45th Annual Scientific Meeting of the
European Society for Clinical Investigation
Crete, Greece
13 – 16 April 2011
Congress venue
Aldemar Knossos Royal Village
Limenas Hersonissou
700 14 Crete,Greece
Accommodation hotel
Aldemar Royal Mare
Limenas Hersonissou 700 14 Crete, Greece
Tel: +30 28970 27 200 Fax:+30 28970 21 664
E-mail: rm@aldemarhotels.com
http://www.aldemarhotels.com/default.asp?pid=27&la=1
Please note that hotel accommodation of the 45th Aunnual Scientific Meeting will be moved to Aldemar Royal Mare instead of Aldemar Knossos Royal Village. These two hotel complexes are next to each other. The congress venue remains unchanged in Aldemar Knossos Royal Village. The room check-ins will be made in the Royal Mare reception, where all taxis and transfers will be forwarded there when one arrives to Knossos reception.
There will be a shuttle bus service between the hotel lobby and the conference venue. The distance between Royal Mare Lobby and Knossos Village conference venue is less than 3 minutes by shuttle. Covering this distance on foot is easy (5’-10’) and it is recommended through the beach path or the road above both hotels.
The hotel is located 25 km from the Heraklion Airport. The best option to get from the airport to the hotel is by taxi. It takes about half an hour and costs approximately €30-35. By taxi is then much recommended than by public bus connections.
Scientific Programme
I Plenary Lectures
- Wednesday 13 April 19.15 – 20.00
Functional Estrogen Receptors at the plasma membrane: Nature, molecular mechanisms of action and clinical implications
Ellis R. Levin (Long Beach, CA, USA) - Wednesday 13 April 20.00 – 20.45
From estrogen-centric to aging and oxidative stress: a revised perspective of the pathogenesis of osteoporosis
Stavros C. Manolagas (Little Rock, AR, USA) - Thursday 14 April 10.30 – 11.15
Gene and Stem Cell Therapy for Chronic Granulomatous Disease
Harry L. Malech (Bethesda, MD, USA) - Thursday 14 April 14.00 – 14.45
Interaction Nuclear Receptors with the Chromatin Landscape
Gordon Hager (Bethesda, MD, USA) - Friday 15 April 10.30 – 11.15
Lecture ESCI Award Winner 2011 Basic/Translational Research
Innate regulation of adaptive immunity by dendritic cells
Caetano Reis e Sousa (London, UK) - Friday 15 April 14.00 – 14.45
Lecture ESCI Award Winner 2011 Clinical Research
Osteoimmunology: Mechanisms and Clinical Implications
Georg Schett (Erlangen, Germany) - Saturday 16 April 10.30 – 11.15
Current Obesity Research
Andrew Margioris (Heraklion, Greece)
II Workshops
- Phagocyte Biology : from basic science to pathological aspects
Organizers: I. Maridonneau-Parini (Toulouse France), Timo K. van den Berg (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
View the Programme - Poor response to gonadotrophin stimulation & primary ovarian insufficiency: a continuum?
Organizer: S.N. Kalantaridou (Ioannina, Greece)
View the Programme - Clinical investigation of obesity
Organizer: A.N. Margioris (Heraklion, Greece)
View the Programme - Innate immune system in health and disease
Organizer: C. Tsatsanis (Heraklion, Greece)
View the Programme - Steroid receptors
Organizer: E. Charmandari (Athens, Greece)
View the Programme - The HDL hypothesis: From epidemiology to bench
Organizer: R.P.F. Dullaart (Groningen, The Netherlands)
View the Programme - Early life stress and obesity / Metabolic syndrome
Organizer: P. Pervanidou (Athens, Greece)
View the Programme - Factor affecting implantation of the human embryo
Organizer: A. Makrigiannakis (Heraklion, Greece) - Insulin resistance and cardiovascular disease
Organizer: Katerina Naka (Ioannina, Greece)
View the Programme - Pharmacogenetics in ovulation induction
Organizer: D. Loutradis (Athens, Greece) - Stress and the skin
Organizer: M. Venihaki (Heraklion, Greece)
View the Programme - Lifestyles and health. Mediterranean perspectives.
(Joint meeting: ESCI and Magna Grecia Clinical Medicine Network)
Organizers: G. Palasciano, P. Portincasa (Bari, Italy), F. Perticone (Catanzaro, Italy), G.B. Rini (Palermo, Italy), G.P. Chrousos (Athens, Greece)
View the Programme - Molecular aspects of renal diseases.
Organizers: J.-J. Boffa, C. Chatziantoniou (Paris, France), A. Charonis (Athens, Greece)
View the Programme
III Subspecialty Poster Sessions
- Cardiovascular medicine
- Endocrinology, diabetology and metabolism
- Gastroenterology and hepatology
- Haematology and oncology
- Immunology, rheumatology and inflammation
- Lipidology
- Nephrology and hypertension
- Neurology and neurobiology
- Osteoporosis and bone metabolism
- Respiratory medicine
- Thrombosis and haemostasis
- Miscellaneous
Poster viewing will be possible during coffee breaks and at lunchtime from Thursday 14 April until Saturday 16 April.
Poster Awards: the four best posters (including workshop abstracts/posters) will be awarded the Poster Award 2011 to the amount of EURO 250 per poster.
Deadline for electronic abstract submission: 7 December 2010, 09:00 hrs.