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September Monthly Meeting

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Joint Meeting: NESACS and Medicinal Chemistry Group

Symposium: Emerging Treatments for CNS Disorders
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Holiday Inn Hotel
15 Middlesex Canal Park Road
Woburn, MA
3:00 pm
  Refreshments
3:15 pm
  Welcome - Raj (SB) Rajur, Program Chair, CreaGen BioSciences, Inc., Woburn, MA
3:20 pm
  Introductory Remarks - Norman P. Peet, Director of Chemistry, Microbiotix, Worcester, MA
3:30 pm
  Ian Bell, Merck & Co. Rahway, NJ: "The Discovery of Orally Bioavailable CGRP Receptor Antagonists: From Concept to Clinical Efficacy"
4:15 pm
  Larry Hardy, Director of Pharmacology, Sepracor Corporation, Marlborough, MA: "Why all the excitement about glutamate?"
5:00 pm
 

Edward Holson, Director of Medicinal Chemistry, Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA: "HDACs in memory and cognition: Development of isoform selective inhibitors with improved CNS drug properties"

5:45 pm
  Social Hour
6:30 pm
  Dinner
7:45 pm
 

James Rusche, Senior Vice President of Research and Development, RepliGen Corporation, Waltham, MA and
Vincent Jacques, Senior Director of Preclinical Development, RepliGen Corporation, Waltham, MA: "HDAC Inhibitors for CNS Diseases: Challenges in Selectivity and Pharmacology"

     
Dinner reservations should be made no later than 12:00 noon on Thursday, September 2nd, 2010. Please contact Anna Singer at (phone/fax (781 272-1966) or secretary@nesacs.org. Reservations not cancelled at least 24 hours in advance must be paid. Anyone who needs special services or transportation, please call a few days in advance so that suitable arrangements can be made. Payment is made at the door by cash or check (no credit cards). Members, $28.00; Non-members, $30.00; Retirees, $18.00; Students, $10.00.
Directions to Holiday Inn Hotel

A. From Boston - Cambridge - Points North: Take Route I-93 to Route 95/128 West. After 1 mile, take Exit 35 South to Route 38 (Main Street).
*After about 500 feet at the traffic light, turn right into Middlesex Canal Street to the hotel entrance.
B. From the West: Take Route 95/128 North to Exit 35 South (Route 38 - Main Street. Follow directions

THE PUBLIC IS INVITED
 
New Members
Invitation to Attend a Meeting

You are cordially invited to attend one of our upcoming Section meetings as a guest  of the Section at the Social hour and dinner preceding the meeting.

Please call Anna Singer at 781-272-1966 or secretary@nesacs.org by noon of the first Thursday of the month letting her know you are a new member
 
   
   
   
                                       
                                       

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