HUM-MOLGEN events: International Summer School on "Molecular Mechanisms in Homeostasis and Disease"

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International Summer School on "Molecular Mechanisms in Homeostasis and Disease"

January 23, 2003

Institute for Molecular Biotechnology, Jena / Germany, Island of Spetses / Greece,
August 29 - September 8, 2003

The summer school is intended for advanced predoctoral (PhD) students and
postdoctoral scientists.

Lectures, discussions, tutorials and posters will cover
Sources of dysfunction of cellular and organismic processes;
Embryonic development and tissue remodelling;
Molecular mechanisms of disease (myeloid and bone diseases;
reperfusion syndrome; parasitic diseases; human retrovirus-induced
diseases; neurodegenerative diseases; prion diseases; cancer including
immunoevasion, metastatic mechanisms, early dissemination, drug
resistance).

Organized by:

Peter Herrlich, Jena

Invited Speakers:

Adriano Aguzzi, Zürich; Peter Angel, Heidelberg;
Martin Blum, Stuttgart-Hohenheim; Piet Borst, Amsterdam;
Gerhard Christofori, Basel; Hans Clevers, Utrecht;
Horst Feldmann, München; Robert Gallo, Baltimore;
Susan Gasser, Genève; Statis Gonos, Athens;
Christian Haass, München; Ernst Hafen, Zürich;
Peter Herrlich, Jena; Wolfram Hörz, München;
Herbert Jäckle, Göttingen; Michael Karin, La Jolla;
Hans-Gustav Klobeck, München; Hans-Georg Kräusslich, Heidelberg;
Reinhard Lührmann, Göttingen; Christof Niehrs, Heidelberg;
Gert Riethmüller, München; Ueli Schibler, Genève;
Kai Simons, Dresden; Axel Ullrich, München;
Inder Verma, La Jolla; Erwin Wagner, Wien;
Robert A Weinberg, Cambridge USA (not yet confirmed);
Charles Weissmann, London; Zena Werb, San Francisco;

Deadline for Abstracts:

April 30, 2003

Registration:

Ph.D. students and postdoctoral scientists interested send their CV, a brief summary of current interest, publications if available and two brief letters of recommendation. Applications should be sent to Peter Herrlich, M.D. Ph.D., IMB Jena, POBox 100813, D-07708 Jena, Germany, prior to April 30, 2003. The applicants will be informed in the second half of May whether they can be accepted. A participation fee of 440 EURO will be charged to cover the costs for accommodation, breakfast and lunch. Participants will have to pay for their travel. A limited number of fellowships covering part of the costs will be available. Applicants should indicate whether they wish to compete for a fellowship.

E-mail:

pherrlich@imb-jena.de

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