3rd MCCS-ASIA meeting in TONGXIANG, September 2015

ACTIVITY INFORMATION :

The 3rd MCCS-Asia meeting will be held in Tongxiang (Zhejiang province, China) on September 19-20, just before the 11th Biennial Conference of the Chinese Neuroscience Society.

This meeting will be the first of this kind ever held in China. 
   
Molecular and cellular cognition is one of the most attractive and challenging research areas of neuroscience in the world. The Molecular and Cellular Cognition Society (http://molcellcog.org/) was founded in 2002 in the United States. Later, the society has expanded to Europe and Asia and currently has thousands of members worldwide. 
 
This meeting will gather famous scientists and scholars of neuroscience in the world, to explore future developments of molecular and cellular cognition, thus widening roads of cooperation for all experts home and abroad. Discussions will cover molecular cell mechanism of learning and memory, basic and clinical study of neuropsychiatric disorder, and translational researchers of neuropsychiatric disorders as well as the application of new technologies in the field. 

The meeting will be held in Shanghai and Tongxiang on September 19-20th, 2015, as a satellite meeting of Biennial Conference of  Chinese Neuroscience Society (CNS):
 There will be a poster session from 3:00PM to 5:00PM on September 19th at Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Minhang Campus, 800 Dongchuan RD. Minhang District, Shanghai, China; http://en.sjtu.edu.cn/).  There will be a symposium from 9:00AM to 4:00PM on September 20th at the venue of the Biennial Conference of CNS in Wuzhen (http://www.csn.org.cn/2015/en/enindex.asp). Confirmed speakers include Alcino SILVA (UCLA, USA), Eric KLANN (NYU, USA), Bong-Kiun KAANG (Seoul Nat Univ, Korea), Yong Seok LEE (Chung-Ang University, Korea), Michisuke Yuzaki (Keio University School of Medicine, Japan), Minmin LUO (National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing), Yi ZHONG (Tsinghua University, China), Zilong QIU(Institutes of Neuroscience, CAS), Weidong LI (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China), Yasunori HAYASHI (RIKEN-BSI, Japan), Satoshi KIDA (Tokyo University of Agriculture, Japan). 

We warmly welcome scientists and clinicians of this field to participate and give poster presentations or talks. To attend the meeting, you can contact with organizing committee (email addresses below).
 
Organizing Committee: 
Weidong LI (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, liwdsjtu@126.com)
Minmin LUO (National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, luominmin@nibs.ac.cn)
Yi ZHONG (Tsinghua University, zhongyi@cshl.edu)

International Advisory Committee:
Bong-Kiun Kaang(Seoul Nat Univ)
Satoshi Kida(Tokyo Univ of Agri., MCCS Treasurer)
Angel Barco (UMH-CSIC, MCCS-Europe President)

Conference Secretariat:
Yuze WU (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, wuyz607@sjtu.edu.cn 18516288697)
Lulu SONG (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, slltwxq@126.com 15500150519)