** Call for Abstracts IANIS conference **

Submit your research by 1^st October 2010

The ‘2nd International conference on neuroinfection and worldwide impact’

Organized by the International Association of Neuroinfection Studies (IANIS) will take place 2-6th of December 2010, in Saint-Denis, Reunion Island

The meeting will gather and facilitate exchange between scientists working on different pathogens of the nervous system. Plenary lectures and selected oral presentations will cover the most recent advances in immunology, virology, epidemiology, clinical studies and therapeutics of neuroinfections. Following the 2005-2006 outbreak in the Indian ocean there will be a number of talks on Chikungunya. A number of abstracts will be selected for presentation as short oral communications.

Topics include

• Pathogen-host interactions in the nervous system
• Innate and adaptive immune responses in the nervous system
• Epilepsy and sleep alterations in infection
• Imaging of neuroinfection
• Treatment and vaccines for neuroinfections

Invited speakers

Susan LEWALLEN, Tumaini University, Tanzania
Diane E GRIFFIN, John Hopkins University, USA
Lisa NG, Sing. Immunology Network, Singapore
Ronan JAMBOU, Institut Pasteur, Madagascar
Georges E GRAU, University of Sidney, Australia
Sara SALINAS, Inst. Gén. Mol. Montpellier , France
Connie C BERGMANN, Cleveland Clinic, USA
John K FAZAKERLEY, Roslin Institute, UK
Chris C BRODER, University of Florida, USA
Daniel GONZALEZ-DUNIA, INSERM U563, France
Anura RAMBUKKANA, University of Edinburgh, UK
Roberto CHIESA, Inst. Pharmaco.l Res., Milan, Italy
Louis NEL, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Dirk SCHLUETER, University of Magdeburg, Germany
Alain BESSIS, Ecole Normal Superieure, France
Susanne A WOLF, C. Molecular Medicine, Germany
Allan R THOMSEN, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Charles M NEWTON, Kenya Med. Res. Cent., Kenya
Marina BENTIVOGLIO, University of Verona, Italy
Hector GARCIA, University of Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Peru
Alfred K NJAMNSHI, University of Yaounde, Cameroon
Howard GENDELMAN, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Dorian McGAVERN, NIH, USA
Brian ELEY, University of Cape Town, South Africa
M Jane CARDOSA, University of Malaysia, Malaysia
Lynn ENQUIST, Princeton University, USA
Tom SOLOMON, University of Liverpool, UK
Thiravat HEMACHUDA, Chulalongkorn University Hospital, Thailand

Registration fees of 490 euros include: Access to conference sessions and poster areas, Abstract CD; All meals and refreshments during the scientific sessions.

Register online from the 1^st of June:

Click here to Register

Conference Organizers: Philippe Gasque, University of La Reunion, France; Roberto Bruzzone, HKU-Pasteur Research Center, Hong Kong, China ; Krister Kristensson, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Diane Griffin, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA; Charles R Newton, Kenya Medical Res. Institute, Kilifi, Africa

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** Call for student training courses **

Urgently, register before the 16^th of July 2010

Joint ARC-WERC IBRO UNESCO school of neuroscience on

“Neurobiology of infectious Diseases : A View for Global Neuroscience”

During the course, African, European students and a number of Asian students, will have the unique opportunity to learn about the pathogenesis and important gaps in knowledge of some of the most prevalent diseases of the nervous system, which otherwise are rarely addressed in neuroscience courses. This course will also be opened for 10 students from the Indian Ocean region (Reunion, Mauritius, Mayotte, Madagascar, Comoros and Seychelles). The school will cover new developments on emerging infectious diseases and stress that basic neuroscience must play a crucial role in research on the pathogenesis of these diseases that burden tropical and developing countries. The school will include lectures, literature seminars and laboratory work as well as training in complementary skills. Students and teachers at this school will also participate in the IANIS Conference. Click here to see the program.

Teachers:

Philippe GASQUE, University of la Reunion, Reunion
Krister KRISTENSSON, Karolinska Institute, Sweden
Roberto BRUZZONE, HKU, Pasteur Institute, Hong Kong
Monique DUBOIS DALCQ, Pasteur Institute, Paris/NIH
Sara SALINAS, Inst. Gén. Mol. Montpellier , France
Diane E GRIFFIN, John Hopkins University, USA
Monica DILUCA, Dpt Pharmacol. Sci. Milan, Italy
Allan R THOMSEN, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Daniel GONZALEZ-DUNIA, INSERM U563, France
John K FAZAKERLEY, Roslin Institute, UK
Marina BENTIVOGLIO, University of Verona, Italy
Georges E GRAU, University of Sidney, Australia
Hector GARCIA, University of Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Peru
Dirk SCHLUETER, University of Magdeburg, Germany
Anura RAMBUKKANA, University of Edinburgh, UK
Brian ELEY, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Bernard A. GAUZERE, CHR Félix Guyon, Reunion
Jean-Jacques HOARAU, University of la Réunion, Reunion
Pascale KREJBICH-TROTOT, University of la Réunion, Reunion
Guy LEMPERIERE, IRD CRVOI St Denis Reunion