human CHEMOSENSATION 2018 - the lab meeting

The meeting is going to take place in Dresden, Germany. It will begin on Thursday afternoon, February 22^nd, and end on Saturday afternoon, February 24^th, of 2018.

Where: Lecture hall (“Hörsaal”) at the DINZ (house #19) , Fetscherstrasse 74, 01307 Dresden, Germany

Registration deadline: 10 ^th of February 2018

Contact: Thomas Hummel, M.D., thummel@mail.zih.tu-dresden.de

About | Location | Fee / Registration| Deadline | Travel awards | Participants| Program | Program and Abstracts| Support | Scientific Board | Getting here | City| Hotels

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About

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Continuing medical education: Each day of the meeting will get you 22 points, Category A.  

Location

Lecture Hall (“Hörsaal”) at the DINZ, Fetscherstrasse 74, D-01307 Dresden

Location through Google Maps: Coordinates 51.058192, 13.781396

It will be organised through the Smell & Taste Clinic of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology of the University of Dresden Medical School, Fetscherstrasse 74, 01307 Dresden, Germany, phone +49- 0351 458-4189.

The meeting is organized by the Smell & Taste Clinic of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology of the TU Dresden, Fetscherstrasse 74, 01307 Dresden, Germany; phone +49- 0351 458-4189

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Fee / Registration

Fee for participation is 50 Euro, for people with an industrial background it is 300 Euro; students pay 20 Euro. Accompanying persons who would like to participate in the dinners pay 30 euro per dinner. The fee should preferably be paid by CreditCard or bank transfer.

Credit Card payment:

        Last name, first name (as written on card)

        Card Type (VISA or MASTERCARD)

        Credit card number

        Expiration date

        Conference fee

        Email for possible inquiry

Money transfer - please send the money to the following account:

Within Germany:

Carl Gustav Carus Management GmbH

Important: Please indicate as purpose of the payment “CHEMOSENSATION” plus your name

Bank: Deutsche Kreditbank AG

BLZ: 120 300 00

Account number: 11 248 333

From outside of Germany:

Receiver: Carl Gustav Carus Management GmbH

Important: Please indicate as purpose of the payment “CHEMOSENSATION” plus your name

IBAN:    DE 71 1203 0000 0011 248 333

BIC:    BYLADEM 1001

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Deadline

Deadline for registration is the 10^th of February 2018. Please send an informal application including an abstract to Thomas Hummel. Please indicate whether you would prefer an oral or a poster presentation.

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Travel awards

The European Chemoreception Organisation (ECRO) generously provides travel awards to students or researchers who would like to attend scientific meetings. Applicants are asked, among others, to send a CV, bibliography, accompanying letter and a letter of recommendation from the head of their institution to Dr. Didier Trotier (Didier.Trotier.ecrogs@gmail.com), general Secretary of ECRO. 

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Poster prize

The best poster will receive a prize of 100 Euro. The awardee will be determined through the Scientific Board. The prize will be announced at the end of the meeting.

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Participants and their respective lab members

Participants include:

Jan Havlicek
Charlotte Sinding
Moustafa Bensafi
Ilona Croy
Valentin Schriever
Noam Sobel
Maria Larsson
Monique Smeets
Charlotte Sinding
Thierry Thomas-Danguin
Alexander Fjaeldstaedt
Bettina Pause
Agnieszka Sorokowska
Johannes Frasnelli
Christian Margot
Wolfgang Georgsdorf
Arne Moeller

Keynote lectures by

Klaus R. Scherer (Geneva, Switzerland): Olfaction and Emotion

Barry Smith (London, UK): Multisensory Perception of Flavour

Jorn Lotsch (Frankfurt/M, Germany): Machine learning in human olfactory research

Stuart Firestein (New York, USA) - Olfactory perception

 

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Program

Thursday, 22^nd of February 2018

Friday, 23^rd of February 2018

The dinner will take place on Friday evening at the Main Loge of the Dresden Free Masons  – it will be open at 19:30, dinner will start at around 20:00h.

Address: Tolkewitzer Straße 49, 01309 Dresden (shortest walking distance about 3.1 km ~ 40 min; alternatively nice stroll along the Elbe river, 4,9 km, ~ 60 min – see map)

To get there by tram:  take either tram # 6 or 12 (2.20 Euro single trip), towards Niedersedlitz or Gustav-Freitag Strasse, respectively Then exit at Heinrich Schütz Strasse, which is the 6^th  stop after the Augsburgerstrasse.

Saturday, 23^rd of February 2018

Poster session

Download Program/Abstracts

Dinner

On the 22nd after the lectures and dicussions there will be an open reception close to the lecture hall, with simple foods (Leberkaese, Pretzels, Fruits, Pizza) and drinks (beer, wine, soda).

The dinner will take place on Friday evening at the Main Loge of the Dresden Free Masons – it will be open at 19:30, dinner will start at around 20:00h. For special requirements please ask.

Address: Tolkewitzer Straße 49, 01309 Dresden

To get there: It would probably be best to take the tram either number 6 or 12, towards the bridge "Blue Wonder" (Loschwitzer Brücke). Then exit at Heinrich Schütz Strasse, which is the 6 ^th stop after the Augsburgerstrasse. Alternatively, you could also walk (33 min).

We will have an alcohol restriction in place meaning that the welcome drink plus the first alcoholic drink are free; for all other alcoholic beverages people have to pay for themselves.

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Support

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Scientific Board

The scientific board consists of the following people:

Antje Haehner, Dresden

Moustafa Bensafi, Lyon

Katie Whitcroft, London

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How to get to the conference site?

Lecture Hall (“Hörsaal”) at the DINZ, Fetscherstrasse 74, D-01307 Dresden

Location through Google Maps: Coordinates 51.058192, 13.781396

from the Airport:

From the Airport, please take the train S2 (every 30 min) to the train station Bahnhof-Neustadt. Then take the tram no. 6, direction Niedersedlitz, to the station Blasewitzer Strasse / Fetscherstrasse. Cross the street and walk along the Blasewitzer Strasse until the next intersection with Augsburger Strasse (about 200 m) which brings you to the gate of the clinic area. Please continue to walk for another 400 m or so, then the DINZ (house #19) is on the right.

by train

From the main train station Hauptbahnhof please take the tram no. 10 from Hauptbahnhof Nord, direction Striessen, to the station Fetscherplatz. Then take the tram no. 12, direction Striessen, to the station Augsburger Strasse/Universitätsklinik. Cross the street and walk along the street Augsburger Strasse till you come after 50 m to the gate of the clinic area. Please continue to walk for another 400 m or so, then the DINZ (house #19) is on the right.


From the train station Bahnhof Neustadt take the tram no. 6, direction Niedersedlitz, to the station Blasewitzer Strasse / Fetscherstrasse. Cross the street and walk along the Blasewitzer Strasse until the next intersection with Augsburger Strasse (about 200 m), take a left on Augsburger Strasse  till you come after 50 m to the gate of the clinic area. Please continue to walk for another 400 m or so, then the DINZ (house #19) is on the right.

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What to see?

a tour through Dresden
City of Dresden homepage
Dresden and Saxony (Dresden is the state capitol of Saxony!)

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Where to stay? 

prices are estimates

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