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Open meetings

Symposium No. refers to old series (new series). Title of open meeting
collaborating organization and date of meeting.

An asterisk indicates a meeting organized jointly with the Wellcome Centre for Medical Science.

230 (99) The cytopathology of parasitic disease
Centro Médico Docente La Trinidad, Caracas, Venezuela
25 Nov 1982
258 (127) Filariasis
held in Singapore
18 May 1986
265 (134) Research and the ageing population
The Fogarty International Center and the National Institute on Aging, Bethseda, MD, USA
1 May 1987
268 (137) Plant cell biology in the plant sciences
International Research Laboratories, CIBA-GEIGY (Japan) Ltd, Kyoto, Japan
23 Oct 1987
275 (144) The cellular basis of morphogenesis
The Juan March Foundation, Madrid, Spain
21 Oct 1988
280 (149) Human genetic information: science, law and ethics
Die Akademische Kommission der Universität Bern, Switzerland
23 Jun 1989
285 (154) Bioactive compounds from plants
Chulabhorn Research Institute, Bangkok, Thailand
23 Feb 1990
290 (159) Catalytic antibodies
Royal Society of Chemistry
4 Oct 1990
292 (161) Protein conformation
Royal Society of Chemistry
25 Jan 1991
295 (164) Interactions among cell signalling systems
The CIBA-GEIGY Foundation (Japan) for the Promotion of Science, Kobe, Japan
26 Apr 1991
297 (166) Cocaine as a biological and medical problem
Royal Society of Medicine
23 Jul 1991
299 (168) Functional anatomy of the neuroendocrine hypothalamus
Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
11 Oct 1991
300 (169) Aluminium in biology and medicine
Royal Society of Chemistry
22 Nov 1991
302 (171) Secondary metabolites: their function and evolution
Royal Society of Chemistry
21 Feb 1992
304 (173) Chronic fatigue syndrome
Royal College of General Practitioners
15 May 1992
308 (177) World food production and sustainable agriculture: the role of crop protection
The Centre for Research on Sustainable Agricultural and Rural Development, Madras, India
3 Dec 1992
309 (178) The origins and development of giftedness
Royal Society of Medicine
28 Jan 1993
310 (179)* The molecular basis of smell and taste transduction
26 Feb 1993
311 (180) The biosynthesis of tetrapyrrole pigments
Royal Society of Chemistry
2 Apr 1993
312 (181)* Neural tube defects
21 May 1993
313 (182)* Germline development
23 Jul 1993
314 (183)* Circadian clocks and their adjustment
10 Sep 1993
315 (184)* Higher-order processing in the visual system
22 Oct 1993
316 (185)* Antimicrobial peptides
21 Jan 1994
317 (186) Ethnobotany and the search for new drugs
Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil
3 Dec 1993
318 (187)* Vaccines against virally induced cancers
18 Mar 1994
319 (188)* Spatiotemporal aspects of calcium signalling
29 Apr 1994
320 (189)* Cell adhesion and human disease
20 May 1994
321 (190)* Somatostatin and its receptors
15 Jul 1994
322 (191)* Non-reproductive actions of sex steroids
2 Sep 1994
323 (192) The molecular biology and pathology of elastic tissues
Kenyan Commission for Higher Education and the Kenyan Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya     
4 Nov 1994
324 (193)* Development of the cerebral cortex
2 Dec 1994
325 (194)* Genetics of criminal and antisocial behaviour
17 Feb 1995
326 (195)* T cell subsets in infectious and autoimmune diseases
10 Mar 1995
327 (196)* Growth factors as drugs for neurological and sensory disorders
28 Apr 1995
328 (197)* Variation in the human genome
16 Jun 1995
329 (198) P2 purinoceptors: localization, function and transduction mechanisms
University College London
14 Jul 1995
330 (199) The nature and origins of amyloid fibrils
The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal
26 Oct 1995
331 (200) Olfaction in mosquito-host interactions
World Health Organization (WHO), Royal Entomological Society 
and the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
3 Nov 1995
332 (201) The origins and consequences of obesity
Tropical Metabolism Research Unit, Kingston, Jamaica
1 Dec 1995
333 (202)* Evolution of hydrothermal ecosystems on Earth (and Mars?)
2 Feb 1996
334 (203) Health impacts of large releases of radionuclides
The European Environmental Research Organization, St Petersburg, Russia
1 Mar 1996
335 (204) The molecular basis of cellular defence mechanisms
The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Australia
22 Mar 1996
336 (205) Dental enamel
The Royal Society of Medicine
26 Apr 1996
337 (206)* The rising trends in asthma
14 Jun 1996
338 (207)* Antibiotic resistance: origins, evolution, selection and spread
19 Jul 1996
339 (208)* Characterizing human psychological adaptations
1 Nov 1996
340 (209) Oligonucleotides as therapeutic agents
The Royal Society of Chemistry
10 Jan 1997
341 (210) Smart farming
The European Environmental Research Organization, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
24 Jan 1997
342 (211)* Telomeres and telomerase
28 Feb 1997
343 (212)* Plasminogen-related growth factors
11 Apr 1997
344 (213)* The limits of reductionism in biology
16 May 1997
345 (214)* Epigenetics
27 Jun 1997
346 (215)* Immunological tolerance
11 Jul 1997
347 (216) Alcohol and cardiovascular diseases
The Royal Society of Medicine
10 Oct 1997
348 (217) Genetics and tuberculosis
The Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa
21 Nov 1997
349 (218)* Sensory guidance of movement
23 Jan 1998
350 (219)* Gap junction-mediated intercellular signalling in health and disease
6 Mar 1998
351 (220) Environmental statistics
The Royal Statistical Society
14 May 1998
352 (221)* Mechanisms by which bacterial cells respond to pH
5 Jun 1998
353 (222)* Homology
24 Jul 1998
354 (223)* Insect-plant interactions and induced plant defence
16 Oct 1998
355 (224) Rhodopsins and photo-transduction
The Novartis Foundation (Japan) for the Promotion of Science
29 Oct 1998
356 (225)* Gramicidin and related ion channel-forming peptides
20 Nov 1998
357 (226)* Transport and trafficking in the malaria-infected erythrocyte
29 Jan 1999
358 (227)* Mechanisms and biological significance of pulsatile hormone secretion
5 Mar 1999
359 (228)* Evolutionary developmental biology of the cerebral cortex
23 Apr 1999
360 (229) From genome to therapy: integrating new technologies with drug development
Held in Basel, Switzerland
25 Jun 1999
361 (230)* Neuronal and cognitive effects of oestrogens
10 Sep 1999
362 (231)* Neural transplantation in neurodegenrative disease
15 Oct 1999
363 (232)* The molecular basis of skeletogenesis
12 Nov 1999
364 (233)* The nature of intelligence
The Institute of Psychiatry
3 Dec 1999
365 (234)* Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
28 Jan 2000
366 (235)* Ageing vulnerability: causes and interventions
3 Mar 2000
368 (237)* The cell cycle and development
14 April 2000
369 (238)* Gastroenteritis viruses
19 May 2000
370 (239) Complexity in biological information processing
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Held in Berlin, Germany
7 July 2000
371 (240)* Causes and consequences of acidic pH in tumours
13 Oct 2000
372 (241)* Sodium channels and neuronal hyperexcitability
17 Nov 2000
373 (242)* Endocrine facets of ageing
2 Feb 2001
374 (243) Mechanisms of drug resistance in epilepsy
16 March 2001
375 (244)* The genetics and biology of sex determination
4 May 2001
376 (245)* Ion channels—from atomic resolution physiology to functional genomics
15 June 2001
377 (246) Role of the sarcoplasmic reticulum in smooth muscle
2 Nov 2001 (with The Physiological Society and the Royal Society of Medicine)
378 (247) 'In silico' simulation of biological processes
30 Nov 2001 (with The Royal Institution)
379 (248) Mucus hypersecretion in respiratory disease
1 March 2002 (with The Physiological Society and the Royal Society of Medicine)
380 (249) Tissue engineering of cartilage and bone
12 April 2002 (with The Physiological Society and the Royal Society of Medicine)
381 (250) Development of the cardiac conduction system
24 May 2002 (with the Royal Society of Medicine and the Physiological Society)
382 (251) Autism: neural basis and treatment possibilities
21 June 2002 (with the Royal Institution)
383 (252) Generation and effector functions of regulatory lymphocytes
12 July 2002 (with the Royal Society of Medicine)
384 (253) Molecular clocks and light signalling
6 September 2002 (with the Physiological Society)
386 (255) Retinal dystrophies: functional genomics to gene therapy
24 October 2002 (with the Foundation Fighting Blindness)
387 (256) Novel chemotherapeutic strategies in cancer treatment
15 November 2002 (with the Royal Society of Chemistry)
388 (257) Anaphylaxis
28 February 2003 (with the Royal Society of Medicine)
389 (258) Mammalian TRP channels as molecular targets 
21 March 2003 (with the Physiological Society)
390 (259) Reversible acetylation of chromatin and non-histone proteins: biology and relevance to human disease
2 May 2003 (with the Physiological Society)
391 (260) Osteoarthritic joint pain
4 July 2003  (with the Royal Society of Medicine and the Physiological Society)
392 (261) Pathological pain: from molecular to clinical aspects
3 Oct 2003 (with the Novartis Foundation, Japan)
393 (262) Biology of IGF-1: its biology and relevance to human disease
17 Oct 2003 (with the Royal Society of Medicine and the Physiological Society)
394 (263) Inflammatory bowel disease 
28 Nov 2003 (with the Royal Society of Medicine and the Physiological Society)
395 (264) Nuclear organization in development and disease
30 Jan 2004 (with the Royal Society of Medicine and the Physiological Society)
396 (265) Stem cells: nuclear reprogramming and therapeutic applications
5 Mar 2004 (with the Royal Society of Medicine and the Physiological Society)
397 (266) The hERG cardiac potassium channel: structure, function and long-QT syndrome
7 May 2004 (with the Royal Society of Medicine and the Physiological Society)
398 (267) The genetics of autoimmunity
25 June 2004
(with the Royal Society of Medicine and the Physiological Society)
399 (268) Molecular mechanisms influencing aggressive behaviours 
23 July 2004
(with the Royal Society of Medicine) 
400 (269) Signalling networks in cell shape and motility 
(held in Singapore in association with the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Singapore)
2 Sep 2004
401 (270) Sense of body: between the internal and external worlds
(Held in collaboration with Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA)
at The Kastler Lecture Hall, Adriatico Guesthouse, The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics)
4 Oct 2004
402 (271) Mast cells and basophils: development, activation and roles in allergic/autoimmune disease 
19 Nov 2004
(with the Royal Society of Medicine and the Physiological Society)

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