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Message from IFATS Presidents' 2008

Read a message from our co-presidents Anne Bouloumie, PhD and Louis Casteilla, PhD.

Bonjour! We look forward to welcoming you to the Sixth Annual meeting of the International Federation of Adipose Therapeutics and Science (IFATS).

IFATS is the world's only multi-disciplinary society that focuses on the use of stromal/stem cells derived from adipose tissue to regenerate and repair many tissues. This fascinating tissue now appears as one of the best and powerful sources of regenerating cells.

Investigators in basic and translational science and therapy will share knowledge, ideas, applications and prospective issues in an interactive and collaborative meeting from October 24-26, 2008 in downtown Toulouse. Highlights of the conference will be characterization of the adipose stromal/stem cells, mechanisms and processes involved in the control of their fate, engineering and therapeutic applications in soft tissue reconstruction, bone formation, cardiovascular repair as well as plastic surgery.

We anticipate more than 150 researchers attending from dozens of countries around the world, joining with representatives of the more than 15 companies that are actively working in the area of adipose stem cells as of this writing.

Capital of the Mid-Pyrenees Region, Toulouse is the fourth largest town in France. Easy to reach by frequent plane shuttles from Paris, Toulouse is located between the Mediterranean Sea and the Bordeaux vineyards and the Atlantic coast. It is approximately 100 km from the Pyrenees Mountains and the border of Spain and 730 km from Paris. Dating back to the fourth century, Toulouse displays a long and rich history offering magnificent downtown buildings, churches, monasteries and museums. Its typical culinary traditions and high quality of life have been associated with one of the lowest rates of cardiovascular disease around the world. Today, Toulouse is a very dynamic town and looks to the future with its many research areas and nine thousand researchers including aerospace and aircraft industries, biology and medical science as well as robotics and computer science.

Flight to IFATS 2008! We look forward to welcoming you to Toulouse!!

A. Bouloumie and L. Casteilla, Ph.D. Presidents, IFATS 2008