THURSDAY 19 Nov FRIDAY 20 Nov SATURDAY 21 Nov POSTERS 19−21 Nov
GENERAL INFORMATION HIGHLIGHTS SOCIAL PROGRAM TRAVEL & ACCOMODATION

15th Scientific Symposium of the
Austrian Pharmacological Society (APHAR)

Invited Guest Societies: Hungarian Society of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology (MFT) and Slovenian Pharmacological Society (SDF)

Graz, 19–21 November 2009

FRIDAY 20 NOV

• 2 Plenary Lectures (including the EPHAR Lecture)
• Short Communications and Posters
• Otto Loewi 1909/2009 with Special Lecture
• Minisymposium Neuropharmacology
• Buffet Lunch Reception by the City of Graz
• General Assembly of APHAR
• Reception by the Governor of Styria


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SHORT COMMUNICATIONS
09:00–10:15 5 Short Communications (Clinical Pharmacology)
Chair: Ghazaleh GOUYA (Vienna)
09:00–09:15
K5
A pilot study to assess the efficacy of tariquidar to inhibit cerebral P-glycoprotein in humans with (R)-[11C]verapamil and PET
Martin Bauer*, Rudolf Karch, Claudia Wagner, Kurt Kletter, Markus Müller and Oliver Langer (Vienna, Seibersdorf)
09:15–09:30
K8
Comparative bioactivity of subcutaneous heparin in critically ill patients with normal renal function
Stefan Palkovits*, Ghazaleh Gouya, Stylianos Kapiotis, Christian Madl, Gottfried Locker, Alexander Stella, Michael Wolzt and Gottfried Heinz (Vienna)
09:30–09:45
K7
FDG uptake is a surrogate marker for defining the optimal biological dose of the mTOR inhibitor everolimus in vivo
Daniel Cejka, Claudia Kuntner, Matthias Preusser, Monika Fritzer-Szekeres, Barbara Füger, Thorsten Füreder*, Thomas Wanek, Martin Zsebedics, Markus Müller, Oliver Langer and Volker Wacheck (Vienna)
09:45–10:00
K4
VIP/PACAP receptor regulation in a human sepsis model
Angela Storka*, Bernhard Burian, Stefan Aschauer, Breanna Clive and Michael Wolzt (Vienna)
10:00–10:15
K2
Retinal vasodilatation is maintained to exogenous nitric oxide but reduced to flicker stimulation in type 1 diabetes
Leopold Schmetterer, Berthold Pemp*, Gerhard Garhöfer, Günther Weigert, Katharina Karl, Hemma Resch and Michael Wolzt (Vienna)
COFFEE BREAK & POSTER SESSION
10:15–11:15 Coffee Break & Poster Session
PLENARY LECTURE
11:15–12:00 Chair: Michael WOLZT (Vienna)

Christoph MALE
(Medical University of Vienna)
"The EU Paediatric Regulation"

OTTO LOEWI  1909/2009
12:00–13:15 Joint Commemorative Event of the Medical University of Graz and the Karl-Franzens-University of Graz on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the appointment of Otto LOEWI to the Chair of Pharmacology and Pharmacognosy of the Medical Faculty of the University of Graz.
Moderator: Peter HOLZER (Graz)

• Address by the Medical University of Graz
• Address by the Karl-Franzens University of Graz
• Fred Lembeck: Short Documentary Movie on Otto Loewi

Special Lecture: Tomas HÖKFELT
(Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden)
"From Vagusstoff to Transmitter Cocktail"

Sposored by
the Medical University of Graz and
the Karl-Franzens University of Graz

BUFFET LUNCH RECEPTION
13:15–14:15
Buffet Lunch Reception

hosted by the Mayor of the City of Graz,
the Medical University of Graz and
the Karl-Franzens-University of Graz

Location: Meerscheinschlössl
(meeting venue)

MINISYMPOSIUM NEUROPHARMACOLOGY
14:15–15:15 NEUROPHARMACOLOGY SYMPOSIUM

Organized by the Slovenian Pharmacological Society.
Chairs: Marija ČARMAN-KRŽAN (Ljubljana), Josef DONNERER (Graz)

14:15–14:40
A59
• Marija ČARMAN-KRŽAN (Ljubljana):
"The role of nonneuronal cell neurotrophins in the brain"
14:40–15:00
A60
• Damijana JURIČ (Ljubljana):
"Monoamine neurotransmitters modulate NT-3 levels in astrocytes"
15:00–15:15
A61
• Tina MELE, Damijana M. Jurič and Marija Čarman-Kržan (Ljubljana):
"Histamine–neurotrophin-3 interactions in cultured rat astrocytes"
COFFEE BREAK & POSTER SESSION
15:15–16:00 Coffee Break & Poster Session
EPHAR LECTURE
16:00–17:00 Chairs: Eeva MOILANEN (Tampere), Maria WALDHOER (Graz)

Graeme MILLIGAN
(University of Glasgow, UK)
"Receptors for Free Fatty Acids: Targets for the Treatment of Diabetes, Obesity and Inflammation"

The EPHAR Lecture is supported by the European Federation of Pharmacological Societies (sponsored by the British Pharmacological Society)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF APHAR
17:00–18:30 Generalversammlung der APHAR

Teilnahmeberechtigt sind alle ordentlichen Mitglieder, sowie Vertreter der außerordentlichen Mitglieder. Stimmberechtigt sind nur die ordentlichen Mitglieder. Gem. § 9 der Statuten wird den Mitgliedern die vorläufige Tagesordnung spätestens vier Wochen vor der Generalversammlung zugeschickt. Weitere Anträge sind mindestens sieben Tage vor dem Termin der Versammlung beim Vorstand schriftlich einzureichen.

RECEPTION BY THE GOVERNOR OF STYRIA
19:00–21.30
Reception by the Governor of Styria

Location: Grazer Burg
Hofgasse 15
A-8010 Graz


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