ICN 2006 will take place at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in downtown Pittsburgh. A staffed press room will be on site, and press briefings and media availabilities will be held each day. Members of the media unable to attend the meeting may participate in select briefings by telephone conference call.
Among the many research studies to be presented at the congress and featured in the press room are:
Held in a different part of the world every four years under the auspices of the International Neuroendocrine Federation, this year's congress – Bridging Neuroscience and Endocrinology – is being sponsored by the American Neuroendocrine Society and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. The first full day of the program is being held in conjunction with the 10th Annual Meeting of the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology.
Formerly the International Society of Neuroendocrinology, the International Neuroendocrinology Federation consists of six member societies and seven regional groups, representing all parts of the world. The federation's president is John A. Russell, MBChB, Ph.D., chair of neuroendocrinology, University of Edinburgh. The chair of the ICN 2006 scientific program is Iain J. Clarke, Ph.D., professorial fellow in the department of physiology at Monash University in Australia. Tony Plant, Ph.D., professor of cell biology and physiology and director of the Center for Research in Reproductive Physiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, is chair of the local organizing committee.
NOTE TO EDITORS: The scientific program is available at http://www.icn2006.com/pdf/ICN2006-Program.pdf and additional details about the meeting at http://www.icn2006.com/ . Abstracts of research that will be featured in the press room are available at http://newsbureau.upmc.com/ICN2006 . To request additional abstracts or register as press, please contact Lisa Rossi at RossiL@upmc.edu or (412) 647-3555. A detailed press room schedule will be available about one week before the meeting.