FOURTHDUTCH ENDO-NP EURO- SYCHO MEETING Golden Tulip Parkhotel 'Doorwerth', Doorwerth, Netherlands 31 M a y - 3 J u n e 2 0 0 5 1 W E L C O M E DEAR PARTICIPANT MEETING WEBSITE The organizers proudly welcome you at the 4th Dutch The organization of the Endo-Neuro-Psycho Meeting Endo-Neuro-Psycho Meeting, the unique annual meeting has a permanent website on which past, present and for the Dutch endocrinologist and neuroscientist in the future information can be found. It also provides further broadest sense. This Endo-Neuro-Psycho Meeting 2005 information on how to apply as moderator for a session (ENP2005) is the 9th meeting of its kind, which started in at a future meeting. The site has the address 1997 as the 1st Dutch Endo-Neuro Meeting, but since http://www.enpmeeting.nl/enp. then has grown to the forum of national scientific The direct link to the pages of the present 2005 meeting exchange. A bit of its history and its success story can is http://www.enpmeeting.nl. be found on http://www.enpmeeting.nl/enp/history. Contact addresses One of the aims of the ENPmeeting is to present the most recent developments in clinical and pre-clinical research About this meeting in various fields of endocrinology and the Ms. Sonja van Eif neurosciences. The present program again offers many Secretariat Neurofederation exciting sessions in the fields of basal and clinical Josephine Nefkens Institute endocrinology, neuroendocrinology, neurosciences and P.O. Box 1738 behavioral neurosciences. To this end, many scientists, 3000 DR Rotterdam participating as moderators in the meeting, have e-mail [email protected] organized topic-oriented sessions in which both internationally well-known speakers were invited to About financial matters present their view on the future prospects as well as Dr. Freek L. van Muiswinkel junior scientists who will contribute with their latest Department of Neurology G03.228 results. This approach is chosen as to create an ideal University Medical Center Utrecht atmosphere that promotes interaction between junior P.O. Box 85500 investigators and established senior scientists, the 3508 GA Utrecht important second aim of the meeting. e-mail [email protected] In addition poster sessions are organized that are open General information for both young and established scientists. We would like Dr. Gerard J. Boer to encourage everyone to actively attend these sessions. (board Dutch Neurofederation) Dept. Neuroregeneration The ENP2005 is again held in the Golden Tulip Parkhotel Netherlands Institute for Brain Research Doorwerth. The pleasant atmosphere of this conference Meibergdreef 33 site has proven to be very stimulating for scientific and 1105 AZ Amsterdam ZO social exchange in all previous meetings, and no doubt it e-mail [email protected] will do so in 2005. FUTURE MEETINGS AND CALL FOR PROPOSALS Finally, the organizers would like to stress and acknowledge the important contribution of the session The Dutch Endo-Neuro-Psycho Meeting will continue in moderators: they organized the sessions and together 2006, and again in the first week of June. Preliminary they are responsible for the exciting program of this dates for the next meeting are 6-9 June 2006. years meeting. In addition, the 4nd Dutch Endo-Neuro- Suggestions for sessions of the 2006 meeting can Psycho Meeting 2005 would not exist without the already be submitted. Announce your suggestions as generous financial support from our sponsors. moderator via the special form available in this booklet (see On behalf of the organizing committee, we wish you a page xxx), or use the electronic version on fruitful meeting in Doorwerth, http://www.ENPmeeting.nl/enp/ENP2006. All Dutch participants of Dutch Endo-Neuro-Psycho Hanno Pijl (chair Organizing committee) Meetings will receive an e-mail in September 2005 Sytze van Dam (chair Program committee reminding them about the possibility to organize a Endocrinology) session at the 5th Dutch Endo-Neuro-Psycho Meeting Bart Ellenbroek (chair Program committee 2006 / 10th Dutch Endo-Neuro Meeting 2006. Neuroscience) Detailed instructions for moderators will be published on Miranda van Turennout (chair Program committee the above mentioned web pages of the Endo-Neuro- Cognitive and behavioral neuroscience) Psycho Meeting. The e-mail address for correspondence is [email protected]. 2 ORGANIZATION/SPONSORS ORGANIZING COMMITTEE PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS Gerard Boer (NIH, Amsterdam) vice-president Netherlands Federation of Neuroscience Organizations Gerard Borst (Erasmus MC, Rotterdam) (Neurofederation) Sytze van Dam (OLVG, Amsterdam) www.neurofederatie.nl Michaela Diamant (VUmc, Amsterdam) Netherlands Society for Endocrinology (NVE) Willem van der Does (LU, Leiden) www.nve.nl Bart Ellenbroek (KUN, Nijmegen) Netherlands Society for Psychonomics (NVP) Richard Feelders (Erasmus MC, Rotterdam) nvp.nici.kun.nl Eric Fliers (AMC, UvA, Amsterdam) Dutch Society for Neuropsychology (NVN) Mechiel Korte (WUR, Wageningen) www.nvneuropsy.nl Freek van Muiswinkel (UMCU, Utrecht) treasurer Dutch-Belgian Society for Experimental and Clinical Albert Postma (UU, Utrecht) Neuroscience (EKN) Hanno Pijl (LUMC, Leiden) president www.ekn.org Wim Scheenen (KUN, Nijmegen) Wim Riedel (UM, Maastricht) SPONSORS Anton Scheurink (RUG, Groningen) Miranda van Turennout (KUN, Nijmegen) Organizations Mark Verheijen (VU, Amsterdam) committee secretariat Dutch Brain Foundation (HsN) Robbert Verkes (UMCN, Nijmegen) www.hsn.nl Ineke van der Zee (KUN, Nijmegen) Dutch League against Epilepsy Glucocorticoid hormone Programming in Early life and Program committee Endocrinology its impact on Adult Health (EUPEAH) Sytze van Dam (chair) www.eupeah.org Michaela Diamant Graduate School Neurosciences Amsterdam (ONWA) Richard Feelders www.onwa.med.vu.nl Eric Fliers Graduate School of Behavioral and Cognitive Mechiel Korte Neurosciences (BCN) Hanno Pijl www.bcn.rug.nl/bcn Anton Scheurink International Foundation Alzheimer Research (ISAO) www.alzheimer.nl Program committee Neuroscience Netherlands Institute for Brain Research Gerard Boer www.nih.knaw.nl Gerard Borst Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Bart Ellenbroek (chair) Development (ZonMw) Freek van Muiswinkel www.zonmw.nl Wim Scheenen NWO Foundation 'Aard- en Levenswetenschappen' Mark Verheijen (NWO-ALW) Ineke van der Zee www.nwo.nl/alw NWO Foundation 'Maatschappij en Program committee Cognitive & behavioral Gedragswetenschappen' (NWO-MaGW) neuroscience www.nwo.nl/magw Willem van der Does Albert Postma Companies Wim Riedel Elsevier Science B.V. (Amsterdam) Miranda van Turennout (chair) www.elsevier.com Robbert Verkes Ferring Pharmaceuticals (Hoofddorp) www.ferring.nl Secretariat registration Ipsen Farmaceutica BV (Hoofddorp) Sonja van Eif www.ipsen.com Novartis Pharma Oncology (Arnhem) Secretariat abstracts www.novartisoncology.nl Tini Eikelboom Novo Nordisk Farma B.V. (Alphen aan de Rijn) www.novonordisk.nl Pfizer BV (Capelle a/d IJssel) www.pfizer.nl Solvay Pharma B.V. (Weesp) www.solvay.com 3 INFORMATION CONFERENCE SITE INSTRUCTIONS FOR ORAL PRESENTATIONS Golden Tulip Parkhotel ‘Doorwerth’, Kabeljauwallee 35, Oral presentation time includes 10 min (long) or 5 min 6865 BL Doorwerth, tel. 0317 319010. discussion time (short presentations). The following lecture rooms are available: Branding Beamer equipment is available in all lecture rooms. The (plenary, parellel and poster sessions), Doorwerth, Patio moderator(s) of your session is (are) in charge of the and Gelderland (parallel sessions), and Renkum and computer part of the projection. A room assistant is Heelsum (satellite sessions). Sub 1 is the luggage room. available during each session for additional help. Sub 2 is a room with a PC for internet access, and the Please contact your session moderator, who now acts as room to connect your own laptop to the internet. Sub 3 is a chairperson, well in advance of the start of the session available as small meeting room for those who wish to to arrange swift change of files between the organize a small exchange meeting during the ENP2005 presentations. The organizers have suggested the (contact the registration desk). moderators to collect all presentation files on a single laptop. REGISTRATION DESK INSTRUCTIONS FOR POSTER PRESENTATIONS The registration desk is daily open till 13.00 h, and in the afternoon between 18.00-18.30 h (except Friday 3 June). Poster sessions are in the rear of lecture room Branding The desk provides you with lunch en dinner tickets and (Endo and Neuro 2 sessions) and at the corridor near the a program booklet if you have paid the necessary bar (Neuro 2 and Psycho sessions). Posters can be registration fee before the deadline of May 15. displayed on the day of the session and have to be The registration desk is also open for on site registration removed before 08.00 h the next day. Poster boards are and additional diner tickets. sized 100 x 120 cm. Posters can be mounted by drawing The hotel only serves drinks at the bar via bar tickets. pins, which will be available at the meeting. These tickects are available at the hotel desk. The Endocrinology session on Monday 2 June includes a lunch, all other sessions are combined with a coffee/tea INSTRUCTIONS FOR ACCOMMODATION break. If accommodation is ordered, and your room will be in POSTER AWARDS Parkhotel Doorwerth, you can check-in at the hotel desk only after 14.00 h. Luggage should be stored in Sub 1, a For the Endocrinology, Neuroscience 1 and 2 and room available for luggage storage at