Joint ICGEB – ALS Society of Canada Symposium on Inflammation & Proteinopathy in ALS/FTD Spectrum Disorder

Ivana Munitic | 2. 2. 2020

Dear colleagues,

We would kindly ask you to circulate this symposium announcement among your collaborators, institutions and possibly the Neuroscience or ALS societies in your countries.

Symposium: Joint ICGEB – ALS Society of Canada Symposium on Inflammation & Proteinopathy in ALS/FTD Spectrum Disorder

Date and place: June 26-28, Rijeka, Croatia

The registration is now OPEN at http://www.optineurin-neuroimmunology.uniri.hr/als-rijeka-2020-symposium.html

Travel grants are offered for young researchers who are ICGEB member state nationals currently not residing in Croatia (https://www.icgeb.org/governance/members-states/). The FEBS Journal poster prizes will be available for best poster presentations.

Please consider registering as soon as possible as participant number is limited and Rijeka hotels will be unusually busy this summer because Rijeka was selected as European Capital of Culture for 2020. Abstracts can be sent until May 15 to: [email protected]

We have an exciting list of invited speakers: Pavle Andjus (University of Belgrade, Serbia), Stanley Appel (Weill Cornell Medical College, USA), Caterina Bendotti (Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, Italy), Ervina Bilić (Clinical Hospital Center Zagreb, Croatia), Séverine Boillée (Brain and Spinal cord Institute, France), Robert Bowser (Barrow Neurological Institute, USA), Robert Brown (University of Massachusetts, USA), Emanuele Buratti (ICGEB, Italy), Jason Cannon (Purdue University, USA), Neil Cashman (University of British Columbia, Canada), Heather Durham (McGill University, Canada), Srećko Gajović (University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Croatia), Angela Genge (Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, Canada), Jean-Pierre Julien (Laval University, Canada), Jasna Kriz (Laval University, Canada), Clotilde Lagier-Tourenne (Harvard Medical School, USA), Letizia Mazzini (Eastern Piedmont University, Italy), Chris Miller (King’s College London, UK), Dinko Mitrečić (University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Croatia), Janice Robertson (University of Toronto, Canada), Boris Rogelj(Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia), Christine Vande Velde (University of Montreal, Canada), Jochen Weishaupt (Ulm University, Germany).

We will also have some interesting satellite events preceding or during the event:

  • NeuroArt Exhibition within Young Neuroscientist Meeting 2020 (June 25th)
  • Swim & Walk for Brain Health in Kostrena beach (June 26th)

Registration fees:

  • waived off for students and postdocs from ICGEB Member States
  • €100 for students and postdocs from non-ICGEB Member States
  • €150 for established researchers and clinicians from ICGEB Member States
  • €200 for established researchers and clinicians from non-ICGEB Member States

Hope to see you in Rijeka!

Warm wishes,

Ivana Munitic and Emanuele Buratti, on behalf of the organizing committee

Organizing committee: Ivana Munitic and Miranda Mladinic Pejatovic (Department of Biotechnology, University of Rijeka, Croatia), Emanuele Buratti (ICGEB Trieste, Italy), Jasna Kriz and Jean-Pierre Julien (Laval University, Canada), Ervina Bilic (Clinical Hospital Center Zagreb, Croatia), Srecko Gajovic and Dinko Mitrecic (University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Croatia), Pavle Andjus (University of Belgrade, Serbia), Vladimira Vuletic (Clinical Hospital Center Rijeka, Croatia) & Jasenka Mrsic Pelcic (Faculty of Medicine Rijeka, Croatia)


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