Introduction
The ISN Conference Committee (ISN-CC) provides financial support for the organisation of small conferences on specialised neurochemical topics and sponsors neurochemistry symposia within meetings of other scientific societies or groups. 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.
ISN-CC CATEGORIES
Support for small conferences on neurochemical topics
Small Conferences:
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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
ISN Symposium in a conference of another society or scientific group
Symposia:
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a). General Rules
- The ISN Symposium should deal with an important and up-to-date topic of neurochemistry.
- A symposium is a single session within a meeting. The symposium normally consists of 3 to 5 presentations. No other format will be considered for funding via this scheme.
- 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.
- Applicants can apply for up to 8,000 USD for an ISN Symposium.
- Funds should be used to cover travel, registration and accommodation expenses of speakers. Travel will only be supported at the level of economy rates. Expenses for honoraria, food, social events will not be funded.
- Only one ISN symposium per conference will be supported by ISN-CC.
- A symposium supported by ISN in a meeting of another society or scientific group must be designated as an ISN Symposium and advertised in the conference material.
- ISN secretariat will provide promotional material. The awardee is required to make a 5 minute presentation at the beginning of the symposium to acknowledge the financial support by ISN for the symposium, 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 ISN Portal (http://www.neurochem.org).
- A letter of support from the chairperson of the Organizing Committee of the conference should be submitted with the application. This letter should state that the ISN-Symposium will be included in the overall conference program and badged as an ISN-Symposium if the application is successful. In addition, the letter should state that the successful applicant will be allowed to introduce at the beginning of the symposium ISN and the benefits of ISN membership to the audience.
- Any modification in the ISN symposium after ISN approval (change of date of the main conference, replacement of speaker, etc.) has to be approved, in advance, by the Chair of ISN-CC. If the modification is not approved, the funds will not be available, and any previously transferred money must be returned to ISN.
b). Things for CC members to consider while reviewing applications
- The symposium is actually on the topic of neurochemistry!
- Applicants are preferably members of ISN (or at least of a sister society)
- The symposium is topical/timely and includes a broad range of speakers (not just a group of local scientists) 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
- If appropriate the speaker list includes an up & coming early career researcher
- A complete and realistic budget is provided for disbursement of funds between the speakers
- If the chair is not a speaker they should not receive financial support
- For repeat applicants they should justify how their previous funding was successful (such as recruitment of new ISN members, publications in J Neurochem) & provide a rationale for subsequent funding
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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.
GENERAL INFORMATION AND GUIDELINES
Before you proceed with the Guidelines, please click and read the “Assessment criteria for committee members and applicants“
- A conference/symposium supported by ISN-CC should deal with an important and up-to-date topic of neurochemistry. Applicants must justify why their conference/symposium is important in the research area of neurochemistry and why ISN should support their conference /symposium.
- The conference/symposium 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/symposium 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/symposium/ workshop 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 /symposia 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.
- Please note that successful applicants have to give an at least 5 min introduction on ISN and on the benefits of an ISN membership at the supported event. For ISN- supported symposia in conferences of other societies etc, the program chair/main organizer of the main meeting has to agree in the requested supporting letter for the application that in case of funding of an ISN symposium, a short 5 min introduction by the applicant or an other ISN representative on ISN and the benefits of an ISN membership will be permitted.
- 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 possible. The 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:
- Basic information (the title of the meeting, dates, organiser, venue, etc.)
- Registration and registration fees
- Program
- Speakers
- Plenary Speakers
- The highlight of the meeting
- Participants
- Material distribution
- Social events
- Travel awards
- Travel subsidies for Invited Speakers/Plenary Speakers
- Sponsorship
- General budget; detailed ISN budget, how the ISN funds were utilised
- List of participants
- Confirmation of the used of the provided ISN slides to inform the audience on ISN and on the benefits of an ISN membership.
- Confirmation of the posting of information on the ISN supported event on the ISN Social Media channels before the event took place.
- 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.
- Photos
- Comments of at least three attendants about the Meeting
- The budget used for each speaker or awarded person must be specified separately
- The report for ISN SYMPOSIA should contain:
- Basic information (the title of the Symposium and meeting, dates, organiser,
the venue, etc.) - Speakers
- A short description of the highlights of the symposium
- Number of attending people
- Travel subsidies for the speakers of the ISN symposium
- Budget; detailed ISN budget, how the ISN funds were utilised
- Confirmation of the used of the provided ISN slides to inform the audience on ISN and on the benefits of an ISN membership.
- Confirmation of the posting of information on the ISN supported event on the ISN Social Media channels before the event took place.
- 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.
- Photos
- Comments of at least three attendants about the Symposium
- The budget used for each speaker must be specified separately
- Basic information (the title of the Symposium and meeting, dates, organiser,
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 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 development– Report
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 Neuroscience – Report
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 Behavior – Report 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 glycome – Report
Date: 2-5 September 2017
Location: Seoul, South Korea
Organizer: Dr. Sandro Sonnino / Dr. Akio Wanaka
Neurobiological basis of alcoholism: from molecules to behavior – Report
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 transporters – Report
Date: 6-8 September 2017
Location: Vienna, Austria
Organizer: Dr. Harald Sitte
ISN Symposium on Sphingolipids and Disorders of the nervous system – Report
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 Disease – Report
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 Proteostasis – Report
Date: 20-22 November 2017
Location: Wollongong, Australia
Organizer: Dr. Brett Garner
ISN Symposium on Molecular Mechanisms of Neuropathic Pain – Report
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 approaches – Report & 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 disease – Report
Date: 26-28 June 2017
Location: Salamanca, Spain
Organizer: Dr. Juan Bolanos & Gilles Bonvento
Fourth Biennial Workshop Emerging Concepts of The Neuronal Cytoskeleton – Report & 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 together – Report
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 2016 – Report
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 neuropathology – Report
Date: 20-24 May, 2017
Location: Florianópolis, Brazil
Organizer: Dr. Jean Harry
ISN Symposium on Autophagy in neurodegeneration: New insights underpinning therapy for neurological diseases – Report
Date: 26-30 March, 2017
Location: Sölden, Austria
Organizer: Dr. Olga Corti
ISN Symposium on Neurochemistry & Cell Surface Macromolecules – Report
Date: 24-28 February, 2017
Location: Punjab, India
Organizer: Dr. Kausik Chattopadhyay
Website: click here
ISN Symposium on translational neuroscience of GPCRs – Report
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 behaviour – Report
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 Diseases – Report
Date: 25-30 September 2016
Location
Organizer:
The ISN Symposium on Therapeutic potential of PACAP/VIP neuropeptide family and related peptides in neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric diseases – Report
Date: 12-14 July 2016
Location: Normandy, France
Organizer:
The ISN Symposium on Neurochemistry and Neurotransmitter Transporters – Report
Date: 12-17 June 2016
Location: Il Ciocco, Italy
Organizer:
The ISN Symposium on Damage and Neurorepair – Report & Pictures
Date: 2-6 April 2016
Location: Puebla, México
Organizer:
Date: 14-16 December 2015
Location: K L University, India
Organizer:
Eating disorders: from bench to bedside and return – Report
Date: 8-11 October 2015
Location: Cagliari, Italy
Organizer:
Regulation of neuronal ion channels by G
Date: 29 September – 1 October 2015
Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Organizer:
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 Mechanisms – Report
Date: 16-20 Octoberr 2016
Location: Marseille, France
Organizer: Dr. Pascale Marchot
FASEB Summer Reserach Conference: Translational Neuroimmunology: From
Mechanisms to Therapeutics – Report
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 disorders – Report
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 Research – Report & Pictures
Date: 27-29 September 2015
Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Organizer: Dr. Tomas Falzone
10th Bi-Annual Great Lakes Glial meeting – Report & 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 Society – Report
Date: 12-15 June 2015
Location: Sardinia, Italy
Organizer: Dr. Valentini Valentini
Cortical Development in Health and Disease – Report & Pictures
Date: 26- 29 April 2015
Location: Rehovot, Israel
Organizer: Prof. Orly Reiner
The 12th International Society of Neuroscientist of Africa (SONA) Conference – Report
Date: 26-30 March 2015
Location: Durban, South Africa
Organizer: Dr.Musa Mabandla
The 3rd Biennial Workshop on Emerging Concepts of the Neuronal Cytoskeleton – Report & 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