Chaired by
CHAIR:
- ManuelPalacinE-Mail
- Institute for Research in BiomedicineUniversity of BarcelonaBarcelonaSpain
VICE-CHAIR:
- ThomasJentschE-Mail
- Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie and Max-Delbrueck-Centrum für Molekulare MedizinBerlinGermany
Dates
8-12 March 2008
Location
Hotel Eden Roc, Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain
The conference will take place in Sant Feliu de Guixols, on the Spanish Costa Brava, 120 km north of Barcelona and 30 km south of Girona. Group transportation will be arranged from/to Barcelona airport, on arrival and departure days.
Final Programme & List of Accepted Participants
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The conference is devoted to channels and transporters involved in rare inherited diseases. Specifically TRP and CLC channels, connexins, mitochondrial transporters, heteromeric amino acid transporters, neurotransmitter transporters and ABC transporters and related diseases will be covered. Invited speakers have been selected to broadly address aspects of structural biology, genetics, physiology, biochemistry and clinical aspects.
Time will be alloted to poster sessions as well as to short oral communications, to be selected from submitted abstracts.
Final Programme PDF (430 KB) Last Updated 27-February-2008 |
Abstracts, Posters & Short Oral Contributions
Short talks are now listed in the Final Programme.
All abstracts are accepted for poster presentation. Posters will be displayed for the whole duration of the conference.
Posters can be fixed with self-adhesive tape, blue-tack onto double-sided poster panels. Recommended poster size is 130 cm high x 130 cm wide. Use letters and drawings that can be read from approximately 100 cm distance.
Group Transportation & Practical Information Guide
Detailed information on all practical aspects of the conference (access to site, registration & fee payments, accommodation, travel reimbursements...) is available from the Practical Information Guide. Please read it fully and carefully...
Practical Information Guide PDF (195 KB) |
GROUP TRANSPORTATION
Two buses will be arranged on arrival day from Barcelona airport to Sant Feliu. The journey takes approximately 90 minutes, depending on traffic.
Bus departure times - Saturday 8 March: 16.30 – 18.00
Airport departure point: the buses will wait in the special bus parking area located just before the A terminal. Each bus has been requested to be at the meeting point 20-30 minutes before scheduled departure. The coaches will have a sign in the window indicating “ESF Research Conferences” for easy recognition.
Bus departure times to Barcelona airport - Wednesday 12 March: 09.00 – 10.00
ACCOMMODATION
Please note that SINGLE accommodation can only be guaranteed to invited speakers. All other participants will have to share a TWIN room. In case single rooms would become available at the time of the conference, rooms will be attributed on a “first come, first served” basis. Only the TWIN conference fee should be paid to the ESF when registering. The supplement for single should be paid to the venue directly. Should you wish to be put on waiting list for single accommodation, please contact Ms. Chiara Orefice.
Registration Form
All participants - including speakers & session chairs - are kindly expected to confirm their attendance (and, when applicable, to pay the conference fee) by filling in a Registration Form.
Closing date for registration & fee payment: 15 February 2008
Conference Fees
Fees | What the fees cover |
EUR 630 | conference, meals and twin OR double room |
EUR 450 | non-resident: conference, meals (no room) |
ESF Contact
- ChiaraOreficeE-Mail
- European Science FoundationESF Conferences UnitBrusselsBelgium
Phone: +32 (0)2 533 2023
Fax: +32 (0)2 538 8486
Please quote 08-233 in any correspondence.
Partnership
This conference is organised by the European Science Foundation (ESF) in partnership with the University of Barcelona.
Links of Interest
- European Organisation for Rare Diseases (EURORDIS)
The European Organisation for Rare Diseases, EURORDIS, is a patient-driven alliance of patient organisations and individuals active in the field of rare diseases. EURORDIS’ mission is to build a strong pan-European community of patient organisations and people living with rare diseases, to be their voice at the European level, and - directly or indirectly - to fight against the impact of rare diseases on their lives.
- ORPHANET is a database dedicated to information on rare diseases and orphan drugs. It aims to improve management and treatment of genetic, auto-immune or infectious rare diseases, rare cancers, or not yet classified rare diseases.
- Rare Disease Portal of the European Commission: Rare diseases are one of the priorities in the EU Public Health Programme 2003-2008. According to the DG SANCO Work Plans for the implementation of the Public Health Programme, the two main lines of action are the exchange of information via existing European information networks on rare diseases, and the development of strategies and mechanisms for information exchange and co-ordination at EU level to encourage continuity of work and trans-national co-operation.
