That was the fourth over six training seminars for members of the Spanish Research Ethics Committees. It was held in Alzira (Valencia), 16-17 December 2002. Dr. Josep-E. Baños (Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona) and Dr. Maria Isabel Lucena (Department of Pharmacology, University of Malaga) were the teachers and coordinators of…
2002
Sometimes the mass media need to be more accurate in the way how they reflect the important scientific findings. In order to discuss some aspects about the relationship between science and journalism, the Esteve Foundation developed a first meeting on Scientific Journalism in Barcelona (2002). At this time, human genome sequencing was the selected topic…
2002
On October 15, 2002, Fernando Rodríguez de Fonseca, Research Director of the Carlos Haya Foundation, imparted the lecture The cannabinoid system as new therapeutic target at the Academy of Medical Sciencies of Catalonia and the Balearic Islands.
2002
The publisher of Annals of Epidemiology, Prof. Richard Rothenberg, imparted the course Scientific Writing and Editing in the 13th edition of the Summer School of Public Health in Maó (Minorca) on September 18-20. This Professor of the Emory University School of Medicine also discussed aspects of scientific writing, i.e. the commonest errors involved in writing a study, or…
2002
The Xth international symposium organized by the Esteve Foundation was held in S’Agaró (Girona, Spain; October 2-5, 2002). It was chaired by Adriaan IJzerman (Leiden/Amsterdam Center for Drug Research) and a total of 23 speakers completed the three days meeting. During the symposium important proof-of-concept was provided arround all the aspects of inverse agonism: in…
2002
It was the third over five training seminars for members of the Spanish Research Ethics Committees. It was held Antequera (Malaga, 6-7 May 2002. Dr. Josep-E. Baños Dr. Josep-E. Baños (Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra de Barcelona) and Dr. Maria Isabel Lucena (Department of Pharmacology, University of Malaga) were the teachers…
2002
The Esteve Foundation organized a workshop to present and discuss some hot topics on peer review of scientific papers. It was held in Sitges (Barcelona, Catalonia) on January 21st and 22nd, 2002. The workshop was chaired by Marcus M. Reidenberg and June W. Reidenberg, from Weill Medical College at Cornell University (New York) and members…
2002
