会议简介 Welcome to the 16th “International Symposium on Chromaffin Cell Biology” (ISCCB16). ?In 1982 a group of 100 researchers from all over the world decided to meet for a week on the Spanish island of Ibiza to discuss the chemical, physiological, pharmacological, and clinical aspects of chromaffin cell biology. The meeting was an outstanding success, so the researchers decided to repeat it biennially at different venues. The ISCCB’s goals are to promote high quality neuroscience research using chromaffin cells as a biological model, to exchange ideas, to promote collaboration between laboratories with complementary methodologies, to foster scientific strategies, and to bring together senior and junior neuroscientists.An international advisory committee composed of experts on exocytosis/endocytosis, ion channels, Ca2+ signaling, neurotransmitter synthesis/storage, and methodologies provides guidance to the organization, largely in the form of scientific themes for the symposium. The ISCCB meeting in Beijing will cover major themes including, exocytosis/endocytosis, ion channels, Ca2+ signaling, neurotransmitter synthesis/storage, secretion-disease, and methodologies/techniques used to study secretion. This promises to be a very exciting meeting with excellent opportunities to interact with well-known investigators across diverse areas of chromaffin cell study.?We hereby invite you to participate in the symposium, and are looking forward to welcoming you to Beijing!The total ISCCB’s attendance is approximately 140-180 scientists from Asia, Europe, North and South America, and Australia. Usually, more than 60% of the participants are young scientists and, for the first time, the ISCCB will be held in China in 2011.

Zhuan Zhou, professor,
Institute of Molecular Medicine,
Peking University;Lung-sen Kao, professor,
Department of Life Sciences,
National Yang-Ming University.

Organization

Scientific Program Committee

International Advisory Board:

Youssef Anouar?	France?
Antonio G. García??	Spain?
Uri Ashery??	Israel?
Ricardo Borges????	Spain?
Emilio Carbone???	Italy?
Ana M. Cárdenas??	Chile?
Hans-Herman Gerdes??	Norway?
Manfred Gratzl????	Germany?
Arturo Hernandez-Cruz???	Mexico?
Lung-Sen Kao?????	Taipei?
Konosuke Kumakura??	Japan?
Frederic Meunier?	Australia?
Sushil Mahata??????	USA?
Angelo Corti?????	Italy?
Harvey Pollard??	USA?
Guida M. Portella-Gomes????	Portugal?
Liz Seward????	UK?
Dona Lee Wong??	USA?
Zhuan Zhou??????	Beijing
Nicolas Vitale	France
Fernando Marengo	Argentina

Local Organization Committee

Co-Chairs:?
Zhuan Zhou?	Peking University
Lung-Sen Kao	National Yang-Min University
Members:
Liang-Yi Chen	Peking University
Jiu-Ping Ding?	Huanzhong University of Science and Technology
Hongping Huang?	Wannan Medical College
Liecheng Wang?	Anhui Medical University
Zhengxing Wu	Huanzhong University of Science and Technology
Tao Xu	CAS Institute of Biophysics
Chen Zhang	Peking University
Claire Xi Zhang?	Peking University
Secretariats:
Shunyi Wei?	Biophysical Society of China
Yue Wang?	Biophysical Society of China
Wenli Xu?	Biophysical Society of China
Lianghong Zheng?	Peking University

PaymentRegistrations should be accompanied by the appropriate payment, which must be in US Dollar and payable to CICCST by the following ways:

A. Payment in Advance1. Credit Card:
Only MasterCard, Visa, and American Express will be accepted. It will be billed in Chinese RMB. Consequently, the amount charged to your account may vary due to the fluctuation in exchange rates.Note: 3% of the bank charges will be borne by the participant.2. Bank transfer:

• Beneficiary: CICCST
• Beneficiary Bank: Bank of China, Head Office
• Account No.: 00038018091014
• Swift Code: BKCHCNBJ
• Address: 1 Fuxingmen Nei Dajie, Beijing 100818, China Please do write "ISCCB" and the participant''s name in the place of "Message".

* All bank charges will be borne by the participant.

B. Payment On-siteCash and credit cards (Master, Visa, and American Express) are acceptable.

Refund PolicyAny cancellations must be received in written request to the General Assembly Office. The refund policy is given below:

Category	Before June 3, 2011	On/After June 3, 2011
Regular / Student Registration Fee	Deduct RMB355 (US$50)	No Refund
Hotel Deposit / Fee	One night Deposit	No Refund