ESN: European Society for Neurochemistry.

Informal Discussions	Site	Organising secretary	Publications
1974	Brussels	Armand Lowenthal
1975	Billinghus	Lars Svennerholm
Meetings	Site	Organising secretary	Publications
1976	Bath	Herman Bachelard	Basic Aspects of Neurochemistry Related to the Epilepsies University of Bath
1978	Göttingen	Volker Neuhoff	Verlag Chemie, Weinheim
1980	Bled	Miro Brzin	Synaptic Constituents in Health and Disease, Pergamon Press (2)
1982	Taormina	Anna-Maria Giuffrida-Stella	Basic and Clinical Aspects of Molecular Neurobiology Menarini Foundation, Milan (2)
1984	Budapest(1)	Sylvester Vizi	Regulation of Transmitter Function: Basic and Clinical Aspects, Akademiai Kiado, Budapest (2)
1986	Prague(1)	Stan Tucek	Molecular Basis of Neural Function Wiley, London (2)
1988	Göteborg	Annica Dahlström	Neurochem. Internat.,13 (Suppl.)
1990	Leipzig(1)	Dietmar Biesold	Hans-Joachim Walch, Leipzig
1992	Dublin	Keith Tipton	Neurochem. Internat.,21 (Suppl.)
1994	Jerusalem	Keith Tipton	Hermona Soreq J. Neurochem. 63, (Suppl. 1).
1996	Groningen	Albert Teelken	Neurochemistry: Cellular, Molecular & Clinical Aspects, J. Neurochem. 66, (Suppl. 2)., Plenum, NY (2)
1998	St. Petersburg	Svetlana Dambinova J.	Neurochem. 72, (Suppl.).
1999	Berlin (with ISN)	Ferdinand Hucho J.	Neurochem. 73, (Suppl.).
2001	Perugia	Gianfrancesco Goraacci	Advances in Molecular Mechanisms of Neurological Disorders J. Neurochem. 77, (Suppl.).
2003	Warsaw	Katarzyna Nalecz	Advances in Molecular Mechanisms of Neurological Disorders J. Neurochem. 85, (Suppl. 2).

(1) Meetings held in countries of the former Eastern Bloc before the Berlin wall came down in 1989 reflected the original East-West aims of the society. (All the planning and organisation for Leipzig occurred during the "cold war").
(2) Full papers published in book form

The biennial general meetings of ESN (originally held in alternate years to those of ISN) are listed in. It is of interest to see that the principle of holding at least one meeting in three in “Eastern Bloc” countries was more than fulfilled in that 50% were hosted there (Bled, Budapest, Prague and Leipzig) between 1976 and the opening up of European frontiers between East and West. [Although the Berlin wall came down immediately before the 1990 meeting in Leipzig , all of the planning and preparations were carried out during the “cold-war”].

Our Second Meeting in the old University town of Göttingen proved to be a great financial success, due to Volker Neuhoff's entrepreneurial activities, which enabled a special fund to be set up to support the costs of up to three promising young scientists to attend our meetings and present “ESN Honorary Lectures” (competitively assessed by a panel drawn from the Council). Those who attended will treasure their copies of the beautiful drawings of Göttingen by Volker's wife, † Hildegard Neuhoff–Fricke.