In this issue:
ASCEPT 2009 Annual Scientific Meeting
ASCEPT Mentoring Program 2009
The BJCP Young Investigator Prize
News from other organisations
Forthcoming Conferences
October 2009 E-Newsletter
of the Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists
Welcome to the October ASCEPT eNewsletter.
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
ASCEPT 2009 Annual Scientific Meeting
The 43rd ASCEPT Annual Scientific Meeting is getting closer. Don’t forget to put 29 November - 2 December 2009 in your diary and register! Join us in Sydney at the Convention and Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour.
Program: The final program is now available. Please click here to download or copy and paste the following into your browser http://www.meetingsfirst.com.au/meetings/ASCEPT09/Images/Program.pdf.
Registration can be via the Internet or by the paper registration form.
Meeting Highlights
10 Symposia/Workshops, featuring international speakers
- ADME/ PK and Development of Biopharmaceuticals and Natural Products
- Teaching Connects Research and Professional Practise
- Size, Maturation and Body Composition
- Drug Discovery for Diseases of the Brain
- Individualising Medicines: Drug development for older people
- Neuromodulatory Systems of the Gut as Drug Targets
- Understanding Drug Drug interactions
- Protective actions of cGMP in Cardiovascular Disease
- Cardiotoxicity of Prescription Drugs
- Challenges and Opportunities for Academic Drug Discovery and Development
- Academics don’t discover drugs
- Challenges and Opportunities for Functional Selectivity in Drug Discovery
- Translation of Pharmacogenomics into Clinical Practise
Free Public Lecture “Obesity – Are drugs the answer?” (1.30 pm Sunday 29 November)
This panel will comprise Professor Ian Caterson, Professor Ric Day, Professor Margaret Morris and Professor Joe Proietto
NH&MRC Grant Forum (6.30- 8pm Monday 30 November )
ASCEPT members who have served on NH&MRC panels will take you through the GRP process and advise on how to better position your grant.
Conference Dinner – Tuesday night Harbour side, Casa di Nico, King St Wharf
Please click here to register online or copy and paste this link http://www.meetingsfirst.com.au/login.asp into your web browser.
You will require your password to log into the Meetings First website, if you have forgotten your PIN please contact Meetings First on 61 3 9739 7697 or ascept@meetingsfirst.com.au
ASCEPT Mentoring Program 2009
A mentoring program was established by ASCEPT in 2008. This program has been a great success as indicated by quotes from mentees in the current program:
- " I think it has been very worthwhile. I'm glad I enrolled (in) this program and credit to … for being a good mentor”
- " … it has been great to have someone outside my lab to talk to about research experiences. … I feel that the mentoring program is benefiting me, and allowing me to discuss many things such as lab dynamics, funding, publications, and post doctoral opportunities.”
You might like to consider becoming a mentor in this program. Feedback from mentors, indicates it has been a rewarding experience. As Rebecca Ritchie said: “I actually think its going really well … I'd say it was great!”
If you are interested in becoming involved in this program as a Mentor or Mentee please read the Mentoring Guidelines. Mentees need to consider their goals with respect to this program – the Mentee Goals form might be useful in this respect.
Please complete the profile form for Mentees or Mentors and email the completed form to angela@meetingsfirst.com.au. The deadline for submission is Friday 30th October 2009.
The Mentoring Program Committee will match each mentee with a mentor who has volunteered to contribute his/her expertise. It is envisaged that matching will occur in November so that mentees and mentors will have the opportunity to meet face-to-face at the Annual Scientific Meeting in Sydney. At the first meeting with your mentee or mentor, you will be required to sign and submit to ASCEPT@Meetings First a Mentee or Mentor letter of agreement, as appropriate.
The BJCP Young Investigator Prize
The British Pharmacological Society (BPS) will award an annual prize of £1000, a certificate and 1-year honorary BPS membership for the best paper by a trainee published in the print version of BJCP during a calendar year. Those eligible will be clinical trainees (of whatever specialty), or basic scientists in training registered for a PhD (or equivalent).
On acceptance of a manuscript the authors will automatically, as part of the Manuscript Central system, be sent a reminder about the BJCP prize and will be invited to fill in an application form, giving information about the provenance of the work and the precise role played by the potential award-winner. The judges will be the editors of the Journal, but they may call for expert assistance in making their decision, which will be final.
Andrew Somogyi (BJCP- Australasian Editor)
News from other organisations
Please click on the relevant links for any news from other organisations that may be of interest to ASCEPT members.
BPS Pharmacology Matters e-Bulletin
October 2009
Royal Society of New Zealand
Alert 588: 10 September 2009
Research Australia
“Thank You” Day is a time to recognise and thank the people who work tirelessly every day to protect us and improve and save our lives. The official date for Research Australia’s “Thank You” Day is Friday, 20 November 2009 but you can host an event or promote “Thank You” Day any time during the month of November. A “Thank You” Day event is easy to organise, fun and completely flexible to suit your environment. It is a great way to bring together everyone who contributes to furthering health and medical research in Australia to say thank you. Just download the promotional toolkit and don’t forget to let us know about your activities.
Bookings are now open for the “Thank You” Day Awards 2009 Cocktail Party, Friday, 20 November 2009, 6.30pm, BMW Edge, Federation Square, Melbourne.
National Prescribing Service
Member Update: September 2009
IUTOX
IUTOX, NLM and Toxipedia Launch The World Library of Toxicology
The Royal Australasian College of Physicians
October Newsletter
Therapeutic Goods Administration
Please click here to download an advertisment from the Department of Health and Ageing, Therapeutic Goods Administration for expressions of interest for:-
- membership of the Advisory Committee on Safety of Medicines (ACSOM)
- membership of the Australian Drug Evaluation Committee (ADEC)
Please note expressions of interest close October 30th, 2009. Further details are contained in an e-mail from Nadia Dei Rocini, ACSOM Secretariat, Therapeutic Goods Administration to Kathie Knights:-
Dear Dr Knights
The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) recently advertised for expressions of interest from experts interested in contributing to the work of the TGA through the current Australian Drug Evaluation Committee (ADEC) and the new Advisory Committee on Safety of Medicines (ACSOM). Advertisements appeared in the national press on 3 October 2009 with further information available on the TGA website at http://www.tga.gov.au/adr/adrac.htm#newmembers. A copy of the advertisement is attached.
The final appointments will be made by the Minister for Health and Ageing based on appropriate expertise. I would appreciate you distributing the advertisement to members of ASCEPT or if you know of any suitable candidates that might be interested I would be grateful if you could pass this information on to them. Expressions of interest close on Friday 30 October 2009.
Please do not hesitate to contact me (Nadia.Dei.Rocini@tga.gov.au) if you require any further information on these positions.
Regards
Nadia Dei Rocini
ACSOM Secretariat
Therapeutic Goods Administration
Forthcoming Conferences
NPS Member Planning Day and AGM 2009
10am - 4pm, 20 November 2009
The Sebel Surry Hills, 28 Albion Street, Sydney
For enquiries contact
Kerren Hosking
Manager - Corporate Affairs
Phone: 02 8217 8796
Email: khosking@nps.org.au
The 16th World Congress of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology (WorldPharma2010)
17-23 July 2010
Copenhagen
www.worldpharma2010.org
Further to our mail from August, we are pleased to inform you that a printed version of the full programme is now available. If you would like a copy, please send an email to mm@farm.au.dk.
Alternatively, the full programme of 400 invited speakers may be viewed on www.worldpharma2010.org. As mentioned previously, Sam Enna, Secretary General of IUPHAR, has described the programme as truly "the most comprehensive and interdisciplinary in the history of IUPHAR congresses".
We hope that all members of the Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists will also find the programme attractive.
In planning the program, particular attention has been made to involve young investigators and investigators from developing countries for whom bursaries are available. See www.worldpharma2010.org for further details. Deadline for applications is 1 December.
The homepage is also now open for submission of abstracts and hotel booking.
WorldPharma 2010 will provide in-depth treatment of the hottest topics in basic and clinical pharmacology. Therefore, the World's pharmacologists will all be meeting in Denmark 17– 23 July 2010. Don't miss out on WorldPharma 2010! We promise you a scientifically rewarding experience as well as the opportunity to savour the atmosphere of Copenhagen.
Kim Brøsen, President
Michael Mulvany, Secretary-General
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