As published in the August 2012 issue of Clinical Lipidology, volume 7, issue 4 Entry in the Calendar is provided free of charge as a service to readers. Entries appear initially at the discretion of the Editor and then according to space available. If you are organizing a future meeting, please help us to maintain an efficient service by sending the appropriate details to the Editor well in advance. Calendar August 2012 Tel.: +1 240 283 6606 October 2012 Fax: +1 301 881 2080 EMBO Practical Course: Lipid Mass E-mail: [email protected] FEBS: Lipid Signalling and Cancer Spectrometry and Lipidomics Date: 4–10 October 2012 www.asbmb.org/asbmbmeetings/ Date: 19–24 August 2012 Location: Vico Equense, Italy specialsymposia/symposia. Location: Swansea, Wales, UK Contact Details: aspx?mid=23 Contact Details: Yuqin Wang Dr Daniela Corda Tel.: + 44 179 260 2730 2nd European Network on Oxysterol Tel.: +39 081 613 2536 E-mail: [email protected] Research (ENOR) Symposium: Fax: +39 081 6132277 http://events.embo.org/12-lipid-ms/ ‘Oxysterols and Related Sterols in E-mail: [email protected] index.html Chemistry, Biology and Medicine’ Dr Antonella De Matteis +39 081 613 2220 Date: 20–21 September 2012 Tel.: +39 081 560 9877 ESC Congress 2012 Location: Dijon, France Fax: E-mail: [email protected] “The world’s premier conference on the Contact details: science, management and prevention of Luigi Iuliano http://febs2012.ibp.cnr.it/ cardiovascular disease. E-mail: [email protected]; 2012 spotlight: from bench to practice.” [email protected] EMBO Molecular Medicine Date: 25–29 August 2012 Gerard Lizard Workshop 2012: ‘Molecular Location: Munich, Germany E-mail: [email protected] Medicine of Sphingolipids’ Date: 16–21 October 2012 Contact details: www.oxysterolsnet.org/index. Location: Ramot, Israel Tel.: +1 310 657 8777 php?title=main_page Contact details: www.escardio.org/congresses/esc-2012 4th European Workshop on Lipid Tel.: +972 35 175 150 +972 35 175 155 From Lipidomics to Disease and Mediators Fax: Email: [email protected] Green Energy “The workshop has two main goals: to bring Date: 23–29 August 2012 together researchers to discuss the latest http://events.embo.org/12- Location: Spetses, Greece results and developments in this area and sphingolipids/index.html to promote interaction and exchange of Contact Details: Petra Boon ideas. A special emphasis will be placed Tel.: +31 30 253 5389 on exploring the relevance of omega-3 December 2012 polyunsaturated fatty acids, the role of lipid Fax: +31 30 253 5492 mediators in the resolution of inflammation, The World Congress of Clinical E-mail: info@FEBS-lipids the advances in lipidomic analysis, innate Lipidology immunity and bioactive lipids and prostanoid www.febs-lipids.org/Spetses2012/ receptor pharmacology.” “This conference aims to deal with all aspects of lipid disorders from diagnosis to treatment, September 2012 Date: 27–28 September 2012 from diet to novel lipid lowering drugs, from adverse events to compliance issues. Current Location: Paris, France Frontiers in Lipid Biology and future lipid lowering therapies will be http://workshop-lipid.eu/index.php discussed in plenary lectures and small “Over the last decade there have been workshops by world leaders in lipidology. significant gains in our knowledge of Leading clinicians will contribute to a cutting metabolic diseases related to lipid 21st South East Lipid Research edge program that aims to capture the scope biochemistry. This conference will focus on Conference and depth of the exciting field of lipidology.” the fundamental research that is leading Date: 27–29 September 2012 to these developments, particularly in the Date: 6–8 December 2012 emerging areas of obesity, Type 2 diabetes, Location: Pine Mountain, GA, USA cardiovascular disease, lung pathology and Location: Budapest, Hungary Contact Details: Alyssa H Hasty endocannabinoid biochemistry.” Contact details: E-mail: [email protected] Tel.: +41 22 5330 948 4–9 September 2012 Date: www.selrc.org/index.html E-mail: secretariat@clinical-lipidology. Location: Banff, AB, Canada com Contact details: J Lynn Frazier www.clinical-lipidology.com Use this journal with a clear conscience... The cover and inner pages are printed on FSC® certified paper. FSC is dedicated to promoting responsible forest management. This product is a CarbonNeutral® publication and was produced using the environmental print technology, a guaranteed, low carbon, low waste, independently audited process that reduces the environmental impact of the printing process..