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ANNOUNCEMENTS Xth E U R O P E A N S Y M P O S I U M ON H O R M O N E S A N D C E L L R E G U L A T I O N Sainte-Odile (near Strasbourg), France, 30 September-3 October 1985 The aim of this Symposium is to present reviews of recent advances in general lectures and communications of recent unpublished results in posters, both being analyzed at length in general discussions. The organizers try to have the discussions, and thus the audience, as interdisciplinary as possible. Free time in the afternoons allows opportunity for informal discussions and outdoor activities. The Symposium is being held in a hotel associated with a magnificent monastery situated on a hill top commanding superb views of Alsace.
Main topics" of the 1985 Conference Insulin action, Protein phosphorylations, Phosphoinositol and calcium, Mechanisms of secretion, Steroid action, Protein hormone action, Ion channels, Regulation of enzyme activity.
Speakers will include R. Timple (Munich), G. Zeilmaker (Rotterdam), R. Denton (Bristol), J. Avruch (Boston), G. Thomas (Basel), C. B. Klee (Bethesda), T. Pozzan (Padua), R. H. Michell (Birmingham), A. Thomas (Bristol), C. B. Wollheim (Geneva), W. B. Huttner (Munich), H. Rochefort (Montpellier), K. Kratochwil (Salzburg), P. D. Darbre (London). F. F. G. Rommerts (Rotterdam), J. Benveniste (Paris), B. A. Cooke (London), A. Marry (Paris), F, Hofmann (Heidelberg) and A. Van Schaftingen (Louvain). A limited number of fellowships is available to help young investigators who have a special interest in the program and who otherwise cannot attend the Symposium. It is being tried to find money for travel grants for participants from the United Kingdom. Attendance is limited to 120 persons on a first come first registered basis. Participants are encouraged to present posters related to the topics of the Conference, Detailed information on the program, registration, etc. are available from the Secretariat: Dr. R. J. B. King Imperial Cancer Research Fund Laboratory, Hormone Biochemistry Dept. P.O. Box 123 Lincoln's Inn Fields London WC2A 3PX, U.K. Organizers: B. Hamprecht (Wurzburg), J. E. Dumont (Brussels), J. Nunez (Paris), R. M. Denton (Bristol), R. King (London), F. Morel (Paris), H. J. Van der Molen (Rotterdam), G. Schultz (Heidelberg) and E. Carafoli (Zurich).
S I X T H G E N E R A L M E E T I N G OF T H E E U R O P E A N S O C I E T Y F O R NEUROCHEMISTRY Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1-6 September 1986 The program of the Meeting will consist of Symposia, Workshops, Round-Table Discussions, Poster Sessions and Plenary Lectures devoted to all areas of neurochemistry and molecular neurobiology including the neuropathological and neuropharmacological aspects. For further information contact: ESN Meeting Secretariat Czechoslovak Medical Society Vft6zndho tlnora 31 CS-12026 Prague Czechoslovakia
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