Meeting place: Eynsham Hall, North Leigh, near Oxford

Organizers: John B. Clark and John M. Land, London, UK; John Edmond, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Format: Invited speakers, posters and short oral communications

Travel connections from main meeting: Frequent regular flights from Berlin to London, frequent bus or train connections to Oxford

Registration fee: £ 450 (registration, accomodation, and meals)

Financial support: Limited number of bursaries for young scientists

Deadline for registration and abstracts: May 3, 1999

Program: The topics covered are 1) Programming and brain development; 2) Windows on the brain: non-invasive techniques for analysing brain energy metabolism; 3) Metabolic insults and brain function; 4) Infant nutrition - brain development - disease in later life; 5) Signalling defects and neurodegeneration Speakers: D. Barker, N. Herschkovitz, A. Costello, S. Salvati, J. Wyatt, G. Kemp, W. Squier, R. Vanucci, N. Sims, S. Orrenius, B. Kristal, J.R. Perez-Polo, R. Dringen, S.I.R. Heales, M. Matson, E. Shoubridge, J.P. Mazat, J. Edmond

For further information contact:
a) program: http://www.ion.ucl.ac.uk/neurochemistry/ meetings; http://www.biochemsoc.org.uk/meetings/harden99/harden49;
b) application forms: Meetings Office, Biochemical Society, 59 Portland Place, London W1N 3AJ; e-mail: meetings@biochemsoc.org.uk