Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 15:39:33 +0100 From: Marina Bentivoglio <marina1(a)borgoroma.univr.it> Subject: Re:Golgi symposium Reply-To: Marina Bentivoglio <marina1(a)borgoroma.univr.it> Stemming from the initiative of a cultural association in Camillo Golgi birth village (Corteno, now Corteno-Golgi, in the province of Brescia, Italy), a symposium on Golgi's legacy, entitled "Camillo Golgi and the Neurosciences", already announced at the Soc. Neurosci. in New Orleans, will be held in Boario Terme, not far from Corteno and near Brescia, on April 17 and 18, 1998, and will include an excursion to Golgi's birth village. I am helping the local organizers and the Professor of Neurology of the University of Brescia (Luigi Vignolo) with the organization, and am now able to update the information given in New Orleans: The preliminary program includes at the moment the following speakers: - Paolo Mazzarello (Golgi's biographer, from Pavia) who will talk about Golgi's life. - Giorgio Macchi (Catholic University of Rome): Golgi as clinical neuropathologist - Pierfranco Spano (University of Brescia): Lombroso and Golgi - Gunnar Grant (Karolinska Institutet): Retzius and Golgi - Javier De Felipe (Cajal Institute, Madrid): Cajal and Golgi - Larry Swanson (University of Southern California, Los Angeles): Golgi and the structure of the hippocampus - Marco Celio (University of Fribourg, Switzerland): Golgi and the perineuronal nets - Giovanni Berlucchi (University of Verona): The law of dynamic polarization - Ennio Pannese (University of Milan): The black reaction - E.G. Jones (University of California at Irvine): Cajal and Golgi and the birth of the neuron doctrine - I will speak either about the Golgi apparatus or about the students and guests of Golgi's laboratory - I will also contact Prof. A. Calligaro, Director of the Museum of the History of the University of Pavia The talks will be in Italian or English with translation into either language. Posters by all other participants will also be presented. The registration fee is Lit. 200.000 (approximately 115 USD), which includes all lunches, a welcome cocktail, two excursions (one of which will be to Golgi's birth village), a volume and a videocassette on Golgi. Hotel fares in Boario Terme for meeting participants will be rather convenient (Lit. 50.000 per person, including one meal). The nearest international airport is Milan. I can be contacted for any further information: Marina Bentivoglio Prof. Marina Bentivoglio Institute of Anatomy and Histology Strada Le Grazie 37134 Verona, Italy Voice and fax: +39-45-8098158 Fax only: +39-45-8098163