reminder-abstract submission deadline: 31 may 2012

Newsletter, Issue 4May 2012REMINDERABSTRACT SUBMISSIONDEADLINE: 31 MAY 2012www.etrs2012.org

TOPICS› Growth Factors/ Hormones› Extracellular Matrix/Fibrosis/› Mechanical Stimulation› Stem Cells/ Cell Therapy› Cell Senescence/ Ageing› Angiogenesis› Inflammation› Infections/ Burns /Chronicwounds› Biomaterials/Nanotechnology› Cancer COMMITTEESScientific CommitteeD. Kletsas (Chair)M. AgrenB. CoulombS. EmingB. HinzG. JukemaK. Scharffetter-KochanekLocal Organizing CommitteeD. Kletsas (Chair)O. CastanaV. GorgoulisN. KaramanosE. MavrogonatouH. PratsinisA. YiacoumettisAbstracts should be submitted on -line at www.etrs2012.org orvia e-mail at abstracts@etrs2012.orgREMINDER-ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 31 MAY 2012

CONFIRMED SPEAKERSM. Agren (Copenhagen)J. Apelqvist (Lund)H. Beele (Gent)O. Castana (Athens)Y. C. Chan (Columbus)B. Coulomb (Paris)A. Desmouliere, LimogesR. Diegelmann (Richmond)S. Eming (Cologne)B. Hinz (Toronto)H. von den Hoff (Nijmegen)H. Hopf (Salt Lake City)G. Jukema (Zurich)N. Karamanos (Patras)D. Kletsas (Athens)M. Koshnick (Ludwigshafen)T. Krieg (Cologne)J. J. Lataillade (Clamart)G. Panayotou (Athens)N. Papadopoulos (Munich)T. Rose (Brussels)K. Sharffetter-Kochanek (Ulm)D. Thomas (Cardiff)M. Ulrich (Amsterdam)J. Urban (Oxford)S. Werner (Zurich)G. Weindinger (Ulm)A. Yiacoumettis (Athens)C. Zouboulis (Berlin) AWARDSYoung Investigator Award:The five best abstracts of Young Investigators(below 35 years of age) will be presented inthe Young Investigator Award (YIA) session.Prizes of € 500 will be awarded to the bestthree presentations.Poster prize:Poster prizes of € 200 will beawarded to the three best posterspresentation.

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