Subject: Upcoming Canadian International Meeting, Ottawa, June 11-15,2003
The Canadian Federation of Biological Societies invites you to attend the 46th CFBS Annual Meeting, June 11 - 15, 2003, Ottawa Congress Centre, Ottawa, Ontario. The main theme is: "Cardiovascular & Metabolic Disease". Symposia include an excellent roster of internationally recognized researchers. An additional symposium with an associated keynote lecture on the "Aging Skeleton" will be held. Theme Chair: Dr. Alexander S. Clanachan, President, Pharmacological Society of Canada, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB SYMPOSIA & PLENARY LECTURES Symposium 1: Inflammatory Heart Diseases and Cardiac Failure Chair: Bruce McManus, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC PLENARY LECTURE: Life and Death Signalling in Enteroviral Heart Disease Dr. Bruce McManus, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Symposium 2: Diabetes and Atherosclerosis Chair: Dr. Donald Maurice, Queens University, Kingston, ON Symposium 3: KATP Channels in Heart, Vasculature and Pancreas Chair: Dr. Peter Backx, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON PLENARY LECTURE: Transgenic mouse models with altered KATP function Colin G. Nichols, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA Symposium 4: New Insights into Obesity and its Complications Co-chaired by: Dr. Ruth McPherson, University of Ottawa Heart Institute and Dr. Alex Sorisky, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON ** Opening lecture by Dr. Bruce M. Spiegelman, Harvard University Symposium 5: Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors in Cardiovascular Regulation Chair: Dr. Gary D. Lopaschuk, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB PLENARY LECTURE: The role of the PPARa/PGC-1 complex in the control of energy metabolism in the developing and diseased heart. Dan P. Kelly, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA Symposium # 6 (AM Session) Nutrition, Functional Foods and Cardiovascular Disease Co-Chaired: Dr. S. Gilani, Health Canada, Nutrition Research Division, Ottawa, ON and Dr. Dalia Kudirka, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Biotechnology and International Research Branch, Ottawa, ON <http://www.cfbs.org/annual46-program.html> <http://www.cfbs.org/annual46-program.html> <http://www.cfbs.org/annual46-program.html>Symposium # 7 (PM Session) Nutrition, Functional Foods and Cardiovascular Disease Co-Chaired: Dr. S. Gilani, Health Canada, Nutrition Research Division, Ottawa, ON and Dr. Dalia Kudirka, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Biotechnology and International Research Branch, Ottawa, ON Symposium #8 From Genes to Imaging: New Target Discovery and Diagnostic Approaches in Cardiovascular Diseases Chair: Dr. Danica Stanimirovic, Director of Neurobiology Program, NRC-Institute for Biological Sciences, Ottawa, ON Symposium 9: The Aging Skeleton Co-chaired by Drs. Frank Beier, Jeff Dixon and Kevin Leco of the University of Western Ontario, London, ON PLENARY LECTURE: Of birth, death, and ANGELS: new perspectives on the pathogenesis and treatment of osteoporosis. Stavros Manolagas, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA Symposium 10: Protective Effects of Nutrients in CVD - Addressing Recent Controversies Chaired by Dr. Alison Stephen, Heart and Stroke Foundation Symposium 11: Dietary Reference Intake Symposium Summary of Macronutrient DRI Report Chair: Dr. Paula R. Trumbo, Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Science, Washington, DC, USA FORUM & WORKSHOPS CAANCB Workshop The Use of Innovative Technology for Teaching The Morphological Sciences: Best Practices Co-chaired by: Dr. Hendelman and Max Hincke, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON CFIC WORKSHOP Building on the basics. Bringing context and facts to media reporting on obesity Presented by the Canadian Food Information Council CFBS SCIENCE POLICY FORUM Obesity: The Emerging Chronic Disorder Chair: Dr. Bruce Sells, CFBS Executive Director, Ottawa, ON * Diane Finegood, Director, CIHR, Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes * Robert Dent, MD, Ottawa Hospital Weight Management Clinic, Ottawa, ON AWARD LECTURES CFBS Gordin Kaplan Award Lecture (CFBS) This is science; I can do it! Margaret-Ann Armour, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB Nestlé Nutrition Graduate Students Awards Presentations (CSNS) Centrum Foundation Award Lecture (CSNS) Mitochondrial Proton Leak, UCPs and Energy Metabolism Mary Ellen Harper, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON JCB Grant Award Lecture (CAANCB) Physiological Roles Of Atrial Natriuretic Peptides Stephen C. Pang. Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario Murray L. Barr Award Lecture (CAANCB) Primary Motor Cortex: Your Brain Knows Physics Better Than You Think Stephan Scott, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario Boehringer Ingelheim Post-Doctoral Award (PSC) Mechanisms of vascular smooth muscle relaxation by the activation of endothelial Proteinase-Activated Receptor-2 (PAR2)John McGuire, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta Alta-Pharm International Senior Scientist Award (PSC) Regulation of cholinergic neuron function: targets for therapeutic intervention in neurodegenerative disorders R. Jane Rylett, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario Merck-Frosst Junior Scientist Award in Pharmacology (PSC)Unravelling the roles of KATP channels in cardioprotection Peter E. Light, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta Poster Presentations, Scientific Exhibits, Societies Banquets & Receptions Abstracts on exciting new developments will be accepted in the CFBS' office until the notice is removed from the website. Deadline for Advance Reservation has been extended to May 15. For further information & online forms please consult the CFBS website: http://www.cfbs.org/annual.html <<attachment: winmail.dat>> |