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Santander

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Santander - Península de la Magdalena (Rector Ernest Lluch)

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COLABORACIÓN

Descripción de la actividad

THE "TEÓFILO HERNANDO'S" SCHOOL OF PHARMACOLOGY: ORIGIN, DEVELOPMENT AND ACTIVITIES

The Teófilo Hernando’s School of Pharmacology (THSP) was initiated in 1996, in the frame of the summer courses of the UIMP. At that time, Rector José Luis García Delgado invited professor Antonio G. García (Autonomous University of Madrid) to organise this School. The courses are held at the magnificent Palace of la Magdalena, located on top of a hill at the Peninsula of La Magdalena.  

The format of a UIMP’s School (“Escuela”) is based in the critical analysis in the frontier of knowledge of a given scientific topic, along a week (Monday to Friday) by scientists and students of all over the world. Emphasis is always made in drug discovery and development as well in basic research that illuminate on the identification of new biological drug targets for treating disease. The THSP was named after Teófilo Hernando, a Spanish MD/PhD pharmacologist who was trained under Oswald Schmiedeberg at Strassbourg, the first formal Pharmacology School where many pharmacologists were trained at the beginning of the XX century and then developed the subject of basic and clinical pharmacology all over the world. Teófilo Hernando introduced pharmacology as an independent teaching and science subject at the Central University of Madrid, along the first four decades of the XX century. He trained numerous other disciples that extended the subject to many other Spanish universities along the XX century. 

Since 1996, 13 editions of the THSP have been held. Over 100 internationally recognised scientist professors and over 500 students have since then attended the THSP. The subjects of the subsequent schools were as follows: 

1.-Drugs and their receptors (1996)

2.-Drugs for the brain (1997)

3.-Clinical trials in Spain (2000)

4.-Biotechnological drugs (2001)

5.-Alzheimer’s disease (2002)

6.-Drugs and cardiovascular risk (2003)

7.-Chronic inflammation and osteoarthritis (2008)

8.-Neurodegenerative diseases (2009)

9.-The language of neurons (2010)

10.-Neuroprotection and neuroreparation of the injured brain (2011)

11.-New concepts and strategies for neuroprotection (2012)

12.-Brain damage and repair (2013)

13.-Frontier drug discovery in brain disease (2014)

14.-New therapeutic targets in brain disease (2015)

FORMAT OF YOUNG RESEARCHER COMMUNICATIONS 

Young Researcher Communications (YRCs; every afternoon from Monday to Thursday) are coordinated by scientists with expertise in the subject, which are also responsible for recruiting the six young researchers of each session, either PhD students or postdocs.  

The YRC session consists in a 30-min general introduction on the topic, done by the coordinator and six 10-min communications followed by 5-min discussion presented by postdocs and PhD students; thus, each session will be developed in 2 hours sharp. 

The session themes must be related with the course subject namely neuroscience, physiology, neurology, psychiatry and pharmacology of the CNS with a broad scope. It is convenient to put some emphasis in potential drug targets for specific diseases (this is a School of Pharmacology) although this is not a restrictive condition at all. 

Registration and participation in the entire course is mandatory for the coordinating scientists and the young scientists participating in these YRCs. The Teófilo Hernando’s Foundation and UIMP will help with expenses on an individual basis. It is, however, desirable that some funds from the working institution of the postdocs and PhD students may be provided to cover some of the travel and local expenses at Santander.