Dec.
14, 2004
Union
of Physiological Sciences Meet Jointly in San Diego
What: More than 16,000 biological and biomedical
scientists will gather
for Experimental Biology 2005, an annual meeting that brings together
scientists from dozens of different disciplines, from laboratory to translational to clinical research, from throughout the
This year, the International Union of Physiological Sciences (IUPS) will
hold its 35th Congress a meeting held every five years - in conjunction
with the Experimental Biology meeting. The IUPS Congress theme, “From
Genomes to Functions,” fits well with Experimental Biology’s focus on how
advances in genetics, especially the translation of the human genome, lead to
better understanding of healthy states as well as of why and how diseases
develop and how they can be better diagnosed, treated, and prevented.
When: Experimental Biology
2005 meets April 2 - 6. The IUPS Congress meets March 31 - April 5. In
addition, a number of IUPS satellite symposia will be held within a 150-mile
radius of
Where:
Who: Sponsoring societies of Experimental Biology
2005 are American
Association of Anatomists; The American Association of Immunologists; The
American Physiological Society, together with the International Union of
Physiological Sciences; American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology; American Society for Investigative Pathology; American Society for
Nutritional Sciences; and American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental
Therapeutics. Thirty-three guest societies, many of them international, broaden
the scope of the meeting.
Why
this meeting is important to science:
Throughout
the week, scientists and reporters covering the meeting will be able to
choose among scientific presentations listed in telephone-book sized programs,
searchable computer disks, and the “fast-breaking” announcements made during
the meeting itself. For many, it is a rare chance to so easily slip out
of the boundaries of their own specialty and listen to scientists who address
some of the same problems the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease or
cancer, for example - but who are armed with the viewpoint and tools of
entirely different disciplines
Media
Contact: For
Pressroom Information
Pressroom Hours:
Friday, April 1: 7 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Saturday, April 2: 8
a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sunday,
April 3: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Monday, April 4: 8
a.m. - 5 p.m.
Tuesday, April 5: 8 a.m. - 5 a.m.
Wednesday, April 6: 8
a.m. – 11 a.m.
Press
Releases and Briefings
—
Pressroom briefings
begin on Saturday and end on Tuesday.
Press kits will be issued along with programs and abstract books upon
registration. All EB/IUPS releases have embargoed information, pertaining to
time of pressroom presentation or scientific session, whichever comes first.
—
An area in the pressroom
will be designated for news releases provided by institutions or exhibitors and
must be about presentations at the meeting.
Pressroom
Policies and Guidelines
— EB/IUPS is
open to media representing print, electronic, online, general interest, trade,
and medical publishing companies.
— To register as press, a journalist must
present media identification or a business card issued by a news
organization. Media must register at the
“Registration Information” Desk at the
Thursday,
March 31
Friday, April
Saturday, April
Sunday, April
Monday, April
Tuesday, April
Wednesday, April
—
Freelance
journalists must present a letter of assignment from a news organization and a
business card.
—
Registered journalists
must wear press badges when attending the meeting and when covering EB/IUPS-sponsored
events. All of the scientific sessions as well as receptions are open to the
press.
—
Camera crews must register
all members of the crew and wear badges.
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