) Awarded Applications for small conferences on specialized neurochemical topics (maximal USD 20,000)

What makes synapses plastic? – Plasticity mechanisms and failures revisited
Date: 26-28 September 2019
Location: Parkhotel Meisdorf, Meisdorf, Germany
Organizer: Karl-Heinz Smalla

XVIth International Symposium on Cholinergic Mechanisms (ISCM-XVI)
Date: 08-13 December 2019
Location: Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
Organizer: Assoc. Prof. Lili Anglister

20th International Symposium on Chromaffin Cell Biology
Date: 23-26 January 2020
Location: Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India
Organizer: Prof. Nitish Mahapatra

Synuclein Meeting 2019: Where we are and where we need to go – Report
Date: 01-04 September 2019
Location: Hotel Axis Ofir, Ofir, Portugal
Organizer: Prof. Tiago Outeiro

12th Bi-Annual Great Lakes Glial meeting – Report 
Date: 29-01 October 2019
Location: Traverse City, Michigan, USA
Organizer: Prof. Douglas Feinstein

 

2) Awarded Applications for ISN-Symposia in meetings of other scientific societies or groups (maximal USD 7,000)

Neurochemical and molecular mechanisms regulating pathogenesis of neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric disorders
Date: 20 November 2018
Location: The Annual Meeting of Indian Academy of Neurosciences, New Delhi, India
Organizer: Prof. Anirban Basu

Sensory processing and integration in olfactory and tactile systems
Date: 04 October 2019
Location: XXXIV Annual Meeting of the ’Sociedad Argentina de Investigación en Neurociencia’, Córdoba, Argentina
Organizer: Marta C. Antonelli

New Therapeutic Targets and Approaches in Neurological Diseases – Report
Date: 15 August 2019
Location: Linus Pauling Institute 10th International Conference and 4th SfRBM Regional Symposium, OR, United States
Organizer: Assoc. Prof. Alvaro Astevez

ISN Symposium: The role of hormone-regulated molecular modulators in traumatic responses – Report
Date: 30 August 2019
Location: ISPNE 2019 (International Society of Psychoneuroendocrinology, Milan, Italy
Organizer: Prof. Marla Sokolowski

INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM OF YOUNG NEUROSCIENCE INVESTIGATORS (ISYNI) – Report 
Date: 12 – 14 NOVEMBER 2021
Location: FACULTY OF SCIENCE MOHAMMED V UNIVERSITY RABAT – MOROCCO
Organizer: Nezha Bouhaddou

ISN-CC Supported Activities 2018

Andrew J. Lawrence (Chair) Australia

The Committee for Conference Support and for ISN Symposia:
Kazuhiro Ikenaka (ex officio), Japan
Ralf Dringen (ex officio), Germany
Flavia Gomes (ex officio), Brazil
Alessandro Prinetti (ex officio CAEN chair), Italy
Hermona Soreq, Israel
Natalia Nalivaeva, UK
Francisco Nualart Santander, Chile
Caroline Rae, Australia
Mark Cookson, USA
Sérgio Teixeira Ferreira, Brazil
Amitabha Chattopadhyay , India
Ben Emery, USA
Schuichi Koizumi, Japan
Vania Prado, Canada

1) Awarded Applications for small conferences on specialized neurochemical topics (maximal USD 20,000)

16th International Congress on Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis (Batten Disease) – Report
Date: 12-16 September 2018
Location: Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, London, UK
Organizer: Dr.Russell Claire

SFB35 Symposium: “The Transporter Transition“ – Report
Date: 18-21 September 2018
Location: University Clinic of Dentistry Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Organizer: Prof. Sitte Harald

46th conference of the Francophone Society of Chronobiology (SFC-2018) – Report & Photo
Date: 22-25 October 2018
Location: Hassan II Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine Institute, City of Rabat, Morocco
Organizer: Prof. EI Allali Khalid

Neurobiology of drug addiction – Report
Date: 22-23 October 2018
Location: Pabellón Argentina Ciudad Universitaria Córdoba 5000 Argentina
Organizer: Dr. Cancela Liliana

Fifth Emerging Concepts of the Neuronal Cytoskeleton – Report & Photo
Date: 24-18 April 2019
Location: Enjoy Park Lake Hotel, Villarrica, Chile
Organizer: Prof. Christian Gonzalez-Billault

Touchscreen cognitive testing to evaluate neurochemical circuits – Report
Date: 04-05 June 2019
Location: London, Ontario, Canada
Organizer: Prof. Marco Prado

7th Mediterranean Neuroscience Conference – Report
Date: 23-27 June 2019
Location: Hotel Atlas Medina and University of Marrakech, Marrakech, Morocco
Organizer: Prof. Youssef Anouar

Perinatal Origins of Neuropsychiatric Disorders: from molecular mechanisms to therapeutic perspectives – Report
Date: 29-01 June 2019
Location: Mondello, Palermo, Italy
Organizer: Assoc. Prof. Miriam Melis

 

2) Awarded Applications for ISN-Symposia in meetings of other scientific societies or groups (maximal USD 7,000)

Harnessing molecular insights to target GPCRs for CNS disorders – Report
Date: 13 December 2018
Location: 10th Molecular Pharmacology of G protein coupled receptors
Organizer: Dr. Gregory Karen

ISN Symposium: Molecular Insights on organoid and 3D models to study brain diseases and developmentReport
Date: 27 September 2018
Location: The 6th Molecular Psychiatry Association meeting
Organizer: Prof. Reiner Orly

ISN symposium: ’Circadian rhythms in health brain and diseases’ – Report 
Date: 26 March 2019
Location: 14th SONA International Conference, Lagos, Nigeria
Organizer: Prof. Nouria Lakhdar-Ghazal

ISN Symposium: Membrane contact sites in neurodegenerative [lysosomal] disorders – Report
Date: 28 August 2019
Location: 25th International Symposium on Glycocojugates (Glyco25), Milano, Italy
Organizer: Prof. Alessandra d’ Azzo

ISN Symposium on the role of sphingolipids in neural pathology – Report
Date: 09 May 2019
Location: The 2019 FEBS Special Meeting on Sphingolipid Biology: Sphingolipids in physiology and pathology, Cascais, Portugal
Organizer: Assist. Prof. Giovanni D’Angelo

ISN-CC Supported Activities 2017

Prof: Flavia Gomes, Brazil (Chairperson)

The Committee for Conference Support and for ISN Symposia:
Monica Carson (USA, ex officio)
Kazuhiro Ikenaka (Japan, ex officio)
Ralf Dringen (Germany, ex officio)
Caroline Rae (Australia)
Hermona Soreq (Israel)
Roberto Cappai (Australia)
Doug Feinstein (USA)
Seema Tiwari-Woodruff (USA)
Natalia Nalivaeva (UK)
Christian Gonzalez (Chile)
Kochupurackal Mohanakumar (India)
Marco Prado (Canada)
Francisco Nualart Santander (Chile)

1) Awarded Applications for small conferences on specialized neurochemical topics (maximal USD 20,000)

IV International Symposium Frontiers in NeuroscienceReport
Date: 22-25 October 2017
Location: Búzios, Brazil
Organizer: Dr. Patricia Garcez

13th International Conference on Brain Energy Metabolism: How Metabolism Dictates Neurotransmission, Function and BehaviorReport and Photos
Date: 7-10 March 2018
Location: Valdivia, Chile
Organizer: Dr. Felipe Barros & Dr. Mary C. McKenna

The Glycobiology of Nervous System-From the genome research era to the glycomeReport
Date: 2-5 September 2017
Location: Seoul, South Korea
Organizer: Dr. Sandro Sonnino / Dr. Akio Wanaka

Neurobiological basis of alcoholism: from molecules to behaviorReport
Date: 20-22 November 2017
Location: Puerto Varas, Chile
Organizer: Dr. Luis Aguayo

ISN Symposium on Neurons, synapses and circuits: from function to disease – Report
Date: 16-18 August 2018
Location: Sydney, Australia
Organizer: Dr. Katherine Roche / Alan Woodruff

2) Awarded Applications for ISN-Symposia in meetings of other scientific societies or groups (maximal USD 7,000)

ISN Symposium: Structure-Function relationships in neurotransmitter transportersReport
Date: 6-8 September 2017
Location: Vienna, Austria
Organizer: Dr. Harald Sitte

ISN Symposium on Sphingolipids and Disorders of the nervous systemReport
Date: 7-10 September 2017
Location: Trabia (Sicily), Italy
Organizer: Dr. Riccardo Ghidoni

ISN Symposium on Frontiers in Neurochemistry – Crosstalk of Membrane Proteins and Lipids in Health and DiseaseReport
Date: 16-18 September 2017
Location: Osijek, Croatia
Organizer: Dr. Marija Heffer

ISN Symposium on GPCR Neurochemistry – Report
Date: 19 – 21 October 2017
Location: Ottawa, Canada
Organizer: Dr. Stephen Ferguson

ISN Symposium on Neurodegeneration and ProteostasisReport
Date: 20-22 November 2017
Location: Wollongong, Australia
Organizer: Dr. Brett Garner

ISN Symposium on Molecular Mechanisms of Neuropathic PainReport
Date: 11-15 April 2018
Location: Sölden, Austria
Organizer: Dr. Marc Landry & Dr. Jenny Gunnersen

ISN Symposium on Brain-Gut-Microbiome Interactions in Neuroimmunity – Report
Date: 08-13 August 2017
Location: Colorado, USA
Organizer: Dr. Thomas Lane

ISN-CC Supported Activities 2016

Prof: Flavia Gomes, Brazil (Chairperson)

The Committee for Conference Support and for ISN Symposia:
Monica Carson (USA, ex officio)
Kazuhiro Ikenaka (Japan, ex officio)
Ralf Dringen (Germany, ex officio)
Caroline Rae (Australia)
Hermona Soreq (Israel)
Roberto Cappai (Australia)
Doug Feinstein (USA)
Seema Tiwari-Woodruff (USA)
Natalia Nalivaeva (UK)
Christian Gonzalez (Chile)
Kochupurackal Mohanakumar (India)
Marco Prado (Canada)
Francisco Nualart Santander (Chile)

1) Awarded Applications for small conferences on specialized neurochemical topics (maximal USD 20,000)

Advances in molecular and epigenetic mechanisms in neurodegeneration and neuroinflammation. Novel therapeutic approachesReport & Pictures
Date: 19-20 October 2017
Location: Warsaw, Poland
Organizer: Dr. Agata Adamczyk

International Symposium on metabolic and redox interactions beteween neurons and astrocytes in health and diseaseReport
Date: 26-28 June 2017
Location: Salamanca, Spain
Organizer: Dr. Juan Bolanos & Gilles Bonvento

Fourth Biennial Workshop Emerging Concepts of The Neuronal CytoskeletonReport & Pictures
Date: 2-6 April 2017
Location: Puerto Varas, Chile
Organizer: Dr. Christian Gonzalez-Billault

The role of glial cells in heatl and disease of the nervous system: clinical and basic science walking togetherReport
Date: 12-14 October 2017
Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Organizer: Dr. Juana Pasquini

The 13th International Conference of the Society of Neuroscientists of Africa (SONA)Report
Date: 11-14 June 2017
Location: Entebbe, Uganda
Organizer: Dr. Sadiq Yusuf

DOPAMINE 2016Report
Date: 2-9 September 2016
Location: Vienna, Austria
Organizer: Dr. Harald H. Sitte & Matthäus Willeit

2) Awarded Applications for ISN-Symposia in meetings of other scientific societies or groups (maximal USD 7,000)

ISN Symposium on Inflammation and Viral Infecion in the process of neuropathologyReport
Date: 20-24 May, 2017
Location: Florianópolis, Brazil
Organizer: Dr. Jean Harry

ISN Symposium on Autophagy in neurodegeneration: New insights underpinning therapy for neurological diseasesReport
Date: 26-30 March, 2017
Location: Sölden, Austria
Organizer: Dr. Olga Corti

ISN Symposium on Neurochemistry & Cell Surface MacromoleculesReport
Date: 24-28 February, 2017
Location: Punjab, India
Organizer: Dr. Kausik Chattopadhyay
Website: click here

ISN Symposium on translational neuroscience of GPCRsReport
Date: 27‐30 November 2016
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Organizer: Dr. Meritxell Canals & Dr. Karen Gregory

ISN Symposium on “TRANSLATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE:
BRIDGING BASIC SCIENCE AND CLINICAL APPLICATIONS”Report
Date: 07- 10 November 2016
Location: Cordoba; Argentina
Organizer: Dr. Laura Morelli

ISN Symposium on Neural Control of Appetite – From genes to circuits and behaviourReport
Date: 17-20 October, 2016
Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Organizer: Dr. Viviana Florencia Bumaschny

ISN Symposium on “The neurochemical mechanisms of EMF effect on the nervous system and interaction with other forms of environmental pollution”Report & Programme
Date: 6-9 September, 2016
Location: Armenia, Yerevan
Organizer: Dr. Sinerik Ayrapetyan

ISN-CC Supported Activities 2015

1) Awardees – ISN Symposium in a conference of another society or scientific group: (maximal USD 7,000)

The ISN Symposium on The Roles of Copper in Neuroscience and Common Neurodegenerative DiseasesReport
Date: 25-30 September 2016
Location:Sorrento, Italy
Organizer: Dr. Anthony Robert White

The ISN Symposium on Therapeutic potential of PACAP/VIP neuropeptide family and related peptides in neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric diseasesReport
Date: 12-14 July 2016
Location: Normandy, France
Organizer: Dr. David Vaudry

The ISN Symposium on Neurochemistry and Neurotransmitter TransportersReport
Date: 12-17 June 2016
Location: Il Ciocco, Italy
Organizer: Dr. Rajini Rao

The ISN Symposium on Damage and NeurorepairReport & Pictures
Date: 2-6 April 2016
Location: Puebla, México
Organizer: Dr. Julio Morán Andrade

Complexity of Genomics, Oxidative Stress, Neurochemical and Inflammatory Networking in Neurodegenerative disorders and StrokeFlyer & Report
Date: 14-16 December 2015
Location: K L University, India
Organizer: Dr. Jagannatha Rao

Eating disorders: from bench to bedside and returnReport
Date: 8-11 October 2015
Location: Cagliari, Italy
Organizer: Dr. Anna Carta

Regulation of neuronal ion channels by G protein coupled receptorsReport
Date: 29 September – 1 October 2015
Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Organizer: Dr. Arturo G. Romano

Recent Advance in Neurochemical Basis of Brain Diseases – Report
Date: 20-23 September 2015
Location: Wuzhen, China P.R.
Organizer: Dr. Xiongwei Zhu

The ISN Symposium on the “Role of astrocytes in rare diseases”Report
Date: 15-18 July 2015
Location: Bilbao, Spain
Organizer: Dr. Daniela Rossi

The ISN/IBRO Symposium on “Vesicular transporters: from molecular function to behavior and disease”Report
Date: 7-11 July 2015
Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Organizer: Dr. Salah El Mestikawy

The ISN Symposium on “Purines – Forgotten Mediators in CNS Injury”Report
Date: June 28- July 1, 2015
Location: Santa Fe, USA
Organizer: Dr. Helen Bramlett

17th International Neuroscience Winter Conference
(The ISN Symposium on “microRNAs in the nervous system”)Report
Date: 7-11 April 2015
Location: Sölden, Austria
Organizer: Dr. Michaela Kress

2) Awardees_Support for small conferences on neurochemical topics:
maximal USD 20,000)

XVth International Symposium on Cholinergic MechanismsReport
Date: 16-20 Octoberr 2016
Location: Marseille, France
Organizer: Dr. Pascale Marchot

FASEB Summer Reserach Conference: Translational Neuroimmunology: From
Mechanisms to TherapeuticsReport
Date: 24-29 July 2016
Location: Big Sky, Montana, USA
Organizer: Dr. Kielian, Tammy

12th International Conference on Brain Energy Metabolism (ICBEM)Report
Date: 25-28 May 2016
Location: Hong Kong
Organizer: Dr. Cheung-Hoi Yu & Dr. Ken Yung

Genomics of neurodegenerative disordersReport
Date: 13-16 January 2016
Location: Mansura, Egypt
Organizer: Prof. Wael Mohamed

MULTIPLE MECHANISMS OF NEURODEGENERATION AND PROGRESSION – Translational perspective – Report
Date: 13-14 November 2015
Location:
Organizer: Dr. Maria-Trinidad Herrero

State-of-the-art methods in Neuroscience ResearchReport & Pictures
Date: 27-29 September 2015
Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Organizer: Dr. Tomas Falzone

10th Bi-Annual Great Lakes Glial meetingReport & Pictures & Booklet
Date: 27-29 September 2015
Location: Michigan, USA
Organizer: Dr. Robert Skoff

7th European Cannabinoid Workshop – Report
Date: 17-¬19 September 2015
Location: Sestri Levante, Genoa, Italy
Organizer: Dr. Giovanni Marsicano

The 5th Meeting of the Mediterranean Neuroscience SocietyReport
Date: 12-15 June 2015
Location: Sardinia, Italy
Organizer: Dr. Valentini Valentini

Cortical Development in Health and DiseaseReport & Pictures
Date: 26- 29 April 2015
Location: Rehovot, Israel
Organizer: Prof. Orly Reiner

The 12th International Society of Neuroscientist of Africa (SONA) ConferenceReport
Date: 26-30 March 2015
Location: Durban, South Africa
Organizer: Dr.Musa Mabandla

The 3rd Biennial Workshop on Emerging Concepts of the Neuronal CytoskeletonReport & Picture
Date: 22-26 March 2015
Location: Puerto Varas, Chile
Organizer: Dr. Christian Gonzalez-Billault

”Neurocon 2015”, with a theme “Development, Degeneration and Regeneration of Neurons : Neurochemistry to Clinical Neurology”Report
Date: 7–10 January 2015
Location: West Bengal, India
Organizer: Prof. Sasanka Chakrabarti

ISN-CC Supported Activities 2014

1) Applications for small conferences on specialized neurochemical topics
(maximal USD 20,000)

 

FASEB Summer Research Conference: Translational Neuroimmunology: From Mechanisms to Therapeutics – Report
Date: 13 – 18 July 2014
Location: Montana, USA
Organizer: Dr. Tammy Kielian
University of Nebraska Medical Center

 

Glutamate/GABA and neuro-glia-vascular interplay in norm and pathology – Report
Date: 21 – 24 May 2014
Location: Krakow, Poland
Organizer: Dr. Andrzej Pilc

 

11th International Conference on Brain Energy metabolism: How Energy metabolism Shapes Brain Function – Report
Date: 11 – 14 May 2014
Location: Copenhagen – Denmark
Organizer: Dr. Arne Schousboe
University of Copenhagen

 

Satellite Symoisum on Multiple mechanisms of neurodegeneration and progession (MENEDPRO) – Report & Pictures

Date: 10 -11 July 2014

Location: Milan, Italy

Organizer: Prof. María Trinidad Herrero & Prof. Michaela Morelli

Synaptic Function and Synaptic Pathology in Disease – Report & Picture
Date: 25 – 28th August 2014
Location: Tangermünde, Germany
Organizer: Dr. Michael R. Kreutz
Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology

 

5TH INBR International Neuroscience Conference – Nervous System in Health and Disease: Nutritional Supplements – Report Pictures
Date: 28th-31st July 2014
Location: Owerri, Nigeria
Organizer: Prof. Polycarp Nwoha

 

2) Applications for ISN-Symposia in meetings of other scientific societies or groups
(maximal USD 7,000)

MRNA trafficking, localisation, and local translation in health and disease – Report
Date: 28-31 January 2014
Location: Australia
Organizer: Dr Dodd

 

10th International symposium on Biochemical Roles of Eukaryotic Cell Surface Macromolecules – Report & Pictures
Date: 20 -24 January 2014
Location: Kolkata, India
Organizer: Prof Chakrabarti
Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics

 

ISN Symposium on RNA metabolism impairments in neuronal malfunctioning at the European Winter Conference on Brain Research – Report
Date: 15 -22 March 2014
Location: Brides-les-Bains, France
Organizer: Dr Vania F. Prado

 

2nd International Workshop on Molecular Medicine of Sphingolipids – Report

Date: 12-17 October 2014

Location: Kloster Banz, Germany
Organizer: Prof. Erich Gulbins & Prof. Dr. Tony Futerman

Website: www.sphingolipids2014.com

 

 

ISN Symposium on Joint Meeting of JSBP/JSN “Transdisciplinary strategy for degenerative diseases” – Report 
Date: 29th September – 1st October 2014
Location: Nara, Japan
Organizer: Dr. Akio Wanaka

 

 

XXIX Annual Meeting of the Argentine Society for Research in Neuroscience (SAN) – Report & Booklet

Date: 1- 3 October 2014

Location: Córdoba, Argentina

Organizer: Dr. Alejandro Schinder

Website: www.saneurociencias.org.ar

 

 

ISN Symposium on Neurodegeneration and Proteostasis – Report
Date: 5 – 7 November 2014
Location: Wollongong, Australia
Organizer: Prof. Brett Garner
University of Wollongong, Australia

 

 

ISN Symposium on “Molecular Stroke Research: Recent Advances of Mechanisms of Brain Damage and Therapies” –  Report & Pictures

Date: 1-3 November 2014

Location:Bengaluru, India

Organizer: Dr. Raghu Vemuganti

 

Diffuse Brain Injury – Report
Dr. Andras Buki

Mitochondrial dysfunction in Parkinson’s disease: failure of protein quality control – Report
Dr. Philipp Kahle

ISN-CC Supported Activities 2013

1) Applications for small conferences on specialized  neurochemical topics

    (maximal USD 20,000)


The neuroplastin cell adhesion molecules: key regulators of neuronal plasticity and synaptic function
 – Report

24-26 October 2013
Magdeburg, Germany
Organizer: Dr Constanze Seidenbecher
Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology

 

The first joint meeting on alcohol and drug abuse: from molecules to human disorders – Report
16-19 October 2013
Concepcion, Chile
Organizer: Dr Aguayo
Universidad de Concepcion

 

2) Applications for ISN-Symposia in meetings of other scientific societies or groups

    (maximal USD 7,000)

 

17th International Symposium on Chromaffin Cell Biology – Report

13-17 July, 2013
Rouen, France
Organizer: Prof. Youssef Anouar
University of Rouen

 

Emerging topics on sphingolipids in the nervous system- Report
Organizer: Dr Hama

 

Sensation, perception and neural representation of the environment : neurochemical transduction of odors – Report
Organizer: Dr Schinder

 

Neurochemical Mechanism for Neurodegeneration in Parkinson’s Disease – Report
March 20-24, 2013
Valdivia, Chile
Organizer: Segura-Aguilar
Facultad de Medecina de la Universidad Chile

ISN-CC Supported Activities 2012

1) Applications for small conferences on specialized neurochemical topics

    (maximal USD 20,000)

 

II Int. workshop “Motivated behaviors, stress and addiction: From molecules to behavior” – Report

November 15-17, 2012

Santiago de Chile, Chile

Organizer: Jorge Campusano

Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Nunoa, Santiago, Chile

 

Biophysical Society Thematic Meetings: ‘Lipid Protein Interactions in Membranes: Implications for Health and Disease’ – Report, Picture 1 & Picture 2

1-5 November, 2012

Hyderabad, India

Organizer: A. Chattopadhyay

Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB)

Hyderabad, India

 

 

European Opioid Conference – Report

April 10-12, 2013

Guildford, UK

Organizer: Prof. Ian Kitchen

Faculty of Health and Medical Science

 

 

 

XIV International Sympoisum on Cholinergic Mechanisms (ISCM) – Report

May 5-9, 2013

Hong Kong, China

Organizer: Dr Ava Guo

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

 

 

 

 Emerging concepts on Neuronal Cytoskeleton – Report

 May 26-30, 2013

Maitencillo, Chile

Organizer: Christian Gonzalez-Billaut

Universidad de Chile

 

1st Agean Epilepsy Meeting – Report 

June 7-9, 2013

Organizer: Andreas Plaitakis

Crete, Greece

University of Crete

 

 

 

7th International Symposium on Experimental and Clinical Neurobiology – Report

June 23-27, 2013

Organizer: Jaroslav Pavel

Kosice, Slovakia

Institute of Neurobiology, Slovak Academy of Sciences

 

Neurochemistry in the 21st Century – Report

June 22-23, 2013

Organizer: Natalia Nalivaeva and Sue Wonnacott

Bath, UK

 

Ligand Directed Signalling at Opioid Receptors Symposium at the 44th International Narcotics Research Conference – Report

July 14-18, 2013

Organizer: Mark Connor

Cairns, Australia

 

2) Applications for ISN-Symposia in meetings of other scientific societies or groups

    (maximal USD 7,000)

 

Relaxin 2012 – 6th Int. Conference on Relaxin and related peptides – Report

October 8-12, 2012

Victoria, Australia

Organizer: Andrew L. Gundlach

Florey Neuroscience Institutes/Howard Florey Institute

Melbourne Brain Centre

Victoria, Australia

 

Neurobiology of drug addiction: effects in animal models and a translational human study – Report

October 3-5, 2012

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Organizer: Patricia Setton-Avruj

Sociedad Argentina de Investigaciones en Neurosciencias

Buenos Aires, Argentina

 

 

GPCR Regulation of Synaptic Neurochemistry – Report

October 17-19, 2012

London, ON, Canada

Organizer: Dr. Laporte

Robarts Research Institute, UWO

London, ON

 

Neuroinflammation and Neural Injury – Report

More details coming soon!

Organizer: Dr. Taylor

 

 

 

ISN Symposium on optogenetic control of motion and motivation – Report

April 9-13, 2013

Organizer: Matthias Baumgarten

Frankfurt, Germany

Ernst Strügmann Institute (ESI) for Neuroscience in Cooperation with Max Planck Society

 

6th European Workshop on Cannabinoid Research – Report

April 18-20, 2013

Organizer: Eric Downer

London, UK

University College Cork

 

 

Spatial 2013: From spatial Signaling to Sensing Spatiality – Report

April 24-28, 2013

Organizer: Viiki Hayman

Tel-Aviv, Israel

Target Conferences

ISN-CC Supported Activities 2011

1) Applications for small conferences on specialized neurochemical topics

    (maximal USD 20,000)

 

4th Meeting on Protein Misfolding and Neurological Disorders – Report

September 16-19, 2011

Heron Island, Australia

Organizer: Andrew Hill

Dept. Biochem. Mol. Biol.

Bio21 Institute

Melbourne University

Melbourne Australia

 

Cannabinoid Conference 2011 – Report

September 8-10, 2011

Bonn, Germany

Organizer: Andreas Zimmer

Inst. Mol. Psychiatry

University of Bonn

Bonn, Germany

 

10th Intenational Conference on Brain Energy Metabolism – Report

“Bioenergetics of Neurological Disease and Aging”

April 17-20, 2012

Monterey, CA,USA

Organizer: Raymond Swanson

Neurology VAMC

San Francisco, USA

 

13th International Congress on Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis – Report

Batten Disease); NCL2012

March 28-31, 2012

London, UK

Organizer: Guy Tear

MRC Center for Dev. Neurobiol.

King´s College

London, UK

 

 

Measuring Secretion – Report

May 13-17, 2011

El Hierro, Canary Islands, Spain

Organizer: Ricardo Borges

Unidad de Farmacologia

Universidad de La Laguna

Tenerife. (Spain)

 

10th International Catecholamine Symposium – Report

September 9-13, 2012

California, USA

Organizer: Daniel T. O’Connor

Departments of Medicine and Pharmacology

UCSD

La Jolla, CA 92093-0838, USA

 

Neuroprotection and Neurorepair – Report

May 2 – 5, 2012

Potsdam, Germany

Organizer: Georg Reiser

Institute of Neurobiochemistry

Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg

Magdeburg, Germany

 

2nd Symposium on Glutamate Dehydrogenase – Report

June 11 – 12, 2012

Heraklion, Crete

Organizer: Andreas Plaitakis

University of Crete,

Crete, Greece

 

 

2) Applications for ISN-Symposia in meetings of other scientific societies or groups

    (maximal USD 7,000)

 

ISN Symposium: Neurons and mitochondria: no thoughts without energy – Report

8th FENS Forum of Neuroscience

July 16, 2012

Barcelona, Spain

Organizer: Giovanni Marsicano

INSERM

U862 NeuroCentre Magendie

Bordeaux, France

 

ISN Symposium on accumbens cholinergic interneurons as a therapeutic target in substance disorders: basic science – Report

14th International Winter Neuroscience Conference

April 10-14, 2012

Soelden, Austria

Organizer: Gerald Zernig

Department of General Psychiatry and Social Psychiatry

Innsbruck Medical University

Innsbruck, Austria

 

ISN Symposium Molecular Mechanisms Underlying – Report

Underlying The Effects of Stress in Development and Related Psychopathologies

Frontiers in stress and cognition: from molecules to behaviour

23-26 September 2012

Ascona, Switzerland

Organizer: Eric Klann

Center for Neural Science,

New York University

New York, USA

 

ISN Symposium on Development and Evolution of the Brain – Report

VI International Congress of the Latin

American Society of Developmental Biology (LASDB)

 26-29 April, 2012

Montevideo, Uruguay

Organizer: Maria Castello

Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable

Montevideo, C.P.: 11600, Uruguay

 

ISN Symposium on REST/NRSF: A Master Factor not only in Neurons but also in Glial Cells – Report

10th European Glia Meeting

September 13-17, 2011

Prague, Czech Republic

Organizer: Jacopo Meldolesi

San Raffaele Institute

Milano, Italy

 

ISN Symposium on Targeting the CNS – Report

7th Annual Meeting of the Oligo-nucleotide Therapeutics Society

September 8-10, 2011

Copenhagen, Denmark

Organizer: Hermona Soreq

Dept. Biol. Chem.

Hebrew University

Jerusalem, Israel

 

ISN Symposium on Autophagy in Neurodegeneration – Report

Australian Neuroscience Society Meeting (ANS 2012)

Jan 29-Feb 1, 2012

Gold Coast, Australia

Organizer: Dean Pountney

Griffith Health Institute

Griffith University, Gold Coast

Southport, Australia

 

ISN-Symposium on Neurochemistry and Neurobiology of Repair – Report

14 International Symposium on Neural Regeneration – Report

December 7-11, 2011

Pacific Grove, CA, USA

Organizer: Roger Madison

Duke University Medical Centre

Durham, CA, USA

ISN-CC Supported Activities 2010

1) Applications for small conferences on specialized neurochemical topics

    (maximal USD 20,000)

 

22-24 September 2010
Molecular Targets for Novel Pain Therapeutics
Parghelia, Italy
Giacinto Bagetta
Facoltà di Farmacia
Dipartimento Farmacologico
Universita della Calabria
Acravacata di Rende, Italy

3-5 April 2011
8th Junior Academics Meeting 2011 – Molecular Mechanisms in Exocytosis and
Endocytosis

Edinburgh, UK
Luke Chamberlain
Centre for Integrative Physiology
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, UK

April 4-6, 2011
Emerging Topics on Neuronal Cytoskeleton 
Santa Cruz, Chile
C. Gonzales-Billault
Las Palmeras 3425
Nunoa, Chile

 

May 30-31, 2011
Drug discovery for Neurodegenerative Deseases: Neurochemical Complexes and Drug Targets 
Panama City, Panama
Institute for Scientific Research andTechnology Services (INDICASAT),City of Knowledge
K.S. Jagannatha Rao

 

September 29 – October 2, 2011
Novel Therapeutic Strategies and Targets for the Treatment of Stroke
Antalya, Turkey Dept. Neurol. & Neurolog. Surg. University of Washington School of Medicine
Seattle, USA
Sean Murphy

 

2) Applications for ISN-Symposia in meetings of other scientific societies or groups

    (maximal USD 7,000)

14-18 September 2010
ISN Symposium on Sleep Research in Africa: From Basic Neuroscience and Clinical
Investigations to Health Management in Developing Countries
20th Congress of the European Sleep Research Society
Howard M. Cooper
INSERM U848 Stem Cell and Brain Institute
Bron, France

2-4 December 2010
ISN-Symposium on Novel Insights into CNS GPCR function
6th International Meeting on the Molecular Pharmacology of G Protein Coupled Receptors
Melbourne, Australia
Arthur Christopoulos
Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical
Sciences, Melbourne, Australia

31 January – 2 February 2011
ISN-Symposium on Neurochemistry: Vital Roles in Systems Neuroscience
Australian Neuroscience Society Meeting ANS 2011
Aukland, New Zealand
Caroline Rae
Prince of Wales Med Res Inst
Sciences, Melbourne, Australia

 

 

March 29 – April 2, 2011

Soelden, Austria

ISN Symposium on New Perspectives on Brain Cell Death in Relationship to Neuropathologies

13th International Neuroscience Winter Conference 
University Aachen, Neurology, Aachen Germany
Jörg Schulz

 

May 15 -19, 2011

Engelberg,Switzerland

ISN Symposium on Neuronal Signalling – from Nucleus to Nerve Terminal and Back Again

Systems Dynamics of Intracellular Communication (Spatial 2011) 
Department of Biology
Drexel University
Philadelphia USA

Jeffery L.Twiss

 

September 5 -8, 2011

Boredaux,France

ISN Symposium on Brain Mitochondrial Physiology ans Pathology & MIP2011:

International Conference on Mitochondrial Physiology and Pathology Physiopathologie, Mitochondriale Université Victor Segalen
Bordeaux, France
Rodrigue Rossignol