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
Somatostatin receptors
August 7 (9.30 a.m. - 6.00 p.m.), 1999 – Potsdam-Rehbrücke, Germany
Meeting Place: German Institute of Human Nutrition, Potsdam-Rehbrücke, Germany (near Berlin); airports: Berlin-Tegel, -Tempelhof, -Schönefeld
Organizer: Wolfgang Meyerhof, Potsdam-Rehbrücke, Germany
Format: Invited speakers, posters
Travel connections to main meeting: City rail and bus or streetcar
Registration fee: DM 100
Deadline for applications: March 31, 1999
Program:The meeting will concentrate on a correlation of the properties of recombinant receptors with those present in native membranes. In particular the topics receptor tissue, cellular and subcellular distribution, receptor pharmacology/selective compounds, selective coupling of receptors to G-proteins and cellular effectors, structure-function analysis of receptors, receptor physiology, neuroendocrinology and clinical implications.
Speakers (partial list): J. Epelbaum (Paris, France), V. Höllt (Magdeburg, Germany), D. Hoyer (Basle, Switzerland), P. Humphrey (Cambridge, UK), H. J. Kreienkamp (Hamburg, Germany), W. Meyerhof (Potsdam, Germany)
For further information contact: Dr. W. Meyerhof, German Institute of Human Nutrition, Arthur-Scheinert-Allee 114-116, D-14558 Potsdam-Rehbrücke, Germany; Phone: +49-3-200-88282, Fax: +49-3-200-88384, e-mail: Meyerhof@www.dife.de