Message from the Secretary

Dear LATS Member Colleagues,

We would like to remember you on some important points regarding the XII LATS Meeting, which will be held in five months in Santiago do Chile, from April 27 to 30th, 2007.

IMPORTANT INFORMATIONS

1. The dead-line for abstract submission is December, 18^th, 2006.

2. Registrations with discount are available until December, 29^th, 2006

3. You can access the XII LATS Meeting website through LATS site www.lats.org, clicking on LATS XII Meeting or through http://www.sochem.cl/SLAT/slat.html Any other direct questions send an e-mail to lats2007@gmail.com

4. LATS assembly is scheduled for November 28^th (Saturday) at 19h00 PM

1. Scientific Program

The Scientific Program is already prompt. As you know, we are going to have at April 27^th two Satellite Symposia, one on Molecular Biology for Endocrinologists and the other one on Thyroid Ultrasound.

April, 28th

08,00-08,30	Opening
08,30-09,30	Conference 1: *New Insights into the Central Regulation of Thyroid Axis* Anthony Hollenberg (Boston)
09,30-10,30	LATS Junior Award 1
10,30-11,00	Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
11,00-12,00	Special Topic 1: *Thyroid and Pregnancy* Special Topic 2: *Nodules, Surgical and non Surgical Treatment*
12,00-13,30	Lunch and Poster Viewing
13,30-15,00	Symposium 1: *Thyroid Hormone Effects* Symposium 2: *Molecular aspects of thyroid cell regulation and function*
15,00-16,00	Conference 2 *Poorly differentiated carcinoma of the thyroid* Manuel Sobrinho Simões (Porto)
16,00-17,00	Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
17,00-17,30	Selected Poster Discussion 1
17,30-19,00	Symposium 3: *New Frontiers in Thyroid Cancer*

April, 29th

08,30-09,30	Conference 3: *Thyroid Nodule: Consensus and Controversies* Hossein Gharib (Rochester)
09,30-10,30	LATS Junior Award 2
10,30-11,00	Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
11,00-12,00	Special Topic 3: *The Laboratory in the follow up of thyroid disease. Special Topic 4: Non genomic actions of thyroid hormones*
12,00-13,30	Lunch and Poster Viewing
13,30-15,00	Symposium 4: *Thyroid Hormone Effects* Symposium 5: *Genetics and Thyroid*
15,00-16,00	LATS Junior Award 3
16,00-17,00	Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
17,00-17,30	Selected Poster Discussion 2
17,30-19,00	Symposium 6: *Thyroid Nodules*


April, 30th

08,00-08,30	LATS Junior Prize
09,00-10,00	LATS Prize Award Conference
10,00-10,30	Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
10,30-11,30	Conference 4: *Subclinical Thyroid Disease* David Cooper (Baltimore)
11,30-12,30	Special Topic 5: *Medullary Thyroid Cancer* Special Topic 6: *New frontiers in the Application of recombinant TSH*
12,30-13,30	Lunch and Poster Viewing
13,30-15,00	Symposium 7: *Thyroid and Autoimmunity*
15,00-16,00	Conference 5: *Molecular aspects in thyroid cancer and molecular targeting of proteins and their signaling pahtways in a therapeutic setting* Massimo Santoro (Napoli)
16,00-17,00	Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
17,00-17,30	Selected Poster Discussion 3
17,30-18,30	Conference Aldo Coleoni: *In Memoriam: Ana María Masini Repisso (Córdoba) Thyroid hormones and adipose tissue. The role of deiodinases* María Jesús Obregón (Madrid)

2. LATS Young Investigator Prize

The best oral presentations (Basic and Clinic) will be awarded with the Young Investigator Merck Prize (YIMP, Basic and Clinic) (2.000,00 USD each). Candidates must have less than 40 years, present their paper as first authors at the Meeting and the work must have been made in full in a country of Latin America

Candidates for the YIMP also can not be in debt with the Society, otherwise their papers will not be submitted to it. On the other hand, beside the regular abstract sheet, candidates to the YIMP should send a three page summary of his (her) work (Letter Times New Roman; size 12; 1.5 interline; letter size sheet), without any identification (Name and Institution). The YIMP will be chosen among the 12 oral presentations (6 Basic and 6 Clinic)

3. LATS Travel Grants

LATS is offering 30 Travel Grants (TG, 300.00 USD each) for LATS members. The conditions to apply for a TG are:

1. to be a member of LATS (not in debt);
2. to be younger than 40 years;
3. to present the work at the XII LATS Meeting, as first author;
4. The work presented must have been done totally in Latin America.

Candidates to the TG must look for the LATS booth at the XII LATS Meeting , and let the following documents with one of our LATS secretaries, Celia or Claudia.

1. A xerox of the abstract (oral or poster) as it appears at the XII LATS Meeting Program;
2. An ID copy
3. A statement of the Institution of origin, stating your status (professor, researcher, postgrad/grad student)

4. Bylaws

It is important for all LATS colleagues to get familiar with the LATS bylaws. To read with details the LATS bylaws, we recommend our colleagues to enter our site www.lats.org and at the left column click on “Files” and click on “Revised as of 2003”. In Cordoba, 2003, our passed president Aldo Coleoni suggested important changes in our Bylaws.

Suggestions for bylaw modifications can be done by any LATS member through a letter to the Secretary-Treasurer (hansgraf@bighost.com.br) at least one month before the General Assembly. The rules may be amended by a two-thirds vote of Active members.

Our best regards

Nelson Wohllk – LATS President

Guillermo Juvenal – LATS President –Elect

Hans Graf – LATS Secretary-Treasurer


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