ACCDIS INTERNATIONAL THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL COURSE: METABOLIC SIGNALING AND CHRONIC DISEASES
Dates: October 5-9th, 2015
Place: Advanced Center for Chronic Diseases (ACCDiS)
Facultad Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad de Chile, Olivos 1007, Santiago, Chile 2015
Organizer: Sergio Lavandero, PhD (ACCDiS, Universidad de Chile)
Coordinators: Mario Chiong, PhD (ACCDiS, Universidad de Chile)
Rodrigo Troncoso, PhD (ACCDiS, Universidad de Chile)
Lorena García, PhD (ACCDiS, Universidad de Chile, Chile)
Topics
- Energy Metabolism
- Organelle and Metabolism
- Metabolic Cell Signaling
- Cellular Metabolism in Chronic Diseases
International Speakers
David A. BernlohrPh.D. University of Minnesota, USA
Laura Castro Ph.D. Universidad de la República de Uruguay, Uruguay
Amira KlipPh.D. The Hospital for Sick Children, Canada
Alicia KowaltoskiM.D., Ph.D. Universidadede São Paulo, Brazil
E. Dale Abel M.D., Ph.D. University of IOWA. USA
National Speakers
Julio César Cardenas Ph.D. Universidad de Chile, Chile
Mario Chiong Ph.D. Universidad de Chile, Chile
Mariana Cifuentes Ph.D. Universidad de Chile, Chile
Alfredo Criollo Ph.D. Universidad de Chile, Chile
Sergio Lavandero Ph.D. Universidad de Chile, Chile
Eugenia Morselli Ph.D. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile
Rodrigo Troncoso Ph.D. Universidad de Chile, Chile
Lorena GarcíaPh.D. Universidad de Chile, Chile
Hugo VerdejoM.D. ,Ph.D. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile
Andrew Quest Ph.D.Universidad de Chile, Chile
CatterinaFerreccio M.D., Ph.D. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile
Participants:
PhD students from the programs in Medical Sciences, Biomedical Sciences, Neurosciences, Molecular & Cell Biology, Pharmacology, Nutrition and Biochemistry of the Universidad de Chile areinvited to attend to this course.
An open call for applications will also be issued for – but not limited to – all graduate students in Chile and the Latin American Region.
Participants will be selected based on their curriculum and pertinence of the course to their work, and scholarships will be considered for students coming from outside Santiago de Chile
Funding
No fee to attend this course
Participants are expected to cover their own travel and living costs
Applications
Submit your application on-line at http://www.icgeb.org/chile-accdis-international-2015.html including curriculum vitae in English and a short list of publications (if any)
Deadline for receipt: 14th August 2015
Requests for information and applications to: secretariaaccdis@u.uchile.cl +562 2 97881693