Dear KALAS members,

It is our great pleasure to warmly invite you to the 2024 KALAS International Symposium, entitled with ‘IMPACT (Innovative Models for Predictive And Comperative Translational research)’ at Jeju International Convention Center (Jeju ICC) in Jeju island from July 24 (Wed) to 27 (Sat) in 2024.

The International Symposium is composed with 2 plenary lectures: ‘The current insights into Alzheimer's disease research and advancements in therapeutic development’ (Prof. Jesús Ruberte Paris, Autonomous University of Barcelona) and ‘Insights from rodent models for understanding Diabetic Retinopathy’ (Prof. Inhee Mook, Seoul Natl. Univ.), and 16 program sessions including Brain development and disease models, Vision and hearing defect models, Laboratory rodent health monitoring, Humanized animal models, Xenotransplantation in nonhuman primate models, Gasrointestinal disease models, Metabolic disease therapy, Stem cell and organoid, IACUC, Research ethics, KLAT educational sessions, etc.

The symposium will be supported by several institutions, agencies and organizations including KOFST, NIFDS, JCVB, KIT, KMPC, etc. and I would like to thank all those concerned in this symposium.

We hope that all participants will enjoy this KALAS international symposium that give an opportunity to broaden your academic knowledge, and carry back with you fond memories from Jeju island. Once again, I sincerely appreciate for those who support and contribute to this international symposium.

Je Kyung Seong
President, KALAS