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History and Aims
The European Society for the Study of Purine and Pyrimidine Metabolism in Man (ESSPPMM) was founded in 1987 in connection with the First European Symposium in Chateaux d’Oeux, Switzerland. Anne Simmonds. Francoise Roch-Ramel, Nepomuk Zöllner and Mathias Müller took the initiative. The Society held subsequent meetings every two years in several European countries.
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Presidents of the European Society for the Study on Purine and Pyrimidine Metabolism in Man (ESSPPMM)
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1987-1989
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Lausanne, Switzerland
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1989-1991
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München, Germany
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1991-1993
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London, UK
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1993-1995
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Ronney A. de Abreu
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Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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1995-1997
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Alessandro. Giacomello
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Chieti, Italy
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1997-1999
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Mathias M. Müller
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Vienna, Austria
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1999-2001
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W. Makarewicz
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Gdansk, Poland
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2001-2003
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Georges H. Vandenberghe
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Brussels, Belgium
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2003-2005
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G.J. (Frits) Peters
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Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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2005-2007
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Ivan Sebesta
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Prague, Czech Republic
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Presidents of the Purine and Pyrimidine Society
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2007-2009
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Michael A. Becker
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Chicago, IL, USA
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Richard L. Sabina
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Milwaukee, WI, USA
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2009-2011
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Staffan Eriksson
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Uppsala, Sweden
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2011-2013
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Staffan Eriksson
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Uppsala, Sweden
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Kimiyoshi Ichida
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Tokyo, Japan
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The First International Symposium on Purine Metabolism was held in 1973 in Israel, and subsequently every three years in Europe, the USA, Israel
and Japan. When the meetings coincided, a combined Symposium was held (in Bournemouth, UK, 1991; Gmunden, Austria, 1997; Egmond aan Zee, Netherlands,
2003)
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International and European Symposia on Purine and Pyrimidine Metabolism
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Year
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Venue
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Organizer
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1973
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1st International Symposium on Purine Metabolism, Tel Aviv, Israel
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A. De Vries
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1976
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2nd International Symposium on Purine Metabolism, Vienna, Austria.
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M.M Müller
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1979
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3rd International Symposium on Purine Metabolism, Madrid, Spain
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A. Rapado
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1982
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4th International Symposium on Purine and Pyrimidine Metabolism, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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C.H.M.M. de Bruyn
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1985
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5th International Symposium on Purine and Pyrimidine Metabolism, San Diego, CA, USA
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1987
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1st European Symposium on Purine and Pyrimidine Metabolism, Chateaux d’Oeux, Switzerland
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1988
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6th International Symposium on Purine and Pyrimidine Metabolism, Hakone, Japan
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K. Mikanagi
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1989
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2nd European Symposium on Purine and Pyrimidine Metabolism, Gut Ising, Germany
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1991
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7th International/3rd European Symposium on Purine and Pyrimidine Metabolism, Bournemouth, UK
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1993
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4th European Symposium on Purine and Pyrimidine Metabolism, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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R.A. de Abreu
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1994
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8th International Symposium on Purine and Pyrimidine Metabolism, Bloomington, IN, USA
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M.W. Taylor
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1995
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5th European Symposium on Purine and Pyrimidine Metabolism, Termoli, Italy
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A. Giacomello
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1997
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9th International/6th European Symposium on Purine and Pyrimidine Metabolism, Gmunden, Austria
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M.M. Müller
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1999
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7th European Symposium on Purine and Pyrimidine Metabolism, Gdansk, Poland
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W. Makarewicz
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2000
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10th International Symposium on Purine and Pyrimidine Metabolism, Tel Aviv, Israel
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O. Sperling
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2001
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8th European Symposium on Purine and Pyrimidine Metabolism, Bruges, Belgium
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G.H. van den Berghe
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2003
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11th International/9th European Symposium on Purine and Pyrimidine Metabolism, Egmond aan Zee, the Netherlands
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G.J. Peters
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2005
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10th European Symposium on Purine and Pyrimidine Metabolism, Prague, Czech Republic
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I. Sebesta
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2007
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12th International Symposium on Purine and Pyrimidine Metabolism, Chicago, IL, USA
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M.A. Becker/
R.L. Sabina
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2009
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13th International Symposium on Purine and Pyrimidine Metabolism, Lidingo, Stockholm, Sweden
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S. Eriksson
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2011
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14th International Symposium on Purine and Pyrimidine Metabolism, Tokyo, Japan
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T. Hosoya
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In 2003 the joint membership agreed to merge the activities of the two groups, which was approved by the General Assembly in 2005. In order to further strengthen the legal basis of the Purine and Pyrimidine Society, in 2008 the executive board decided to set up a foundation, which was approved in 2009 and established in 2010. The Purine and Pyrimidine Foundation, registered in the Netherlands is linked to the Society, and its board is appointed from that of the Purine and Pyrimidine Society.
In 2007 the first symposium in a new series of biennial Symposia was organized. The topics of the Symposia are determined by the participants who respond to the call for free communications, usually under broad headings such as:
Antimetabolites in the treatment of arthritis
Lesch-Nyhan syndrome
Gout
From bench to the clinic
Purines in the Cardiovascular system
Chemotherapy in solid and haematological malignancies
Thiopurines in therapy
Role of adenosine
Metabolism and enzymology
Enzymology: signal transduction
New inborn errors: role of mitochondria
Membrane targets
Antimetabolites: parasites and viruses
Genetic polymorphisms
Methodology
Gene therapy
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