39th International Danube Symposium and 1st International Congress on ADHD, 2007

The combined congress of the 39th International Danube Symposium and 1st International Congress on ADHD in Würzburg has presented high quality scientific sessions, starting on 2 June, 07 with the Opening Lecture on the Asperger's Syndrome by Professor Helmut Remschmidt, Germany.

In the following days

  • 14 Plenary Symposia
  • 25 Hot Topic Symposia
  • 26 Educational Seminars
  • 27 Guided Poster Tours
  •  3 Video Sessions

were offered in an extremely attractive and stimulating scientific program. All sessions as well as the technical exhibition in the foyers of the main halls were very well attended by the congress delegates.

During the sessions and guided poster tours, authors from all continents have presented their latest results on medical research in the field of psychiatry and neurology.
You can still have a look on the Final Program of the 39th International Danube Symposium and 1st International Congress on ADHD 2007.

Top 10 of Presentations by Countries:

  1. Germany
  2. United States
  3. UK
  4. Austria
  5. The Netherlands
  6. Brasil
  7. Israel
  8. Poland
  9. Malaysia
  10. Greece

The poster committee has awarded the seven best posters with poster prices, which were given mainly to young scientists from all over the world, like Canada, Russia or Ireland.

Sponsors and Exhibitors

Principal Sponsors 
Janssen-Cilag EMEA, a division of Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V.
UCB S.A.

Major Sponsors
Medice Arzneimittel Pütter GmbH & Co. KG

Sponsors
Axxonis Pharma AG
Biogen Idec
Cephalon GmbH 
Chromsystems GmbH
EBEWE Pharma
Janssen Cilag Deutschland GmbH
Lundbeck GmbH / Teva Pharma GmbH
Merck Pharma GmbH
Merz Pharmaceuticals GmbH
Noldus Information Technology
Novartis Pharma GmbH
Qbtech AB
Reha Klinik Neuharlingersiel
Schöningh Buchhandlung GmbH & Co.KG 
Schwarz Pharma AG
Shire Plc
SIGMA Medizin-Technik GmbH
Viasys Healthcare GmbH
W. Kohlhammer GmbH
Wisepress Ltd.
Wyeth Pharma GmbH

Best Poster Award

ADHD Poster Prize

  • Marie-Christine Brault, Canada
    Effect of boys’ hyperactivity and inattention behaviours on mathematics achievement

  • Prof. Dr. Jaanus Harro, Estland
    Attention deficit symptoms, visual information processing, and the ADRA2A C-1291G polymorphism in a population derived sample of children and adolescents

  • Dr. Artur Kolakowski, Poland
    Cartoons about ADHD for children as a method of psychoeducation

  • Angelika Schmitt, Germany
    Expression of synaptic vesicle proteins in a mouse model for ADHD - with and without methylphenidate treatment

  • Dr. Adeel Siddiqui, United Kingdom
    Functional assessment of the circadian clock in adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Danube Poster Prize

  • Torsten Bullmann, Germany
    The adult rodent hippocampus as a model for studying shifts in tau isoform expression

  • Dmitry Molotkov, Russia
    From structure of the limk 1 gene to cognitive disorders: A drosophila model for defective actin remodelling

  • Dr. Aida Sapcanin, Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Antioxidant capacity in the lipophylic fraction of Alzheimer's brain tissues