University of Helsinki

Short course on G protein-coupled receptors

THIS IS REGISTRATION TO THE GPCR COURSE, NOT TO THE SYMPOSIUM!

Final program to the course is now available!

Registration to the course is now open at https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/21851/lomake.html!
Instructions on how to make the payment are also found here.

Time of course: August 23-25th 2010
Place: Viikki Campus, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

The course preceed the GPCR-Helsinki 2010 Symposium (August 26-27 2010).

Registration is mandatory
Registration: On-site registration will still be possible at the beginning of the course: Please bring the fee payment as cash or a copy of bank transfert; alternatively, a certificate that you belong to one of the organizing schools.

Contents:
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) represent the largest family of receptors in the human genome, with more than 800 members. GPCRs are key drug targets and recent estimates that between 30-60% of the drugs currently on the market target members of the GPCR family either directly or indirectly. The last decade has seen several three-dimensional structures of GPCRs solved at atomic resolution, but also a better understanding into the complexity of their signaling pathways. The course aims at providing graduate students state-of-art knowledge in the field of GPCR research. The course is organized around three areas: physiology, sequence-structure-function relationships, and drug discovery approaches.

The course consists of about 20 lectures given by 8-10 lecturers experts in the field. The language of all lectures is English and the course is open to international participants.

The lecturers include:
Professor Jyrki Kukkonen, University of Helsinki
Professor Mika Scheinin, University of Turku
Professor Raimo Tuominen, University of Helsinki
Professor Antti Poso, University of Kuopio
Professor Pia Vuorela, Åbo Akademi University
Dr. Veli-Pekka Jaakola, University of Oulu
Dr. Henri Xhaard, Centre for Drug Research, University of Helsinki

Credit weeks:
A total of 2 ECTS can be gained:
Attending the course is worth 1 ECTS. Writing of an essay on later specified topics in addition to attendance is worth 1 extra ECTS.
Symposium attendance will also give credits (see the symposium info).

Course fees:
The course fee covers 6 coffee breaks, the course booklet and course material, and about 20 hours of lectures. The transport, accommodation and lunches of the participants are not included in the course fee.

Graduate students members of ISB, GSPR, DDGS or VGSB: Free
Graduate students, others: 120€
Academics: 200€
Industry: 300€

The course is sponsored by the following graduate schools:
Informational and Structural Biology (ISB)
Graduate School in Pharmaceutical Research (GSPR)
Drug Discovery Graduate School (DDGS)
Viikki Graduate School in Molecular Biosciences (VGSB)

Enquiries:
All enquiries relating to attendance of the course and course program should be addressed to Dr. Henri Xhaard, Centre for Drug Research (CDR), Faculty of Pharmacy, P.O. Box 56, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
e-mail: henri.xhaard [at] helsinki.fi