Welcome to the web page of the Eighth ISABS Conference on Forensic, Anthropologic and Medical Genetics, Split, Croatia, June 24-28, 2013! We are pleased that the program is already taking shape. Program directors are doing their best to provide the most up to date advances in genetics applied to the crossing of forensic science, anthropology and translational medicine.
We have asked some most prominent sciences today to help program directors in shaping and chairing the conference sessions. Together with several conference regulars, next year will bring many new and exciting names. Over the next weeks and months we will keep bringing program updates to this web site. Please check it regularly to monitor program growth.

Session Leaders (Name, Institution, Session Topic):

• Zvia Agur Institute for Medical BioMathematics, Tel Aviv,Israel (Mathematical Modeling in Cancer Therapy)
• Malcolm Brenner Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas,USA (Gene Therapy)
• Aaron Ciechanover Technion, Haifa, Israel (Archaeological Genetics)
• Robert Huber Max-Planck-Institute, Martinsried, Germany (Science for the Young)
• Manfred Kayser University of Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherland (New perspectives in Human Forensic Molecular Biology)
• Doron Lancett Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel (Genomics in Medicine)
• Franklyn Prendergast Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA (Pharmacogenomics and Drug Development)
• Mahendra Rao National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA (Stem Cells in Medicine)
• Carmen Terzic Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA (Regenerative Medicine)
• Ada Yonath* Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot,Israel (Ribosomes in Medicine)
• Henry Lee University of New Haven, West Haven, USA (Crime Scene Investigation)
• Mitch Holland Penn State University, State College, USA (Forensic Genetics)

*To be confirmed.

See you in Split next year!
Dragan Primorac
Moses Schanfield
Stanimir Vuk-Pavlović

1st European-American Spine and Chronic Pain Symposium

We invite you to join us at the 1st European-American Spine and Chronic Pain Symposium and Workshops Bol, Island of Brac, Croatia, September 14-16, 2012. The conference is first in the series of biennial events organized by the World Institute of Pain, USA; St. Catherine Hospital, Croatia; Carolinas Pain Institute, USA; Croatian Society for Spine Surgery, Croatia; Croatian Association for the Treatment of Pain, Croatia, the International Society for Applied Biological Sciences, and Sceptor Pain Foundation, USA to promote minimally-invasive approaches in spine care and pain management. Our participant-friendly yet intense educational activities together with hands-on courses are delivered by internationally acclaimed experts in the field of pain managment. It Symposium will cover existing techniques ,novel approaches and possible new treatments for further improvements in therapeutic performances.
The Symposium Scientific Board is working extensively in preparing a comprehensive program representing the very latest evidence-based and best-practice-based spine care and pain management in all areas and disciplines interested in this subspecialty.
The conference is structured to allow close interaction between the international faculty and attendees. Together with formal presentations, there will be meet-the-professor sessions, local excursions and other social occasions that are meant to enhance opportunities for scientific dialogue, but also to introduce the participants to the town of Bol, one of the jewels of Croatia due to its unspoiled nature, beautiful beaches, cultural and historical attractions.