Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital

This year marks the 30th anniversary of Hallym University’s foundation. To commemorate the occasion, Hallym University Medical Center is hosting the international symposium on neuroscience at the Grand Ballroom of the COEX in Seoul on May 14, 2012.

Under the theme, ‘Frontiers in Translational Neurosciences: From Bench to Bedside,’ medical experts from Hallym’s affiliated institutions are going to share their thoughts on neurodegenerative diseases, brain mapping and molecular imaging, and cerebrovascular diseases.

Among the international dignitaries who will join the symposium are Professor Anders Hallberg, Former President of Uppsala University in Sweden, Professor Paolo Bernardi of University of Padova in Italy, Professor Karen Duff and Professor Scott A. Small of Columbia University in the U.S, and Professor Izumi Nagata of Nagasaki University in Japan.

Over 200 participants from the nation's universities, hospitals, clinics, and medical professors and students are expected to join the academic event.

The specific programs of the symposium including speakers and topics are as follows:

[Hallym Speakers]

■ Protein Citrullination: New Approach to Biomarker Discovery in Prion Disease
Professor Eun-Kyoung Choi, Hallym University, Korea
■ Mechanism of RhoA Inactivation in Neurite Outgrowth of PC12 Cells
Professor Jae-Bong Park, Hallym University, Korea
■ Non-invasive Stimulation for Motor Recovery in Stroke
Associate Professor Woo-Kyoung Yoo, Hallym University, Korea
■ Access to Speech Meaning from Auditory and Visual Cues Is Altered in Deaf CI Users
Assistant Professor Hyo-Jeong Lee, Hallym University, Korea
■ The Technique and Outcome of Coil Embolization Using Multiple Catheter System for Wide-necked Cerebral Aneurysm
Professor Sung-Ki Ahn, Hallym University, Korea
■ Recent Rrends in Stroke Epidemiology & Framework of Stroke Registry for Clinical Researches in Korea
Professor Kyung-Ho Yu, Hallym University, Korea
■ Development of Korean VCI Harmonization Standard Neuropsychological Tools and Application to Korean Stroke Patients
Professor Byung-Chul Lee, Hallym University, Korea

[International Speakers]

■ Mitochondria as Therapeutic Targets in Neuromuscular Diseases
Professor Paolo Bernardi, University of Padova, Italy
■ Spread of Pathology in Alzheimer's Disease
Professor Karen Duff, Columbia University, USA
■ Zooming into Alzheimer's Disease: MRI Maps to Molecular Mechanisms
Professor Scott A. Small, Columbia University, USA
■ Clinical Research on Carotid Stenosis
Professor Izumi Nagata,Nagasaki University, Japan

By Younghee Han, Int’l Operations Team, HUMC (symposium@hallym.or.kr)