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Signal Transduction: Receptors, Mediators and Genes 2008 Meeting
The 12th STS Meeting 2008: Signal Transduction - Receptors, Mediators and Genes will be held at the Leonardo Hotel Weimar from October 29th to October 31st, 2008.
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Date, Time and Location
The STS Meeting 2008 will take place in the Leonardo Hotel (which was previously the Hilton Hotel) in Weimar from October 29-31. In contrast to the meeting in previous years the beginning of the scientific program of the meeting is scheduled already for Wednesday afternoon at 4.00 p.m. and will thus include one more dinner on Wednesday evening. Accordingly, the conference will resume on Friday night after dinner and the award celebrations.
Registration Fees
Online registration for this year's meeting has been opened on 2008-07-01. We were able to negotiate the following very moderate registration fees which include one more dinner on Wednesday night as compared to last year. Moreover, we could also find an agreement with the Leonardo group to reduce the accommodation rates. The meeting rates despite of the change in the Hotel owner are:
| Academic STS-member | EUR 195,— |
| Academic participant | EUR 240,— |
| Non-academic participant as STS-member and/or from sponsoring company | EUR 250,— |
| Other non-academic participant | EUR 400,— |
Congress Venue
The previous Hilton hotel was taken over by the Leonardo group, therefore the hotel is now termed Leonardo hotel. Thus, the conference site is suitable for 300 participants. Due to the development of the society and potentially resulting space limitations, we strongly encourage all STS members and potential participants to register early. As usual, registration will be handled as first come first serve. Registration and abstract submission is possible online only. The deadline for abstract submission is September 15, 2008. As usual, there will be no extension of this deadline.
A cancellation of a meeting registration is possible until four weeks prior to the meeting and only a processing fee of EUR 50,-- will be charged to cover costs for program organization, handling of funds, cups and buttons. The remainder of the registration fee will be refunded. After that date a refund will not be possible.
With regard to lodging throughout the Meeting, we could arrange a reduction of the rates as compared to last years meeting to very moderate accomodation rates at the Leonardo Hotel Weimar. As compared to the regular rate at this hotel (190,-- EUR per night), single rooms will be available to the conferees of the STS meeting for 90,-- EUR and double space rooms (which can be shared by two conferees) for 106,-- EUR including the Leonardo breakfast buffet! Hotel reservations at these reduced rates have to be made under the keyword 'STS'.
Special Focus 2008:
Immunology
Keynote Talks
As in recent years, the keynote talks will be given by invited speakers nominated by STS members.
For the 2008 Meeting, we will present a number of outstanding scientists as keynote speakers for the individual Workshops and the Special Focus Symposium on "Immunology".
Workshop and Poster Topics
Preliminary Program
| Wednesday, 29.Oct. | |
| Begin of the meeting: 3:30 p.m. | |
| afternoon | WS A: Transcription Control in Cells and Tissues Keynote: Kerstin Krieglstein, Göttingen |
| Thursday, 30.Oct. | |
| morning | WS B: Receptor-triggered Pathways (growth factors, cytokines, chemokines and their receptors) Keynote: Arne Östman, Stockholm, Sweden |
| WS C: Tumor Biology and Cancer Therapy Keynote: Thomas Seufferlein, Ulm |
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| afternoon | WS D: Signal Alterations induced by Pathogens Keynote: Klaus Aktories, Freiburg |
| WS E: Differentiation, Senescence and Cell Death Keynote: Peter Herrlich, Jena |
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| Friday, 31.Oct. | |
| morning | WS F: Signalling in Immune Cells - key topic - (in association with FOR521 of the DFG) Keynotes: Edward Clark, Seattle, USA Stefan Feske, New York, USA Mark R. Philips, New York, USA Facundo Batista, London, UK |
| STS General Assembly | |
| afternoon | WS G: Adhesion, Motility, Morphology Keynote: Harvey T. McMahon, Cambridge, UK |
Poster Workshops:
- Signaling in Non-Mammlian Organisms
- Complex Signaling Systems and Mathematical Models
- Pharmacological Intervention and Toxins
- New Methods
- Bench to Business
- Miscellaneous
Please note that depending on the number of abstracts submitted for individual topics, changes in workshop topics may occur.
STS-Science-Award 2008 (1,000.– EUR) sponsored by Biomol GmbH
Like in the years before, the STS will also follow its tradition in 2008 and announce the STS-Science-Award. This year, the scientific award (1,000.– EUR) will be sponsored by Biomol GmbH on the occasion of the 40th company anniversary. The award will be given to an outstanding presentation at the STS-Meeting. The award jury consisting of the STS council, STS advisory board members and the workshop chairpeople will select appropriate candidates. Please send applications (including CV, list of publication, STS meeting abstract) to the chairman:
Prof. Dr. Frank Entschladen
Institute of Immunology
Witten/Herdecke University
Stockumer Str. 10
58448 Witten, Germany
Selected candidates will have to present their work both as an oral and as a poster presentation to allow further discussion with members of the jury. The award-winning work should be considered for publication in Cell Communication and Signaling (CCS).
GBM-Innovation-Award for Young Scientists
The Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology/Gesellschaft für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie e.V (GBM) also announces this year at the occasion of the STS Joint Meeting Signal Transduction - Receptors, Mediators and Genes 2008 the GBM-Innovation-Award for Young Scientists.
This scientific award (EUR 250,-) will be given to a young scientist (diploma, master, MD or PhD student) who is developing a new innovative method, which might be attractive for all of us.
The award jury consisting of the speakers of the GBM Study Groups "Biochemical Pharmacology and Toxicology" and "Receptors and Signal Transduction" will select appropriate candidates. If you think your method is exciting and innovative, then do not hesitate to send your abstract together with a brief comment of your supervisor including a statement for the reason for your application until the 15th of September to:
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Prof. Dr. Klaudia Giehl Klinikum für Innere Medizin I Universitätsklinikum Ulm Robert-Koch-Str. 8 D-89081 Ulm Fax: +49-731-500-45216 Mail: klaudia.giehl@uni-ulm.de |
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PD Dr. Gaby-Fleur Böl Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung Abteilungsleiterin Risikokommunikation Thielallee 88 - 92 D-14195 Berlin Fax: +49-30-8412-1243 Mail: Gaby-Fleur.Boel@bfr.bund.de |
STS stipends and Poster Prizes
The STS council decided to once again to distribute STS stipends for a total amount of 2,500.-- EUR. The favourable financial situation of the STS enables the Society to support up to ten young STS members (diploma or doctoral students) by a travel grant of 250.- EUR each.
According to the stipend guidelines it should be noted that the acceptance of this STS stipend requires a STS membership which should be sustained for at least three more years. Applicants must currently be diploma- or doctoral-students and a letter of confirmation from the head of the department must be supplied alongside the application. Please also include a copy of your immatriculation certificate. Furthermore, applications must be accompanied a curriculum vitae, a description of the current project (no more than two pages) and an abstract to be presented at the meeting.
The application deadline for STS-stipends expires on September 15th, 2008. Successful applicants will be notified and personally awarded during the STS Meeting in Weimar. Please send your stipend application, including all the required information, to the chairman:
PD Dr. rer. nat. Gaby-Fleur Böl
Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung (BfR)
Abt. Risikokommunikation
Thielallee 88 - 92
14195 Berlin
gaby-fleur.boel@bfr.bund.de
Poster presentations will be again particularly attractive in 2008. First of all, there will be ample space for all posters to remain mounted throughout the conference in conjunction with the sponsors exhibition. Second, all posters may be introduced to the plenum in the famous "one minute - one transparency (no slide)" session and third, five poster prizes will be awarded (first prize: 250,-- EUR, second prize: 200,-- EUR, third prize: 150,-- EUR, fourth prize: 100,-- EUR and fifth prize: 50,-- EUR. Since it is the policy of the STS to particularly encourage and support young scientists, the council decided that chairpeople and heads of departments or institutes are not eligible for a poster award. Awards will be made payable by cheque and must be cashed latest by December 31st of this year (expiration date of the cheques).
Sponsors of the STS Meeting 2008
The industrial exhibition of sponsoring companies will take place in an approximately 400 square meter area together with the poster exhibition in order to concentrate and to facilitate interactions between the conference participants and the industry.
Sponsoring companies of this years STS meeting as well as companies who would like to support alternative activities such as organization of a dinner tutorial, sponsoring of scientific awards, banner commercials, etc. are kindly requested to contact Ralf Hass for further information.
Organizing CommitteeGaby-Fleur Böl, Berlin |
Program CommitteeSTS council together with the STS |
Workshops
All presentations will be given as plenary overview lectures/short presentations in the main conference hall. Most sessions will be opened by an introductory overview of 25 minutes plus 5 minutes of discussion. Thus, in 2008, the STS will again attract and invite Overview-Speakers who significantly contributed to the development of specific areas of signal transduction research. Further speakers will be selected by the chairpeople of a session and the program committee.
Due to time constraints, only a limited number of abstracts will be selected for oral presentations of 10 minutes plus 5 minutes of discussion. The oral presentations should thematically be related to the Workshop Topics. They will be selected according to the author's indicated preferences by the Workshop chairpeople on the basis of scientific quality and consistency with the program.
The Sponsoring Companies of the STS meeting as usual will have the opportunity in the 2008 STS meeting for a plenary lecture. Thus, the Workshop sessions will include presentations of 10 minutes by sponsoring companies on innovative products for signal transduction research. These presentations will conclude each session to allow further discussions with the company's representatives during the following breaks.
A workshop entitled 'Bench to Business' is also planned for presenting companies. We shall provide this platform for planned projects, new startup companies, and for developing and established companies to discuss their aims and possible future strategies about combining academia and business. We hope that once again we will attract representatives from many companies that find their basis or their costumers in signal transduction research. For further information on special rates for contribitors to this event, please contact Ralf Hass (applicable to company representatives only).
Poster Sessions
All accepted poster contributions can be mounted already on Wednesday afternoon and will stay throughout the whole meeting in an area directly connected to the conference hall together with the sponsors' exhibition. This comfortable area will also be the major get-together site during the coffee and beer breaks. Poster viewing and discussion is scheduled for Thursday and Friday. In addition, posters may be presented to the plenum in a separate Poster Workshop as a 'one-minute presentation' (one minute - one (A4) transparency - no slide).
Poster Size: The format for posters is DIN A0 in portrait orientation (width: 841 mm, height: 1189 mm)
Travel Information
For detailed information in German about traveling by plane or by car and the location of the Conference Venue please refer to the Leonardo Hotel Weimar. For special inquiries about local peculiarities, contact Karlheinz Friedrich.
Some notes about our sponsoring policy