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Ottawa, Canada - 2002

The 2nd HFSP Awardees Meeting was held in Ottawa, Canada from June 9 - 12, 2002

The Ottawa meeting was held at the Marriot Hotel. Holders of HFSP grants awarded in 1999 and fellowships awarded in 2000 were invited. In all there were 102 scientific presentations as talks or posters and a total of 128 registered participants.

Plenary Lectures

Ion Channels
Rod MacKinnon

Protein synthesis, proteolysis, and the control of cell cycle transitions
Tim Hunt

Guest Speakers

Tom Brzustowski, President, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
Alan Bernstein, President, Canadian Institutes of Health Research

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To download the 2nd HFSP Awardees Meeting Programme click here

To download meeting report by science writer Geoffrey Montgomery click here

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Ottawa, Canada - 2002