About 2nd Symposium on BMAP
The goal of this symposium is to promote brain and mind research in the Asia Pacific Region. This symposium is under the auspices of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU). For more information on APRU, please refer to http://www.apru.org
There will be discussion on a wide range of issues on both the scientific and clinical sides. Distinguished local and international speakers have been invited to speak and they will give oral presentations of their recent works under the following themes:
1. Ageing and dementia
2. Molecular basis of neural disorders,
3. Ion channels and receptors
4. Intersection of philosophy, psychology and neurology
5. Neural stem cells (joint session with APSNR)
Some of the invited speakers include:
Allan Butterfield (US), Sumantra Chatterji (IN), Chew Soo Hong (HK), Juergen Goetz (AU), Ian Hickie (AU); Nancy Ip (HK), Bong-Kiun Kaang (KR), Kyungjin Kim (KR), Yong Sik Kim (KR), Jason Morrow (US), Ralph Martins (AU), Baldomera Olivera (US), Mitrandas Panicker (IN), Elena Pasquale (US), Aryeh Routtenberg (US), Paul Slesinger (US), David Small (AU), Soong Tuck Wah (SG), Tan Hao-Yang (SG), Michisuke Yuzaki (JP), Semir Zeki (UK) and Zhou Xiao Lin (CN).