Annual meeting of the Society for Cutaneous Ultrastructural Research

 

The next annual meeting of the Society for Cutaneous Ultrastructural Research (http://orgs.dermis.net/content/e04scur/e03meetings/e770/e1074/index_ger.html) will take place on 23-25 May 2012 in Lyon, France.

The leading theme will be "Structure and Function of the Skin Barrier".

 

The meeting will start on Wednesday May 23, by the Welcome reception that will be held at 7 pm in the famous Town Hall ("Hôtel de Ville" of Lyon (http://www.lyon.fr/lieu/services-publics/hotel-de-ville-de-lyon.html ).

 

The first working day, Thursday May 24, will be dedicated to the leading theme, with participation of members of two major European networks working on this topic: the European Epidermal Barrier Research Network (E²BRN, http://e2brn.org/ ) and the COST Skin Barrier in Atopic Diseases (SkinBAD, http://www.skinbad.eu/ ).

Prof. Gopinathan Mennon (New York) will give an invited lecture on " Comparative morphology of the epidermal barrier ".

 

In the evening, you'll be able to continue discussions in a more friendly setting of a typical Lyonese restaurant belonging to what is called "the heart of the French kitchen".

 

We shall continue on the second day, Friday May 25 with other related topics, including a session of the Skin Pathology Club. The Invited lecture will be given by Prof. Jean Kanitakis (Lyon) on "Reflectance Confocal Microscopy in vivo: another way to explore normal and diseased skin".

 

Venue of the meeting: International Agency for Research on Cancer, 150, cours A. Thomas, 6003 Lyon (IARC, http://www.iarc.fr/ ).

 

Lunches on Thursday and Friday will be served in the skytop restaurant of the meeting venue. The meeting registration fees will include the cost for the lunches and the Gala dinner on Thursday evening.

 

 

Registration fees:

 

Before March 17, 2012:

ordinary : 300 € (*SCUR members: 255 €)

student (proof required) : 150 € (*SCUR members: 105 €)

accompanying person: 70€ (Welcome Reception & Gala Dinner)

 

After March 17, the fees will be 340€ (295€), 190€ (145€) and 90€, respectively.

(* SCUR member tarif only after registered payment of the annual membership fee)

 

Deadline for submission of ABSTRACTS: February 17, 2012.

 

Please request the form at, and submit your abstract to:  scur.lyon2012@gmail.com

The form will be also available for downloading at the SCUR website: http://orgs.dermis.net/content/e04scur/e03meetings/e770/e1074/index_ger.html.

 

Lyon is centrally located and easily accessed via Saint-Exupéry International airport and with high-speed train (TGV) from Paris.

Participants should take care of their travel plans and hotel accomodation.

We suggest hotels in the city centre (only 10 min. away from the meeting venue by metro line D) or within walking distance (close to the birthplace of the Lumière's brothers, inventors of cinema : http://www.institut-lumiere.org/english/frames.html ).

 

Also, we strongly suggest you stayed over the week-end. There are many places to visit and things to see and to do in France's second largest agglomeration and its region ! We'll be happy to provide you with further information (http://www.lyon.fr/page/websites-in-english-about-lyon-france.html ).

For more information contact: scur.lyon2012@gmail.com

 

We look forward to welcoming you in Lyon !

Jean Kanitakis and Marek Haftek

Marek HAFTEK, MD, PhD
Directeur de Recherches CNRS
marek.haftek@univ-lyon1.fr

Laboratoire de Recherche Dermatologique, EA4169
Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie  UCBL1

8, Av. Rockefeller, 69373 Lyon, France

tél: +33 (0)4 78 77 70 30 (no permanency/pas de permanence)

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