Jan 2011 BNS Meeting London PDF Print E-mail

Image112th Meeting of the British Neuropathological Society

January 5-7 2011

Institute of Child Health, London

The next winter meeting of the Society will be held in January 2011. The meeting will be held at the Institute of Child Health with its excellent conference facilities and central London location.  Please read a welcome letter and invitation to the meeting from the President of the Society, Prof. James Ironside.

Symposium: New Perspectives in Multiple Sclerosis

A half-day symposium will be held on 5th January.

Chair: Professor Kenneth Smith

The role of cortical grey matter lesions and neurodegeneration in progression
Professor Richard Reynolds, London, UK

Assessment of MS pathology using MRI
Dr Klaus Schmierer

Mitochondrial changes in MS
Dr Don Mahad, Newcastle, UK

Potential roles for hypoxia in neuroinflammatory disease?
Professor Kenneth Smith, London, UK

Advances in remyelination
Professor Robin Franklin, Cambridge

THE ALFRED MEYER LECTURE
Mechanisms of tissue injury in multiple sclerosis    
Professor Hans Lassmann, Brain Research Institute, Vienna, Austria

Programme and Abstracts:

The call for abstracts is now online. Full details for abstract submission are available using an online abstract submission system. The deadline for abstract submission is October 8th 2010

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Posters:

Information for those intending to present a poster, with specifications for layout and sizes, is now available online. Please pay careful attention to these specifications when creating a poster.

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Registration:

You will need to complete and submit a registration form to attend the meeting - this is available online

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Cavanagh Prize:

The January 2011 meeting will include a lecture given by the recipient of the Cavanagh Prize. Nominations for this prize from BNS members are invited .

 

Wednesday

Half-day Symposium: New Perspectives in Multiple Sclerosis

Thursday

A full programme of talks and posters.
The Society Dinner

Friday

A full programme of talks and posters.


Who should attend
The meeting will be of interest to Neuropathologists, Neurologists and Neuroscientists as it attracts a wide range of speakers from within the UK and abroad. Trainees in Neuropathology and Neurology are particularly encouraged to attend and it is expected that a training meeting will be arranged by Neuropathology trainees on the morning of Wednesday prior to the start of the main meeting.
Why you should attend
The symposium will brings together a number of internationally renowned scientists working in a field of interest in neuropathology At the remainder of the meeting a range of original work will be presented in oral and poster formats covering many aspects of neuropathology and related neuroscience fields. Members of the British Neuropathological Society should take the opportunity to attend the Business Meeting of the Society and also the Professional Affairs Meeting. The annual review of cases from the External Quality Assurance scheme organized by the Society will take place and those who take part in this scheme are encouraged to participate in this process.

Please click this link to the ICH website Conference Website

 

 
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