venerdì 6 dicembre 2013

The First Italian Neuroimmune Pharmacology Conference: Varese (I), 15-16 November 2013

The first Italian neuroimmune pharmacology (INIP) conference sponsored by SIF - Italian Society of Pharmacology took place November 15th-16th 2013 at the University of Insubria, under the auspices of the SIF Working Groups on Inflammation and on Neurodegenerative Disease. Overall, 37 abstracts were received, from more than 53 institutions, belonging to 18 universities and 20 academic and non-academic biomedical research organizations.


The opening address of the conference has been given by Dr. Howard E. Gendelman, Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience of the University of Nebraska Medical Center USA and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology. The keynote lecture has been given by Dr. Sujit Basu of the Department of Pathology at the Ohio State University USA who presented the most recent research achievements concerning dopamine-mediated regulation of angiogenesis in tumors and in normal wound tissues and the implications for the use of dopaminergic agents for non conventional therapeutic indications, such as endometriosis, wound repair and as adjuvant drugs in anticancer chemotherapy.


Among the authors of the 20 abstracts selected as oral communications, the Scientific Committee of the Conference awarded the best three ones with the International Neuroimmune Pharmacology Graduate Student Prize, established thanks to a generous grant from JNIP. The young researchers awarded were: Silvia Franchi (University of Milan, Italy, who presented her latest results concerning stem cells as advanced therapy of neuropathic pain), Natasa Kustrimovic (University of Insubria, Varese, Italy, who is developing a research program about the dopaminergic modulation of the immune response and its relevance for the pharmacotherapy of Parkinson's disease) and Irene Paterniti (University of Messina, Italy, who is testing the neuroprotective effect of palmitoylethanolamide and luteolin on secondary inflammatory process associated with CNS pathologies).

* Final program of the Conference
* Abstracts - Convegno Monotematico SIF - Neuroimmune Pharmacology: Challenging Paradigms Beyond Boundaries. J. Neuroimm. Pharmacol. 2013, in press
* Editorial - Cosentino M., Marino F., Cuzzocrea S., Di Luca M. Neuroimmune Pharmacology: An Emerging Discipline for the Italian Society of Pharmacology. J. Neuroimm. Pharmacol. 2013, in press
* Photoshoot

martedì 15 ottobre 2013

Convegno monotematico SIF: "Neuroimmune Pharmacology" - Varese, 15-16 novembre 2013 - FINAL PROGRAM AND AUTHOR GUIDELINES FOR PRESENTATIONS



FINAL PROGRAM

[link to the .pdf - 2.5 Mb]

Download form for registration and for submission of abstracts
[link to the form .doc - 50.5 Kb]

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ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Oral presentations are organized in oral sessions given in the program together with the time of presentation of each contribution. Each presentation is expected to last 12 minutes + 3 minutes discussion and change over.

The authors are kindly asked to upload their presentations directly within 30 minutes preceding the actual time block of the session. A lecture room assistant will be available for any help.

* Lecture Room Equipment:
- Beamer;
- Notebook for the upload of presentations (USB flash drive);
- Laserpointer;
- Microphones.
Please note that no laptop station will be available. You are kindly requested to provide your presentation on a USB flash drive directly at the conference.

The computer in each lecture room is equipped with the following software:
- Windows XP Pro
- Office 2007
- Acrobat Reader 11
- VLC 2.0.8
- Windows Media Player 11
- Internet Explorer 8
- Firefox 21
- Flash Player 11
- Shockwave 12
No other software will be available to run the presentations.

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POSTERS
Poster boards are in landscape format with a dimension of 84 cm width x 138 cm height. The poster size is determined by the author. All the material necessary for attaching the poster to the poster board is available at the Facility Desk in the poster area.

Authors are kindly asked to put up their posters on friday November 15th before 3pm, to enable the conference participants to view their posters at any time, and to take them down on saturday November 16th after 1pm and before 2pm. After this time, the remaining posters will be disposed by the conference staff (i.e. posters will not be stored anymore).

The presenting author is kindly asked to be present at the poster display for presentation during the attendance time of each poster session, as indicated in the program.


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Scientific Committee: 
Sujit Basu (USA), Marco Cosentino (I), Salvatore Cuzzocrea (I), 
Monica Di Luca (I), Marco Ferrari (I),
Howard H. Gendelman (USA), Franca Marino (I), Olimpia Meucci (USA)
 
Organizing Committee:
 
Marco Cosentino, Franca Marino, Marco Ferrari

lunedì 9 settembre 2013

Convegno monotematico SIF: "Neuroimmune Pharmacology" - Varese, 15-16 novembre 2013 - EXTENDED DEADLINE



Il termine per l'invio degli abstract è rinviato a venerdì 27 settembre 2013. Gli abstract ricevuti entro quella data e accettati per la presentazione verranno inclusi nel libro degli abstract (ma NON nel Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology - http://www.springer.com/biomed/neuroscience/journal/11481, per il quale il termine era fissato al 9 agosto scorso).

I moduli per la registrazione e l'invio di abstract sono disponibili all'URL: http://goo.gl/K08Wm 

La partecipazione al Convegno è gratuita. Come di consueto, a tutti i Soci SIF di età inferiore a 38 anni verrà garantita - grazie al contributo SIF - la copertura delle spese di soggiorno.


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Topics
AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE - NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE - CANCER
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE - NEUROIMMUNE PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
PHARMACOLOGY OF NEUROIMMUNE CROSS-TALK

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
[link to the .pdf - 2.5 Mb]

Download forms for registration and for submission of abstracts
[link to the form .doc - 50.5 Kb] - [link to the form .pdf - 90.5 Kb]

Scientific Committee: 
Sujit Basu (USA), Marco Cosentino (I), Salvatore Cuzzocrea (I), 
Monica Di Luca (I), Marco Ferrari (I),
Howard H. Gendelman (USA), Franca Marino (I), Olimpia Meucci (USA)
 
Organizing Committee:
 
Marco Cosentino, Franca Marino, Marco Ferrari

mercoledì 12 giugno 2013

Convegno monotematico SIF: "Neuroimmune Pharmacology: Challenging Paradigms Beyond Boundaries" - Varese, 15-16 novembre 2013



Si svolgerà a Varese il 15 e 16 novembre prossimi il Convegno monotematico SIF dal titolo "Neuroimmune Pharmacology: Challenging Paradigms Beyond Boundaries - Integrating pharmacology, immunology, and neurosciences in a therapeutic perspective", organizzato dal Centro di Ricerca in Farmacologia Medica dell'Università degli Studi dell'Insubria Varese-Como in collaborazione con il Gruppo di Lavoro SIF sull’infiammazione e il Gruppo di Lavoro SIF sulle malattie neurodegenerative.

I moduli per la registrazione e l'invio di abstract sono disponibili all'URL: http://goo.gl/K08Wm 
Gli abstract selezionati verranno pubblicati nel fascicolo di ottobre 2013 della rivista Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology (Springer, IF 2011: 4.574 - http://www.springer.com/biomed/neuroscience/journal/11481).

Il termine per l'invio degli abstract è il 9 agosto 2013. Non saranno possibili deroghe a causa dei tempi tassativi richiesti per la pubblicazione.

La partecipazione al Convegno è gratuita. Come di consueto, a tutti i Soci SIF di età inferiore a 38 anni verrà garantita - grazie al contributo SIF - la copertura delle spese di soggiorno.

E' disponibile in aggiunta un limitato numero di contributi per spese di viaggio e soggiorno che potranno essere assegnati ai partecipanti che: (i) ricoprano una posizione non di ruolo; (ii) abbiano inviato uno o più abstract; (iii) inviino insieme alla scheda di registrazione una una motivata lettera di richiesta. L'importo del contributo è fino a 125 Euro per i partecipanti provenienti dall'Italia e fino a 250 Euro per coloro che provengono dall'estero, e verrà erogato sotto forma di rimborso previa presentazione di documentazione utile.


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Topics
AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE - NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE - CANCER
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE - NEUROIMMUNE PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
PHARMACOLOGY OF NEUROIMMUNE CROSS-TALK

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
[link to the .pdf - 2.5 Mb]

Download forms for registration and for submission of abstracts
[link to the form .doc - 50.5 Kb] - [link to the form .pdf - 90.5 Kb]

Selected abstracts will be published in the October issue of the
Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology
(Springer, IF 2011: 4.574)
Deadline for abstract submission: August 9th 2013


Scientific Committee: 
Sujit Basu (USA), Marco Cosentino (I), Salvatore Cuzzocrea (I), 
Monica Di Luca (I), Marco Ferrari (I),
Howard H. Gendelman (USA), Franca Marino (I), Olimpia Meucci (USA)

 
Organizing Committee:
 

Marco Cosentino, Franca Marino, Marco Ferrari

 

martedì 7 maggio 2013

INSUBRIA SUMMER SCHOOL ON CLINICAL NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY - The rational use of CNS drugs Varese - Italy, 24th-28th June 2013


Organizers
Marco Cosentino - Chair of Medical Pharmacology
Franca Marino - Chair of Medical Pharmacology
Giorgio Bono - Chair of Clinical Neurology
Simone Vender - Chair of Clinical Psychiatry

Topics
FUNDAMENTALS OF NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
NEURODEGENERATION AND NEUROPROTECTION - PSYCHIATRIC DISEASE - EPILEPSY - PAIN AND CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM - ABUSE OF DRUGS
NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOGENETICS - HERBAL NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY


FINAL PROGRAM
[link - .pdf, 1.021 Kb]

Download form for registration
[link]

lunedì 1 aprile 2013

Convegno monotematico SIF - Neuroimmune Pharmacology: Challenging Paradigms Beyond Boundaries



Topics
AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE - NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE - CANCER
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE - NEUROIMMUNE PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
PHARMACOLOGY OF NEUROIMMUNE CROSS-TALK

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
[link to the .pdf - 2.5 Mb]

Download forms for registration and for submission of abstracts
[link to the form .doc - 50.5 Kb] - [link to the form .pdf - 90.5 Kb]

Selected abstracts will be published in the October issue of the
Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology
(Springer, IF 2011: 4.574)
Deadline for abstract submission: August 9th 2013


Scientific Committee: 
Sujit Basu (USA), Marco Cosentino (I), Salvatore Cuzzocrea (I), 
Monica Di Luca (I), Marco Ferrari (I),
Howard H. Gendelman (USA), Franca Marino (I), Olimpia Meucci (USA)

 
Organizing Committee:
 

Marco Cosentino, Franca Marino, Marco Ferrari