XIV ISCM, Hangzhou, China, May 2013: Opening remarks

摘要

I am honored to present these opening remarks at the XIV International Symposium on Cholinergic Mechanisms (ISCM) in Hangzhou and to greet so many of my old friends-even though in absentia. My old late friend, Carlos Chagas, Jr., remarked once that the major reward of an assiduous scientist-an ancient cholinergiker in my case-is that he becomes able to form dear friendships all over the world, and I cherish immensely having achieved this status. Spiritually, if not bodily, I greet warmly all of my many friends, present here in the beautiful garden city of Hangzhou! And I regret that the two of my best friends, Jean-Pierrre Changeux and Victor Whittaker, could not take part in this ISCM.