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Hans Selye Awardees of the Congress
Eight outstanding young scientists have been awarded
by the Hans Selye Award of the Congress: Justin L. P. Benesh, Laury
Chaerle, Bindi Doshi, Bella Groisman, Maki Kawai-Yamada, Hynek
Pikhart, Ronald Ullers and Cindy Voisine. Three of them (J.L.P.
Benesh, B. Doshi and B. Groisman) also received the Assay Design
Student Poster Award.
 Program Book
HERE
Congress
photos HERE
The symposium
organizers have selected the oral presentations from those who have
submitted an abstract. You can find the selected oral and all the other
poster presentations HERE. You can also find the complete and final
program map for the lecture and poster sections HERE
Technical information for speakers and poster presenters HERE.
Special announcement of
credit points for Hungarian physicians and psychologists for the Congress HERE.
The winners of the Registration-PLUS competition, who will receieve a
free registration upgrade (3 lunch and entrance to the banquette) after they payed their
late registration fees are:
Sarin Neera (India)
Simon Stephanie (France)
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Abstracts of the Congress in the on-line version of
Cell Stress & Chaperones
It is our pleasure to announce that the abstracts accompanied by a paid registration
untill the April deadline have appeared as an on-line supplement of the journal, Cell
Stress & Chaperones. These quotabe abstracts can be accessed HERE.
The appeared abstracts can be cited as:
Budapest Meeting Abstracts. 2007. Cell Stress Chaperones online 12: abstract number. |
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 This year Dr. Ellen Nollen was selected
as the recipient of the Alfred Tissieres Young Investigator Award for 2007. The award will
be presented on 26th August, Sunday when the lecture of Dr. Nollen will be a highlight of
the closing ceremony of the World Conference of Stress. |
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| Hans Selye stamp The Hungarian Postal Service will issue an
official stamp to commemorate the Congress and the 100th birth anniversary of Hans Selye.
We will have a special post office at the Congress venue with special envelopes and stamps
for the first day issue of the stamp at the opening day of the Congress.  |
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Gyurmalin
Stress relieving, ideal for relaxation
Gyurmalin - an intelligent plasticine which
- Stretches as a chewing gum
- Bounces as a basketball
- Tears as a paper
- Breaks like a porcellain
- Magnetic
- Fluorescent
- Changes its color
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| High school student researchers as hosts and hostesses 
As a unique element of the Congress, the Network of Youth Excellence (www.nyex.info) will recruit a hundred
high school students pursuing related biological research in top laboratories as hosts and
hostesses. Be prepared! These students will not only help you to find what you want
at the Congress but will also stop you and ask about your research. Please take a moment
and answer their questions: this will be a lifetime experience for them. Thank you very
much for your help and cooperation. Contact person and head of the hosts and hostesses:
Gábor Somfai. 
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| NEW Travel Grants to Young European Scientists A
limited number of travel grants covering travel costs are available from the European Science Foundation, principally aimed
at European young researchers, to support their active participation in the World
Conference of Stress in Budapest, Hungary on 23-26 August 2007. The event is supported by
ESF-LESC. LESC is the ESF Standing Committee for Life, Earth and Environmental Sciences ( www.esf.org/lesc/grants ).
The ESF-LESC travel grants will be up to 1000 Euros each. The application details can be
downloaded HERE.
The application deadline is the 18th of June. Applications should be sent
according to the guidelines above to stress07@esf.org.
Abstract submission for applicants, who have not submitted an abstract yet will be open
after May 31st. |
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Application for free registration of young scientists
 Regretfully, the organizing committee
could not find support for traveling scholarships to the Congress but is happy to offer 20
free registrations to support the participation of young scientists at the Congress.
We have received 112 applications. The winners who
receive free registration are:
| Anastasia Pivovarova (24), Russia |
Jeffrey López Rojas (25), Cuba |
| Anastassiia Vertii (31), Germany |
Joy Ghosh (29), USA |
| Ashish Kumar Srivastava (25), India |
Kapustian Liudmyla (32), Ukraine |
| Dragana Filipovic (38), Serbia |
Qiu Dongliang (35), P.R. China |
| Fabiana Geraci (35), Italy |
Ramkumar K.M. (30), India |
| Francesco Cappello (34), Italy |
Raquel M. Silva (30), Portugal |
| Fritah Sabrina (26), France |
Ravindra M. Samartha (34), India |
| Gayane Yuri Grigoryan (31), Republic of Armenia |
Shevchenko Antonyna (29), Russia |
| Gil M. Lewitus (32), Israel |
Valentina N. Maltseva (26), Russia |
| Ines Dierick (27), Belgium |
Vitaly Borisov (37), Russia |
The organizers still seek the possibility to obtain further support to cover
other expenses of the winners. Should such a possibility become available, all winners of
free registrations will be informed directly.
3200 pre-registrants.
The 1000th pre-registrant was Dr. Insop Shim
(Korea), who received a free registration to the Congress.
The 2000th pre-registrant was Dr. Olga E. Redina (Russia), who
received a free registration to the Congress.
The 3000th pre-registrant was Mr. Jorge Herkovits (Argentina), who
received a free registration to the Congress. |
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