The 8th International congress of Endocrinology Kyoto, Japan, 17–24 July, 1988

The 8th International congress of Endocrinology Kyoto, Japan, 17–24 July, 1988

Molecular and CeNulur Endocrinology, Elsevier Scientific Publishers Ireland, 87 49 (1987) 87-88 Ltd. Announcements The 6th Joint Meeting of Britis...

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Molecular and CeNulur Endocrinology, Elsevier Scientific Publishers Ireland,

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49 (1987) 87-88 Ltd.

Announcements

The 6th Joint Meeting of British Endocrine University

Societies

of Warwick, U.K., 23-26 March 1987

This meeting will be held at the University of Warwick from 23 to 26 March 1987. Symposia will cover: Reproductive and perinatal endocrinology; Control and function of oestrogen receptors; The calcium regulating hormones - advances in cell and molecular biology; Mechanisms of hormone secretion; The expanding endocrine system; The adrenal gland. There will also be a number of plenary lectures, free communications and poster sessions. Clinical Endocrinology Trust grants are available for participants. Preference will be given to young endocrinologists. Please write for application forms, enclosing an s.a.e., to Professor J.L.H. O’Riordan, Department of Medicine, Middlesex Hospital, Mortimer Street, London Wl, U.K. Application forms must be returned by 16 January 1987. For further information, please contact Mrs. D. Pegrum, Society for Endocrinology, 23 Richmond Hill, Bristol BS8 lEN, U.K. Tel.: 0272-734662.

The 20th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Reproduction Urbana,

IL, U.S.A., 20-23 July 1987

The Twentieth Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Reproduction will be held at the University of Illinois in Urbana, Illinois from July 20 through 23, 1987. The program will include a Symposium on Embryo-Maternal Relationships, three ‘State of the Art’ lectures on NMR Imaging and Spectroscopy, and an awards ceremony as well as sessions devoted to research papers. To obtain additional information about the program or submission of contributed papers, please contact: Executive Secretary, The Society for the Study of Reproduction, 309 West Clark Street, Champaign, IL 61820, U.S.A.

The 8th International

Congress of Endocrinology

Kyoto, Japan, 17-24 July, 1988 The 8th International Congress of Endocrinology will take place in Kyoto, Japan, July 17-24,1988. For further information, write to the Secretariat: Dr. H. Imura, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyoto University Faculty of Medicine, 54 Shogoin Kawaharacho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606, Japan. The Executive Committee of the International Society of Endocrinology met in 1986 to elect a chairman and members of the Program Organizing Committee. Since the scientific success of the Congress depends on this Committee, the members and alternates are elected on the basis of their current areas of interest, scientific reputation, international recognition, geographical representation, and ability to work constructively in building a scientific program. This Executive Committee, as the previous one, decided that previous members of the POC would not be eligible for election and that POC members could not be 0303-7207/87/$03.50

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Plenary or Symposium lecturers. All of the electees agreed to participate. The membership of the POC is as follows: Dr. Gerald D. Aurbach, U.S.A.; Dr. C. Wayne Bardin, U.S.A.; Dr. Lutz Bimbaumer, U.S.A.; Dr. Stephen R. Bloom, U.K.; Dr. Brian K. Follett, U.K.; Dr. Pierre Freychet, France; Dr. John W. Funder, Australia; Dr. William F. Ganong, U.S.A.; Dr. Minoru Irie, Japan; Dr. Vivian H.T. James, U.K.; Dr. Selna L. Kaplan, U.S.A.; Dr. Kenneth P. McNatty, New Zealand; Dr. N.R. Moudgal, India; Dr. P. Seeburg, F.R.G.; Dr. Mario Serio, Italy; Dr. Wylie W. Vale, U.S.A.; Dr. Bernard0 L. Wajchenberg, Brazil; Dr. K. von Werder, F.R.G.; Dr. Leif Wide, Sweden. Dr. Halasz or the Secretary General would be pleased to hear from any member of the ISE about any matter concerning the program: Dr. B. Halasz, Histology and Embryology, 2nd Department of Anatomy, Semmelweis University Medical School, Tusolto utca 58, 1094 Budapest IX, Hungary. The Awards Committee of the ISE is prepared to make travel grants for the 8th International Congress of Endocrinology. The Committee will screen and rank the applicants. The awards will be 80% of the Apex fare from your home airport to Kyoto. Application forms may be obtained from the Secretary General, ISE, 51-53 Bartholomew Close, London, EClA 7BE, U.K. Awards will be made by the Awards Committee. Preference will be given to young endocrinologists and/or to endocrinologists from Third World countries who have demonstrated interest in endocrine research. These awards are intended for individuals who have no other source of funds to attend the Congress. The deadline for receipt of completed applications is February 1st 1988. Notification of awards will be made in March, 1988.