Reduced rates are available for conference delegates at the conference hotel until September 14, 2009. Delegates should book online via the accommodation pages of the conference website by this date to guarantee availability at this special rate.

The early booking deadline has been extended until Friday September 4, 2009. Please send your completed registration details by this date to take advantage of reduced registration rates.

Delegates are advised to register by August 14, 2009 to take advantage of reduced registration rates. A saving of US$100 is available for early booking delegates.

Program information for the Hot Topics session is today announced. This session features 10 contributed oral presentations on the themes of the meeting selected by the program committee.

The full invited program is today announced for the Neuropeptides conference. 30 international experts will present on the main themes of the conference and these will be supplemented by a number of contributed oral presentations selected from submitted abstracts within the hot topics session.

Delegates are advised to register by August 14, 2009 to take advantage of reduced registration rates. A saving of US$100 is available for early booking delegates.

The abstract submission deadline has been extended slightly to June 22, 2009 to allow presentation of the latest results in this area. Authors are advised that selected abstracts will be invited to give short oral presentation within the Hot Topics section of the conference programme.

Presentation titles are today announced for most invited speakers at the conference. 30 invited presentations are arranged within 9 conference sessions. These will be supplemented by contributed talks on hot topics selected from the poster abstracts and an extensive poster session.

A preliminary list of speakers is today announced for the Neuropeptides conference. Additional speakers are being added so please check the website regularly for details.

The following session chairs are today announced for the nine sessions at the Neuropeptides Conference: Craig Ferris, Northeastern University, USA; Jim Goodson, Indiana University, USA; Richard Hargreaves, Merck, USA; Richard Miller, Northwestern University, USA; Inga Neumann, University of Regensburg, Germany; Menelas Pangalos, Wyeth Research, USA; Robert H. Ring, Wyeth, USA; Andy Russo, University of Iowa, USA; Darryle Schoepp, Merck, USA.

Online submission is now open for poster contributions at Neuropeptides – the 19th Neuropharmacology Conference. Coverage includes the latest progress in all aspects of neuropeptide research. Selected submissions may be offered short oral presentations within the invited oral program. The deadline for submission is May 22, 2009.

Neuropeptides – the 19th Neuropharmacology conference will take place at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place in Chicago, USA, October 14-16, 2009. The hotel is attached to McCormick Place, the venue for the 2009 meeting of the Society for Neuroscience