Leiden International Medical Student Conference

The Leiden International Medical Student Conference (LIMSC) is one of the largest student conferences in Europe, hosted by the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) and organized by (bio) medical students. At the Leiden International Medical Student Conference (LIMSC) students from all over the world will convene in the setting of an international conference. The LIMSC provides them with the opportunity to present the results of their (bio) medical-related research projects, either in oral or poster presentation sessions. The sessions will be interspersed with guest lectures by prominent international speakers, interactive workshops, a range of social events and a Career and Internship Fair. LIMSC is a great opportunity to establish contacts with international colleagues and to build a social and professional international network. LIMSC aims to let students experience and be exposed to high-level research and have the possibility to interact and learn from the current leading figures in the academic world. Furthermore an extensive Career & Internship Fair will provide possibilities for international internships and career perspectives.

Location

The conference will be held at the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) in Leiden, the Netherlands. The LUMC is located right next to Leiden Central Railway Station. The LUMC consists of three interconnected buildings on the hospital/medical campus: the hospital, the research center and the education center.

History

Since its first EDition in 1999, LIMSC has grown into an internationally acknowledged and well-respected event. The 2011 edition welcomed over 700 visitors and received over 750 abstracts from 42 different nations.

seventh edition of LIMSC

The seventh edition of LIMSC took place in Leiden, the Netherlands March 16th-20th 2011. Students could participate in LIMSC either as a presenting or as a visiting participant. Students from all over the world were invited to submit an abstract of their research. In the 2011 edition, over 750 students submitted abstracts AbOUT a wide variety of (bio)medical topics, ranging from internal medicine and public health to molecular cell biology and cardiology. A blinded committee of thirteen highly motivated clinicians and researchers of the LUMC, selected the 200 best abstracts. This selection was based on the quality of research, the originality of the research, and the quality of the abstract. The best 120 students were invited to give an oral presentation and the remaining 80 students gave a poster presentation. These presenting students came from 42 different countries (Netherlands 27, United Kingdom 23, Iran 20, Russia 11, Ukraine 10, India 9, Poland 8, Indonesia 7, Germany 6, Serbia 6, Portugal 5, Romania 5, United States 4, Bulgaria 4, ...) . The best conference award went to Farbod Sedaghat-Hamedani from university of Heidelberg, Germany for his presentation "The Role of PINCH Proteins for cardiac contractility by modulating Akt/PKB Signaling".

Partners

LIMSC sustains contacts with a couple of other organizations, of which some we consider partners. Most of these contacts consist of partner conferences that offer about the same quality as LIMSC.

• Medical Student Conferences in The Netherlands:

 BIC (Biomedical Interfacultary Congress), Leiden
 MIC (Medical Student Conference), Utrecht
 ISCOMS (International Student Congress of Medical Science), Groningen
 MMSRC (Maastricht Medical Students Research Conference)

• International Medical Student Conferences:

 YES Meeting, Porto
 European Students Conference (ESC) Meeting, Berlin
 Medicon/Informer
 AMSC
 IMSRC
 SSRC, Istanbul
 Medicalis Cluj Napoca, Romania
 AUSSS, Cairo

External links

http://limsc.nl

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