London , September 12-13, 2009
First announcement & Call for abstracts  

Organizer:

Chinese Life Scientists Society in the UK (CLSS-UK)
http://www.clss.org.uk/about_us.html

Sponsored by :
The Education Section of the Chinese Embassy in the UK
The Science & Technology Section of the Chinese Embassy in the UK
University College London
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)
Cancer Research UK
Bio Bay Shuzhou
Gene Pharma
MorphoSys
Peprotech
Invitrogen
Promega
Tebu-bio
VWR

Invitation

It is my great pleasure to invite you to London in September 12-13, 2009 to participate in the 15 th annual Meeting of Chinese Life Scientists Society in the UK (CLSS-UK). After the extremely successful CLSS-UK 2008 annual meeting in Oxford, CLSS-UK committee has decided to hold the 2009 annual meeting with outstanding scientific quality in University College London (UCL). The meeting will take place in the Life Science Building in UCL main campus. The aim of the conference is to provide a platform for Chinese life scientists in UK to exchange ideas, share experience and establish collaborations with each other and also with life scientists in China .

The Organising Committee is already working in order to ensure a wide choice of lectures covering the various aspects under the theme of Life Science and Medicine . In 2009, w e are planning to invite some high profile professors and senior scientists from UK, USA and China to give lectures in this meeting. W e particularly encourage young investigators and PhD students to join the meeting by offering a number of travel grants and prizes for the best oral and poster presentations. In addition, National Natural Science Foundation of China, China Academy of Science and some High-technique Districts from China will be invited to join our meeting which provides bridges to China for our members who would develop their careers in our motherland. The full scientific program will be released in the 2 nd announcement in May 2009.

Based in the heart of London , UCL was the first university in England to welcome students of any class, race or religion, and the first to welcome women on equal terms with men. This same radical spirit thrives today. Now, UCL is ranked seventh in the world with 8,000 staff and 22,000 students. Over 140 nationalities are represented among UCL students with overseas students making up nearly a third of the student body. We are looking forward to welcoming you to UCL in September 12-13, 2009.

We invite you to submit abstracts and attend the meeting to make CLSS-UK 2009 annual meeting a great success .

Yours sincerely

Xiong Zhong Ruan MD, PhD
On behalf of the 15 th CLSS-UK Conference Organising Committee

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Organization
The Organising Committee

Chairman : Dr. Xiong Zhong Ruan (UCL)
Vice-Chairmen : Dr. Shiyu Yang (UCL)

Members : Dr. Youli Hu (UCL), Dr. Shao-An Xue (UCL), Dr. Lei Zhao (UCL), Dr Yang Yuang (UCL), Dr. Yin Ku (UCL), Dr. Qihe Xu (King’s College), Dr Yinbiao Sun (King’s College), Dr. Hongxiang Liu (Cambridge) , Dr. Zhidao Xia (Oxford), Dr. Ming Lei (Manchester), Dr. Daqing Ma (Imperial), Dr. Honglei Huang (Imperial).

Treasurer : Dr. Xuebing Dong/ Dr. Yang Yuan

The Academic Committee :

Categories:
•  Molecular Biology and Cell Biology
•  Genomics and Proteomics
•  Physiology
•  Pharmacology
•  Immunology/Virology/Inflammation
•  Biophysics and Imaging
•  Biochemistry
•  Bio-technology
•  Cancer Research
•  Cardiovascular Bioscience
•  Metabolic Disease
•  Neurosciences
•  Translational Medicine and Clinical Science

Abstract guidelines:
•  Abstract must be in English.  Please type your abstract in Times New Roman, Font 12, using Microsoft Word and save it in MS word format.
•  Title should be concise and typed in capital bold letters.
•  Presenting authors should be underlined.  Please provide FIRST NAME in full, followed by the LAST NAME for all authors. T he telephone number and e-mail address of the presenting author must be included. Leave a line space between title and authors.
•  List department, institution, city of the authors. Leave a line space between affiliation and main body of abstract.
•  The abstract should be single-spaced, typed in lower case and the main text should not exceed 400 words. The content should include: OBJECTIVE, METHODS, RESULTS, and CONCLUSIONS. The use of tables or figures is not recommended.

Note: The abstracts (e-version) must be sent to London2009@clss.org.uk before the 30th of July 2009. 

Registration

Since CLSS-UK runs as a charity with a very limited budget, we require a voluntary registration fee (in different levels) to cover some cost of the meeting and to provide travel grants to some of young students and scientists. In any case, we would thank you for your kind support for our society.

Voluntary registration fee:
1 st category: £50; 2 nd category: £10

Note: You can find a suitable payment method described in the Registration Form(點擊下載注冊表)(e-version of Registration form should be sent to: Lonond2009@clss.org.uk before the 30th of July 2009 .

Accommodation

We are not going to cover the accommodation since the limit of budget. However, we will provide all necessary information and service for all attendants. If you need to book an accommodation, please tick the proper box in the registration form.

Yong Investigator award

We will support up to 5 prizes for the best oral and poster presentations.

Travel Grants

In order to encourage young Chinese life scientists (including PhD students) to attend the conference, the organizing committee will provide travel grants for some young investigators. Please tick the proper box in the registration form if you would apply a travel grant.

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