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RegulatoryPeptides 57 (1995)97-98
Announcements
17-20 May 1995 Fifth International Symposium on Delivery and Targeting of Peptides, Proteins and Genes Leiden, The Netherlands
For more information please contact the Symposium Secretariat, Mrs. F.J. Velthorst, LACDR, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands. Tel.: + 31 71 274341. Fax: + 31 71 274277.
4-7 June 1995 European Neuropeptide Club, 5th Annual Meeting: "Neuropeptides !)5. Implications in Health and Disease" Lund, Sweden
Information and further details from the Meeting Secretariat Ms. Eva Bjfrkbom, Department of Pharmacology, Sflvegatan 10, S-223 62 Lund, Sweden. Fax: + 46 46 104429.
July 1995 An International Symposium on Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone: the First 25 Years Sheffield, UK
ogy, University of Nottingham Medical School, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK; Dr. J. Waterhouse, Department of Physiological Science, University of Manchester Medical School, Manchester M 13 9PT, UK; Dr. E.C. Griffiths, Consultant Neuroscientist, 34 Stephen Drive, Crosspool, Sheffield S10 5NX, UK.
For more inforrrtation please contact: Dr. G.W. Bennet, Departm,~nt of Physiology and Pharmacol-
17-20 September 1995 The Fifth InternalLional Congress on Hormones and Cancer Quebec Congress Center, Quebec City, Canada
0167-0115/95/$9.50 ¢~ 1995Elsevier ScienceB.V. All rights reserved
The program will include eight Plenary lectures, eight Symposia and the required number of Poster presentations. Plenary lectures: Gene Therapy; Familial breast cancer and genetics; Early diagnosis and therapy of prostate cancer; Breast cancer epidemi-
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ology and risk factors; Signal transduction in cancer; Cell-targeted therapy; Retinoids and cancer; Metastases. Symposia: Breast cancer, new advances; Prostate cancer, new advances; Uterine and ovarian cancer; Enzyme inhibitors; Antihormones; Gene therapy; Immunomodulation; Regulation of the cell cycle p53 and other genes; Cell-cell interactions. Main topics: Diet and cancer; Neuroendocrine tumors; Viral carcinogenesis; Cancer prevention; Thyriod cancer; Hormone-secreting
tumors; Steroidogenesis in tumors; Epidemiology of cancer; Hormones-growth factors interaction; Vitamins and cancer.
17-21 September 1995 4th United European (UEGW) Berlin, Germany
time for education and exchange of the most current information available about epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment of gastrointestinal diseases. The program includes postgraduate courses, state-of-the-art presentations, clinical symposia, research fora and much more.
Gastroenterology Week
The United European Gastroenterology Federation and the German Society of Gastroenterology and Metabolism will be hosting the 4th UEGW. The meeting provides a forum for the presentation of high quality original data in basic and clinical gastroenterology. In addition, the meeting will give ample
20-22 September 1995 12th International Symposium on Neurosecretion Kiel, Germany Topics and main speakers: Biosynthesis, release and degradation of neuropeptides (M. Crrtien, Montreal; A.J. Kenny, Leeds; R. Scheller, Stanford). Comparative and evolutionary aspects of neuropeptides (T. Fujita, Niigata; Y. Sano, Kyoto; J.W. Truman, Seattle). Receptors, targets and signal transduction of neuropeptides (J. Meldolesi, Milan; T.
To receive the second announcement, please contact: Congress Secretariat, Fifth International Congress on Hormones and Cancer, Laval University Medical Center, 2705 blvd. Laurier, Sainte-Foy (Qurbec), G1V 4G2 Canada. Tel: + 1 (418) 6542129. Fax: + 1 (418) 6542714.
For further information contact: DER-CONGRESS, Bundesallee 56, D-10715 Berlin, Germany. Tel: + 49 30 8579030. Fax: + 49 30 85790326.
Reisine, Philadelphia). Neuroimmunology: brain and immune system (G.B. Stefano, Old Westbury, NY). Behavioral aspects of neuropeptide function (B. Bohus, Haren). Neuropeptides in pathology (D. Swaab, Amsterdam). For further information please contact: Prof. Dr.med. Brigitte Krisch, Department of Anatomy, University of Kiel, D-24098 Kiel, Germany. Fax: +49 431 8801557.