2nd international congress on amino acids and analogues

Toxicology, 66 (1991) 337--339 Elsevier Scientific Publishers Ireland Ltd.

Announcements C O N F E R E N C E ON N E U R O T O X I N S A N D N E U R O D E G E N E R A T I V E DISORDERS OR NEURODEGENERATIVE NEUROTOXINS (May 6~8, 1991, Adams Mark Hotel, Philadelphia, PA)

Sponsor: The New York Academy of Sciences. Theme:

This meeting will focus on the use of neurotoxins as tools to study neurodegenerative disorders. There also will be a strong emphasis on whether or not exogenous or endogenous neurotoxins might be a part of the natural etiology of neurodegenerative disorders. An in depth analysis of the potential mechanism of action of various neurotoxins will be a feature of the meeting. Some, but not all of the neurotoxins include MPTP, methamphetamine, kainic acid and several other excitotoxins, and the cholinergic neurotoxin AF-65A. For further information please contact: The Marketing Department, The New York Academy of Sciences, 2 East 63rd Street, New York, NY 10021 Telephone: 212-838-0230 Telefax: 212-888-2894

2ND INTERNATIONAL

CONGRESS ON AMINO ANALOGUES

ACIDS AND

(August 5--9, 1991, Vienna, Austria)

Topics: Analysis, separation, synthesis, biosynthesis, nutrition, cross linking amino acids, updating of tryptophan, amino acids and sports medicine, racemization, modification of amino acids (phosphorylation, methylation), new roles for arginine, excitatory amino acids and neurochemistry, food chemistry and technology, radiated amino acids, polyamines, peptides, renal physiology and nephrology, gastroenterology, taurine, biology of amino acids, therapeutic implications - - pharmacology, free radicals, stable isotopes, nonenzymatic glycosylation etc.

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Registration: Fill out form at the end of this sheet.

Presentations: If you desire to present either orally or by poster please indicate it on the registration form and submit an abstract in the format of this sheet. Place title, authors and your institution at the top and type an abstract of 250 words. Deadline March 31 st, 1991. You will be informed about the acceptance of your presentation within 2 weeks. Publication: Full papers will be published after review in either the proceedings of the congress or in the Journal of Amino Acid Research. Style of the presentation: according to the J. Biol. Chem. Social program: by American Express, enclosed. Chairmen, grouping of sessions and other details will be given in the second announcement to people who have registered.

Correspondence: Gert Lubec, University of Vienna, Dept. of Paediatrics, W/ihringer Gfirtel 18, A 1090 Vienna, Austria Tel: (222) 23 40 424 o r (222) 40 400 3229 Telefax: (222) 40 400 3238

1st WORLD CONGRESS OF CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (1--7 September 1991, Paris-Versailles, Palais des Congr~s)

This 1st World Congress of Cellular and Molecular Biology, organized by the consensus of the editors of the journal Cellular and Molecular Biology, together with several outstanding personalities of the scientific world, will be the first manifestation of the new integrative and interdisciplinary science, the Cellular and Molecular Biology, without which no progress can be expected or realized in the actual development of the life sciences. All information concerning the full programme, the registration, the fee, the lodging, the deadlines for the abstracts, the full papers (on floppy disks), travel by air or train and social events will be given on request by letter, phone or fax by: Mrs Leila Orbecchi, Director C.E.R.T 63, Avenue Paramentier 75 011 Paris, France Telephone: (1) 48 07 07 00 Telefax: (1) 48 07 22 11

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