ACCDIS INTERNATIONAL THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL COURSE: METABOLIC SIGNALING AND CHRONIC DISEASES

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Dates: October 5-9th, 2015

Place: Advanced Center for Chronic Diseases (ACCDiS )

Facultad Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas, University of Chile, Olivos 1007, Santiago, Chile 2015

Organizer: Sergio Lavandero, PhD (ACCDiS , University of Chile)

Coordinators: Mario Chiong, PhD (ACCDiS , University of Chile)
Rodrigo Troncoso, PhD (ACCDiS , University of Chile)
Lorena Garcia, PhD (ACCDiS , University of 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. University of Chile, Chile
Mario Chiong Ph.D. University of Chile, Chile
Mariana Cifuentes Ph.D. University of Chile, Chile
Alfredo Criollo Ph.D. University of Chile, Chile
Sergio Lavandero Ph.D. University of Chile, Chile
Eugenia Morselli Ph.D. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile
Rodrigo Troncoso Ph.D. University of Chile, Chile
Lorena GarcíaPh.D. University of 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