Joint
Meeting 
of the International Society for Neurochemistry (ISN)
and the European Society for Neurochemistry (ESN),
to be held in Berlin, Germany from August 8 - 14, 1999
Joint
Meeting
of the International Society for Neurochemistry (ISN)
and the European Society for Neurochemistry (ESN),
to be held in Berlin, Germany from August 8 - 14, 1999
SATELLITE MEETINGS
New frontiers of neurochemistry and biophysics
in the acute and chronic neurological diseases
August 16-19, 1999 – Martin, Slovakia
Meeting place: Matica Slovenska, Martin
Organisers: Vincenzo Lombardi (Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy), Dusan Dobrota (Martin, Slovakia)
Format: Invited speakers; short oral communications and posters
Travel connections from main meeting: Flight from Berlin to Bratislava; a special bus connection for meeting participants will be provided by the organizers. Train from Berlin to Zilina (30 km from Martin) or Vrutky (3 km from Martin).
Registration fees: US$ 120 for ISN and ESN members, US150 for non-members, US$ 80 for students
Deadline for registration and abstracts: March 15, 1999
Program: 1) Alzheimer disease: pathology, neurochemistry; the role of second messenger systems in the neurodegeneration; 2) Parkinson's disease: pathology, neurochemistry; 3) Brain tumors (glioma, astrocytoma, meningioma): pathology, neurochemistry; 4) Cell signalling involved in neuronal damage, apoptosis, and epileptogenesis; 5) Proteases involved in the pathobiology of neuronal injury; 6) New biophysical methods in CNS research: MRS, MRS imaging, EPR of the brain during ischemic and reperfusion injury; 7) Lipid second messengers and their interrelationships with other messengers and with gene expression; 8)The cascade of oxidative stress in neurodegenerative diseases and aging (NO, free radicals, reactive oxygen species, lipid peroxidation); 9) Factors modulating the response of the nervous system to ischemia and trauma.
Speakers (partial list): H.S. Bachelard ( Nottingham, U.K.), N.G. Bazan (New Orleans, LA, USA), Y. Ben-Ari (Paris, France), T. Dawson (Baltimore, MD, USA), V. Dawson (Baltimore, MD, USA), Y. Fujita (Kurashiki, Japan), L.A. Horrocks (Columbus, OH, USA), P. Jenner (London, U.K.), J. Lazarewicz (Warsaw, Poland), P. Morris (Nottingham, U.K.), Y. Nagata (Toyoake, Japan), J.W. Pettegrew (Pittsburgh, PA, USA), S. Vizi (Budapest, Hungary), T. Wieloch (Lund, Sweden) , E. Yavin (Rehovot, Israel).
For further information contact: Dr. Dusan Dobrota, Dept of Biochemistry, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Mala Hora 4, 03601 Martin, Slovak Republi. Phone: +421-842-31565; Fax: +421-842-36770 or -36332, e-mail: satellite@jfmed.uniba.sk; website: http://www.jfmed.uniba.sk (link: ISN Satellite Meeting).