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July 2008 E-Newsletter of the
Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and
Toxicologists
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Welcome to the July
edition of ASCEPT eNews. In this newsletter we
are promoting the ASMR professional development program and sponsoring 5
ASCEPT members to attend sessions. The closing date for applications is July
25th, 2008. We are advertising
meetings and conferences including the Molecular Pharmacology of G-Protein
Coupled Receptors meeting, the ASCEPT New Zealand meeting in Queenstown, the
IXth World Conference on Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics and the
Australian Health and Medical Research Congress. Don’t forget the 2008 edition for
the AMH handbook is still available to ASCEPT members at reduced prices. If any would like to contribute any
items to eNews, please send it along to Meetings First for consideration. Roselyn Rose'Meyer ASCEPT Newsletter Editor |
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HEAD OF DEPARTMENTS FOR 2008
If you are a Head of Department in 2008, please let us know at ascept2008@meetingsfirst.com.au. |
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2008 ASMR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM – SPONSORSHIP OF 5
ASCEPT MEMBERS ASCEPT
council are delighted to announce the sponsorship of 5 ASCEPT members
to attend the 2008 ASMR Professional Development Program, designed to
fill what is currently a gap in executive training for mid-career Australian
medical researchers, to be held in five major cities:
Brisbane
Thursday August 14 (click here to
view more details) Sydney
Monday August 18 (click here to
view more details) Perth
Wednesday August 20 (click here to
view more details) Adelaide
Friday August 22 (click here to
view more details)
Of
course, all ASCEPT members 7 - 12 years post PhD are eligible to participate
in the workshops should they wish to fund themselves. ASCEPT, like
ASMR, feel particularly strongly about the need for this mid-career
training in Australia, and encourage all our eligible members to
participate in this program. Please get involved! |
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5TH MOLECULAR PHARMACOLOGY OF G PROTEIN-COUPLED RECEPTORS MEETING We are pleased to announce the 5th Molecular Pharmacology
of G Protein-Coupled Receptors meeting. This year's meeting will be held on
November 13th - 15th at the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute in
Sydney, New South Wales. Registration for students is free thanks to the
generous support of our sponsors. The "Molecular Pharmacology of G Protein-Coupled
Receptors" (MPGPCR) meetings are focused on recent developments in the
field, with key presentations from leading researchers from around the world.
This is a focussed and intimate meeting (maximum of 200 attendees),
emphasising novel concepts in GPCR pharmacology and drug discovery. The
meeting provides a relaxed interface between students, postdoctoral fellows,
academic and industrial scientists from around the globe that encourages
interaction, collaboration and debate on the latest research in the field. The major sponsors for the 2008 meeting are the Victor
Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Monash University and the Australasian
Society for Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists. The
meeting Is presented by the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical
Sciences and the ASCEPT Drug Discovery SIG. Further information about the meeting can be found at the
meeting website http://www.victorchang.edu.au/research/HomeandNews.cfm?cid=289 We look forward to seeing you there. Patrick Sexton Arthur Christopoulos Bob Graham 2008 Meeting Convenors |
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CPT 2008 The IXth
World Conference on Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (CPT2008) will
take place from July 27 - August 1, 2008 at the Québec City Convention
Centre, in Canada. The Final
Program is now available on the Conference website. If you
have not registered yet, visit the Conference website and register online. You may
also make your hotel reservation online. In addition, see all the social
activities in which you may participate while in Québec City, including
tours. DO NOT MISS THE MOST IMPORTANT INTERNATIONAL EVENT THIS YEAR IN
CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY AND THERAPEUTICS. REGISTER NOW AND VISIT QUÉBEC CITY ON
THE YEAR OF ITS 400TH ANNIVERSARY! |
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The 2008
Scientific Meeting of the NZ Section will be hosted by the University of
Otago’s Dept of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the Copthorne Hotel,
Queenstown on the above dates. This year’s meeting will take place in
conjunction with the 26th International Australasian Winter Conference on
Brain Research (check http://www.awcbr.org/ for
details). The ASCEPT programme will commence with a pre-meeting
gathering with wine/beer and nibbles on Sunday 24th 17:00 – 20:00h, and will
conclude on the afternoon of Tuesday 26th August. There will be at
least one joint session; ASCEPT registrants wishing to attend AWCBR sessions
other than the joint symposium should contact AWCBR directly (www.awcbr.org).
The
ASCEPT Registration Desk will open from 17:00 h on Sunday the 24th August. The
conference will follow the usual format of oral and poster presentations.
Registrations
should be sent by email to Jacqui Carroll (jacqui.carroll@otago.ac.nz)
or by standard mail to the: Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology,
University of Otago School of Medical Sciences, PO Box 913, Dunedin NZ. Click here
to download the registration form. Abstracts
(electronic) in the usual ASCEPT format, should be sent to Jacqui Carroll (jacqui.carroll@otago.ac.nz).
For a map
of the area surrounding the Queenstown region click here. |
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ASCEPT 2008
The 2008 ASCEPT
Annual Scientific meeting will run within the 4th Australian Health and
Medical Research Congress will be held November 16-21, 2008 in the Brisbane
Convention and Exhibition Centre. Organisers have prepared the congress
program, so please see the congress website for session details. The dates
for ASCEPT presentations are Tuesday - Friday (18th - 21st). Please note the following
deadlines for registration and abstract submissions. Early Bird Registration Friday
15th August, 2008 Oral presentation submission Friday 15th August, 2008
Poster Only presentation submission Friday 19th September, 2008
This congress will attract over 2000 registrants
with over 30 societies and organisations involved. On Thursday November 20 from 8.30-10.30 three
professional societies (Australasian Society of Clinical
and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists, Australian Pain
Society, Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (Faculty of Pain
Medicine) are sponsoring a symposium entitled "Chronic
Pain and its Treatment: from molecular to clinical". The speakers and titles are: o
Prof. Macdonald
Christie, Director of Basic Research and Pain Management Research Institute
University of Sydney at Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney
"Molecular basis of Pain- new targets". o
Dr. Luke
Henderson, Anatomy, University of Sydney "Imaging as a tool
for pain detection and assessment" o
Prof. Maree
Smith, School of Pharmacy, University of Queensland "Preclinical
development of new drugs for pain treatment" o
Prof. Stephan
Schug, Anesthesiology and Pain Management, University of Western Australia
and Royal Perth Hospital "New clinical developments in pain
therapy". The symposium will allow ASCEPT members to update
their knowledge on the latest developments in the treatment of chronic
pain. More information on the Congress can be obtained from www.anmrcongress.org.au |
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FORTHCOMING
CONFERENCES Please click here for a list of
meetings that may be of interest to members. These are displayed on the
ASCEPT website. ASCEPT New
Zealand Meeting University of Otago Progress on
Personalizing Medicine-International Symposium 25 September 2008 University of Warwick, UK |
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NEWS
FROM OTHER ORGANISATIONS Please click on the relevant links for any news from other
organisations that may be of interest to ASCEPT members. Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies
(FASTS) Risk aware
research, FASTS Future Fellowships submission Pharmacology International National Prescribing Service Outcomes from the
NPS Board Meeting, 8-9 May 2008 |
INFORMATION
FROM PREVIOUS ISSUES
Please click here for more news, jobs and information that have appeared in past
issues of the ASCEPT newsletter that are now displayed on our ASCEPT website. |
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The next e-news will be sent out on Friday 15 August 2008. If
there is information you would like to include, please email it to athina@meetingsfirst.com.au by Monday 11
August 2008.
ASCEPT Newsletter Editor
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Please do not hesitate to contact Meetings First, our ASCEPT
Secretariat, if you have any queries: Angela, Athina and Jennifer Phone +61
3 9739 7697 Fax +61 3 9739 7076 Email ascept2008@meetingsfirst.com.au Web www.ascept.org |
