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FOURTH ANNUAL WINTER NEUROPEPTIDE CONFERENCE Breckenridge, Colorado, U.S.A., 1 9 - 2 2 January 1983 The Conference is designed to provide an informal setting for interactions between basic and clinical scientists studying behavioural, biochemical and physiological actions of neuropeptides. The format includes short slide presentations and posters of original papers and s y m p o s i u m / w o r k s h o p discussions of topics of broad general interest, including basic and applied research on behavioural effects of peptide neurotransmitters a n d / o r neuromodulators, their biochemical and physiological actions on h u m a n and animal behaviours such as sensorymotor performance (human factors), attention, learning, affective state, memory, psychopathologics, etc. Abstracts and inquiries should be addressed to: Dr. F. ROBERT BRUSH Department of Psychological Sciences Purdue University West Lafayette IN 47907, U.S.A. Tel. (317) 494 6061. Deadline for receipt of abstracts 4 October 1982. Papers accepted for presentation will be published in
Peptides, subject to customary editorial review.
I N T E R N A T I O N A L S Y M P O S I U M ON S E X U A L DIFFERENTIATION: BASIC AND CLINICAL ASPECTS Carmel, California, U.S.A., 15 - 17 March, 1983 An International Symposium on 'Sexual Differentiation: Basic and Clinical Aspects' will be held at the Holiday Inn (Carmel, California, U.S.A.) from 15 17 March, 1983. The meeting, which will be sponsored by Serono Symposia, will be planned by an International Organizing Committee formed by: L. Martini (Italy) Chairman, C. W. Bardin (U.S.A.), ,l. Imperato-McGinley (U.S.A.), A . . l o s t (France), P. Mauvais-Jarvis (France), F. Naftolin (U.S.A.), E. Nieschlag (F.R.G.), S. O h n o (U.S.A.), R. E. Peterson (U.S.A), ,l. D. Wilson. (U.S.A.). The program will include invited lecturers as well as sessions of free communications a n d / o r poster presentations on the following topics: Genetic components; Endocrine components; Clinical aspects; Psychosexual implications; Comparative studies. Anyone interested in participating in the meeting is requested to contact the Scientific Secretaries, M. MoNa, M. Serio and M. Zanisi, at the following address: Department of Endocrinology University of Milano 21, Via Andrea del Sarto 2 0 1 2 9 - Milano, Italy (Tel. 02-7385351). Scientists wanting to submit a short communication a n d / o r a poster presentation are requested to submit a preliminary title to the Scientific Secretaries at the above address. For registration, travel and logistic information, please contact the Organizing Secretariat: Serono Symposia Via Ravenna 8 00161 - Roma, Italy (Tel: 06-423767). The Symposium will be preceded by a one-day Workshop on 'Metabolism of Hormonal Steroids in the Neuroendocrine Structures'.