NEW: FINAL PROGRAM OF THE SUMMER SCHOOL

The 1st ISBS Summer School on behavioral genetics and neuroscience of stress takes place together with 11-th Multidisciplinary International Conference of Neuroscience and Biological Psychiatry "Stress and Behavior" and the 1st International Stress and Behavior Society (ISBS) Congress.

For comprehensive and essential information on all the events, please download and print the following document:

• neurogenetics of stress, fear; anxiety, depression
• experimental genetic models of stress-related behavioral disorders
• memory and learning
• other brain/behavioral disorders
• gene x environment interactions
• translational research in biological psychiatry

• Early registration (before Feb 28 2008): 200.00 eur.
• Late registration (after Feb 28 2008): 250.00 eur

• Early registration (before Feb 28 2008): 50.00 eur.
• Late registration (after Feb 28 2008): 80.00 eur

• Participation is intended for young scientists from any country
• Working language is English
• Students will attend lectures classes, discussion groups, and hands-on workshops (laboratory part)
• Registration includes lectures, materials, workshops and coffeebreaks
• Registration fees are non-refundable, if cancelled after Feb 28, 2008
• School participants are entitled for reduced registration to attend the 2008 ISBS Conference, that starts immediately after the School
• Accommodation is not included. However, the Organizers will be able to provide affordable dormitories for the School participants (please send your requests with the registration form)

To register to attend the School, please fill in the following form:

• Name
• Title
• Affiliation
• Address
• Telephone and fax numbers
• e-mail, web-site
• Field of research
• Topic of current research project

• The registration form should be copied/pasted from the web-site and sent AS A TEXT MESSAGE (not as an attachment) by e-mail ( isbs-2008@inbox.ru ) to the conference Organizing Committee.
• Please indicate "SCHOOL REGISTRATION" as a subject of your message.
• Once we received your registration payment, the registration confirmation will be sent to you.
• Capacity is limited to 30 participants. Please register early.
• Abstract submission is not required for our 2008 School.
• Organized groups: N/A (only individual registrations are accepted).

• A limited number of ISBS-CPBR travel fellowships will be awarded by the Organizing Committee.
• The fellowships will be awarded ONLY to selected young scientists <35 years who have already been registered for the School.
• There is no application procedure for these fellowships. Selected candidates, based on needs and geography, will be notified by the Organizing Committee after April 1, 2008.

• Neither the School Organizers, nor its agents or representatives, will be responsible for any injury, loss or damage that may occur to the participants from any cause whatsoever.
• Attendees shall obtain, at their own expense, adequate insurance against any such injury, loss or damage.

• 12th "Stress and Behavior" Conference - 2nd ISBS congress (May 16-20, 2009, St. Petersburg, Russia)
• 2nd ISBS Summer School on behavioral genetics and neuroscience of stress (May 22-27, 2009, Riga, Latvia)

CPBR-ISBS 2008 Secretariat
13001 Crookston Lane Suite 21
Rockville MD 20851, USA

E-mail: isbs-2008@inbox.ru

Web page of the Summer School:
http://rus-neuroscience-soc.bm-science.com/stress-and-behaviour/ISBS-Summer-School-2008.html

Web site of the parallel conference and congress:
http://rus-neuroscience-soc.bm-science.com/stress-and-behaviour/