ISARCON - 2012 India: 25th Annual Conference of The Indian Society for Atherosclerosis Research

International Conference on
Recent Trends in Atherosclerosis
and
25th Annual Conference of The Indian Society for Atherosclerosis Research (ISARCON-2012)

01st – 03rd September, 2012

Organised by

DEPARTMENT OF BIOCHEMISTRY & BIOTECHNOLOGY
Annamalai University
Chidambaram
Tamil Nadu

Dear Colleagues,      The Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Annamalai University is organising ‘International Conference on Recent Trends in Atherosclerosis and 25th Annual Conference of the Indian Society for Atherosclerosis Research (ISARCON-2012) from September 01 – 03, 2012. Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) remain the biggest cause of death worldwide, and have increased at an astonishingly fast rate in low- and middle-income countries. The percentage of premature deaths due to cardiovascular diseases range from 4% in high-income countries to 42% in low-income countries. The World Health Organisation report ‘Global atlas on cardiovascular disease prevention and control’ states that CVDs are the leading cause of death and disability in the world. Although CVDs are preventable, they continue to rise mainly because preventive measures are inadequate. It is estimated that by the year 2030, almost 23.6 million people will be affected from CVDs, mainly from heart disease and stroke. Hence, there is an obligation to prevent this catastrophe in point of fact by tailoring effective treatment strategies.

     This conference will provide a forum for discussing the epidemiology, biochemistry, experimental medicine, clinical and interventional cardiology. Further, this conference will provide a platform for discussing the medicinal properties of phytochemicals and their applications in interventional cardiology. Large number of delegates from India and abroad are expected to attend this meet. We request you to take this opportunity and participate in the conference and visit the temple city of Chidambaram. Your active participation is highly solicited. We will make our best efforts to make your stay in Chidambaram academically fruitful and enjoyable. Kindly, make a note of the dates for registration, abstract submission and accommodation and we request to circulate this information to your friends, colleagues and students who may be interested in attending the conference.

Focus areas of the conference

• Role of phytochemicals in cardiovascular diseases
• Recent trends in epidemiology, biochemistry and experimental medicine in cardiovascular diseases
• Recent trends in clinical and interventional cardiology
• Relationship between diabetes/hypertension/renal complications and cardiovascular diseases
• Inflammation and atherosclerosis
• Angiogenesis and vascular remodeling
• Experimental trends in atherosclerosis
• Phytochemical analogs, drug designing and drug delivery systems in heart diseases

Abstract submission

Abstracts for oral/poster presentations are invited in MS Word File in the following format:

Title:             14 point bold, capitals and centered.
Author(s) :   Name and address in 12 point, normal, centered, followed by e-mail ID of the presenting author in 10 point, normal and centered.  Name of presenting author should be underlined.
Text:            12 point, single space, normal and justified.

Abstracts should be typed in Times New Roman style font only and text of the abstract should not exceed 300 words. References and acknowledgements in the abstract must be avoided.  Properly checked abstracts should be submitted to the conference e-mail ID:  isarcon2012@rediffmail.com

In addition, two hard copies of the abstract should be submitted to the corresponding address (to the Convener) of the conference.  Student delegates (presenting authors) need to attach an authorization letter from research supervisor/head of the department with hard copies of abstract.  Poster presentation will be through posters not exceeding 1 m ×1 m size.
LCD facility will be available for oral presentation.

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