August 2008

ISBRA People in the News

Karl Mann, Harold Kalant, and Boris Tabakoff
2004 ISBRA Congress in Heidelberg/Mannheim Germany Dr. Harold Kalant Recipient of the James B. Isaacson Award
We are requesting nominations for the James B. Isaacson Award to be given at the Joint 2008 ISBRA/RSA Congress in Washington, D.C., USA, June 28 through July, 2 2008. The award is sponsored by the National Foundation for the Prevention of Chemical Dependency Disease and consists of a plaque, a US$4,000 honorarium, and a US$2,000 travel allowance to present a plenary address to the Congress.
The award is for outstanding research, with some significant emphasis in the area of genetics of alcohol effects, or alcoholism. Previous awards have been Dr.: Ting-Kai Li (Third Congress, Helsinki, Finland); Henri Begleiter (Fourth Congress, Kyoto, Japan); Werner Goedde (Fifth Congress, Toronto, Canada); Robert Cloniger and Michael Bohman (Sixth Congress, Bristol, England); Marc Schuckit (Seventh Congress, Gold Coast, Australia); Lars Oreland and Lars von Knorring (Eighth Congress, Washington, DC, USA); John Crabbe and Gerald McClearn (Ninth Congress, Copenhagen, Denmark); Luigi Gessa (Tenth Congress, Yokohama, Japan; and David Goldman (Eleventh Congress, San Francisco, California, USA) Harold Kalant (Twelfth Congress, Heidelberg/Mannheim, Germany).

Dipak Sarkar
Rutgers University recently completed constructing the Endocrine Research Facilityfunded by grants from NIH and the State of New Jersey. The PI for the grant is an ISBRA member Dipak K. Sarkar. The Grand Opening of the Endocrine Research Facilitytook place September 8, 2008. Many endocrinologists interested in alcohol research attended the opening ceremonies and participated in plenary lectures given by distinguished scientists including the member of National Academy of Science and in the Poster Session presented by 53 endocrinologists from Rutgers University, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and local pharmaceuticals. Many special guests from NJ State government and from NIH including the NIAAA's Drs. Antonio Noronha and Lindsey Grandison attended the Grand Opening.

Toshikazu Saito
ISBRA President
2008 Joint ISBRA/RSA Congress

Boris Tabakoff and Helmut Seitz
2007 Berlin, Germany

Rainer Spanagel
2008 James B. Isaacson Award
Presented by Boris Tabakoff

R. Adron Harris, Michelyn Lintz, and Yuka Mukai
2008 Joint ISBRA/RSA Congress

Toshikazu Saito, Susumu Higuchi, and Sawitri Assanangkornchai
5th Seminar of Epidemic of Drug in Thailand