The draft program of ISPNE 2013 is now available, please click here. 

-- DUE TO VERY HIGH INTEREST WE WILL GIVE GRACE TIME FOR LATE SUBMISSIONS UNTIL MAY 10, 23:59!! -- Please go to the link on the Annual Conference on this page or click here. 

International interactive educational symposium August 20  - A special preconference program dedicated to the theme 'Stress, rhythm and blues' will be held on Tuesday August 20. The overall goal of this day is to present the conceptual framework of this year's congress theme in the field of psychoneuroendocrinology. We especially focus to attract and inspire the future generation of scientists in the form of PhD students and young postdocs. This days is open to all congress participants and everybody who is interested to attend. In total, six international renowned speakers will present their work and views centred around the congress theme 'Stress, rhythm and blues. More on this can be found in the draft program.  

2012 Conference abstracts are still available for download!

Dear friends and members of ISPNE, 

| have the pleasure of informing you on the status of the upcoming 43rd annual ISPNE conference in Leiden, The Netherlands on August 20-22 'Stress, Rhythm and Blues, balancing the hormone actions on brain, behaviour and cognition over the life span'! This year the conference organisation is in the hands of an excellent team from the Netherlands, chaired by dr Eric Vermetten and the Leiden Boerhaave Conference Service. The meeting is hosted by the Leiden University Medical Centre in a beautifully new building that is completely reserved for our meeting. 

The ISPNE meeting invites participants to present the results of their psychoneuroendocrinology-related research and clinical projects, either in symposium, workshop, oral, or poster presentation sessions. The sessions will be interspersed with guest lectures by prominent international speakers, presenting their state-of-the-art findings. In this nice environment participants can establish contacts with international colleagues and enjoy the city of Leiden and its medieval history during a range of social events and excursions. We do remember the successful 2007 conference in Leiden and are excited to have our meeting in the Netherlands again.

Leiden has earned the name of 'Key to Discovery' and I hope you will find new discoveries in its charm, elegance and friendliness. It has an impressive past in which Rembrandt has an important place. The conference organizers have used his paintings in the announcement of the conference theme. This is a beautiful and artistic illustration of the three key themes that are captivated in ‘Stress, rhythm and blues’. This promises to be an event you do not want to miss! 

This website will be used to keep you updated about news and important dates. Keep coming back to find the latest updates. 

We look forward to seeing you!

Rachel Yehuda, PhD

President ISPNE