The Fernstrom Symposium on the Neuromuscular Junction will be held from 6-11 June 1988 as a satellite symposium of the European Society for Neurochemistry meeting to be held in Gothenburg, Sweden from 12-17 June 1988. The venue for the Fernstrom Symposium will be Orenas Castle in Glumslov, Sweden which is about 250 kilometers south of Gothenburg. The symposium will have 46 speakers: 20 from the United States, 22 from Europe and 1 each from Japan, Canada, Israel and Venezuela. The remaining 100 participants will be invited to make poster presentations. The scientific program will consist of 6 sessions over 31/2 days. The topics will include: ion channel structure and function; transmitter release; the niotinic acetylcholine receptors; excitationcontraction coupling; genetic expression and regulation in nerve and muscle and degenerative disease mechanisms. Recently, great advances have been made in these areas. The purpose of this synposium is to create a forum where leading scientists can present their findings, discuss their relevance to our overall understanding of pre and postsynaptic mechanisms and to identify important unresolved issues.
The aim i s to promote the spread of this knowledge to younger investigators, who will be encouraged to attend, and to the scientific community in general through the rapid publication of the proceedings.
