APHAR - Austrian Pharmacological Society - Österreichische Pharmakologische Gesellschaft

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
THURSDAY 19 NOV
• Young Pharmacologists' Career Workshop
• 2 Plenary Lectures
• Minisymposium Neuropsychopharmacology
• Short Communications and Posters
• Special Lecture of the David Herzog Fonds
• Welcome Reception

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YOUNG PHARMACOLOGISTS' CAREER WORKSHOP

10:00–12:30
The program of the 15th Scientific Symposium of APHAR will start on Thursday morning (10:00–12:00) with the Young Pharmacologists' Career Workshop. Representatives from the Pharmaceutical Industry, Pharmacovigilance and Social Insurance System will give an overview of job opportunities for young pharmacologists outside the classical academic setting.
Coordination and Chair: Maria WALDHOER (Graz)
Speakers:
Bench: Andrew J. BROWN
(Glaxo Smith Kline, Harlow, Essex, UK)
Clinical Studies: Nina VARTYAN-BÖHM
(Head of Clinical Research, AOP Orphan Pharmaceuticals, Vienna)
Regulatory Affairs: Christof WACHTER
(Gerot Lannach Pharma GmbH, Lannach)
Market Access: Michael POHL
(Market Access & Business Development Director, AstraZeneca Austria, Vienna)
Reimbursement: Anna BUCSICS
(Hauptverband der Österreichischen Sozialversicherungsträger, Department "Vertragspartner Medikamente", Vienna)

Speakers will briefly present their own work and the profile of qualification for job candidates. The main part of the event will consist of moderated general and/or small group discussions.
A Lunch Buffet for the participants of the Young Pharmacologists' Career Workshop is provided by the PhD Program "Molecular Medicine" of the Medical University of Graz.

LUNCH BREAK
12:30–13:00 Lunch Break
OPENING OF THE MEETING

13:00
Opening of the Meeting:
Andrea LASLOP (Vienna)
President of APHAR
PLENARY LECTURE
13:15–14:00 Chair: Klaus GROSCHNER (Graz)
Bernd FAKLER
(University of Freiburg, Germany)
"High Resolution Proteomic Analysis of Signalling Nano Environments in the Brain"

MINISYMPOSIUM NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
14:00–15:45 NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY SYMPOSIUM
Organized by the Hungarian Society of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology.
Chairs: György BAGDY (Budapest), Thomas GRIESBACHER (Graz)
14:00–14:30
A52 • István GYERTYÁN (Budapest): "Search for novel antipsychotic drugs: dopamine forever?"
14:30–15:00
A46 • Kornélia TEKES, Mónika Hantos, Péter Szegi, György Csaba (Budapest): "Regulating and regulated role of the orphanin FQ/nociceptin system"
15:00–15:15
A53 • Cecília CSÖLLE, Rómeó Andó, Mária Baranyi, József Haller, Beáta Sperlágh (Budapest): "The role of P2X₇ ATP receptors in the nervous system: potential implications in inflammatory and depression-like diseases"
15:15–15:30
A48 • Pál RIBA, Kornél P. Király, Mahmoud Al-Khrasani, Susanna Fürst (Budapest): "Spinal interaction between μ and δ opioid receptors in naive and morphine-tolerant rats"
15:30–15:45
A42 • Eszter KIRILLY, Brigitta Balogh, Eszter Molnár, György Bagdy (Budapest): "Neuromorphological and functional effects of ecstasy during serotonergic damage and recovery"

COFFEE BREAK & POSTER SESSION
15:45–16:45 Coffee Break & Poster Session

SHORT COMMUNICATIONS
16:45–17:30 3 Short Communications
Chair: Christoph SCHWARZER (Innsbruck)
16:45–17:00
A12 Mutations in the amino-terminus impair amphetamine-induced efflux by inducing inward-facing conformations of the serotonin transporter
Sonja Sucic*, Stephan Dallinger, Barbara Zdrazil, Oliver Kudlacek, Walter Sandtner, Gerhard F. Ecker, Michael Freissmuth and Harald H. Sitte (Vienna)
17:00–17:15
A11 Store-operated calcium entry into rat basophil leukaemia cells: contribution of TRPC3 and Orai1
Hannes Schleifer*, Michael Poteser, Christoph Romanin and Klaus Groschner (Graz, Linz)
17:15–17:30
A31 Ion channel impairments in dystrophic cardiomyocytes
Xaver König*, Markus Mille, Stefanie Kimbacher, René Cervenka, Péter Lukács, Hannes Todt, Reginald E. Bittner and Karlheinz Hilber (Vienna)

PLENARY LECTURE
17:30–18:15 Chair: Ákos HEINEMANN (Graz)
Timothy J. WILLIAMS
(National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK)
"Chemoattractants for Inflammatory Cells in Asthma and Allergy: Therapeutic Implications"

SPECIAL LECTURE of the DAVID HERZOG FONDS
18:15–19:15 Moderator: Peter Holzer (Graz)
Address by the David Herzog Fonds (Vicerector Irmtraud Fischer, Karl-Franzens University Graz)
Historical Exhibition by Walter Höflechner (Department of History, Karl-Franzens University Graz)
Introduction of the Lecturer by Peter Scheer (Medical University of Graz) and Jack D. Dunitz (ETH Zürich)

Alexander RICH
(William Thompson Sedgwick Professor of Biophysics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, USA)
"Talking to Otto Loewi and Current Research on DNA"
Sponsored by the
David Herzog Fonds
WELCOME RECEPTION

19:15–21.00
Welcome Reception
Location: Meerscheinschlössl
Mozartgasse 3
A-8010 Graz

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21.11.2009

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

YOUNG PHARMACOLOGISTS' CAREER WORKSHOP
10:00–12:30	The program of the 15th Scientific Symposium of APHAR will start on Thursday morning (10:00–12:00) with the Young Pharmacologists' Career Workshop. Representatives from the Pharmaceutical Industry, Pharmacovigilance and Social Insurance System will give an overview of job opportunities for young pharmacologists outside the classical academic setting. Coordination and Chair: Maria WALDHOER (Graz) Speakers:
Bench:	Andrew J. BROWN (Glaxo Smith Kline, Harlow, Essex, UK)
Clinical Studies:	Nina VARTYAN-BÖHM (Head of Clinical Research, AOP Orphan Pharmaceuticals, Vienna)
Regulatory Affairs:	Christof WACHTER (Gerot Lannach Pharma GmbH, Lannach)
Market Access:	Michael POHL (Market Access & Business Development Director, AstraZeneca Austria, Vienna)
Reimbursement:	Anna BUCSICS (Hauptverband der Österreichischen Sozialversicherungsträger, Department "Vertragspartner Medikamente", Vienna)
Speakers will briefly present their own work and the profile of qualification for job candidates. The main part of the event will consist of moderated general and/or small group discussions.
	A *Lunch Buffet* for the participants of the Young Pharmacologists' Career Workshop is provided by the PhD Program "Molecular Medicine" of the Medical University of Graz.

LUNCH BREAK
12:30–13:00	Lunch Break
OPENING OF THE MEETING
13:00	Opening of the Meeting: Andrea LASLOP (Vienna) President of APHAR
PLENARY LECTURE
13:15–14:00	Chair: Klaus GROSCHNER (Graz) Bernd FAKLER (University of Freiburg, Germany) "High Resolution Proteomic Analysis of Signalling Nano Environments in the Brain"

MINISYMPOSIUM NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
14:00–15:45	NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY SYMPOSIUM Organized by the Hungarian Society of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology. Chairs: György BAGDY (Budapest), Thomas GRIESBACHER (Graz)
14:00–14:30 A52	• István GYERTYÁN (Budapest): "Search for novel antipsychotic drugs: dopamine forever?"
14:30–15:00 A46	• Kornélia TEKES, Mónika Hantos, Péter Szegi, György Csaba (Budapest): "Regulating and regulated role of the orphanin FQ/nociceptin system"
15:00–15:15 A53	• Cecília CSÖLLE, Rómeó Andó, Mária Baranyi, József Haller, Beáta Sperlágh (Budapest): "The role of P2X₇ ATP receptors in the nervous system: potential implications in inflammatory and depression-like diseases"
15:15–15:30 A48	• Pál RIBA, Kornél P. Király, Mahmoud Al-Khrasani, Susanna Fürst (Budapest): "Spinal interaction between μ and δ opioid receptors in naive and morphine-tolerant rats"
15:30–15:45 A42	• Eszter KIRILLY, Brigitta Balogh, Eszter Molnár, György Bagdy (Budapest): "Neuromorphological and functional effects of ecstasy during serotonergic damage and recovery"

COFFEE BREAK & POSTER SESSION
15:45–16:45	Coffee Break & Poster Session

SHORT COMMUNICATIONS
16:45–17:30	3 Short Communications Chair: Christoph SCHWARZER (Innsbruck)
16:45–17:00 A12	Mutations in the amino-terminus impair amphetamine-induced efflux by inducing inward-facing conformations of the serotonin transporter Sonja Sucic, Stephan Dallinger, Barbara Zdrazil, Oliver Kudlacek, Walter Sandtner, Gerhard F. Ecker, Michael Freissmuth and Harald H. Sitte* (Vienna)
17:00–17:15 A11	Store-operated calcium entry into rat basophil leukaemia cells: contribution of TRPC3 and Orai1 Hannes Schleifer, Michael Poteser, Christoph Romanin and Klaus Groschner* (Graz, Linz)
17:15–17:30 A31	Ion channel impairments in dystrophic cardiomyocytes Xaver König, Markus Mille, Stefanie Kimbacher, René Cervenka, Péter Lukács, Hannes Todt, Reginald E. Bittner and Karlheinz Hilber* (Vienna)

PLENARY LECTURE
17:30–18:15	Chair: Ákos HEINEMANN (Graz) Timothy J. WILLIAMS (National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK) "Chemoattractants for Inflammatory Cells in Asthma and Allergy: Therapeutic Implications"

SPECIAL LECTURE of the DAVID HERZOG FONDS
18:15–19:15	Moderator: Peter Holzer (Graz) Address by the David Herzog Fonds (Vicerector Irmtraud Fischer, Karl-Franzens University Graz) Historical Exhibition by Walter Höflechner (Department of History, Karl-Franzens University Graz) Introduction of the Lecturer by Peter Scheer (Medical University of Graz) and Jack D. Dunitz (ETH Zürich) Alexander RICH (William Thompson Sedgwick Professor of Biophysics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, USA) "Talking to Otto Loewi and Current Research on DNA" Sponsored by the David Herzog Fonds
WELCOME RECEPTION
19:15–21.00	Welcome Reception Location: Meerscheinschlössl Mozartgasse 3 A-8010 Graz