Konferenz
Development and function of somatosensation and pain
- Dear Friends and Colleagues,
It's our pleasure to invite you to the International Berlin Spring Meeting 2008 "Development and function of somatosensation and pain" in the Max Delbrück Communications Center in Berlin-Buch from 14 - 17 May 2008.
The aim of the meeting would be to bring together researchers interested in the development and function of the somatosensory system. Much progress has been made in recent years in elucidating the molecular mechanisms responsible for the phenotypic differentiation of primary afferent neurons as well as spinal dorsal horn neuronal circuits to which sensory neurons connect. We now also understand a lot more about the molecules (ion channels and other proteins) that allow sensory neurons to detect biologically relevant thermal and mechanical stimuli.
The aim of this conference would be draw together top researchers working in these two related fields. This unique constellation of researchers would allow participants to explore the idea that the development of the somatosensory system may in turn help us also to understand its functional organization and pathology in human disease.
The Max Delbrück Center (MDC) Conferences are international symposia dedicated to timely topics in Molecular Medicine and Translational Research. The Conference Series aims at fostering exchange of scientific information in all areas relevant to modern biomedical sciences including cell and developmental biology; molecular cardiovascular, neuroscience and oncology research; genetics, genomics and bioinformatics; as well as molecular pharmacology.
You are invited to participate in what promises to become an exciting scientific meeting. We look forward to welcoming you in Berlin, the beautiful capital of the united Germany in early summer of 2008.
- Date:
- 14.05.2008 - 17.05.2008
- Registration is required.
- Organizers:
- Development of Somatosensory Pathways
Carmen Birchmeier (Berlin)
Martin Goulding (Salk, USA)
Patrik Ernfors (Karolinska, Stockholm)
David Ginty (Hopkins, USA)
Qiufu Ma (Dana Faber, Cambridge USA)
Sensory Transduction Mechanisms
Peter McNaughton (Cambridge, UK)
Michel Lazdunski (Nice, France)
John N Wood (UCL, London)
Gary Lewin (MDC, Berlin)
Miriam Goodman (Stanford, USA)
Pain Mechanisms
Clifford Woolf (MGH, Harvard)
Carlos Belmonte (Alicante, Spain)
Rohini Kuner (Heidelberg, Germany)
- Place:
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MDC.C Axon
Max-Delbrück-Communication Center
Robert-Rössle-Str. 10
13092 Berlin Germany
- Contact:
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Michaela Langer / Prof. Dr. Gary Lewin
fax+49 30 9406 2206 / 2793
fon+49 30 9406 3720 / 2430
Michaela Langer / Prof. Dr. Gary Lewin