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Topics:
New Strategies for Neuroprotection; Mitochondria & Neuronal Injury; Astrocyte-Neuron Interactions; Synaptic Plasticity in Development & Learning; Organization of Dendritic Spines
Deadline for Abstract Submission:
Due to technical difficulties the abstract deadline has been extended until January 25th. Submissions of abstracts for posters should be via the web-site. Invited speakers can directly submit abstract to the program chair (Andrew.Lawrence@florey.edu.au)
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Poster Prize
APSN is pleased to announce poster prizes for early career scientists at APSN 2008 in Shanghai. Applicants must be presenting authors and supply a statement detailing their role in the study that is countersigned by any co-authors. APSN will choose 12 poster abstracts that will have the opportunity to also be presented during a special oral session. From these 12, the final 6 prize winners will be chosen. All postgraduate and early career scientists (no more than 5 years post-doc) are encouraged to apply. When submitting your abstract，please indicate that you qualify according to the stated criteria and want to be considered for the poster prize. |
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Travel Grant Information
The current conference will not provide travel grant for participants. However, young scientists interested in this meeting may apply to ISN-CAEN (Committee for Aid and Education in Neurochemistry, http://www.neurochemistry.org/pages/CAENguide.htm) for travel support. This committee can provide travel awards for individuals to scientific meetings of ISN sister societies among other events. Details can be found at the ISN website. Travel awards usually range from USD 250-1000. Please note that this is completely independent of the current conference. |
Objective of APSN
The purpose of APSN shall be to promote research in neurochemistry in particular by dissemination of information, by arrangement of meetings and in other ways to encourage contact between its members. The society also intends to work closely with other bodies having similar objectives, especially with the International Society for Neurochemistry, the American Society for Neurochemistry and the European Society for Neurochemistry.
Membership of the APSN is open to individual scientists, scientific societies with a significant interest in neurochemistry and to corporations based in the Asian Pacific region. APSN aims to promote research in neurochemistry in particular by dissemination of information, by arrangement of meetings and to encourage contact between its members. Individuals, societies and corporations interested in joining APSN are encouraged to contact us directly.
The Asian Pacific region holds special challenges given the extreme breadth of cultural, economic and scientific diversity in the region. Countries already involved with the APSN include Australia, China - Beijing, China - Taipei, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. APSN hopes to include other countries in the Asian Pacific region, such as Fiji, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan and Papua New Guinea, in the future.
The emphasis on different aspects of neurochemistry, including biochemical, clinical, chemical, molecular biological and pharmaceutical aspects, in the different countries promises to be one of the strengths of APSN. |
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Early History of APSN
The Asian Pacific Society for Neurochemistry was formed at the Sydney meeting of the International Society for Neurochemistry in 1991 in order to promote neurochemistry in the Asian Pacific region. It is modeled on the American and European regional neurochemistry societies, holding meetings every two years in the years when an ISN meeting is not held. Membership of the APSN is open to individual scientists, scientific societies with a significant interest in neurochemistry and to corporations based in the Asian Pacific region. APSN aims to promote research in neurochemistry in particular by dissemination of information, by arrangement of meetings and to encourage contact between its members. Individuals, societies and corporations interested in joining APSN are encouraged to contact us directly. The Asian Pacific region holds special challenges given the extreme breadth of cultural, economic and scientific diversity in the region. Countries already involved with the APSN include Australia, China - Beijing, China - Taipei, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. APSN hopes to include other countries in the Asian Pacific region, such as Fiji, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan and Papua New Guinea, in the future. The emphasis on different aspects of neurochemistry, including biochemical, clinical, chemical, molecular biological and pharmaceutical aspects, in the different countries promises to be one of the strengths of APSN.
Graham Johnston
Foundation President, Asian Pacific Society for Neurochemistry,
Department of Pharmacology, University of Sydney, NSW 2006 Australia
Telephone : +61-2-9351-6117
Fax : +61-2-9351-3868
E-mail : grahamj@mail.usyd.edu.au |
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History of APSN Biennial Meetings
The first meeting of the Asian Pacific Society for Neurochemistry was held in Nagoya, 22-23 October 1992 in conjunction with a meeting of the Japanese Neurochemistry Society. More than 240 neurochemists attended the APSN meeting with the strongest representation coming from Japan (146) and China (56). The inaugural symposia covered neurochemistry in some of the Asian Pacific countries (Australia, China, India, Korea, Philippines and Singapore) and some neuropsychiatric disorders (anxiety, degenerative disorders, depression, and schizophrenia). The abstracts of the first APSN meeting were published in a special supplement of the Journal of Neurochemistry, thanks to the generosity of the International Society for Neurochemistry. The Organising Committee, headed by Yasuzo Tsukada, Yutaka Nagata and Yasuo Kakimoto, is to be congratulated on an excellent meeting which represented a very significant first step towards supporting neurochemistry in the Asian Pacific region. | | |
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