Neurobiology of prion diseases
Paris, July 13, 2002

Fifth International GABAB Symposium
Paris, July 18-20, 2002

Synaptic plasticity: A systems viewpoint
Bristol, United-Kingdom, July 11-12, 2002

Motor control and proprioception:
physiology, pathology and recovery
Paris, July 9-12, 2002

Neuroinformatics: bioinformatics for the neurosciences?
Paris, July 13, 2002

Fifth annual meeting of the International Behavioural and Neural Genetics Society (IBANGS)
Tours, July 11-12, 2002


Sensorimotor testing in rats and mice
Jena, Germany, July 18-20, 2002

5th International Congress of Neuroendocrinology (ICN)
International Neuroendocrine Federation
Bristol, UK, August 31 - September 4, 2002

Physiology and physiopathology of basal ganglia
Club des Ganglions de la Base
Paris, July 12, 2002

XIVth PET-Pharmacokinetic course
Amsterdam, July 16-18, 2002

 

 

Neurobiology of prion diseases

Sponsor: the GIS “Infections à prions”, France

Organizers: Luigi Di Giamberardino (INSERM-CEA), Dominique Aunis (INSERM), Dominique Dormont (CEA)

Speakers: C. Weissmann (UK), K.L. Moya (France), M.H. Groschup (Germany), J.W. Ironside, K. Wüthrich (Switzerland), M. Pocchiari (Italy)

Date: July 13, 2002, 09:00-14:00

Location: Palais des Congrès, Paris

Maximum number of participants: 400

Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies or prion diseases, are neurodegenerative diseases of both humans and animals with a major impact for public health in Europe. The risk of transmission of these diseases from animal and human brain material is particularly germane to the neuroscience community. While the exact nature of the infectious agent remains uncertain, its dependence on a protease resistant form of the prion protein (PrPres) supports the hypothesis that the agent is PrPres. PrPres is derived from the cellular prion protein (PrPc or PrPsen, protease sensitive) the difference being an altered tertiary structure induced by the infectious agent. PrPc is a glycoprotein normally situated at the cell surface and concentrated in nerve cells. Thus, in addition to its role in neurodegenerative disease, PrPc is also of interest to basic neurobiology.
The aim of this symposium, addressed to the european neuroscience community, is to provide an update on the latest findings and still open questions in the field.

In addition to the invited speakers, covering nerve cell biology of prion protein, prion structural feature as well as several aspects of animal and human pathology, four others speakers will be selected among the free communications proposed to the Forum.

Programme

Fees:

For participants to the FENS Forum, 50 Euros (Students, 25 Euros)

For non participants to the Forum, 150 Euros (Students, 75 Euros)

How to register:

To the Forum

To the satellite symposium: please download the following PDF form to read with Acrobat Reader and send it by mail or fax to:

Atout Organisation Science
To the attention of Katja Wanderl
Village d'entreprises de Saint Henri
Rue Anne Gacon - Bat 24
13016 Marseille
FRANCE


Fax: +33 (0)4 9615 1251
Email: katja.wanderl@atout-org.com

Please indicate whether you are already registered at the Forum. In this case give your registration number.

Contact for further details:

Luigi Di Giamberardino
INSERM U.334 SHFJ-CEA
4 place du Général Leclerc
91401 Orsay cedex, France
Tel: +33 (0)1 6986 7800
Fax: +33 (0)1 6986 7816
Email: ldi@cea.fr

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Fifth International GABAB Symposium

Date: Thursday 18th July- Saturday 20th July 2002

Venue: CNRS, 3 rue Michel Ange, 75016 Paris

Maximum number of participants: 200

Fee: about 80 euros

The symposium will provide an up to date coverage of research activities in the GABAB receptor area. Experts in the GABAB field have been invited to give presentations and these will introduce much of the important research work that has emerged in the recent past. Different approaches including electrophysiology, neurochemistry, pharmacology and molecular biology will be covered. Discussion will be encouraged throughout the symposium and there will be ample opportunity for scientific interaction during the poster sessions, which will be held on the first two days. This will be the fifth symposium in the series and much has happened since the last one in Los Angeles. The registration fee has been kept to a minimum to allow anyone to attend. There are a variety of affordable hotels in close proximity to the meeting venue. However, participants are requested to arrange their own accommodation as they may wish to link this with the FENS meeting which will be held earlier that week.

Contacts for further details and registration:

Norman G.Bowery
Dept of Pharmacology
Medical School
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
B15 2TT
United Kingdom
Email: n.g.bowery@bham.ac.uk
phone: +44 121 414 4506
fax : +44 121 414 4509

Nathalie Leresche
Groupe Neurobiologie Cellulaire
UMR CNRS Neurobiologie des Processus Adaptatifs
Université Pierre et Marie Curie
9 Quai Saint Bernard
Boite courier 16
75005 Paris, France
Email: nathalie.leresche@snv.jussieu.fr
phone: +33 (0)1 4427 2585
fax: +33 (0)1 4427 2584

Scientific Committee: N. Leresche, N.Bowery, V. Crunelli, B.Bettler, M.Pangalos, W.Froestl, J-P.Pin

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Synaptic plasticity: A systems viewpoint

MRC Centre for Synaptic Plasticity
University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
11th-12th July 2002

This satellite will bring together leading world experts concerned with the relationship between neural plasticity, memory and behaviour. The focus of the meeting will be on the importance of recent advances at the systems/behavioural level, for knowledge of molecular and cellular processes that underlie the storage and recall of information in mammalian and avian species. Topics will include investigations into the role of synaptic plasticity in cognition from brain regions including the hippocampus, cerebellum, amygdala, striatum, and cortex.

The meeting will contain both oral communications and poster sessions

Organisers: Malcolm Brown, Robert Muller, Clea Warburton, Zuner Bortolotto

For further details of registration fees, poster session and Second announcement contact:

Malcolm Brown (email m.w.brown@bristol.ac.uk / tel +44 (0)117 9287408)
or Clea Warburton (email e.c.warburton@bristol.ac.uk / tel +44 (0)117 9288821)
Fax +44 (0)117 9291687

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Motor control and proprioception:
physiology, pathology and recovery

Date: July 9-12, 2002

Location:
July 9-10 : Faculté de Médecine, rue des Saint-Pères - 75006 Paris
July 11-12 : Amphithéâtre Charcot - Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière - 47 bd de l'Hôpital - 75013 Paris

The symposium entitled Motor Control & Proprioception : Physiology, Pathophysiology and Recovery will be devoted to the encoding information by muscle mechano-receptors, dynamical properties of motoneurones and integrative activity of spinal pathways during movement, supraspinal control of spinal circuitries and propriospinal system in normal man, pathology and recovery after central nervous system in man (dystonias, plasticity, new treatments of tonus disturbances).
It will be held in honour to Lena Jami and Emmanuel Pierrot-Deseilligny.

Contact for registration:

Geneviève Bard
PAM symposium 2002-satellite of FENS
Service de Rééducation Neurologique
Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière
75651 Paris cedex 13
France
Phone: + 33 (0)1 4216 1101
Fax number: + 33 (0)1 4216 1102
Email: pam2002@chups.jussieu.fr
Website: http://symposium2002.free.fr

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Date: July 13, 2002 - 9.00-15.00

Location: Palais des Congrès de Paris

Supported by the EC Thematic Network on Computational Neuroscience and Neuroinformatics

Until now bioinformatics and neuroinformatics have evolved in parallel with little interaction between the two fields. Recently bioinformatics has moved beyond databases and embraced computational modeling of gene regulation and signalling pathways. At the same time neuroinformatics which was traditionally strong in neural modeling has moved into database development. The speakers at this symposium will present the current status and future trends in the fields of bio and neuroinformatics and speculate on a possible merger of the two fields.

Confirmed speakers: K. Friston (London), D. Gardner (New York), T. Shimuzu (Cambridge), S. Subramaniam (San Diego).

Pre-registration required:

http://www.neuroinf.org/FENSsat.shtml

Request for information:

Prof. E. De Schutter
University of Antwerp
Belgium
Email: erik@bbf.uia.ac.be

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Fifth annual meeting of the International Behavioural and Neural Genetics Society (IBANGS)

11th-12th July 2002
Tours, France

IBANGS, the International Behavioural and Neural Genetics Society, founded in 1996, works to promote the field of neurobehavioural genetics. It is a young and rapidly growing society with already about 500 members in Europe, North and South America, and Australasia. We not only welcome established scientists but also students and any other persons interested in the field of behavioural neurogenetics. Our fifth annual meeting will contain both oral communications and poster sessions.

Organising committee :

Fred Van Leuven (Leuven, Belgium)
Douglas Whalsten (Edmonton, Canada)
Wim Crusio (Worcester MA, USA)
John Crabbe (Portland Oregon, USA)
David Wolfer (Zurich, Switzerland)
Mara Dierssen (Barcelona, Spain)
Thomas Steckler (Beerse, Belgium)


Local organisation :

Catherine Belzung
Christian Andres
Sabine Richard

For further details of program and registration, please consult our web site:
http://www.ibngs.org/tours.html

or contact
Catherine Belzung (belzung@univ-tours.fr)
or
Sabine Richard (srichard@tours.inra.fr)

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Sensorimotor testing in rats and mice

Location: Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany

Date: July 18-20, 2002

Registration Fee: 200 Euro (Students: 125 Euro)

Number of Participants: 30

Audience: Scientists from Academia and Industry

Faculty:

Albert Gramsbergen, Ph.D., University of Groningen, The Netherlands (Locomotion)
Theresa A. Jones, Ph.D., University of Texas, U.S.A. (Sensorimotor Tests)
Gerlinde A. Metz. Ph.D., Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany (Skilled Walking)
Sonja Reinecke, Ph.D., Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany (Skilled Reaching)
Timothy Schallert, Ph.D., University of Texas, U.S.A. (Limb Preference and Placing)
Craige Wrenn, Ph.D., National Institute of Mental Health, U.S.A. (Mouse Test Battery)


Organization Committee: Dr. Gerlinde A. Metz, Dr. Sonja Reinecke, Dr. Christoph Redecker, Prof. Dr. Otto W. Witte



The goal of this course is to introduce a comprehensive behavioural test battery to assess sensorimotor function in rat and mouse models for neurologic disease. The various tasks presented are standard tests to describe sensory and motor impairments in preclinical models for stroke, spinal cord injury and Parkinson's disease, and in transgenic mice. With each technique, a spectrum of behavioural parameters can be collected. The procedure of each method will be demonstrated in live rats with either forebrain focal ischemia, 6-hydroxydopamine lesion, incomplete spinal cord injury, or in various mouse strains.
Each participant will have the opportunity to practice animal handling and testing. Furthermore, the participants will learn about the analysis procedures, data interpretation and potential effects of therapeutic interventions on outcome. Instructions how to minimize variability of outcome and how to reduce the influence of confounding factors, including repeated testing, stress, and functional compensation, will also be given. The faculty will consist of internationally recognized behavioural neuroscientists, who developed and standardized the techniques presented in the workshop. They will advise on the selection and adaptation of individual behavioural tests that are useful to specific experimental goals of the participants and help design an efficient testing strategy. The participants will have e-mail access to the faculty members after the workshop for emerging questions about test performance and data analysis.

Contact Address:

Gerlinde A. Metz
Neurological Hospital
Section of Experimental Neurology
Friedrich-Schiller-University Philosophenweg 3
D - 07740 Jena, Germany
Phone: +49-3641-935005
Fax: +49-3641-935399
E-mail: gerlinde.metz@med.uni-jena.de

PHYSIOLOGY AND PHYSIOPATHOLOGY OF BASAL GANGLIA

Club des Ganglions de la Base

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