BIT' 1st World Congress of (NeuroTalk 2010)

Time: June 25-28, 2010

Venue: Singapore EXPO

http://www.bitlifesciences.com/neurotalk2010/

The mission of this congress is to initiate a sustainable platform for exchanging up-to-the-minute upstream and downstream achievements, industrial needs and research opportunities of Neurosciences fields in Asia Pacific Rim, to promote neuroscience, increase communication and facilitate collaboration between investigators throughout the world. Here, neuroscientists, neurologists and neurosurgeons will bring us the extraordinary advances on the treatment of injuries and illnesses affecting the brain, spine and nervous system. This focused event pays tribute to the growing significance of neurosciences, we cordially welcome you to join us and witness the advances in neurosciences together!

Highlights
 
• 6 Main Tracks focusing on new advances of neurosciences 
• Organize up to 400+ Oral Presentations to supply a broad view of research
• 300+ Posters and 100 Company Exhibitions
• 1000+ Attendees
• To accelerate progress in the development of neurosciences
• Gain valuable career development advice/knowledge
• Tech tour to famous science spots & historical sites in Singapore 

Deadline

Important Deadline July 15, 2009 First Round Call for Speakers, Papers, Exhibitions, Media Partners and Sponsors and First News Release September 31, 2009 Deadline for 2009 Early Bird Registration January 31, 2010 Deadline for the Second Round Call for Speakers, Papers, Attendees, Posters February 28, 2010 Deadline for the Third Round Call for Speakers, Papers, Attendees, Posters March 31, 2010 Speech Opportunities Application/ Abstract submission Deadline May 15, 2010 Deadline for cancellation of social program and tours May 15, 2010 Hotel Accommodation Cancellation Deadline June 24, 2010 Registration June 25, 2010 Congress Opening Ceremony June 28, 2010 Congress Closed

Hotel Venue

BIT'S 1st Annual World Congress of NeuroTalk (NeuroTalk-2010) is to be held in Singapore Expo Convention and Exhibition Center. Singapore Expo is South East Asia’s largest convention and exhibition center with 10 ground floor and column-free exhibition halls offering over 100,000 square meters indoor exhibition and convention space. With its advanced facilities, easy accessibility and experienced staff , events of any size is possible at Singapore Expo. Singapore Expo creates solutions for your success. There is tremendous flexibility in using Singapore Expo for multi-purpose events of any size as the center is equipped with full-height drapery that can be easily erected to divide the space into the required area accordingly. The flexibility in space usage has allowed the halls to be converted into large meeting venue, breakouts, luncheon or gala dinner – All under one roof and easy accessibility on ground level. Possibility is endless at Singapore Expo.

Deadline for hotel reservations: May15, 2010 (please note that the block may sell out before then -- given the hotel's popularity, it is essential that you reserve a room as early as possible) Deadline for Hotel cancellation: May 30, 2010 (for the participants who have registered package A, the hotel fee will not be refunded)

How to book hotel accommodation via The Committee of NeuroTalk-2010? have a look on the hotel map / sitemap and see the short hotel description choose your hotel take your online reservation get a confirmation within two working days

Executive Chair
Dr. Xiaodan Mei, President of BIT Life Sciences, Inc., China

SAB Members
Dr. Alexander Panossian, Emeritus Professor, Head of Research & Development, Swedish Herbal Institute, Sweden
Dr. Aliya Iftikhar Sarwar, Associate Director, Parkinson's Disease Research, Education and Clinical Center, USA
Dr. Ananth N Rao, Consultant Metabolic Diseases & Research, Apollo Hospitals, Fellow, Royal Society, U.K
Dr. Angelo Labate, Consultant in Neurology, Researcher of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Catanzaro, Italy
Dr. Annette Schuermann, Professor, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke, Germany
Dr. Antoni Valero-Cabre, Professor, Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, USA
Dr. Asari, Vijayan K, Professor and Director, old Dominion University, USA
Dr. Ashok K. Vaseashta, Director, Institute for Advanced Sciences Convergence, USA
Dr. Bindu Menon, Additional Professor and Head, Department of Neurology, President, Indian Epilepsy Association, Nellore branch, Narayana Medical College and Superspeciality Hospital, India
Dr. Burak Ozgur, Director of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Department of Neursourgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, USA
Dr. Bernhard Theodor Baune, Professor and Head of Psychiatry & Psychiatric Neuroscience, School of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Australia
Dr. Carl Senior C.Psychol, Director, School of Life & Health Sciences, Aston University, UK
Dr. Carlos H. Schenck, psychiatrist and researcher at the Minnesota Regional Sleep Disorders Center; associate professor at the University of Minnesota Medical School in Minneapolis, USA
Dr. Chaur-Jong Hu, Director, Shuang-Ho Hospital Taipei Medical University, Taiwan
Dr. Chenjian Li, Assistant Professor, Neuroscience Weill Cornell Medical College, USA
Dr. Chris Mascott, director of neuroscience, Beacon Hospital, Ireland
Dr. Cohen-Armon, Editor, NYS Institute for Basic Research and Department of Neurochemistry, USA
Dr. David A Hay, Professor, School of Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University of Technology, Australia
Dr. David B. Arciniegas, Medical Director, Brain Injury Rehabilitation Unit, HealthONE Spalding Rehabilitation Hospital; Director, Neurobehavioral Disorders Program, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology, University of Colorado Denver, USA
Dr. Davide V.Moretti, Associate Editor of JAD; Neurologist in Alzheimer Operative Unit of the Fatebenefratelli Scientific Institute of Cure and Research; Researcher in Neurophysiology, Italy
Dr. Donard S. Dwyer, Professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology, Toxicology & Neuroscience, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, USA
Dr. Douglas W. Scharre, Director, Division of Cognitive Neurology; Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, Ohio State University, USA
Dr. Edouard Hirsch, Professor, Neurologist-Neurophysiologist, Strasbourg University Hospitals, France
Dr. Fary Khan, Principal Fellow, Royal Melbourne Hospital Department of Rehabilitation Medicine University of Melbourne, Australia
Dr. Florian Deisenhammer, Professor of Neurology, Neuroimmunology Laboratory, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria
Dr. Francesco Patti, Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Catania, Italy
Dr. Frank Boutsen, Associate Professor, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, College of Allied Health, University of Oklahoma, USA
Dr. George Patrinos, Professor, Assistant Professor of Pharmacogenomics at University of Patras, Greece
Dr. George Perry, Dean and Professor, College of Sciences University of Texas UTSA Circle, USA
Dr. Georgios Hadjigeorgiou, Assistant Professor, University of Thessaly, Greece
Dr. Govindarajan Ramesh, Associate Vice President for Research / Professor of Biological Sciences, Department of Biology, Center for Biotechnology & Biomedical Sciences, Norfolk State University, USA  
Dr. Guoying Bing, Associate Professor, MN 208 Medical Center, USA
Dr. Gustavo Eduardo Ramos Burbano, Universidad Libre De Colombia, Colombia
Dr. Hall Martica, Associate Professor, Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, USA
Dr. Hiroshi Matsuda, Professor, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, Japan
Dr. Hugo Geerts, Adjunct Professor, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Dr. Huseyin Gulec, Professor, Erenkoy Training and Research Hospital, Turkey
Dr. Israel Liberzon, Associate Chair Department of Psychiatry Mental Health Service, VAAAHS, USA
Dr. Jacqueline Hunter, Professor, University of. Sheffield, UK
Dr. Jean-Luc Truelle, Professor, Department of Neurorehabilitation University hospital, France
Dr. Jianhong Zhu, Professor of Neurosurgery, Fudan University, Huashan Hospital, Deputy Director of National Key Laboratory for Medical Neurobiology, Shanghai Neurosurgical Center, China
Dr. John Evans, Associate Professor, Centre for Neuroendocrinology and Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Otago, New Zealand
Dr. Koksal Alptekin, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine, Turkey
Dr. Larry Marsh, Professor, Developmental Biology Center, Dept of Developmental and Cell Biology, Dept of Pathology, University of California, USA
Dr. Leonid Godlevsky, Professor, Odessa State Medical University, Ukraine
Dr. Lin Zhang, Associate Professor of Neurology, Department of Neurology, University of California-Davis School of Medicine, USA
Dr. Linda Siegel, Professor of Educational Psychology and Special Education at the University of British Columbia, UK
Dr. Luigi Pizzamiglio, Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Rome, Italy
Dr. M. Cohen-Armon, Professor, Neufeld Cardiac Research Institute, Dept. of Physiology & Pharmacology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
Dr. Mahmut Ozer, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Zonguldak Karaelmas University, Turkey
Dr. Markus Heinrichs, Professor and Chair, Department of Psychology; Director, Laboratory of Biological and Personality Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Freiburg, Germany
Dr. Mirko Diksic, Professor, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Canada
Dr. Nikolai Kocherginsky, President, Biomime, USA
Dr. Nobuhiro Yuki, Director and Chief, Niigat National Hospital, Japan
Dr. Patrice L. (Tamar) Weiss, Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Studies, University of Haifa, Israel
Dr. Rivka Ravid, Director, BrainBank Consultants, Netherlands Institute for Neurosciences, Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences, Netherlands
Dr. Robert Rush, Professor, Department of Human Physiology, Australia
Dr. Ru-Band Lu, Professor, Institute of Behavioral Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine & Hospital, National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan
Dr. Sabine Bahrer-Kohler, Director of the International Psychogeriatric Association, Switzerland
Dr. Shilpa Buch, Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, USA
Dr. Shu G. Chen, Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, USA
Dr. Simon Gandevia, Deputy Director, Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute, Australia
Dr. Sitaram Ranganatha, Research Scientist, Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, Eberhard-Karls-University, Germany
Dr. Sonia Ancoli-Israel, Professor of Psychiatry; Director, Gillin Sleep and Chronomedicine Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, USA
Dr. Sonja Stander, Vice President, International Forum for the Study of Itch, Lecturer, Clinical Neurodermatology, University of Munster, Germany
Dr. Srikantan Nagarajan, Director, Biomagnetic Imaging Laboratory; Professor, Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Universityof California, San Francisco, USA
Dr. Stefano Gustincich, Professor, the Giovanni Armenise-Harvard Foundation Laboratory; International School for Advanced Studies I.S.A.S.-S.I.S.S.A., Italy
Dr. Tae H. Oh, Chair, Professor and Director, Age-Related & Brain Diseases Research Center, Kyung Hee University, Korea
Dr. Tapan Kumar Khan, assistant professor, Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute, West Virginia University, Morgantown, USA
Dr. Vineeta B. Tripathi, Research Fellow, MRC Centre for Developmental Neurobiolog, King's College London, UK
Dr. William J. Nowack, Associate Professor, Epilepsy Center, Department of Neurology, University of Kansas Medical Center, USA
Dr. Xin Wang, Head of Neuroapoptosis Drug Discovery Laboratory, Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, USA
Dr. Yoshinori MASUO, Head of Mental Stress Team, Health Technology Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan
Dr. Yuen-Sum (Vincent) Lau, John and Rebecca Moores Professor and Chair, Department of Pharmacological & Pharmaceutical Sciences College of Pharmacy University, USA
Dr. Yukio Yoneda, Professor and Chairman, Kanazawa University, Japan
Dr. Yu-tze Ng, Associate Clinical Professor, Barrow Neurological Institute/St. Joseph's Hospital, Creighton University, USA
Dr. Zhi Rong Qian, Assistant Professor, the University of Tokushima Graduate School, Japan
Dr. Zuo Zhiyi, Professor, University of Virginia, USA

Session Chair
Dr. Ahamed Hossain, Associate Professor of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University,USA
Dr. Ananth N Rao, Consultant Metabolic Diseases & Research, Apollo Hospitals, Fellow, Royal Society, U.K
Dr. Andreas Zimmer, Director, Institute of Molecular Psychiatry University, Germany
Dr. Bindu Menon, Additional Professor and Head, Department of Neurology, President, Indian Epilepsy Association, Nellore branch, Narayana Medical College and Superspeciality Hospital, India
Dr. Chaur-Jong Hu, Director, Shuang-Ho Hospital Taipei Medical University, Taiwan.
Dr. Chenjian Li, Assistant Professor, Neuroscience Weill Cornell Medical College, USA
Dr. David Crews, Professor of Zoology and Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, USA
Dr. Davide Moretti, Associate Editor, Benvenuto nel sito dell'AFaR, Italy
Dr. Donard S. Dwyer, Professor and Vice-Chair for Research, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, USA
Dr. Edouard Hirsch, Professor, Neurologist-Neurophysiologist, Strasbourg University Hospitals, France
Dr. Frederico Sesti, Associate Professor, University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ, USA
Dr. G. M. Cole, Professor, UCLA Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, USA
Dr. George. Patrinos, Professor, Assistant Professor of Pharmacogenomics at University of Patras, Greece.
Dr. Gustavo Eduardo Ramos Burbano, M.D, Universidad Libre De Colombia, Colombian
Dr. Hugo Geerts, Adjunct Professor, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Dr. Jay J. Pillai, Director of Functional MRI,Neuroradiology Division,Johns Hopkins Univ. School of Medicine, UK
Dr. Lawrence A. Frohman, Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Dr. Nathalie Cartier-Lacave, Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy INSERM U745, France
Dr. Olaf Riess, Professor, Medical Genetics, Dean of Research of the Medical Faculty, Head of the Department of Medical Genetics, University Tuebingen, Germany
Dr. Pant, Harish, Senior Investigator, NIH, USA
Dr. Ronald Boellaard, University Medical Center, Holand
Dr. Stefano Gustincich, Professor, The Giovanni Armenise-Harvard Foundation Laboratory; International School for Advanced Studies I.S.A.S.-S.I.S.S.A., Italy
Dr. Tae H. Oh, Chair Professor and Director, Kyung Hee University, Korea
Dr. Yuen-Sum (Vincent) Lau, John and Rebecca Moores Professor and Chair, Dept of Pharmacological & Pharmaceutical Sciences College of Pharmacy University, U.S.A.
Dr. Zhi Rong Qian, Assistant Professor, The University of Tokushima Graduate School，Japen
Dr. Zuo Zhiyi, Professor, University of Virginia,USA

Honorary Members
Dr. Aaron Ciechanover, Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry 2004. Professor at Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
Dr. Avram Hershko, Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry, 2004, Professor at Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
Dr. Ferid Murad, Nobel Prize Laureate In Physiology or Medicine, 1998
Dr. Günter Blobel, Nobel Prize Laureate in Physiology or Medicine 1999, Professor of Rockefeller University, USA
Dr. Hartmut Michel, Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry 1988
Dr. Johann Deisenhofer, Dr. Nobel Prize Laureate In Chemistry, 1988
Dr. K. Barry Sharpless, The Scripps Research Institute, The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2001
Dr. Kurt Wüthrich, Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry 2002, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurch, Switzerland
Dr. Lee E. Babiss, Head of Roche Global Pharma Research, USA
Dr. Peter J. Hunter, Member of Royal Society of New Zealand
Dr. Peter Vogt, The Member of the National Academy of Sciences, USA
Dr. Richard R. Ernst, Nobel Prize Laureate In Chemistry, 1991, Professor of ETH. Zurich Switzerland
Dr. Richards Roberts, Nobel Prize Laureate in Physiology or Medicine 1993, Director of NEB Lab, MA, USA
Dr. Robert Huber, Nobel Prize Laureates in Chemistry, 1988
Dr. Rolf. M. Zinkernagel, Nobel Prize Laureate in Physiology or Medicine 1996
Dr. Rudolph A. Marcus, California Institute of Technology, The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1992
Dr. Vladimir Khavinson, Member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Russia

Lifetime Members
Dr. Harald zur Hausen, Professor Emeritus, German Cancer Research Institute, Germany
Dr. Pierre Tiollais, Professor, Institute Pasteur, France Academy of Sciences, France
Dr. Arnold L. Demain, Member of the National Academy of Sciences in the United States, Founder of Dep. of Fermentation Microbiology at Merck & Co., Inc., Professor, Drew University, USA
Dr. David K. Robinson, Vice President of BioProcess R&D, Merck Research Laboratories, Merck & Co., Inc., USA
Dr. Gregg B. Fields, Professor, Department of Biomedical Science, Florida Atlantic University, President Elect of American Peptide Society (APS), USA
Dr. Harold A. Scheraga, Todd Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus, Baker Laboratory of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, USA
Dr. Marc Wilkins, Professor, University of New South Wales, Australia
Dr. Thomas M. Li, Senior Director, Technology Mgmt., Chief Technology Officer, Roche Diagnostics, USA

Registration and Oral Presentations
Mr. Andrew Tang,
Organizing Commission of NeuroTalk-2010
26 Gaoneng St., F4
Dalian Hightech Zone
Dalian, LN 116025, China
Tel: 0086-411-84799609-801
Fax: 0086-411-84799629
Email: Andrew@bit-neurotalk.com

Papers, Posters and Participants
Ms. Kate Gao,
Organizing Commission of NeuroTalk-2010
26 Gaoneng St., F4
Dalian Hightech Zone
Dalian, LN 116025, China
Tel: 0086-411-84799609-801
Fax: 0086-411-84799629
Email: kate@bit-neurotalk.com

Business Development
Ms. Francis Wang
BIT Life Sciences, Inc
26 Gaoneng St., R405, Dalian Hightech Zone
Dalian, LN 116025, China
Tel: 0086-411-84799609-811
Fax: 0086-411-84799629
Email: francis@bitlifesciences.com

Sponsorship and Exhibition
Ms. Vivian Song
BIT Life Sciences, Inc
26 Gaoneng St., R405, Dalian Hightech Zone
Dalian, LN 116025, China
Tel: 0086-411-84795469
Fax: 0086-411-84799629
Email: vivian@bitlifesciences.com

Press and Media
Ms. April Wang
BIT Life Sciences, Inc
26 Gaoneng St., R405, Dalian Hightech Zone
Dalian, LN 116025, China
Tel: 0086-411-84795469
Fax: 0086-411-84799629
Email: april@bitlifesciences.com