7th Meeting

of the

German-Endocrine-Brain-Immune-Network

Frankfurt, July 8-11, 2009

Dear Colleagues,

The 7th GEBIN Symposium will be held in Frankfurt a.M. betweenJuly 8th-11th, 2009. This year it will be a joint meeting with the Ger-minal Center Conference (GCC). The GCC meeting will be betweenJuly 5-9, 2009.

According to the overall aim of the GEBIN, this meeting will provide anexciting and interdisciplinary program covering various fields includinganatomy, dermatology, endocrinology, ethology, immunology, neurol-ogy, pharmacology, psychiatry, psychology, and zoology. The GEBINmeeting is supported by the two International societies of InternationalSociety of Neuroimmunomodulation and PsychoNeuroImmunology Re-search Society.

The Symposium will be divided into several thematic sessions. Eachsession consisting of short oral presentations will be opened with anintroductory lecture of an internationally recognized expert in the re-spective field. All contributions will be published in an issue of BrainBehavior and Immunity.

The organizers of the GEBIN Symposium 2009 are proud to offer againan Educational Short Course for students. This course will be heldprior to the official start of the GEBIN meeting, and is intended topresent aspects of Behavior-Neuro-Endocrine-Immune interactions ona scholarly level.

We would highly appreciate your participation in this exciting meetingand look forward to welcoming you in Frankfurt in July 2009.

With kind regards

Rainer H. Straub, GEBIN

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Local Organizing Committee

Rainer H. Straub and team, for GEBINSilvia CapellinoAlexander FaßoldStefanie HaasTorsten LowinGeorg PongratzChristine Wolff

Scientific Committee

Prof. Dr. P.C. Arck, BerlinProf. Dr. H.O. Besedovsky, MarburgProf. Dr. M. Bohm, MunsterProf. Dr. J. Born, LubeckProf. Dr. A. del Rey, MarburgDr. H. Engler, EssenDr. B. Fiebich, FreiburgProf. Dr. R. Gold, BochumProf. Dr. V. Hollt, MagdeburgPD Dr. J. Kraus, MagdeburgDr. T. Lange, LubeckProf. Dr. N. Muller, MunchenProf. Dr. M. Schedlowski, EssenPD Dr. M. Schwarz, MunchenProf. Dr. G.K. Stalla, MunchenPD Dr. V. Stefanski, BerlinProf. Dr. R.H. Straub, RegensburgProf. Dr. E. Weihe, Marburg

Abstract quality estimation was performed by all members of the sci-entific committee using a metric system similar to a visual analog scale.The mean value of the estimation score was calculated to find the best5 abstracts, which will be presented on Thursday afternoon (16:30).

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Information

Further information about the GEBIN and the GEBIN 2009 meetingcan be found on the GEBIN homepage: www.gebin.org

Coffee Breaks and Lunch

Coffee, lunch and refreshments will be available in the foyer (groundlevel) and in the Mensa of the Campus Westend.

Main Sponsors / Exhibitors

BiozolFrankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS)EU-NEST-project MAMOCELL within FP6(http://fias.uni-frankfurt.de/ immunology/RESEARCH/mamocell.html)Merck SeronoMilliporeRoche

Supported by

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

Deutsche Anatomische GesellschaftDeutsche Dermatologische GesellschaftDeutsche Ethologische GesellschaftDeutsche Gesellschaft fur Biologische PsychiatrieDeutsche Gesellschaft fur EndokrinologieDeutsche Gesellschaft fur ImmunologieDeutsche Gesellschaft fur Medizinische PsychologieDeutsche Gesellschaft fur NeurologieDeutsche Gesellschaft fur PharmakologieDeutsche Gesellschaft fur PsychologieDeutsche Gesellschaft fur Zoologie

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PsychoNeuroImmunology Research Society (PNIRS)International Society of Neuroimmunomodulation (ISNIM)The European Neuropeptide ClubWorld Psychiatric Association, Section Immunology and Psychiatry

Acknowledgements

The organizers are grateful for expert assistance to:

Angelika GraberMadlen MelzerMargit NutzelLuise RauchOlga Wiesnerall from the University Hospital Regensburg, Dept. of Internal Medicine

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Conference Venue

The GCC and GEBIN meetings of 2009 are being held in the Casino ofthe historical IG Farben Building, located at the following address. Abrief history of this building follows.

IG Farben BuildingCampus Westend of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-UniversityGruneburgplatz 160323 Frankfurt

In 1925, six major German chemical companies including BASF, Bayerand Hoechst, merged to form a consortium called IG Farben. Theychose the city of Frankfurt to house their corporate headquarters be-cause of its central location, and accessibility by land and air. Thefamous architect Hans Poelzig was commissioned to design the build-ing, a task which he completed in only 24 months, in 1930. With ninefloors and six wings, the IG Farben building was one of the largest andmost modern buildings in Europe. It remained in the hands of IG Far-ben until the end of the Second World War.

From 1945 onwards, the IG Farben building was used as the headquar-ters of the American Forces in Europe, under the command of GeneralDwight D. Eisenhower. From 1949-1952, the United States High Com-missioner for Germany and his staff occupied the building. It becamethe principal location for implementing the Marshall Plan, which largelyfinanced the post-war reconstruction of Europe. The state apparatusof the Federal German Government was also devised there.

In 1996, the state of Hesse bought the building and associated land forthe University of Frankfurt. In 2001, parts of the Social Sciences wererelocated to the IG Farben-Haus. Today, the building forms the core ofa new Campus Westend which includes the departments of Philosophy,History, Theology, Modern Languages and Linguistics, and Culturaland Civilization Studies

More information about the rich history of the building can be found onWikipedia, at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IG Farben Building.

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Visitor Information

Getting there

The IG Farben Building is easily accessible by public transport. Thenearest U-Bahn station is Holzhausenstrasse, serviced by lines U1/2/3.From here, the venue is a 10 minute walk. The nearest bus stop is UniCampus Westend, serviced by lines 36 and 75, and is only a 4 minutewalk away. You may plan your journey online at www.rmv.de.

Coffee Breaks and Lunch

Coffee, lunch and refreshments will be available in the foyer and inthe Mensa of the campus Westend located at the ground level of theCasino. Visitors can also enjoy several restaurants located within walk-ing distance of the building. A few of these are listed below and shownon a map overleaf. Alternatively, visitors may travel to the city-center(metro-station Hauptwache, U1/2/3/6/7) for a wide choice in eateries.

A. Sushi King B. Gargantua C. OmoniaGruneburgweg 81 Liebigstr. 47 Vogtstr. 43069 71448955 069 720718 069 593314

D. Knoblauch E. Vini... da Sabatini F. Pizzeria RomanellaStaufenstr. 39 Gruneburgweg 81 Wolfgangstr. 84069 722828 069 726665 069 5961117

G. Le Cafe H. Ernos Bistro I. Pizzeria ArmoniaGruneburgweg 88 Liebigstr. 15 Eschersheimer Landstr. 38069 5971509 069 721997 069 558924

J. La Boveda K. Novita L. Casa PintorFeldbergstr. 10 Feldbergstr. 30 Bornwiesenweg 75069 723220 069 97205548 069 5973723

M. IsolettaFeldbergstr. 31069 174770

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Social Program

A social program has been organized for GCC16 participants on Tues-day, 7th July. We offer sightseeing tours by foot through Frankfurt with4 different themes:

1. Cultural Frankfurt (referee: Barbara Rubert)You will find a unique museum experience in downtown Frankfurt. Thetheatre landscape in Frankfurt entices you with its great variety.

2. Old Town (referee: Irina Andrej)See one of the most important market places in the history of Germany.Rebuilt after the last war, Frankfurt has many historical sights and tra-ditions.

3. Goethe and his Frankfurt (referee: Alexander Ruhe)The most well-known German poet is a son of Frankfurt. Follow thetrail of a man who knew how to enjoy life and transfer the experienceto poetry.

4. Frankfurt and its history (referee: Alexander Berger)No other German city has as many high rise buildings as Frankfurt.Learn about the details of the architecture and the occupants and comewith us the top of the Maintower and enjoy the fascinating view of thetown.

The common meeting point for all tours will be at Justitiabrunnenauf dem Romerberg (fountain) at 3pm. The tours will take about2 hours and will be conducted in English. The tours will take place inall weather conditions, please come prepared!!

Getting there by Public Transport

From the IG Farben Building, walk to the Holzhausenstrasse metro-station. Take the U1/2/3 in the direction Frankfurt Sud to the stationWilly-Brandt-Platz. Change here either to U4 in the direction Pre-ungesheim or to U5 in the direction Enkheim. Travel to the metrostation Dom/Romer. Reaching the surface, one is located on themarketplace Romer, and has to walk to the Justitiabrunnen (fountain).A map has been provided in the welcome pack for your convenience.

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Conference Abstracts

The abstracts accepted for presentation in either poster or talk form forboth conferences are printed here. These are arranged chronologicallyby session, so that GCC Satellite session is followed by GGC1 throughGCC6, and finally by GEBIN. Within each session, the abstracts arearranged in alphabetic order, by presenting authors last name. To fa-cilitate search, an index of all authors is also included at the end of theabstract booklet.

Awards and publications

The best poster in the GCC will be awarded with an annual subscrip-tion to Science, the world’s leading scientific journal. The winner willreceive 52 issues of Science over a year and access to news and researcharchives dating back to 1880.

We support the submission of full-length papers with theoretical andmathematical contributions in Immunology. Selected contributions thatlink Immunology to the science of Complex Systems will be publishedin the journal Advances in Complex Systems, as a topical part of a reg-ular issue.

The 5 best abstracts submitted to the GEBIN meeting will be presentedon Thursday afternoon (4:30pm). Abstract quality estimation was per-formed by all members of the scientific committee using a metric systemsimilar to a visual analog scale. The mean value of the estimation scorewas calculated to find these.

Poster Hanging

The position on the board where the posters must be hung is iden-tified by the page number in this booklet where the abstract appears.Posters from the GCC Satellite session, together with subsessions GCC1through GCC3 must be displayed from Sunday, 5th July to Tuesday, 7thJuly, until 1pm. Posters belonging to the subsessions GCC4 throughGCC6 must be displayed from 1pm on Tuesday, July 7th to the end ofthe conference, on Thursday, July 9th at 1pm.

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