2^nd FEBS Advanced Lecture Course
ATP-Binding Cassette (ABC) Proteins:
From Multidrug Resistance to Genetic Disease

February 20-27, 1999
Sport & Erlebnis Hotel**** Gosau
Austria

Organized by Karl KUCHLER
Course Secretary Friederike ROSENTHAL

Official Course Information

Important Dates and Deadlines

• November 15^th, 1998: Deadline for registration and abstract submission.
• November 30^th, 1998: Deadline for FEBS Youth Travel Fellowship applications.
• December 15^th, 1998: Letters of acceptance and detailed information will be sent out to participants.
• February 5^th, 1999: Deadline for any changes and last cancellation date.

Venue

The course will take place in the Sport & Erlebnis Hotel**** Gosau, in the heart of the Austrian Alps. There are indoor facilities such as Tennis, Squash, Fitness and Sauna. Nearby downhill and cross-country skiing slopes invite informal scientific discussions in fresh air.
Students and postdocs will be housed in a 2 x 2 bed apartment with a shared bathroom. Regular participants will be accomodated in 2-bed rooms. A limited number of accompanying persons will be possible.

Sport & Erlebnis Hotel**** Gosau
A-4824 Gosau am Dachstein 713
AUSTRIA

Phone: +43/6136/8811-0   Reception desk and switchboard
Fax:   +43/6136/8811-315 Reception desk
Phone: +43/6136/8811-390 Meeting Office (February 20^th - 27^th, 1999)
Fax:   +43/6136/8811-324 Meeting Office (February 20^th - 27^th, 1999)

Travel

Gosau is located south of Salzburg about 1 hour driving distance by car.

Travelers driving to Gosau by car should leave the Salzburg - Vienna free way (Westautobahn) at the exit Regau, at about half distance between Salzburg and Linz. Headed south, you will pass Gmunden and Bad Ischl before reaching Gosau. Let us know if you need more precise directions.
More importantely, please do not drive if you are inexperienced in driving on icy and snowy mountain roads.

There are flights from every major european airport to Salzburg. Detailed flight schedules for arrival and departure at the Salzburg Airport will facilitate planning your travel. Shuttle transportation service from Salzburg airport to the venue as well as from the main train station "Salzburg Hbf" will be available at a one way fare of 25.- USD. Schedule and pick-up locations for the shuttle busses will be announced on the net.

European train schedules are also available; unfortunately, the Österreichische Bundesbahn implemented this service in German only. The Deutsche Bahn AG seems to offer the largest data-set of international train connections in both English and German. Another closely related train schedule is available from Nederlandse Spoorwegen.

Registration Fees

• Regular Participants: USD 800.-
• Students and Postdoctoral researchers: USD 600.-

Registration Fees Include:

• Abstract book and address list of participants.
• Informal Get-Together Party.
• Lodging (7 nights) and full board at the Sport & Erlebnis Hotel**** Gosau.

A total of 25 FEBS Youth Travel Fellowships are available. Applications must be made to the Organizer. Check for details!
Please do not make any payments before notification of acceptance has been received from the Organizer. Credit Card payers, we accept VISA and MasterCard, must add 4% disagio. Please use only the electronic registration form. Complete the form and submit it together with your abstract.

Social Programme

An attractive social programme for participants and accompanying persons is available. We will visit Salzburg and the ancient town of Hallstatt, both of which have been named "world cultural heritage". Finally, weather permitting, we will tour one of the biggest ice caves in the central European Alps the Koppenbrüllerhöhle.

Meeting Office

Friederike Rosenthal, Maria Bausback and Karl Kuchler
Department of Molecular Genetics
University and Biocenter Vienna
Dr. Bohr-Gasse 9/2
A-1030 Vienna
AUSTRIA

Phone: +43/1/4277-61811
Fax:   +43/1/4277-9618
abc-meeting@mol.univie.ac.at

Meeting Office at Gosau

Only from February 20^th to February 27^th, 1999!

Sport & Erlebnis Hotel**** Gosau
A-4824 Gosau am Dachstein 713
AUSTRIA

Phone: +43/6136/8811-390
Fax:   +43/6136/8811-324
abc-meeting@mol.univie.ac.at

Please note: To print all information of the First Announcement and our Poster in compact form, PDF-documents are available.

© 1998 by Michael Schuster