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Program at a Glance Featured Lectures Special Lectures Symposia Minisymposia Workshops, Meetings, and Events SfN-Sponsored Socials Satellite Events and Non-SfN Socials List of Sessions by Theme and Day Continuing Medical Education Awards in Neuroscience 6 8 10 12 15 18 24 27 31 62 63
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Autism Science Foundation Public Symposium Burroughs Wellcome Fund Postdoctoral Fellow Travel Awards
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) Neurobiology of Disease Workshop Neuroscience Scholars Program
Elsevier Dialogues Between Neuroscience and Society Lecture Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation Peter and Patricia Gruber International Research Award in Neuroscience Peter and Patricia Gruber Lecture The Grass Foundation Albert and Ellen Grass Lecture Donald B. Lindsley Prize in Behavioral Neuroscience
Johnson & Johnson Presidential Special Lecture SfN Memorial Fund and Friends of SfN Chapters Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Fellow Travel Awards The Kavli Foundation Fred Kavli Distinguished International Scientist Lecture The Swartz Foundation Swartz Prize for Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience
List current as of Wednesday, August 31, 2010. The Waletzky Family The Jacob P. Waletzky Award
Lilly USA, LLC Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience Chapters Graduate Student Travel Awards Julius Axelrod Prize
The Society for Neuroscience gratefully acknowledges the generous contributions made in honor of the following scientists through the
The SfN Memorial Fund supports the Societys mission of providing professional development activities and educational resources for neuroscientists at all stages of their careers through travel awards to SfNs annual meeting.
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Program at a Glance Featured Lectures Special Lectures Symposia Minisymposia Wo r k s h o p s, M e e t i n g s, a n d E v e n t s SfN-Sponsored Socials Satellite Events and Non-SfN Socials List of Sessions by Theme and Day Continuing Medical Education Awards in Neuroscience
Program at a Glance
Friday, Nov. 12
7:30 a.m. 5:30 p.m. SfN Short Course #1 (p.18)
Genes, Photons, and Electrons: New Solutions for Problems in Systems Neuroscience Organizer: Michael Hausser, DPhil
2 3:30 p.m. Navigating the SfN Meeting (p.20) 2 5 p.m. Careers Beyond Academia (p.21)
The Neurobiology of Obesity Organizers: Timothy Moran, PhD; Martin Myers, MD, PhD
Child Poverty and Human Capital: New Insights from Neuroscience Organizer: Martha Farah, PhD
Posttranscriptional Regulation in Nervous System Development and Plasticity Organizers: Kenneth S. Kosik, MD; Sourav Banerjee, PhD
Adventures in Nontranslational Research: Neuronal Differentiation and Mechanosensory Transduction in C. elegans Speaker: Martin Chalfie, PhD
1 5 p.m. Posters/Nanosymposia 1:30 4 p.m. Symposia/Minisymposia (p.1217) CME 2 5 p.m. Grant Writing in the New NIH Format (p.22)
Organizer: Frances E. Jensen, MD
6:30 8:30 p.m. Diversity Fellows Poster Session (p.21) International Fellows Poster Session (p.21) Travel Award Recipients Poster Session (p.21) 7:30 9:30 p.m. Career Development Topics: A Mentoring and Networking Event (p.21)
Analysis and Function of Large-Scale Brain Networks Organizer: Olaf Sporns, PhD
Organizers: Beth Fischer, PhD; Michael Zigmond, PhD; Julio Ramirez, PhD
Saturday, Nov. 13
8:30 10 a.m. NIH Funding for Your Research, Training, and Career Development* (p.19)
Organizer/Moderator: Stephen Korn, PhD
Sunday, Nov. 14
8 a.m. noon Posters/Nanosymposia 8:30 9:40 a.m. Special Lecture (p.11) CME
4 5:30 p.m. NSF Funding Opportunities for Research and Education in Neuroscience* (p.22) 5:15 6:25 p.m. Presidential Special Lecture (p.8) CME
Organizers: Beth Fischer, PhD; Michael Zigmond, PhD; Julio Ramirez, PhD
Motivational Neuronal Circuits for Value, Salience, and Information Speaker: Okihide Hikosaka, MD, PhD
9 a.m. 10:30 a.m. Meet-the-Expert Series (p.19) 11 a.m. 1 p.m. Dialogues Between Neuroscience and Society (p.8)
Bringing Change to Mind on Mental Illness Speaker: Glenn Close
8:30 11 a.m. Symposia/Minisymposia (p.1217) CME 9 a.m. noon How to Write a Manuscript: Getting Your Paper Accepted (p.21)
Organizer: Daniel McGowan, PhD
6:30 8 p.m. Careers Away from the Bench* (p.22) Neuroscience Departments and Programs Reception and Award Presentation (p.22) 6:45 8:45 p.m. SfN-Sponsored Socials (p.24)
9:30 a.m. 5 p.m. Exhibits 10 11:10 a.m. Fred Kavli Distinguished International Scientist Lecture (p.8) CME
Monday, Nov. 15
8 a.m. noon Posters/Nanosymposia 8:30 9:40 a.m. Special Lecture (p.10) CME
Understanding Sound Processing in the Auditory System: Advances Rooted in the Genetic Approach Speaker: Christine Petit, MD, PhD
1:30 4 p.m. Symposia/Minisymposia (p.1217) CME 2 3:10 p.m. Special Lecture (p.10) CME
10:30 a.m. noon Navigating the SfN Meeting (p.21) 11:30 a.m. 12:40 p.m. Special Lecture (p.10) CME
Modern Genetic and Viral Tools for the Dissection of Neural Circuits Speaker: Edward M. Callaway, PhD
Architecture, Symmetry, and Mechanism of Ionotropic Glutamate Receptors Speaker: Eric Gouaux, PhD
Joining the Dots: Epigenetics, Plasticity, and the Circadian Clock Speaker: Paolo Sassone-Corsi, PhD
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Featured Lectures page 8 | Special Lectures page 10 | Symposia page 12 | Minisymposia page 15 Workshops, Meetings & Events page 18 | SfN-Sponsored Socials page 24 | Satellite Events page 27
CME This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit . See page 62 and visit www.sfn.org/cme for details.
Tuesday, Nov. 16
8 a.m. noon Posters/Nanosymposia 8:30 9:40 a.m. Special Lecture (p.11) CME
Conferring Legal Rights to Animals: Research in the Crosshairs Organizer: Sharon Juliano, PhD
Tuning Depression Circuits Using Deep Brain Stimulation Speaker: Helen S. Mayberg, MD
9 a.m. noon Teaching Neuroscience: Undergraduate Curricula and Graduate Expectations (p.22)
Organizer: Richard Olivo, PhD
Genetic Dissection of the Mouse Brain: Toward a 21st Century Brain Pharmacology Speaker: Nathaniel Heintz, PhD
6:45 7:30 p.m. SfN Members Business Meeting (p.23) 6:45 8:45 p.m. SfN-Sponsored Socials (p.26) 9 p.m. midnight Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Fellow Reception (p.23)
8:30 11 a.m. Symposia/Minisymposia (p.1217) CME 9 a.m. noon Managing Your Research Lab (p.23)
Organizer: Catherine Krull, PhD
9:30 a.m. 5 p.m. Exhibits 10 11:10 a.m. David Kopf Lecture on Neuroethics (p.9)
The Neuroscience Revolution and Society Speaker: Henry T. Greely, JD
9:30 a.m. 5 p.m. Exhibits 11:30 a.m. 12:40 p.m. Special Lecture (p.11) CME
Wednesday, Nov. 17
8 a.m. noon Posters/Nanosymposia 8:30 9:40 p.m. Special Lecture (p.11) CME
Learning and Memory Mechanisms in Songbirds and Humans: Sleep On It! Speaker: Dan Margoliash, PhD
How Do I Smell? A Guided Tour of Human and Insect Olfaction Speaker: Leslie B. Vosshall, PhD
Neurobiology of Social Bonding and Monogamy: Implications for Autism Spectrum Disorders Speaker: Larry J. Young, PhD
Noon 2 p.m. Celebration of Women in Neuroscience Luncheon (p.23) 1 2:10 p.m. Special Lecture (p.10) CME
8:30 11 a.m. Symposia/Minisymposia (p.1217) CME 9:30 a.m. 5 p.m. Exhibits 10 11:10 a.m. Special Lecture (p.10) CME
A Neuroscience Moonshot: Rallying a New Global Race for Brain Research Speaker: Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy (D-RI)
1 5 p.m. Posters/Nanosymposia 1:30 4 p.m. Symposia/Minisymposia (p.1217) CME 2 5 p.m. From Trainee to Independent Investigator: Funding Your Transitions (p.22) 3:15 4:25 p.m. Albert and Ellen Grass Lecture (p.9) CME
Dendrites, From Form to Function Speaker: Yuh Nung Jan, PhD; Lily Jan, PhD
Toward Understanding Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder Speaker: Pamela Sklar, MD, PhD
1 5 p.m. Posters/Nanosymposia 1:30 4 p.m. Symposia/Minisymposia (p.1217) CME 2 5 p.m. Essential Skills for a Successful Mentoring Relationship (p.23)
Organizer: Michael Lehman, PhD
Amyloid Imaging: Impact on the Study of Alzheimers Disease Speaker: William E. Klunk, MD, PhD
Rewiring the Brain: Activity-Dependent Neurotransmitter Specification Speaker: Nicholas C. Spitzer, PhD
Lasting Traces: How H.M. Shaped the Science of Memory Speaker: Suzanne H. Corkin, PhD
3:30 5 p.m. Becoming an Engaged Member: Volunteer Opportunities with SfN (p.23)
Organizer: Freda Miller, PhD
Cell and Molecular Neurobiology: Antecedents and Achievements Speaker: Victor P. Whittaker, PhD
Military TBI and PTSD Research: Advancing Science, Reducing Stigma, and Providing Hope Organizer: Bruce McEwen, PhD
Featured Lectures
Dialogues Between Neuroscience and Society
Bringing Change to Mind on Mental Illness Glenn Close www.bringchange2mind.org Support contributed by: Elsevier Saturday, Nov. 13, 11 a.m. 1 p.m. San Diego Convention Center: Ballroom 20 Join award-winning actress and advocate Glenn Close for a discussion of how science and society can work together to change minds on mental illness. BringChange2Mind.org, which Close founded, aims to combat the stigma associated with mental illness. While the next decade will bring sustained progress in uncovering the biological bases of mental illness, much work must be done to help the American public understand that mental illness is brain disease. How do we reduce misconceptions, stigma, and bias that confront those with conditions like depression, bipolar disorder, and PTSD? With mental illness increasingly recognized as a global health challenge and science poised for continued discovery, how can we help the public discern fact from fiction to bring positive change for families struggling with mental illness?
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CME This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit . See page 62 and visit www.sfn.org/cme for details.
Special Presentation
A Neuroscience Moonshot: Rallying a New Global Race for Brain Research Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy (D-RI) U.S. House of Representatives Monday, Nov. 15, 1 2 p.m. San Diego Convention Center: Ballroom 20 Rep. Kennedy is a tireless advocate for biomedical research and for people who struggle with brainbased illnesses. Recipient of SfNs 2002 Public Service Award, Kennedy will highlight his vision for a new campaign for brain research; the urgency of helping a generation of veterans affected by PTSD and TBI; and why the broad brain community must join forces to advance national and global research agendas. He will discuss how compelling public advocacy combined with growing science funding can help realize major advances in basic research and translational application for all brain-based conditions.
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Connecting Motor Circuits CME Silvia Arber, PhD Biozentrum, University of Basel Sunday, Nov. 14, 1 2:10 p.m. San Diego Convention Center: Ballroom 20 Motor behavior represents the ultimate output of most nervous system activity and is mediated by precisely connected neuronal circuits. This lecture covers recent progress in understanding the molecular mechanisms involved in specification and connectivity of motor circuits in the spinal cord. A hierarchy of sophisticated molecular programs is at the core of controlling diversification of neuronal subpopulations and precision of neuronal connectivity to generate functional circuits. Rewiring the Brain: Activity-Dependent Neurotransmitter Specification CME Nicholas C. Spitzer, PhD University of California, San Diego Wednesday, Nov. 17, 11:30 a.m. 12:40 p.m. San Diego Convention Center: Ballroom 20 Neuronal circuits signal largely through the release of neurotransmitters and activation of their receptors. Ever since Loewis and Dales discovery of the chemical synapse, it has been believed that transmitters are fixed characteristics of neuronal identity. This lecture summarizes recent studies demonstrating that electrical activity and calcium signaling can change the transmitters neurons use, with corresponding changes in transmitter receptors on postsynaptic cells. Physiological sensory stimuli trigger this plasticity in both young and mature nervous systems.
Joining the Dots: Epigenetics, Plasticity, and the Circadian Clock CME Paolo Sassone-Corsi, PhD University of California, Irvine Sunday, Nov. 14, 11:30 a.m. 12:40 p.m. San Diego Convention Center: Ballroom 20 Neuronal plasticity is intimately associated with genomic control. Yet, there is much more to the genome than DNA sequence, permitting variability beyond the double helix. Plasticity may be obtained through epigenetic mechanisms, based on a variety of DNA and chromatin remodeling processes. Complex programs of gene expression characterize most neuronal functions, among which circadian cycles represent a paradigm for dynamic chromatin transitions. In this lecture, Dr. Sassone-Corsi discusses recent advances that reveal unexpected links between circadian regulators, chromatin remodeling, and cellular metabolism.
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of methods for identifying connectivity, and how they can be used to understand circuit function, will be followed by a description of laboratory work, on developing and using rabies virus-based systems for tracing neural circuits and linking them to function. How Do I Smell? A Guided Tour of Human and Insect Olfaction CME Leslie B. Vosshall, PhD The Rockefeller University/Howard Hughes Medical Institute Tuesday, Nov. 16, 11:30 a.m. 12:40 p.m. San Diego Convention Center: Ballroom 20 In this lecture, Dr. Vosshall discusses how olfactory cues communicate information about the external world, including chemical signatures of dominance status, estrus, food, and predators. While the neural circuitry of smell perception in insects and vertebrates is organized along similar principles, the molecular odorant receptors of insects are radically different. Certain mosquito species have evolved an intense attraction to humans and in doing so serve as deadly vectors of infectious disease that plague most of the developing world.
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Public Symposium
Autism: Progress and Prospects CME
Chair: Gerald D. Fischbach, MD
act as stem cells. This symposium provides the latest information on what we do and do not know about pericyte function. Emerging Biology of Orexin/Hypocretin and Related Peptides CME
Chair: Anantha Shekhar, MD, PhD Co-chair: Gary S. Aston-Jones, PhD Saturday, Nov. 13, 1:30 4 p.m. San Diego Convention Center: Room 6F
Support contributed by: The Autism Science Foundation and Pfizer, Inc.
Saturday, Nov. 13, 1:30 4 p.m. San Diego Convention Center: Room 6A
Remarkable progress has been made in brain research relevant to autism in recent years. Progress has been driven by the urgency of the problem, by the influx of extraordinary scientists, and by advances in genomics and neuroscience. This symposium provides an overview of genetic, cellular, and behavioral analyses to illustrate the current state of the various approaches. It also will suggest ways these approaches might reinforce each other.
Ca2+ controls virtually all neuronal function and aberrant Ca2+ signaling leads to neurodegeneration. Major strides recently made in Ca2+ signaling that will be discussed are the inositol pyrophosphates and inositol polyphosphates and their kinases in the context of their role in cell life and death; the function of the IP3 receptors as signal converters that translates information from IP3 to Ca2+ signals; and the properties and physiological roles of the Orai channels and the Presenilins as passive ER Ca2+ leak channels and its implications in AD pathogenesis. Single Molecule Detection Techniques for Studying Exocytosis CME
Chair: Vladimir Parpura, MD, PhD Tuesday, Nov. 16, 8:30 11 a.m. San Diego Convention Center: Room 6F
Orexin/hypocretin (ORX) producing neurons regulate feeding, wakefulness, vigilance, reward seeking and autonomic responses. Loss of ORX neurons has been linked to narcolepsy and new data that the opposite situation of over activity of the ORX neurons leads to panic attacks. This symposium brings together international experts on this topic to discuss the role of ORX in narcolepsy, obesity, addictions, and panic disorder, using novel techniques such as gene regulation and optical stimulation. AD-360: Non-Amyloid Mechanisms in Alzheimers Disease Pathogenesis CME
Chair: Sanjay W. Pimplikar, PhD Sunday, Nov. 14, 1:30 4 p.m. San Diego Convention Center: Room 6A
Theme A: Development
Transcriptional Control Mechanisms in Axon Growth and Regeneration CME
Chair: Jeffrey L. Goldberg, MD, PhD Wednesday, Nov. 17, 8:30 11 a.m. San Diego Convention Center: Room 6A
The failure of axon regeneration in the mammalian central nervous system remains a major problem in basic and clinical neuroscience, relevant both to understanding neural development, as well as approaching neural injury and degenerative disease. Recent advances in our understanding of the neurons intrinsic mechanisms of axon growth regulation during development and in the adult have pointed toward transcriptional and translational controls. This symposium highlights molecular mechanisms recently found to play a role in these processes, from chromatin level processing through complex transcription factor interactions through mRNA stabilization.
Exocytotic release of transmitters is mediated by the ternary SNARE complex comprised of syntaxin 1, SNAP25, and synaptobrevin 2. The form of this complex is consistent with its function in the positioning of vesicles to the plasma membrane and their fusion to it. The recent advances in single molecule techniques, however, bring an additional layer of complexity to this process. The symposium provides a fertile ground for discussions regarding the new information that single molecule techniques can provide in unveiling the mechanism(s) of exocytosis.
It is becoming clear that amyloid- peptides do not account for all the observations related to AD pathogenesis. Diverse findings support the view that non-amyloid factors contribute significantly to AD. Recent studies have uncovered potential mechanisms that could be operative in disease. This symposium provides a serious platform not amyloid-bashing to discuss the non-amyloid pathways. A complete, 360 view of AD pathogenesis is needed to achieve effective therapeutic strategies. Experience-Dependent Synaptic Plasticity and Neurogenesis in the Degenerating and Injured Brain CME
Chair: Michael W. Jakowec, PhD Co-chair: Carl W. Cotman, PhD Monday, Nov. 15, 8:30 11 a.m. San Diego Convention Center: Room 6B
Pericytes, cells on the outside of brain capillaries, recently have been shown to regulate cerebral blood flow and are likely to contribute to functional imaging signals. After stroke they produce a long-lasting decrease of blood flow that damages neurons. They also have roles in angiogenesis and blood brain barrier maintenance, and they may
The role of experience in modeling the brain has become a field of great scientific interest. This symposium highlights recent developments in understanding the role of experience, in the form of exercise and the environment, in modifying synaptic structure and function, and neurogenesis in neurodegenerative disorders (Parkinsons and Alzheimers diseases), models of injury (ischemia), and aging. The effect of experience on behavior, pathology and synaptic function will be discussed.
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CME This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit . See page 62 and visit www.sfn.org/cme for details.
Every cell and tissue in the body needs to maintain protein homeostasis, or proteostasis, to function optimally. The proteostasis network maintains the proper expression, translation, folding, and trafficking of proteins. Dysregulation of proteostasis occurs with age and as a result of missense mutations, leading to disease. This symposium describes key concepts of the proteostasis network, its role in age-associated pathologies and potential as a therapeutic target in neurodegenerative diseases. The Neuregulin Pathway: From Neural Function to Psychiatric Disorders CME
Chair: Andres Buonanno, PhD Co-chair: David A. Talmage, PhD Wednesday, Nov. 17, 1:30 4 p.m. San Diego Convention Center: Room 6A
Tinnitus is a phantom sensation (ringing of the ears) that impairs quality of life for millions around the world and for soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Most cases are associated with hearing impairment caused by noise exposure or the aging process. This symposium reports ground breaking research into how tinnitus is generated and modulated by the brain when hearing loss occurs. The findings have implications for public policy and for mechanisms of normal auditory perception. Visceral Nociception: Bidirectional Interaction Between the Viscera and Brain CME
Chair: Matthew O. Fraser, PhD Monday, Nov. 15, 1:30 4 p.m. San Diego Convention Center: Room 6B
Motor commands vary because of noise and changing expectations of reward, and response of muscles vary because of fatigue and changing dynamics of the environment. Despite this, the healthy brain produces accurate movements. Here, we present neurophysiological and neuropsychological basis of this compensatory process, suggesting the cerebellum monitors the motor commands as a movement unfolds, and learns from previous errors to compensate for their variability.
Neuregulin and its receptor ErbB4 regulate neurodevelopment and are associated with psychiatric disorders. The symposium presents novel findings that emphasize how neuregulin signaling: (1) regulates migration/survival of GABAergic neurons critical for neural network activity; (2) regulates glutamatergic, dopaminergic and cholinergic neurotransmission; (3) modulates hippocampal and cortical circuits; and (4) influences animal behaviors that model psychiatric disorders.
This session describes normal nociceptive processing from pelvic viscera to the spinal cord, brain stem and the brain and how changes along this pathway may result in functional pain syndromes. For most, integration of input and modulatory signals occurs within and between each level, resulting in awareness of injury until healed. In functional pain syndromes, anomalous interoceptive influences at one or more levels may cause chronic hyperalgesia even without a noxious stimulus. The Molecules and Cells of Mammalian Touch CME
Chair: Ellen A. Lumpkin, PhD Co-chair: Diana M. Bautista, PhD Wednesday, Nov. 17, 8:30 11 a.m. San Diego Convention Center: Room 6B
This symposium discusses the latest information on transgenerational epigenetic inheritance of stress-mediated traits and the molecular mechanisms behind them. This fast-paced field has moved into 2nd and 3rd generations to identify novel epigenetic programming events involved in disease risk. The expert speakers will discuss stress influences across developmental time points utilizing cutting-edge analyses including evaluation of miRNAs, histones, and DNA methylation.
Brain plasticity and learning in the adult brain are well established. Yet adult brain plasticity remains more restricted in its scope than developmental plasticity, a major limitation in rehabilitation of function. This symposium addresses the conditions under which brain plasticity and learning can be facilitated in the adult brain, taking the visual system as a model of choice. Brakes to plasticity in adulthood will be reviewed. The ways genetic, pharmacological, and behavioral interventions may overcome these brakes will be discussed.
Among the mammalian senses, touch remains the most enigmatic at the molecular level. Our brains distinguish an astonishing assortment of tactile features, such as textures, shapes and vibration, in our surroundings. Touch-sensitive neurons display a corresponding diversity of responses and cellular morphologies. This symposium highlights recent breakthroughs in our understanding of molecules, labeled lines, and circuits that encode touch in the mammali an nervous system.
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The Pleasure of Eating and Moving Around: A Role for Lateral Hypothalamic Orexin and MCH Neurons CME
Chair: Hans-Rudolf Berthoud, PhD Tuesday, Nov. 16, 8:30 11 a.m. San Diego Convention Center: Room 6A
To make adaptive behavioral choices, information from the internal milieu and the external world needs to be constantly evaluated and integrated. Recent observations implicate specialized peptidergic neurons in the lateral hypothalamus as playing important roles in sensing metabolic need and coordinating reward-driven, goal-directed behaviors such as eating with physical activity and autonomic outflow. They are thus promising targets for developing therapies to rebalance eating and energy expenditure in the fight against obesity, diabetes, and the metabolic syndrome.
It has become increasingly clear that interactions between primary rewards and the stimuli associated with them are complex and involve more than the simple elicitation of conditional responses by drug-paired cues. This symposium discusses the critical role played by reward related cues and contexts in the control of drug-induced behaviors in both human and non-human animals as well as the potential neurobiological mechanisms involved, with an emphasis on how they may contribute to addictive behavior. Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Memory Allocation in Neuronal Circuits CME
Chair: Alcino J. Silva, PhD Co-chair: Sheena A. Josselyn, PhD Monday, Nov. 15, 1:30 4 p.m. San Diego Convention Center: Room 6F
determine how specific neurons and synapses within a circuit are recruited during learning (memory allocation). Using approaches that allow tagging, imaging, activation, and inactivation of specific neurons in behaving animals, recent findings demonstrated that memory allocation is not random, but rather specific mechanisms regulate where information is stored within a neural circuit. Organized storage saves space, minimizes search times, and reduces errors during retrieval. Memory Enhancement Strategies for the Treatment of Cognitive Disorders CME
Chair: James A. Bibb, PhD Tuesday, Nov. 16, 8:30 11 a.m. San Diego Convention Center: Room 6B
This symposium reviews recent studies on the molecular and cellular mechanisms that
Recent advances in our understanding of the basis of cognition can now be translated into learning and memory enhancement. We will explore strategies to improve cognition from diverse perspectives. Cognitive deficiencies have been viewed as irreversible and linked with aging, neurodegeneration, and more recently, mental illnesses. Our work exemplifies a new wave in the study of how memories are written and stored with emphasis on identifying the mechanisms involved and targeting them for the treatment of cognitive disorders. Erasing Fear Memories with Extinction CME
Chair: Gregory J. Quirk, PhD Co-chair: Dennis Pare, PhD Tuesday, Nov. 16, 1:30 4 p.m. San Diego Convention Center: Room 6A
Extinction of learned fears is the basis of exposure-based therapies for anxiety disorders in which the patient is repeatedly exposed to trauma-eliciting stimuli within a safe context. Decades of psychological research have taught us that extinction does not erase the original fear memory, but instead forms a new inhibitory memory, which may or may not prevent expression of fear memories. However, recent adaptations of extinction can lead to editing or elimination of the original fear memory. Speakers will describe these new findings and implications for the treatment of anxiety disorders.
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Minisymposia
Theme A: Development
Genomic and Epigenomic Diversity of Brain DNA: What Is It For? CME
Chair: John Satterlee, PhD Sunday, Nov. 14, 8:30 11 a.m. San Diego Conference Center: Room 30E
CME This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit . See page 62 and visit www.sfn.org/cme for details.
recent findings and their implications for our future understandings of mechanisms of information processing and storage. Inhibitory Circuitry and Cortical Development CME
Chair: Robert C. Froemke, PhD Co-chair: Sunil P. Gandhi, PhD Wednesday, Nov. 17, 8:30 11 a.m. San Diego Convention Center: Room 6E
Overall, this minisymposium provides a broad introduction to the recent and unanticipated discoveries of genomic and epigenomic diversity in the nervous system and insights into the role of this diversity in neurobiological function and brain disease. Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Axon Branching CME
Chair: Le Ma, PhD Co-chair: Susana Cohen-Cory, PhD Monday, Nov. 15, 8:30 11 a.m. San Diego Convention Center: Room 6E
Despite vast scientific interest, molecular mechanisms underlying neural stem cell self-renewal and neurogenesis remain elusive. Recently, microRNAs emerged as central players in neural stem cell self-renewal and differentiation. Six speakers will share exciting discoveries in regulation of neural stem cells and neurogenesis by microRNAs. The role of microRNAs in neural stem cell self-renewal, fate-determination, neuronal maturation and synaptic formation will be unfolded in this minisymposium.
Axon branching is a developmental process that allows one neuron to connect with multiple targets and is critical in generating complex neuronal circuits. The minisymposium is dedicated to recent studies using molecular, genetic, imaging, and modeling approaches to understand this fundamental process. Speakers will highlight the latest advances in elucidating the molecular and cellular principles of branching regulation during development and plasticity of the nervous system. Molecular Pathways Controlling Development of Thalamus and Hypothalamus: From Neural Specification to Circuit Formation CME
Chair: Seth Blackshaw, PhD Co-chair: Tomomi Shimogori, PhD Monday, Nov. 15, 1:30 4 p.m. San Diego Convention Center: Room 29D
This minisymposium presents new results on inhibitory circuit function in visual, auditory, and frontal cortex, describing how inhibition shapes cortical development and plasticity. Using a wide range of experimental techniques, including neuronal transplantation, in vivo two-photon microscopy of neuronal structure and function, and in vivo whole-cell electrophysiology, the aim of this minisymposium is to reveal shared principles of cortical development and plasticity. Origin and Mechanisms of Sleep Slow Oscillation CME
Chair: Igor Timofeev, PhD Wednesday, Nov. 17, 1:30 4 p.m. San Diego Convention Center: Room 6E
Revolutionary microscopy techniques have finally enabled measurement of protein arrangement and dynamics over nanometer distances in live cells. Synapse function is regulated precisely on this scale, so we will highlight the first wave of results using super-resolution imaging of synapse biochemistry and structure. By integrating these approaches with traditional methods, we aim to elucidate cytoskeleton dynamics and Ca2+ signaling that regulate synapse growth and plasticity at the nanoscale. Regulation of the Postsynaptic Cytoskeleton: Roles in Development, Plasticity, and Disorders CME
Chair: Scott Soderling, PhD Sunday, Nov. 14, 1:30 4 p.m. San Diego Convention Center: Room 30E
Slow-wave sleep is characterized by a slow oscillation (<1 Hz) that appears as an alternation of active (UP) and silent (DOWN) states. Synchronous neuronal activity during slow oscillation generates EEG slow waves. How does this activity start and terminate when all neurons are in the same state? Does thalamus or cortical glial cells play a role in the generation of slow waves? Do human and animal brains generate slow waves in the same way? This symposium addresses these questions.
The embryonic diencephalon gives rise to both the vertebrate thalamus and hypothalamus. Recent work has begun to shed light on the molecular pathways that guide the development of these structures. The session highlights advances in understanding control of early regional patterning, neuronal cell fate specification, and the formation and environmental modification of neural circuitry in both thalamus and hypothalamus.
The dendritic spine is exquisitely organized at the functional level. Spatially distinct pools of actin orchestrate dynamic features of the spine during synapse development and plasticity. Emerging studies are illuminating how the actin cytoskeleton regulates synaptic function and how their disruption may lead to neurological disorders. This minisymposium discusses these
The symposium discusses newest findings on converging signaling pathways by which Reelin controls neuronal functions
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in the developing, adult, and aging brain. Topics include the role of Reelin in cytoskeleton regulation, synaptic strength and plasticity, impact of age-related decline in Reelin expression on neuronal integrity, amyloid precursor protein processing, and Tau phosphorylation in Alzheimers disease, pointing to dysfunctional neurodevelopmental processes as a critical driving force of aging-related neurodegenerative processes. AKTion in the Brain: Emerging Roles for PI3K/ Akt Signaling in Development, Cognition, and Psychiatric Disease CME
Chair: Thomas F. Franke, MD, PhD Co-chair: Daniel R. Weinberger, MD Sunday, Nov. 14, 8:30 11 a.m. San Diego Convention Center: Room 6E
Exciting new research suggests a role for phospatidyinolitol 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt in normal and pathological cognition. Here, we seek to provide a forum for the rigorous evaluation of relationships between PI3K/ Akt signaling and the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), and neurodevelopment, behavior and mental illness. By highlighting advances in our understanding of these signaling components, we will critically evaluate evidence for their involvement in addiction, autism, and schizophrenia. Dendritic Spine Dysfunction in Mental Disorders CME
Chair: Peter Penzes, PhD Co-chair: David A. Lewis, MD Monday, Nov. 15, 8:30 11 a.m. San Diego Convention Center: Room 30E
The received wisdom that addiction is a universal pathophysiological process is challenged by evidence of dissociable neuroadaptations to opioid and psychostimulant drugs. This symposium considers the possibility that opiate addiction and psychostimulant addiction are etiologically, neurobiologically, and psychologically different. Presenters will review new findings on the different psychobiological substrates of vulnerability to opiate and psychostimulant addictions, and their different phenomenologies. Neurological Functions of the Masterswitch Protein Kinase, GSK-3: From Neurogenesis, Mood and Memory to Disease CME
Chair: James Robert Woodgett, PhD Tuesday, Nov. 16, 8:30 11 a.m. San Diego Convention Center: Room 30E
Recent work with mouse models of Down syndrome (DS) suggests that specific synaptic and learning/memory deficits are amenable to pharmacological rescue. To understand the potential for extending these results to treatment of intellectual disability in DS, this minisymposium will review current information on functions of chromosome 21 genes, contributions of genetic variation and partial trisomies to phenotypic variation, Alzheimers disease in DS, and the phenotypes of mouse models and their pharmacological manipulation. Priorities for future work will be highlighted.
Speakers will discuss recent research and conceptual advances regarding the dysregulation of structural plasticity at spiny synapses in mental disorders. We will focus on schizophrenia and autism, where a role for abnormal synaptic plasticity and connectivity is well documented. Talks will explore cellular neuropathological alterations and their potential genetic and mechanistic underpinnings, which may involve the disruption of signaling by small GTPases, neuregulin, DISC1, kalirin-7, neuroligin, and Epac2.
Since GSK-3 was discovered, there has been significant progress in elucidating the role of this protein in the neuron and the brain structure and functions. This minisymposium integrates the most advanced findings, revealing new roles of GSK-3 in neurodevelopment; functional differences in the brain between two isoenzymes; electrophysiological and molecular mechanisms of learning and memory; dopamine and serotonin signaling pathways; neuroinflammatory response; and contribution of GSK-3 to the pathogenesis of depression, Alzheimer disease and multiple sclerosis through new animal models and cell biology approaches. Protein Deimination in Ophthalmic and Neurological Disease CME
Chair: Sanjoy K. Bhattacharya, PhD Co-chair: Anthony P. Nicholas, MD, PhD Tuesday, Nov. 16, 8:30 11 a.m. San Diego Convention Center: Room 6E
Vocal production arises from complex interactions of multiple brain and body systems, rendering investigation of underlying physiology in both healthy and disease states challenging. This minisymposium highlights research on vocal behavior in humans, rodents, and songbirds, focusing on the basal ganglia, dopaminergic modulation, and Parkinsons disease. Presentations will illustrate the value of cross-species analyses for investigating normal and disordered communication behaviors. Functional Modulation of the Primary Motor Cortex: From Animal Models to Clinical Applications CME
Chair: Robert Chen, MB, BChir, MSc Co-chair: John Rothwell, PhD Sunday, Nov. 14, 8:30 11 a.m. San Diego Convention Center: Room 29D
Posttranslational modification of protein bound arginines into citrulline is termed deimination and has recently been linked to a growing number of ophthalmic and neurological diseases such as multiple sclerosis, glaucoma, encephalomyelitis, and Alzheimers disease. It also seems to play a role in traumatic and regenerative responses in peripheral nerves and spinal cord. Deimination is also involved in reversal of protein methylation, a long-term signaling modification.
Primary motor cortex plays an important role in the planning and execution of movement and motor cortical functions depend on the cortical excitability. This minisymposium discusses recent experimental findings regarding the functional modulation of motor cortical organization and excitability in non-human primates and in humans, using invasive and non-invasive brain stimulation, and functional neuroimaging.
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CME This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit . See page 62 and visit www.sfn.org/cme for details.
Neural Components of Feeding Control: From Signaling to Hedonics and Emotions CME
Chair: Heike Muenzberg, PhD Co-chair: Sebastien G. Bouret, PhD Tuesday, Nov. 16, 1:30 4 p.m. San Diego Convention Center: Room 29D
Seeing color requires a comparison of the responses of multiple cone types and the brains transformation of this information into meaningful behavioral signals. This minisymposium highlights the latest findings on the functional organization of color circuits, from the retina through primary visual cortex and higher-order visual areas, using a range of techniques, providing a comprehensive view of our current understanding of the neural basis for color vision. Colored Numbers and Tasted Sounds: What Synesthesia Reveals about Neural Crosstalk CME
Chair: David M. Eagleman, PhD Wednesday, Nov. 17, 8:30 11 a.m. San Diego Convention Center: Room 29D
Obesity and the underlying defects in feeding and energy homeostasis are a public health concern and involve a complex network of central control and peripheral organs. This minisymposium focuses on the neural regulation of feeding and energy homeostasis by highlighting novel approaches in obesity research as well as interdisciplinary aspects from hedonic food intake/addiction, thermoregulation, neurogenesis/neuronal plasticity, stress and emotion, as well as neuroendocrinology.
In synesthesia, normal sensory stimulation triggers an anomalous sensory experience. For example, a sound may not only be heard but also seen, tasted, or felt as a touch. Synesthesia results from increased crosstalk between sensory areas, but details have remained unknown. This session presents cutting-edge research into the varieties of synesthesia, elucidating behavior, neuroimaging, and genetics to show how synesthetic brains yield surprising insights into normal brain function.
Acetylcholine was the first neurotransmitter to be discovered, and its biochemical and cognitive effects have been intensely studied for several decades. This minisymposium highlights recent anatomical, electrophysiological, pharmacological, behavioral, and brain imaging studies of the functions of acetylcholine in the cerebral cortex. The results of these studies shed light on the neural mechanisms underlying cholinergic modulation of attention, learning, and encoding of sensory stimuli. Model-Based Neuroimaging and Decision Neuroscience CME
Chair: Birte U. Forstmann, PhD Co-chair: Hauke R. Heekeren, MD, PhD Wednesday, Nov. 17, 1:30 4 p.m. San Diego Convention Center: Room 30E
The optogenetic toolbox involves genetically encoded actuators and reporters, proteins that allow using light to control or to monitor molecular processes in neural systems. Optical methods enable fast and spatially well resolved experimental manipulations and measurements. A first generation of genetically-encoded calcium reporters, fluorescent proteins, and neural activators has already had great impact on neuroscience; a second generation of voltage reporters, neural silencers, and extended fluorescent proteins bears great promise to continue this revolution. Speakers will be particularly encouraged to highlight limitations of the presently available optogenic tools and discuss where the technologies are headed in the future.
Endocannabinoid signaling is an important regulator of transmitter release and synaptic signaling. Recent research has demonstrated a potentially important role for this system in the regulation of physiological, neuroendocrine, and behavioural response to stress. The current minisynposium provides an overview of the mechanisms by which endocannabinoid signaling integrates into both the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and the limbic structures subserving regulation of this neuroendocrine axis.
To understand how the brain makes decisions, recent work in the neurosciences has started to make use of formal models of behavior. Such model-based analyses bridge the gap between brain and behavior and facilitate the testing of theories for cognition. This minisymposium provides an overview of the rapidly advancing field of model-based neuroimaging, including simple two-choice response tasks as well as work on more complex decision-making situations that involve pharmacological challenges.
Recent discussion in the SfN community has focused on the benefit to education of collaborations among neuroscientists and school teachers. This session begins the essential complementary discussion, addressing how neuroscience research itself can be strengthened by an educational perspective. Cognitive neuroscientists doing research with an integral connection to education will discuss the unique contribution of the educational component, as well as intellectual, pragmatic, and ethical issues.
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Friday, Nov. 12
SfN Short Course #1 $
Genes, Photons, and Electrons: New Solutions for Problems in Systems Neuroscience
Friday, Nov. 12, 7:30 a.m. 5:30 p.m. San Diego Convention Center: Room 6B Organizer: Michael Hausser, DPhil Contact: Liz Larabell, llarabell@sfn.org
The last decade has seen a dramatic resurgence of interest in systems neuroscience, together with new optimism that many of its longstanding problems can soon be solved. This has been driven in part by the growing realization that an understanding at the level of the neural circuit is essential if we are to link the cellular and molecular properties of neurons and synaptic connections to behavior; and by the development of a range of new technologies for manipulating neural circuits with unprecedented temporal and spatial precision. This course brings together tool developers at the forefront of these advances and those who are applying new tools to address longstanding challenges in systems neuroscience. Lecturers span the range of approaches and levels involved in the modern study of neural circuits, from new genetically encoded probes for circuit tracing and activity monitoring, to new imaging and electrophysiological
approaches for dissecting activity patterns in defined neural populations during behavior, to new methods for manipulating activity in intact circuits to make causal links between circuit elements and behavior. Emphasis will be on defining the key open questions in systems neuroscience and how new tools can be used to solve them, and on comparing practical advantages and limitations of various methods, with a view toward future developments. This day-long course consists of a series of lectures, followed by informal breakout sessions.
Obesity represents an escalating global health threat that predisposes millions of individuals to a plethora of comorbid illnesses and reduced life expectancy, and incurs $117 billion in annual health care costs in the United States alone. Pharmacologic therapies to decrease appetite and increase energy expenditure would be useful in preventing and treating obesity, but the limited understanding of the neural and molecular mechanisms that regulate these processes previously hindered the development of truly effective long-term therapies. Recent work has made important inroads into the neural mechanisms underlying the control of energy balance, and ongoing research promises to continue apace. This workshop focuses on the neurobiology of energy balance, with a major focus on the processes that control eating. Starting with the description of the obesity syndrome, patient experience, and the physiologic systems that modulate feeding and energy balance, the morning sessions will present the pertinent neural systems and their interaction with peripheral cues and current treatment options and their theoretical and practical limitations. In the afternoon, interactive workshop sessions delve into issues and methodology relating to the neural regulators of energy homeostasis (including hypothalamic, hindbrain, and reward centers), as well as important environmental, hormonal, and developmental regulators of these systems. Neuroimaging and genetic methods will be covered, along with pharmacologic approaches to intervention. Participants will leave with a broad exposure to the current state of our knowledge of the pathophysiology of this profound public health challenge. Target audience: graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and assistant professors. Registration is limited and only available online.
The microRNAs are a cytoplasmic layer of posttranscriptional control comparable in complexity to the transcriptional control system in the nucleus. As a system miRNA target sets are capable of revealing functional networks of transcripts and their local roles in dendrites have revealed much about plasticity. miRNA biology also has opened a broad window on developmental neurobiology. Using a diversity of model systems, the course highlights the growing realms of RNA-mediated regulation. This day-long course consists of a series of lectures, followed by informal breakout sessions.
Workshop Fees
Short Course
(includes lunch and syllabus book) Student Member .......................................... $95 Student Nonmember .................................. $125 Postdoctoral Member ................................. $165 Postdoctoral Nonmember ........................... $205 Faculty Member ......................................... $210 Faculty Nonmember ................................... $260
Identification and quantitative analysis of brain networks offers new perspectives on the structure and function of the human brain. This course provides an introduction to graph-based and dynamic tools for network analysis, and surveys their application to resting and task-evoked brain activity, individual variations in cognition and behavior, neurocognitive development, and disease states of the brain. This day-long course consists of a series of lectures, followed by informal breakout sessions.
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each other, so participants may choose to attend either or both days. The workshop is relevant to individuals ranging from undergraduates to faculty, and participants may tailor the event to their specific interests by selecting from a variety of sessions.
DAY 2 is devoted to a discussion of grant writ-
session offers an opportunity for students and postdoctoral researchers to engage the expert in an informal dialogue over breakfast. No registration is required but seating is limited. Marius Wernig, MD, PhD, Stanford University Using Transcription Factors to Induce Cell Fate Changes
Manchester Grand Hyatt: Oxford
These workshops provide participants with training in a number of key professional skills needed for a successful career. Days 1 and 2 are designed to be independent of each other, so participants may choose to attend either or both days. The workshop is relevant to individuals ranging from undergraduates to faculty, and participants may tailor the event to their specific interests by selecting from a variety of sessions.
DAY 1 focuses on issues relevant to job hunt-
ing and is being offered in conjunction with staff from NINDS. Participants will be able to learn what funding mechanisms are available and how grants are reviewed, and will gain advice on preparing a winning grant proposal. For more information on Day 2 activities, see the description for NIH Funding for Your Research, Training, and Career Development below.
ing and career advancement. Sessions include strategies for interviewing and negotiating effectively, using social networking as a career development tool, developing leadership skills, and becoming more creative in selecting and pursuing research questions. Trainees from abroad can gain advice on dealing with the challenges of adapting to the U.S. culture of training and research. A discussion with panelists representing a range of attractive careers for individuals with advanced research training will be followed by a networking reception. See Saturday listing for Day 2 details.
COST: Day 1, $35 in advance, $40 at the door
The ultimate promise of pluripotent stem cell research is the potential to create customized genetically matched cells that, when transplanted, will repair and replace damaged tissues. Researchers are exploring the therapeutic potential of pluripotent stem cells by differentiating into neural precursors and evaluate their migration, subtype specification and functional integration after transplantation. More recently, researchers asked whether factor-induced reprogramming can be applied to other systems and have identified three transcription factors that could convert fibroblasts into functional neurons. Yasmin Hurd, PhD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine Post-Mortem Studies of the Human Brain: Dissecting the Confounds to Illuminate Addiction Disorders
Manchester Grand Hyatt: Del Mar
Support contributed by NINDS, NIMH, and NICHD, in collaboration with other institutes of NIH This workshop is for graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty at all stages of training and career development. Program and review staff from NIH will discuss and answer questions on fellowships, career development grants, and junior investigator issues related to R-series grants. The workshop will discuss the Dos and Donts of how to apply, good grantsmanship, picking the appropriate mentor/ sponsor, picking the appropriate grant mechanism, how the review process works, what to expect from review, and other issues. This is a good opportunity to get to know NIH staff, establish contacts, and get ahead. Those in attendance are welcome to stay from 10 a.m. to noon for the Professional Skills Workshop presentation on grant writing.
(includes lunch and networking reception). Day 2, no cost for sessions; however, advance registration is appreciated. The complete workshop schedule and registration forms are available online at www.skillsandethics.org.
Molecular studies of the human brain are fraught with pre- and post-mortem confounds related to technical issues and individual considerations that have important implications for experimental design and interpretation of results. Despite these challenges, researchers have demonstrated the feasibility of studying discrete gene and protein expression in the brains of drug abusers. This has helped to illuminate specific neurobiological features underlying addiction disorders. In this session, the expert discusses advantages and challenges of molecular analyses of the human brain in relation to addiction disorder.
Saturday, Nov. 13
Professional Skills Workshop* (Part II) $
Saturday, Nov. 13, 8:30 a.m. 1 p.m. Manchester Grand Hyatt: Emma CB Organizers: Beth Fischer, PhD; Michael Zigmond, PhD; Julio Ramirez, PhD Contact: Beth Fischer, survival@pitt.edu, (412) 578-3716
Meet-the-Expert Series
Saturday, Nov. 13, 9 10:30 a.m. Manchester Grand Hyatt: Seaport Tower Contact: Liz Larabell, llarabell@sfn.org
These workshops provide participants with training in a number of key professional skills needed for a successful career. Days 1 and 2 are designed to be independent of
Experts describe their research techniques and accomplishments in a personal context that offers participants a behind-the-scenes look at factors influencing the experts work. Each
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Allison Doupe, MD, PhD, University of California, San Francisco A Birds Eye View of Song, Science, and Psychiatry
Manchester Grand Hyatt: Ford C
Bruce Cumming, MD, PhD, National Institutes of Health Bridging the Gap Between Sensory Neurons and Sensation
Manchester Grand Hyatt: Madeleine CD
The expert will highlight how the retinal circuitry changes during development such that it transitions from spontaneously generating retinal waves to an adult sensory epithelium that performs specific computations on the visual scene. Specifically, the expert describes recent results that address whether retinal waves play a role in establishment of circuits that mediate direction selective responses the retina. Dietmar Plenz, PhD, National Institutes of Health Neuronal Avalanches: Off the Beaten Path
Manchester Grand Hyatt: Ford AB
Two successes of systems neuroscience have been (1) quantitative models that give a good account of the mechanisms that produce signals in the visual cortex; and (2) techniques that identify contributions of these signals to perception in awake animals. However, many models deliver signals that are insufficient to support perception. These differences are well defined in binocular vision, providing an effective model system to improve our understanding of how early processing is specialized for perceptually relevant processing, and how this is related to perceptual judgments. Theresa Lee, PhD, University of Michigan How to Pick the Right Species for the Right Problem: Creating a Non-Standard Research Career
Manchester Grand Hyatt: Annie AB
Songbirds provide a powerful animal model for the process of human speech learning. Because they have neural circuitry similar to all vertebrates but have a specialized subset of these for their vocal behavior, the study of brain-behavior relationships in the song pathways is simplified. Such study has recently begun to provide general insights into mechanisms of sensory and motor learning, with potential relevance to neuropsychiatric disease. The expert shares her enthusiasm for this system, as well as some science and thoughts on the plusses and minuses of working in a nonmammalian model and on being an MD/PhD. Cedric Williams, PhD, University of Virginia Interactions Between the Periphery and Brain: Clues to Understanding the Impact of Emotional Arousal on Memory Formation
Manchester Grand Hyatt: Emma A
Complex systems, when poised at the transition between order and disorder, exhibit scale-free, power law dynamics. These critical systems are highly adaptive and flexibly process and store information, which for decades prompted the conjecture that the brain might operate at criticality. Discovery of neuronal avalanches in superficial layers of cortex in 2001 provides solid experimental evidence that indeed the brain might be critical. Results demonstrate that neuronal avalanches and coherence potentials are signatures of critical network dynamics at which the cortex gains universal properties found at criticality. George Paxinos, PhD, Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute and The University of New South Wales Brain, Behavior, and Evolution
Manchester Grand Hyatt: Madeleine AB
The expert has chosen a variety of research problems that led to working with nonstandard lab animals. She will discuss how to think outside the box to come up with interesting research questions and select the best model systems for studying them. While using unusual models to study behavior, physiology, and neuroscience, the same principles can be applied to more molecular levels of analysis. The expert will provide examples of how different animal models can be developed, the benefits and drawbacks of not working with common lab animals, and how taking the uncommon path leads to an uncommon career. Jane Taylor, PhD, Yale University Why Sex Differences Should Matter to Neuroscientists
Manchester Grand Hyatt: Maggie
Hormones secreted from the adrenals after exposure to emotional encounters facilitate memory by initiating norepinephrine output in limbic regions. Hormones such as epinephrine cannot enter the brain to produce direct effects on structures that actively process memory. As such, the session will present a summary of the behavioral, electrophysiological and neurochemical approaches used to identify how neural pathways in the periphery convey the actions of arousal-related hormones to brainstem noradrenergic neurons to produce optimal mnemonic performance.
Support contributed by Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University After collaborating with Luis Puelles to construct an atlas of the bird brain, Charles Watson and the expert became interested in what genetic markers can tell us about brain organization. Birds, incidentally, have a firstclass brain; they just have not had good public relations. Based on what was learned from work on the bird brain and subsequent validation on the mouse brain using transgenic mice, researchers constructed an ontology of the brain that can be found in BrainNavigator. The most controversial suggestion is that the pons do not exist as a subdivision of the brain in the same subordination as the rhombencephalon, mesencephalon, and diencephalon.
Sex differences are being revealed in brain function and behavior. Recent studies have focused on the underlying genetic and molecular mechanisms. It is becoming clear that sex differences are not simply reflective of differences in sex hormones, but also in chromosomal complement. How sex differences impact learning, memory, and adaptive behavior both in health and psychiatric disease has become an emerging focus of my research. What are the advantages and disadvantages to incorporating the study of sex differences into research, and do we have an obligation to do so?
For first-timers, navigating the SfN annual meeting can be overwhelming and taking advantage of all the opportunities is challenging. Students and others new to the SfN meeting are invited to attend this session, where experienced participants will share tips on how to get the most from the conference. Whether you are looking for strategies on how to network, or simply ways to make your experience productive and enjoyable, this session will be beneficial. A diverse panel will answer questions and discuss ways to make the most of your SfN meeting experience.
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Chapters Workshop `
Maximizing Resources Available to Chapters
Sunday, Nov. 14, 11:45 a.m. 1:30 p.m. San Diego Convention Center: Room 11 Contact: Danielle Hanafin, dhanafin@sfn.org
More frequently than ever SfN members are expressing interest in pursuing or transitioning into non-academic careers. In this workshop, a panel of experts will provide graduates in neuroscience-related disciplines with an understanding of the multiple career choices that exist outside of academia (e.g., nonprofit organizations, pharmaceutical companies, government, and advocacy). Panel members will draw from and share personal experiences. Substantial time will be set aside for Q&A. At the conclusion of the workshop, attendees will be better informed about alternative career choices and how to go about transitioning into them.
Join us for posters presented by recipients of SfNs Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Fellow Travel Awards.
Chapter representatives and members should attend this workshop to learn how to successfully apply for SfN grants and travel awards, and how to make the most of the chapter resources offered by the Society. Lunch will be provided. Registration is required to attend this event. To register, contact chapters@sfn.org.
More than 50 experienced neuroscientists will be on hand to offer mentoring on a wide range of topics in an informal, roundtable format. Topics will include: work-life balance, teaching, securing grants, being a clinician-scientist, choosing graduate schools and postdoc positions, and many others. Participants from diverse backgrounds, fields, and work sectors are encouraged to attend.
Sunday, Nov. 14
How to Write a Manuscript: Getting Your Paper Accepted
Sunday, Nov. 14, 9 a.m. noon San Diego Convention Center: Room 4 Organizer: Daniel McGowan, PhD Contact: Liz Larabell, llarabell@sfn.org
Neuroscience can revolutionize science education! Scientists can create legacies that shape our future. SfN Councilor, 2010 Presidential Citizens Medal awardee, and former SfN Science Educator Award recipient Roberta Diaz Brinton from the University of Southern California will present strategies to innovate, implement, and disseminate advances to catapult science education into the 21st century. The formal presentation will be followed by a poster session/networking reception to celebrate Brain Awareness Week success stories.
Poster Sessions `
Diversity Fellows
Saturday, Nov. 13, 6:30 8:30 p.m. Hilton San Diego Bayfront: Sapphire A Contact: Anne Busse, abusse@sfn.org
With increased competition for journal space and higher rates of rejection, often because of language, researchers who are not native English speakers are disadvantaged in efforts to publish their findings. Comprising a presentation in three sections preparations before writing, manuscript structure, and tips for getting published and a panel discussion with the editors of top journals, this workshop aims to improve publication success rates for researchers who are not native English speakers.
Poverty diminishes the health and well-being of those who are poor and limits their social and economic contributions to society. The impact of poverty on the developing individual is complex, but most of the causal pathways involve the brain. At this roundtable we will draw on human and animal research to address the neural mechanisms whereby childhood poverty impacts human capital, and discuss the economic and policy implications of this new knowledge.
Join us for a special poster and networking event presented by participants in the Neuroscience Program Scholars diversity fellowship programs. International Fellows
Saturday, Nov. 13, 6:30 8:30 p.m. Hilton San Diego Bayfront: Sapphire I Contact: Mark Storey, mstorey@sfn.org
Come see posters presented by recipients of international travel awards and fellowships.
*Presented by an SfN partner organization
Need help navigating the new NIH grant proposal format? This session will address frequently encountered challenges and questions about writing in the new format, from perspectives on both sides of the fence PI applicants and peer reviewers. Join experts from the NIH and an established investigator, who has successfully competed for and reviewed grants, as they lead you through the many facets of the new process. Learn about potential pitfalls and what it takes to meet the requirements of the new review criteria. Panel members have hands-on experience with the new format and will share valuable dos and donts to improve your chances for successful submissions.
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The Secret to Success: How to Convey a Professional Image
Monday, Nov. 15, 9 a.m. noon San Diego Convention Center: Room 3 Organizer: Yi E. Sun, PhD Contact: Liz Larabell, llarabell@sfn.org
Monday, Nov. 15
Animals in Research Panel
Conferring Legal Rights to Animals: Research in the Crosshairs
Monday, Nov. 15, 9 11 a.m. San Diego Convention Center: Room 11 Organizer: Sharon Juliano, PhD Speakers: Roberto Caminiti, MD; Michael Conn, PhD; Richard Cupp, JD Contact: Laura Martin, lmartin@sfn.org
Hear the latest word from NSF program officers on funding opportunities for neuroscientists, including all areas of basic neuroscience research and networking, education and training, career development opportunities, and large-scale multidisciplinary centers. Talk with neuroscientists who have been successful in receiving NSF funding. General information about the agency, the review process, and tips for writing successful proposals also will be presented. NSG also will maintain an exhibit booth featuring relevant publications and program officers available for extended conversation.
With more than 100 law schools now offering at least one animal law course, the field has expanded dramatically in the past decade. With this growth comes an increased focus on seeking to grant animals the same rights as humans, or personhood, which would have significant ramifications for all research. How is this growing legal strategy already impacting animal research? What does its continued expansion mean for neuroscience, other research, and even the family pet? How should the science community engage to address this trend? The panel will address these questions. Breakfast will be served.
How to project a professional image has never been something we are trained for during our career development, but it is a critical determinant between getting a job or just getting interviews. If you have wondered about the secret to effectively presenting yourself and your brilliant science, and being highly influential when delivering your lectures in class or at scientific meetings, we are here to help! During this workshop, we will have four well-established, highly influential female scientists reveal their insight into the different aspects of professional image.
What career opportunities are available outside of academic or industrial research? Increasingly, PhD-level scientists are becoming aware of other career opportunities beyond bench research. This AAAS workshop considers what career paths in these so-called nontraditional areas might look like. Attendees will learn more about the types of alternative careers available, how to parlay their current skills and values into a new area, ways to research career options, and how to develop the skills they might need for a career away from the bench.
Join the SfN Committee on Neuroscience Departments and Programs for its annual reception and presentation of the Award for Education in Neuroscience.
This years teaching workshop focuses on the undergraduate neuroscience curriculum and its match (or mismatch) with the expectations of graduate admissions committees. We will survey representative undergraduate programs, see detailed examples of the curriculum for two college programs (one that evolved from a psychology track and one centered in biology), and hear the expectations of three graduate admissions committees that seek prior strength in cellular and molecular biology, cognitive and systems neuroscience, or quantitative and physical sciences. The workshop will conclude with a general discussion, followed by breakout groups for faculty teaching similar courses.
This workshop provides information on funding sources to assist early career scientists (predoctoral fellows, postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty) in transitioning to independent investigator. The focus will be on two career transition points: (1) from predoctoral to postdoctoral training, and (2) from postdoctoral fellow to first independent faculty position. Representatives of federal agencies and private foundations that provide fellowships for postdoctoral fellows and early career scientists will describe a variety of programs, some restricted to U.S. citizens and permanent residents (e.g., NIH National Research Service Awards and most K awards; NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowships and CAREER Awards) and others open to international trainees and investigators (e.g., the Fogarty International Center and American Heart Association). The presentations include information on strategies for selecting the most appropriate mechanism and preparing a competitive application. After the presentations and a question/answer period, representatives will be available to discuss specific programs and make appointments to meet with potential candidates.
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Have you ever wondered how to become an engaged and active member of your professional society? SfN offers varied ways to get involved and serve the neuroscience profession including the 13 standing and business committees while developing leadership skills and building your CV. This practical workshop includes the ins and outs of SfN committee and Council service, as well as volunteer opportunities in public education, advocacy, mentoring, professional development, and local chapter-led activities.
Tuesday, Nov. 16
Managing Your Research Lab
Tuesday, Nov. 16, 9 a.m. noon San Diego Convention Center: Room 3 Organizer: Catherine Krull, PhD Contact: Liz Larabell, llarabell@sfn.org
Mentoring has long been recognized as a key means for promoting successful careers in science; in addition, recent literature validates mentoring as one of the most effective tools for increasing diversity in academic ranks. Our view of mentoring has recently expanded to include career development support that spans the entire life cycle of a neuroscientist, as well as the emergence of new, more flexible approaches in which a network of multiple mentors addresses a variety of career competencies. In this workshop, speakers will explore this expanding definition of mentoring, including the variety of approaches used, and its use as a powerful tool for promoting career development of minorities and women in neuroscience.
Why Academia?
Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2 5 p.m. San Diego Convention Center: Room 4 Organizer: Margarita Dubocovich, PhD Contact: Liz Larabell, llarabell@sfn.org
Research on traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), funded by the military and often conducted in partnership with the National Institutes of Health, is advancing scientific understanding and creating new pathways for treatment. It is also changing societys awareness and perception of brain injury and mental illness. Join a leading regenerative researcher, U.S. and international scientists, and a brain injury patient advocate for a discussion of the role and future of military research on these signature injuries of war; progress and new discoveries being made; and how emerging knowledge can be applied to address broader civilian health issues, from epilepsy to depression and PTSD.
This workshop focuses on the steps you need to manage your research lab, including managing people, conflict resolution, the importance of mentoring, and funding. Four investigators at various levels will make presentations, followed by a question and answer period. Join us for a lively discussion of managing your lab!
This workshop describes all aspects of careers and professional development in academia. Leading neuroscientists provide overviews of their successful journeys toward and entries into top positions in academia, from undergraduate to graduate to postdoctoral experience and beyond. Each persons career path is unique. Some have always aspired to careers in higher education, and others planned for something entirely different. This panel offers several perspectives on this exciting and often unpredictable journey. The differences among positions in academia will be contrasted, and the advantages of each will be highlighted. The distinguished panel will touch on the undergraduate academic and research experience, the discovery of ones desired area of research in graduate school, the challenges and rewards of the postdoctoral years, and how to successfully obtain and transition to an assistant professor position, and how to effectively climb the academic ranks toward leadership positions from professor to chair, to dean, and beyond. Opportunities for individuals with PhD, MD, or MD/PhD degrees will be addressed, as well as the strategies for achieving career goals and success in academia.
Participate in a key forum to share your thoughts and suggestions with the Societys leadership while learning about your professional societys latest accomplishments. Meet and engage with the new leadership Share suggestions and raise concerns Learn how to get involved in SfN committees Enjoy camaraderie with other SfN members as you enjoy light refreshments
The annual luncheon features guest speaker Barbara Sahakian and honors women leaders in neuroscience with a special slide presentation. Table discussions will explore what makes a work environment inclusive or not inclusive. Space is limited. Registration is required. Visit www.sfn.org/cwinrsvp to register.
A reception will be held for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. No invitation required.
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SfN-Sponsored Socials
Sunday, Nov. 14, 6:45 8:45 p.m. Auditory Neuroscience Social
Social with Brief Presentation
San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina: Marriott Hall Salon 1 Chairs: Xiaoqin Wang, Jonathan B. Fritz Guests: X. Wang, J. Fritz, D. Polley, F. Theunissen, J. McDermott, P. Kanold, R. Liu, Y. Cohen, J. Schnupp, J. Groh, L. Romanski, A. Zador, C. Miller, T. Gentner, J. Middlebrooks (and many more...)
mal socializing and the presentation of the prestigious Krieg Cortical Kudos awards and the Palay award for structural neuroscience. These awards will be presented by Gordon Shepherd and Clifford Saper, respectively.
This event brings together researchers working or interested in the field of auditory neuroscience to have a fun night with humorous presentations on what is hot, cool, and foolish in this field around the globe. Students, postdocs, and faculty members are all invited.
Are you interested in knowing how cells make decisions of survival and death? How do cells activate apoptosis, autophagy, or necrosis? Or have you been mesmerized with these questions and have ideas and stories to share? Here is a fun and stimulating opportunity to meet your colleagues and experts in this exciting field.
This purely social event is a gathering to celebrate the study of behavior and invertebrate research in neuroscience, to meet old friends and make new ones. All are welcome. Post-docs and graduate students are especially encouraged to drop by for socialization and networking.
I believe in an open mind, but not so open that your brains fall out. Arthur Hays Sulzberger. Let your brains hang out with your neuroscientist friends! Come join us for a drink and bring your best brain quote or joke! All are welcome.
With the amount of neuroscience data and tools available through the web increasing astronomically, the need for standards and platforms for neuroscience data has become increasingly important. This social will present the activities of the International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility (INCF), an international organization designed to provide a platform for neuroscientists around the world to come together.
This social is a great opportunity for postdocs, graduate students, medical students, and residents who are considering careers in clinical and translational aspects of neuroscience. Meet successful basic and clinical scientists from diverse settings, including government, academic, nonprofit and industry. Guest experts will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of academic and industry based career paths in context of an evolving translational neuroscience world. Join us to share your questions and open discussion.
The Cajal Club social will host a discussion on Plasticity and Repair of the Adult Cerebral Cortex by Arturo Alvarez-Buylla, Fred Gage and Jeffrey Macklis, and moderated by John Rubenstein. The discussants will review the roles of neurogenesis in the olfactory bulb and hippocampus, and more controversial aspects of neurogenesis in the neocortex. They also will consider the possibility of cell transplantation, with normal and engineered cells, to treat neural disorders. We encourage audience participation in addressing the controversies of this important subject. Prior to the panel discussion, there will be infor-
Join us for the third annual Neuroscience Education Outreach Social. Reaching out to the public and educating them about the importance of brain research and about the wonders of the brain can be seen as one of the most rewarding experiences. Lets share ideas, become inspired, and most importantly inspire others to participate in education outreach. All are welcome!
Come to discuss, over a drink, excitation, inhibition, and how these opposing forces interact through circuits of neurons. A great chance for students and postdocs to meet and chat informally with specialists from all over the world.
This social is intended to bring together researchers interested in spinal cord injury.
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Music Social
Purely Social
San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina: Seaview Chairs: Daniel Tranel, William J. Pearce Guests: William Pearce, PhD; Joe LaManna, PhD
An informal social to meet with friends and colleagues interested in the development of the nervous system.
Alzheimer Idol Karaoke Night is back by popular demand. Join us for a night of entertainment and enjoyment. Belt out your favorite tunes and watch your colleagues embarrass themselves. Graduate students and postdocs are especially encouraged to participate. Organize your laboratory to present your favorite Alzheimer theme tunes. The names of the winners of the best performance competition will be forwarded to network television for further consideration.
An evening of music will be provided by SfN member musicians. All musical types are welcome, ranging from solo acts to full bands, with the emphasis on enthusiasm and fun. Accompaniment is available with sufficient advance notice. The Program fills quickly, so contact us soon for a spot. Each performer will have about 10 minutes. The event is casual and informal. Please join us for en evening of music with brain scientists who have a side gig: MUSIC!
This social is for those interested in neural control of respiratory, cardiovascular, and autonomic function to meet after a long day of posters and talks. Its a great opportunity for younger scientists to mingle informally with established investigators. A brief presentation will be used to start a discussion on how creativity leads to significant advances in our field.
Socialize and exchange ideas with others interested in undergraduate neuroscience research and education. Undergraduates will present posters of their research, and FUN Student Travel Awards and Educator of the Year Award will be presented. SOMAS awardees and their students will be introduced (see www.somasprogram.org). See the FUN Web site for travel award information and registration for poster presentations at the FUN Social (www.funfaculty.org).
Hippocampus Social
Purely Social
San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina: Atlanta, Chicago Chair: James J. Knierim Guests: H. Scharfman, R. Gage, L. Nadel, M. Shapiro, T. Sacktor, R. Burwell, J. Bachevalier, W. Suzuki
Join your friends and colleagues both old and new for an evening of conversation at this purely social event. This is a great opportunity for students and postdocs to meet others in the field.
If you can remember, come to the Hippocampus Social and watch luminaries in the field test their visual imagination and drawing skills in a game of HippoPictionary!
Get together with scientists of all academic levels (student to emeritus) with a shared interest in learning, memory, and emotion.
Psychopharmacology Social
Purely Social
San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina: Anaheim Chairs: Joseph Cheer, Catherine Winstanley Guests: M.F. Roitman, B.J. Aragona, S.J. Ward, G.D. Stuber, S.B. Floresco, P. Shizgal, M. Pistis, A. Lichtman, J.D. Salamone, R.A. Wheeler
Organized by the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology (SBN), an interdisciplinary scientific organization dedicated to the study of hormonal processes and neuroendocrine systems that regulate behavior. There will be a social gathering hosted by Regis and Kelly along with a presentation honoring the recipient of the 2010 Frank A. Beach Award.
Information overload? Come and relax with your ingestive behavior colleagues. Have significant conversations (p<.001) with top researchers in the fields of appetite, energy regulation, feeding, drinking, motivated behavior, chemical senses, and autonomic function. Meet old friends, discuss professional opportunities, ponder data, or just chill at this purely social event. Students and trainees are especially welcome.
Join us as we embark on an enlightening and perhaps mind-altering evening as you discuss new and provocative ways to tap into the brains internal bliss. Everybody is welcome!
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concurrent poster session will provide ample opportunity for networking and socializing.
Songbird Social
Purely Social
San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina: Atlanta, Chicago Chairs: Michael A. Long, Jonathan F. Prather
Advances in molecular biotechnology are revolutionizing the way we approach systems neuroscience. However, these tools are most often applied in systems that arent highly regarded for their visual and cognitive capacities. Join us for a fun and friendly discussion about the molecular revolutions potential and its limitations for our understanding of visual and cognitive function.
Join us for an informal exploration of the effects of pharmacological modulation on the brain. Catch up with colleagues and friends, have a drink, and dont miss the brief debate among our special guests about the good, the bad, and the ugly in the rapidly growing field of pharmacological MRI.
The only social event at the SfN meeting entirely devoted to a model organism the songbird! Everyone is welcome to attend, whether you spend your days with a pair of binoculars and a mist net or instead with a microdrive and an oscilloscope. If you are not in the field and you want to learn more, please drop by. This night is for the birds.
Synapses Social
Purely Social
San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina: Columbia 2 Chair: Lynn E. Dobrunz Guests: P.E. Castillo, S.M. Dudek, R.L. Huganir, J.A. Kauer, R.C. Malenka, L.L. McMahon, M. Scanziani, I. Soltesz, C.F. Stevens, S.M. Thompson, K. Toth
Tuesday, Nov. 16, 6:45 8:45 p.m. Computational Neuroscience Social: Not an Oxymoron!
Social with Brief Presentation
San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina: Marriott Hall Salon 4 Chair: Michiel Remme Guests: L. Abbott, N. Brunel, C. Canavier, S. Deneve, A. Destexhe, A. Fairhall, P. Latham, E. Marder, K. Obermayer, J. Rinzel, E. de Schutter, T. Sejnowski, M. Tsodyks, L. Zhaoping
Neuroendocrinology Social
Purely Social
San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina: Marriott Hall Salon 1 Chairs: Anne Z. Murphy, Larry J. Young
A purely social event. Come relax after the meeting with your fellow neuroendocrinologists.
Come and expand your neural networks while making connections with luminaries in the field at the Synapses Social. Readjust your E/I balance with some help from ethanol and other neuromodulators as you facilitate new friendships and reconsolidate existing ones. All are welcome.
Join us for the increasingly popular Computational Neuroscience Social! Information on computational neuroscience conferences, summer schools, publications, and web resources will be provided, but mainly we will just socialize and network and enjoy each others company in an informal setting. Everybody is welcome!
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San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina: Marriott Hall Salon 3 Chairs: Laurie Nadler, Andrea Beckel-Mitchener Guests: R. Davis, N. Heintz, Z.J. Huang, U. Mueller, M. Sasner, H. Zeng
Join the panelists (Barry Everitt, Steve Hyman, George Koob, Trevor Robbins, and Nora Volkow) in considering the increasing use of prescription and lifestyle cognitive enhancing drugs; problems associated with prescription stimulants; drugs to improve memory and other cognitive functions and drugs to improve forgetting; addiction, responsibility and the law; and compulsive drug taking and freewill.
Do you seek to label, manipulate activity in, or knock out a gene in specific neurons? Then the Cre driver mouse social is for you! Hundreds of novel Cre driver lines, targeting selected neuronal and glial populations in the brain and spinal cord, are becoming available through NIH-funded repositories. Hear about the latest Cre drivers, repository services, and public databases from leading investigators. A
Zinc is a plentiful and potent signaling ion in the brain, and recent years have seen an explosion in studies highlighting critical roles of zinc in diverse aspects of neuroplasticity and neurodegeneration. The number of neuroscientists interested in zinc research has grown rapidly over the past decade. This social will be an informal occasion to galvanize collaborations, and talk about life, death, and everything in between, but especially zinc. Students and postdocs are the future of this emerging field and are invited to come and meet established investigators.
Catch up with all your conference friends at this purely social gathering. Talk science, grants, life, and schedule outings to the San Diego Zoo.
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felicityox@yahoo.co.uk joshua.brumberg@qc.cuny.edu
Westin San Diego University of California, San Diego General Session: Elizabeth Ballroom FG Poster Session: Elizabeth Ballroom H
Dynamical Neuroscience XVIII: The Resting Brain: Not at Rest J. B. Johnston Club Molecular and Cellular Cognition Society Meeting Neuroethics Society Annual Meeting Patient HM Second Annual Neurobiology of Language Conference Update on Alzheimer Research: Workshop for PhD Students Friday, November 12 2nd International Workshop on Advances in Electrocorticography 20th Neuropharmacology Conference: High Resolution Neurophamacology Structure Changes the Paradigm A Brain Research Meeting: The Emerging Neuroscience of Autism Spectrum Disorders Etiologic Insights
nwilson@dixongroup.com
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Horton Grand Hotel San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina Manchester Grand Hyatt Lyceum Space Theatre, 79 Horton Plaza Rancho Bernardo Inn Catamaran Resort Hotel, San Diego Bay Marina Ballroom Salons D & E George Bush Room
felicityox@yahoo.co.uk
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A Fresh Look at Dopamine Release and Uptake (NIDA Mini-Convention) Advances in Computational Motor Control IX Advances in Disease Modeling for ALS and FTD ASNR Satellite: The New Science of Brain Repair and Rehabilitation Barrels XXIII Connectivity of the Human Brain and its Disruption by Drugs of Abuse (NIDA Mini-Convention) Dynamical Neuroscience XVIII: The Resting Brain: Not at Rest Early Career Investigators Poster Session (NIDA Mini-Convention) Frontiers in Addiction Research (NIDA Mini-Convention) J. B. Johnston Club Jacob P. Waletzky Memorial Lecture (NIDA Mini-Convention) Journal of Physiology Symposium: Microcircuit-Specific Processing in the Hippocampus Molecular and Cellular Cognition Society Meeting Neuroethics Society Annual Meeting Neuroimmune Mechanisms of Brain Function and Alcohol-Related Disorders Patient HM Role of Nicotinic Receptors in the Habenula in Mediating Addiction to Nicotine and other Drugs (NIDA Mini-Convention) Second Annual Neurobiology of Language Conference Society for Social Neuroscience Meeting Society for Social Neuroscience Reception Tucker-Davis Symposium on Advances and Perspectives in Auditory Neurophysiology (APAN) Update on Alzheimer Research: Workshop for PhD Students Using Model Organisms to Discover Unanticipated Pathways to Addiction (NIDA Mini-Convention) Saturday, November 13 Expansion and Characterization of Stem Cells g.tecs Brain-Computer Interface Workshop Patient HM Rehabilitaton and Neurology Social
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San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina Convention Center Manchester Grand Hyatt Manchester Grand Hyatt University of California, San Diego San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina
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Marriott Hall 7AB Madeleine A-D and Del Mar AB Randle Ballroom DE
Marriott Hall General Session: Elizabeth Ballroom FG Poster Session: Elizabeth Ballroom H Marriott Hall Marriott Hall
nwilson@dixongroup.com
www.seiservices.com/nida/ frontiers2010/ www.seiservices.com/nida/ frontiers2010/ powers.alice@gmail.com www.seiservices.com/nida/ frontiers2010/ g-maccaferri@northwestern.edu cristina.alberini@mssm.edu www.neuroethicssociety.org www.seiservices.com/ NIAAASfNSatellite2010 www.brownpapertickets.com/ event/118853 www.seiservices.com/nida/ frontiers2010/ tremblay@neurolang.org www.s4sn.org www.s4sn.org ycohen@mail.med.upenn.edu info@neuronworkshops.nl www.seiservices.com/nida/ frontiers2010/
12:40 2:40 p.m. 8 a.m. 6:35 p.m. 8 a.m. 9 p.m. 10 10:35 a.m. 4 7 p.m. 8 a.m. 6:30 p.m. 8 a.m. 6 p.m. 8:30 a.m. 5:30 p.m. 7 8:30 p.m. 8:15 10 a.m. 7 a.m. 8 p.m. Noon 5 p.m. 5 7 p.m. 8:30 a.m. 6:30 p.m. 8:30 a.m. 5:30 p.m. 10:55 a.m. 12:40 p.m.
San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina Horton Grand Hotel San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina Convention Center Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina Lyceum Space Theatre, 79 Horton Plaza San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina Rancho Bernardo Inn Manchester Grand Hyatt Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina Catamaran Resort Hotel, San Diego Bay San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina
Marroitt Hall
Randle Ballroom ABC Randle Foyer and Terrace Marina Ballroom Salons F & G
Marriott Hall
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Convention Center Convention Center Lyceum Space Theatre, 79 Horton Plaza San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina
Room 4 Room 10
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Sunday, November 14 4th Annual Julius Axelrod Symposium An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Study of Memory: Humanistic Data for Neuroscience Arab Neuroscientists Social
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Manchester Grand Hyatt Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina Convention Center San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina Convention Center Convention Center Hilton Bayfront Hilton Bayfront Manchester Grand Hyatt Convention Center Lyceum Space Theatre, 79 Horton Plaza San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina Hilton Bayfront San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina Convention Center San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina
Manchester Ballroom ABC Ford ABC Point Loma Room 4 Manchester Rooms 1&2 Marina Ballroom Salon G Room 27B 32AB Indigo 204B Sapphire 400 Emma ABC Room 10
San Diego Ballroom Salon A Indigo 204A Salona 27A Bayside Pavilion Cardiff Santa Rosa
6:30 10 p.m. 6:30 8:30 p.m. 6:30 8:30 p.m. 6:30 8:30 p.m. 7 8:30 p.m. 6:30 8 p.m.
Convention Center Convention Center San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina Hilton Bayfront Convention Center San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina
Room 30ABCDE Room 27A San Diego Ballroom C Sapphire EF Room 10 Oceanside
Professional Development
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ESF and FENS European Workshop on European-U.S. Collaborative Research Gait Analysis: An Essential Behavioral Task in Phenotyping and CNS Disorders Iranian Neuroscientists Social Mayo Neurobiology of Disease Program Alumni Reception MBL/Grass Foundation Social Meet the Editors: How to Get Published in Major Neuroscience Journals! Neuroscience in Mexico: Past, Present, and Future Neuroscience of Sleep and Circadian Biology DataBlitz NIH Grant Workshop for Early Career Investigators Nucleic Acids to the Rescue: Gene and Antisense Oligonucleotide Therapies for SMA Patient HM Pitfalls of Cell-Based Screening Assays Is it the Cell, the Assay or the Question Asked? Puerto Rican Neuroscientists Social Salk/UCSD Neurosciences: A Celebration of Friends and Family Schizophrenia Research Social Sleep Research Society Club Hypnos The Brain on Trial UAB Comprehensive Neuroscience Social Washington University in St. Louis Neuroscience Reception Tuesday, November 16 Discovery of Molecular Probes Fear Conditioning and Other Ways to Measure Immediate Defensive Behaviors to Aversive Events in Rodent Friends of Iowa Reception Genetically Modified Rats in Neuroscience Research: Perspectives From the Field Patient HM Postdoctoral Scientists, Graduate, and Undergraduate Social Networking Forum Researchers Who Invent: An Opportunity to Meet with Small Businesses that Commercialize Neurotech
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San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina Hilton Bayfront San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina Hilton Bayfront Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina Manchester Grand Hyatt Lyceum Space Theatre, 79 Horton Plaza Hilton Bayfront The FleetWood The Salk Institute Convention Center San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina Rock Bottom Restaurant and Brewery
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Warner Center Indigo 204B Newport Beach Laguna Sapphire 410 Randle Ballroom AB Marina Ballroom Salon D San Diego Ballroom Salon B Rancho Las Palmas Ford ABC
Indigo 206
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Convention Center Hilton Bayfront Hilton Bayfront San Diego Convention Center Lyceum Space Theatre, 79 Horton Plaza San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina
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All Posters will be presented in the San Diego Convention Center, Halls B-H. All lecture, symposia, minisymposia, and nanosymposia rooms are in the San Diego Convention Center.
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Theme H Posters will be located in Halls B-H beginning at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 13, and will remain posted until 5 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 14.
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Featured Lectures
1 9 Bringing Change to Mind on Mental Illness Adventures in Nontranslational Research: Neuronal Differentiation and Mechanosensory Transduction in C. elegans Understanding Sound Processing in the Auditory System: Advances Rooted in the Genetic Approach Brain Circuits for Active Vision Motivational Neuronal Circuits for Value, Salience, and Information The Neuroscience Revolution and Society A Neuroscience Moonshot: Rallying a New Global Race for Brain Research Dendrites, From Form to Function Learning to See Late in Life Cell and Molecular Neurobiology: Antecedents and Achievements Tuning Depression Circuits Using Deep Brain Stimulation Dialogues Between Neuroscience and Society Presidential Special Lecture Fred Kavli Distinguished International Scientist Lecture Peter and Patricia Gruber Lecture Presidential Special Lecture David Kopf Lecture on Neuroethics Special Presentation Albert and Ellen Grass Lecture Presidential Special Lecture History of Neuroscience Lecture Presidential Special Lecture Ballroom 20 Ballroom 20 13 Sat 13 Sat 11 a.m. 1 p.m. 5:15 6:25 p.m. 1.25
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29 30 31 32 33 34 115 118 Proliferation I Fate Specification Postnatal Neurogenesis I Motor System Development Somatosensory Development Transplantation Genomic and Epigenomic Diversity of Brain DNA: What Is It for? Stem Cells and Neural Progenitors from Humans Poster Poster Poster Poster Poster Poster Minisymposium Nanosymposium A1-B20 B21-C17 C18-D6 D7-D33 D34-E4 E5-E20 Halls B-H Halls B-H Halls B-H Halls B-H Halls B-H Halls B-H Room 30E Room 25A 13 Sat 13 Sat 13 Sat 13 Sat 13 Sat 13 Sat 14 Sun 14 Sun 1 5 p.m. 1 5 p.m. 1 5 p.m. 1 5 p.m. 1 5 p.m. 1 5 p.m. 8:30 11 a.m. 8 10:15 a.m. 2.5
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130 131 132 133 134 135 210 231 232 233 234 235 313 318 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 419 423 435 436 437 438 439 440 441 525 537 538 539 540 541 624 636 Cell Migration I Mouse ESCs and iPSCs Axon Guidance and Growth: Growth Cone Axon Growth and Guidance Synapse Formation: Molecular Mechanisms Synapse Formation: Presynaptic Mechanisms Connecting Motor Circuits Patterning of Spinal Cord, Cerebellum, and Hindbrain Neuronal Differentiation I Proliferation II Development: Activity-Dependent Remodeling of Synapses Regeneration in CNS Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Axon Branching Transplantation and Regeneration Postnatal Neurogenesis II Human ESCs and iPSCs Axon Guidance: Cellular and Organismal Mechanisms Axon Development and Polarity Neuronal Cell Death I Visual Development: Retina, LGN, V1 Limbic System Development Molecular Pathways Controlling Development of Thalamus and Hypothalamus: From Neural Specification to Circuit Formation Postnatal Neurogenesis III Proliferation III Cell Migration II Neuronal Differentiation II Glial Differentiation Synaptic Adhesion Molecules Development: Activity-Dependent Modulation of Connectivity I Evolution and Development Development: Activity-Dependent Modulation of Connectivity II Cell Migration III Neuronal Differentiation III Neuron-Glia Interactions Synapse Formation and Dendritic Spines Regeneration in PNS Forebrain Neurogenesis and Patterning Forebrain Patterning Poster Poster Poster Poster Poster Poster Special Lecture Poster Poster Poster Poster Poster Minisymposium Nanosymposium Poster Poster Poster Poster Poster Poster Poster Minisymposium Nanosymposium Poster Poster Poster Poster Poster Poster Poster Nanosymposium Poster Poster Poster Poster Poster Nanosymposium Poster A1-B11 A1-B14 B15-C13 C14-C37 C38-D15 D16-D39 A1-B12 B13-C1 C2-C30 C31-D18 D19-E1 E2-E26 E27-E50 A1-B14 B15-C7 C8-C22 C23-D6 D7-D13 D14-D36 D37-E7 A1-B10 B11-C10 C11-C22 C23-D7 D8-D29 A1-B9 B10-B22 B23-C12 C13-C33 C34-D16 D17-D32 Halls B-H Halls B-H Halls B-H Halls B-H Halls B-H Halls B-H Ballroom 20 Halls B-H Halls B-H Halls B-H Halls B-H Halls B-H Room 6E Room 25A Halls B-H Halls B-H Halls B-H Halls B-H Halls B-H Halls B-H Halls B-H Room 29D Room 25A Halls B-H Halls B-H Halls B-H Halls B-H Halls B-H Halls B-H Halls B-H Room 25A Halls B-H Halls B-H Halls B-H Halls B-H Halls B-H Room 25A Halls B-H 14 Sun 14 Sun 14 Sun 14 Sun 14 Sun 14 Sun 14 Sun 14 Sun 14 Sun 14 Sun 14 Sun 14 Sun 15 Mon 15 Mon 15 Mon 15 Mon 15 Mon 15 Mon 15 Mon 15 Mon 15 Mon 15 Mon 15 Mon 15 Mon 15 Mon 15 Mon 15 Mon 15 Mon 15 Mon 15 Mon 16 Tues 16 Tues 16 Tues 16 Tues 16 Tues 16 Tues 16 Tues 16 Tues 8 a.m. noon 8 a.m. noon 8 a.m. noon 8 a.m. noon 8 a.m. noon 8 a.m. noon 1 2:10 p.m. 1 5 p.m. 1 5 p.m. 1 5 p.m. 1 5 p.m. 1 5 p.m. 8:30 11 a.m. 8 10:15 a.m. 8 a.m. noon 8 a.m. noon 8 a.m. noon 8 a.m. noon 8 a.m. noon 8 a.m. noon 8 a.m. noon 1:30 4 p.m. 1 4:15 p.m. 1 5 p.m. 1 5 p.m. 1 5 p.m. 1 5 p.m. 1 5 p.m. 1 5 p.m. 1 5 p.m. 8 10 a.m. 8 a.m. noon 8 a.m. noon 8 a.m. noon 8 a.m. noon 8 a.m. noon 1 2:45 p.m. 1 5 p.m. 2.5 2.5 1.25
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Theme A: Development
637 638 639 640 718 723 724 736 737 738 739 825 839 840 841 842 843 Proliferation IV Postnatal Neurogenesis IV Neuronal Genomics Dendrite Growth and Branching Transcriptional Control Mechanisms in Axon Growth and Regeneration Rewiring the Brain: Activity-Dependent Neurotransmitter Specification Molecular Regulation of Neural Stem Cells Forebrain Development Basic Characterization of Neurodevelopment Cell Culture Models Visual Development: Psychophysics and Cortical Mechanisms MicroRNA Regulation of Neural Stem Cells and Neurogenesis Cell Lineage and Fate Axonal Cytoskeleton Axon Growth Neuronal Cell Death II Development of Auditory and Vestibular Systems Poster Poster Poster Poster Symposium Special Lecture Nanosymposium Poster Poster Poster Poster Minisymposium Poster Poster Poster Poster Poster A1-B18 B19-C3 C4-C18 C19-D7 D8-D16 A1-B10 B11-C12 C13-C36 C37-D8 B12-B28 B29-C22 C23-D11 D12-D39 Halls B-H Halls B-H Halls B-H Halls B-H Room 6A Ballroom 20 Room 24A Halls B-H Halls B-H Halls B-H Halls B-H Room 29D Halls B-H Halls B-H Halls B-H Halls B-H Halls B-H 16 Tues 16 Tues 16 Tues 16 Tues 17 Wed 17 Wed 17 Wed 17 Wed 17 Wed 17 Wed 17 Wed 17 Wed 17 Wed 17 Wed 17 Wed 17 Wed 17 Wed 1 5 p.m. 1 5 p.m. 1 5 p.m. 1 5 p.m. 8:30 11 a.m. 11:30 a.m. 12:40 p.m. 8 10 a.m. 8 a.m. noon 8 a.m. noon 8 a.m. noon 8 a.m. noon 1:30 4 p.m. 1 5 p.m. 1 5 p.m. 1 5 p.m. 1 5 p.m. 1 5 p.m. 2.5 2.5 1.25
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Accreditation
The Society for Neuroscience is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Special Lecture
The Society for Neuroscience designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Statement of Need
It is important that physicians comprehend the basic science that underlies clinical medicine. The Society for Neuroscience annual meeting is the premier venue for this educational opportunity. Physicians learn about the most up-to-date, cutting-edge discoveries regarding the nervous system.
Minisymposium
The Society for Neuroscience designates this educational activity for a maximum of 2.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
CME Registration
CME registration must be completed before or during the annual meeting. Those who do not register at these times will not receive the necessary documentation should they request it after the meeting. CME registrants will receive, via e-mail two weeks before the meeting, the CME Supplemental Program, which contains important information regarding the CME program, including disclosure information and instructions for obtaining a certificate of credit.
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Awards in Neuroscience
Award for Education in Neuroscience
This award is given to an individual in recognition of their outstanding contributions to education and research and a distinguished career in neuroscience. The 2010 award will be presented at the Neuroscience Departments and Programs Reception at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 14, in the San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina, Marina Ballroom Salon E.
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Registration Categories and Fees
Online Discount On-Site In Line Opens September 24 at midnight, EDT, and continues through the annual meeting Opens November 13, 8 a.m., PST Online Discount $300 $155 $230 $120 $70 $40 $55 $40 $540 $135 $35 $75 On-Site In Line $365 $185 $275 $140 $95 $50 $65 $50 $650 $160 $45 $75 Member Member, Category II Postdoc Member Postdoc Member, Category II Student Member Student Member, Category II Student Member, Undergraduate Student Member, Undergraduate Category II Nonmember Student Nonmember Guest CME Accreditation
Note: Single day registration is not available.
All members must be in good standing at the time of registering for the annual meeting in order to receive member rates. Membership status will be verified at the time of registration. Fees vary based on registration categories and registration options.
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*Express badge pick-up stations available only. Full registration services will begin Saturday, Nov. 13, at 8 a.m.
Travel Information
Airport
San Diego International Airport
Web site: www.san.org Phone: (619) 400-2400 San Diego International Airport is served by 18 commercial airlines and is located 3 miles from downtown San Diego.
Public Transportation
Metropolitan Transit System (MTS)
The MTS, San Diegos commuter trolley and bus system, runs all over San Diego. There is a trolley station at the Convention Center and within a short walk from most major downtown hotels. Day passes provide unlimited access on all MTS Trolley lines and MTS bus routes and make visiting San Diego easy.
Off-site parking is available at numerous nearby parking lots and garages in downtown San Diego, many are within walking distance of the convention center. Lots and garages are individually owned and operated, prices vary by location. Parking fees are subject to change.
Car Rental
Special meeting rates for car rental have been negotiated for Neuroscience 2010. Contact the provider below for specific details on discounted rates. Restrictions may apply. Enterprise Phone: (800) 261-7331 Web site: www.enterprise.com Valid Dates: Monday, Nov. 1 Tuesday, Nov. 30. Discount Code: L32FO49
International Attendees
Visa Information
To ensure your travel to the United States goes smoothly, check out new U.S. travel regulations. If you are from a nation participating in the Visa Waiver Program, it is important to review guidelines to ensure compliance. International attendees may also request an official letter of invitation using a visa request form on the SfN Web site. For more information and to request an official invitation letter, visit www.sfn.org/visainfo.
Taxis
There are several companies that provide taxicab service in San Diego. Taxicabs are easily accessible at the convention center, major hotels, and other downtown locations and attractions.
Parking
On-site private vehicle parking is available at the San Diego Convention Centers 1,950-vehicle underground garage located below the building. Enter the parking garage on Harbor Drive between First Ave. and Fifth Ave. The current daily rate is $10. Parking rates may range from $10 to $20 on days when there is special event activity at PETCO Park or other downtown events. Directly across the street from the Center, on the corner of Harbor Dr. and 8th Ave., is a 2,000 space parking structure.
Shuttle Service
The Society for Neuroscience will provide complimentary shuttle service to and from the San Diego Convention Center and most SfN-contracted hotels, Saturday Wednesday. Shuttles run every 10 minutes during peak time and every 20 minutes during off peak between official SfN meeting hotels and the convention center. View shuttle schedules on page 71. For questions, contact meetings@sfn.org or (202) 962-4000.
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The Societys housing company, Convention Management Resources (CMR), will be on-site to assist with any housing questions during the meeting. Representatives will be located in San Diego Convention Center, Sails Pavilion, Nov. 1217 during the following hours: Friday, Nov. 12 Saturday, Nov. 13 Sunday, Nov. 14 Monday, Nov. 15 Tuesday, Nov. 16 Wednesday, Nov. 17 2 5 p.m. 8 a.m. 5 p.m. 7:30 a.m. 5 p.m. 7:30 a.m. 5 p.m. 7:30 a.m. 5 p.m. 7:30 a.m. 3 p.m. Distance to Convention Center On-site phone: (619) 525-6630 The Hilton San Diego Bayfront, Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego, and the San Diego Marriot Hotel & Marina are the official coheadquarter hotels.
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Distance to Convention Center 6 miles 6.7 miles 6 miles 5.5 miles 6 miles 7 blocks 6.6 miles 5.5 miles 6 miles 1 mile 5.6 miles 4 blocks 1 mile 5.4 miles Across the Street 5 miles Across the Street 5.2 miles 3 miles 1 mile 1 mile 2 blocks
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Hotel Name/Location Hotel Indigo San Diego Gaslamp Quarter 509 9th Avenue Hotel Solamar 435 6th Avenue Humphreys Half Moon Inn & Suites 2303 Shelter Island Drive La Quinta Inn San Diego Mission Valley 641 Camino Del Rio South Mission Valley Resort 875 Hotel Circle South Omni San Diego Hotel 675 L Street Ramada Plaza 2151 Hotel Circle South Residence Inn San Diego Downtown 1747 Pacific Highway Residence Inn San Diego Downtown/Gaslamp Quarter 356 6th Avenue San Diego Marriott Gaslamp Quarter 660 K Street San Diego Marriott Mission Valley 8757 Rio San Diego Drive S San Diego Hotel 1047 5th Avenue Sheraton Mission Valley San Diego Hotel 1433 Camino del Rio South Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina 1380 Harbor Island Drive Sheraton Suites San Diego at Symphony Hall 701 A Street The Sofia Hotel 150 West Broadway Town & Country Resort & Convention Center 500 Hotel Circle North The US Grant, San Diego 326 Broadway W San Diego 401 West B Street The Westgate Hotel 1055 2nd Avenue Westin Gaslamp Quarter, San Diego 910 Broadway Circle Westin San Diego 400 West Broadway
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Date Saturday, Nov. 13 Time 8:30 10:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 7:15 p.m. 6:30 10:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 4 p.m. 4 8 p.m. 8 9:30 p.m. 7 10:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 4 p.m. 4 8 p.m. 8 9:30 p.m. 7 10:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 4 p.m. 4 8 p.m. 8 9:30 p.m. 7 10:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 3:30 p.m. 3:30 6 p.m. Services 20 minute service 10 minute service 10 minute service 20 minute service 10 minute service 20 minute service 10 minute service 20 minute service 10 minute service 20 minute service 10 minute service 20 minute service 10 minute service 20 minute service 10 minute service 20 minute service 10 minute service SfN provides complimentary shuttle service between the San Diego Convention Center and most of the official SfN meeting hotels, with the exception hotels within walking distance. The shuttle schedule varies daily, with shuttles departing between the hotels and the convention center every 10 minutes during peak time or every 20 minutes during off peak time. Each shuttle route is coded with a unique color and letter. For questions or concerns about shuttle routes and schedules while at the annual meeting, call the shuttle information desk at (619) 525-6665 or stop by the shuttle information desk located in the San Diego Convention Center, Lobby E. Check the on-site shuttle schedule for updates to this service.
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Airport Service
Tuesday, Nov. 16 11 a.m. 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 17 11 a.m. 6 p.m. Buses will depart the San Diego Convention Center on the hour and half hour. Tickets: $10 per person.
membership benefits
Creating Venues for Great Science Pick up a free copy of the latest issue of The Journal of Neuroscience Learn about the manuscript submission and review process Learn more about The History of Neuroscience book and video series Supporting the Neuroscience Community Renew your membership Find a chapter Get career and award information Sign up for SfNs online mentoring program Educating and Engaging the Public Learn how SfN is championing scientific research Discover how you can help educate the public about the wonders of the brain
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Professional Development Resources Attendee Resources Speaker Resources Exhibitor List Convention Center Floor Plans Hotel Floor Plans Photo Credits Council and Program Committee
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Poster Sessions `
Saturday, Nov. 13, 6:30 8:30 p.m. See page 21 for details.
Diversity Fellows
Hilton San Diego Bayfront: Sapphire A
International Fellows
Hilton San Diego Bayfront: Sapphire I
Chapters Workshop `
Maximizing Resources Available to Chapters
Sunday, Nov. 14, 11:45 a.m. 1:30 p.m. San Diego Convention Center: Room 11 See page 21 for details.
Meet-the-Expert Series
Saturday, Nov. 13, 9 10:30 a.m. Manchester Grand Hyatt: Seaport Tower See page 19 for details.
Why Academia?
Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2 5 p.m. San Diego Convention Center: Room 4 See page 23 for details. *Presented by an SfN partner organization
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Attendee Resources
Attendee Resources
SfN aims to provide high service levels. The Society has compiled a series of resources to help all attendees navigate Neuroscience 2010. Press Offices
San Diego Convention Center Press Room, 15B Press Conference Room, 15A Press Interview Room, 14B HOURS: Saturday, Nov. 13 Wednesday, Nov. 17 8 a.m. 5 p.m.
Airport Shuttle
Cloud 9 Shuttle provides airport transportation between San Diego and San Diego International Airport. Fares will vary according to your final destination. For more information on fares, visit www.cloud9shuttle. com. When you arrive at the airport, claim your luggage and visit the Cloud 9 Shuttle representative in the baggage claim area of the airport. Return trips to the airport can be prearranged by calling (800) 974-8885. To arrange transportation from the airport to your hotel prior to your arrival in San Diego, visit www.cloud9shuttle.com. Cloud 9 Shuttle accepts American Express, Visa and MasterCard. For further information, contact Cloud 9 Shuttle at (800) 974-8885 or visit www.cloud9shuttle.com.
Members of the press must register and pick up their badges in the Press Room.
flexibility in meeting schedules and with a reliable, affordable, and trustworthy option for child care during the annual meeting. Details, pricing, and reservation information are available on the KiddieCorp-Neuroscience 2010 Web page, www.kiddiecorp.com/ neurokids.htm. All policies and fees are established by KiddieCorp, and all questions should be directed to them. Space is limited.
ATM Machines
There are automatic teller machines (ATMs) located in the B and E lobbies of the San Diego Convention Center. Lobbies of the San Diego Marriott, Manchester Grand Hyatt, and the Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel also have ATMs.
Coat Check
San Diego Convention Center: Lobby C & Lobby G HOURS: Friday, Nov. 12 Tuesday, Nov. 16 7:30 a.m. 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 17 7:30 a.m. 6 p.m.
Business Center
Shipping, mailing, faxing, photocopying, and other services are available at San Diego Convention Center and provided by FedEx Kinkos, located in Lobby D. The San Diego Marriott, Manchester Grand Hyatt, and the Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel also operate full-service business centers.
Limited space will be available for coat check on a first-come, first-served basis at the convention center.
Certificate of Attendance
San Diego Convention Center: Sails Pavilion
The office addresses all questions concerning annual meeting logistics and programming for the 2010 and 2011 annual meetings. Society Executive Meeting Room
San Diego Convention Center: Room 13 HOURS: Saturday, Nov. 13 Noon 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 14 Wednesday, Nov. 17 8 a.m. 4 p.m.
Every attendee is advised to obtain a certificate, available at a designated booth in the registration area. Signed and sealed by SfN staff, certificates of attendance are proof to home institutions that attendees were present at the meeting. The document is often required for reimbursement of meeting expenses. Attendees must pick up the certificate in person at the meeting. There are no exceptions.
Child Care
San Diego Convention Center: Room 17AB
The Society Executive Meeting Room addresses matters for the Council, committees, and past presidents.
On-site child care and youth programs will be available at Neuroscience 2010 for children ages 6 months to 12 years. This service is provided through KiddieCorp, a national firm with more than 20 years experience in on-site conference child care. KiddieCorp services provide attendees with
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Lectures, exhibits, scientific sessions, symposia, poster sessions, registration, and headquarters offices will be located in the San Diego Convention Center. SfNsponsored socials will be held at the San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina. Satellite and ancillary events will be held at San Diego Convention Center, the San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina, the Manchester Grand Hyatt, the Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel, and other San Diego facilities.
San Diego Convention Center 111 West Harbor Drive San Diego, CA 92101 San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina 333 West Harbor Drive San Diego, CA 92101 Manchester Grand Hyatt One Market Place San Diego, CA 92101 Hilton San Diego Bayfront One Park Boulevard San Diego, CA 92101
in the annual meeting by the number of leads they accumulate from attendees visiting their exhibit booths. We appreciate your cooperation a successful exhibit program helps defray the cost of running the annual meeting and keeps registration fees at a minimum. For further information, visit the exhibits section of the SfN Web site at www.sfn.org/exhibits or contact Allison Burns, Exhibits Manager, at exhibits@sfn.org or (202) 962-4000.
An infant changing room designated for the privacy of parents and guardians caring for infants is available at the San Diego Convention Center. The room is equipped with chairs and tables in private areas for changing diapers or nursing, as well as electricity and a water cooler (room temperature). Parents and guardians are responsible for providing infant care supplies. The infant changing room is unsupervised. SfN is not responsible for accidents or injuries that may occur in this room.
During session hours, one first aid room at the convention center is open and staffed by an ACLS-certified registered nurse and/ or paramedic. Scripps Mercy Hospital can be reached at (619) 294-8111.
Information Booths
San Diego Convention Center Lobby A Lobby D Sails Pavilion (not open on Friday, Nov. 12) HOURS: Friday, Nov. 12 2 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 13 Tuesday, Nov. 16 8 a.m. 6 p.m. Wendesday, Nov. 17 8 a.m. 4 p.m.
Food Courts
San Diego Convention Center: Sails Pavilion HOURS: Saturday, Nov. 13 11 a.m. 5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 14 Wednesday, Nov. 17 7:30 a.m. 5 p.m.
Exhibits
San Diego Convention Center: Halls B-H HOURS: Sunday, Nov. 14 Wednesday, Nov. 17 9:30 a.m. 5 p.m.
International Attendees
International attendees should refer to the U.S. State Department Web site at www.travel.state.gov for more information regarding visas.
Exhibits provide attendees an opportunity to learn about the latest products, publications, and services available. Pick up a copy of the Exhibit Guide at any program pick-up kiosk. The Exhibit Guide includes a listing of exhibiting companies and a cross-referenced listing of companies by type of product exhibited. Links to exhibiting company Web sites are available through the Neuroscience 2010 Web site, www.sfn.org/exhibits. The hyperlinks will remain live for six months after the meeting. Inquiry cards: Your badge will serve a double purpose: (1) as a name badge and (2) an exhibit inquiry card. Your demographic information will be encoded onto the front of the badge. E-mail addresses will only be included if you selected the option box when registering. Council encourages all annual meeting attendees to present their badge at each exhibit booth they visit. Exhibitors determine the success of their participation
Press Office
Press Room (619) 525-6640
Literature Displays
San Diego Convention Center: Sails Pavilion
Exhibit Management
(619) 525-6660
Keep your eyes open for important annual meeting event updates on display in the registration area of the San Diego Convention Center. Approval is required to place announcements on displays. Attendees can get approval before the meeting by contacting meetings@sfn.org or on-site in the Headquarters Office.
Direct inquiries about lost items to the lost and found counter in the registration area in the Sails Pavilion of the San Diego Convention Center.
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Luggage Check
San Diego Convention Center: Lobby C and Lobby G HOURS: Tuesday, Nov. 16 Wednesday, Nov. 17 7 a.m. 6 p.m.
Poster Sessions
San Diego Convention Center: Halls B-H HOURS: Saturday, Nov. 13 1 5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 14 Wednesday, Nov. 17 8 a.m. noon, 1 5 p.m.
Luggage storage is only available during the times listed above. Space is unavailable Saturday through Monday, Nov. 13 Nov. 15. Please do not bring luggage into the meeting rooms.
Message Centers
San Diego Convention Center Sails Pavilion Lobby A Lobby G
Open 24 hours (staffed on-site only during registration hours). SfN will provide three message centers in the San Diego Convention Center for Neuroscience 2010 attendees. If you are using a message center station as a place to meet colleagues, be sure to identify at which message center you will be located. Monitors adjacent to the message center scroll the names of attendees with unread messages. Check the monitors daily. To log into the message center, you will need to provide your last name and badge number. Once logged in, you can find a colleague attending the meeting, read new or old messages, or send a new message to another registered attendee. Attendees can set individual preferences to receive a cell phone or e-mail alert when they receive a message. Message centers are open through the Neuroscience 2010 Web site on Friday, November 5, one week prior to the annual meeting for pre-planning purposes. Attendees also can access the message center from outside the convention center through the Neuroscience 2010 Web site during the meeting.
The on-site SfN NeuroJobs Career Center connects employers with a pool of wellqualified candidates seeking opportunities ranging from postdoctoral and faculty positions to neuroscience-related jobs in industry and other areas. Job seekers and employers can take advantage of interview booths and computers for posting jobs and scheduling interviews. For prices and more information on how to set up a NeuroJobs account, visit www.sfn.org/neurojobs. On-site payment can only be made by credit card.
The Neuroscience Meeting Planner (NMP) contains the full text of abstracts and allows attendees to plan an itinerary for Neuroscience 2010. It can be accessed online at www.sfn.org/nmp or on-site in the NMP Viewing Room.
The final Program will be available on-site at the San Diego Convention Center and online at www.sfn.org/am2010 as downloadable PDFs. Attendees can pick up a copy of the final Program or Exhibit Guide at any Program and Exhibit Guide pickup location in the convention center.
My Neuroscience Marketplace
Build your list of preferred exhibitors through My Neuroscience Marketplace, www.sfn.org/exhibits, a virtual directory of vendors offering products and services to the neuroscience community. My Neuroscience Marketplace is searchable by exhibitor names, booth numbers, products, or keywords.
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Restaurant Reservations
San Diego Convention Center: Lobby B & Lobby E HOURS: Saturday, Nov. 13 Noon 6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 14 Tuesday, Nov. 16 10 a.m. 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 17 10 a.m. 5 p.m.
SfN Booth
San Diego Convention Center: Hall D, Booth 2013
As you experience Neuroscience 2010s Exhibit Hall, stop by the SfN Booth to learn about new member resources and services offered by your professional society.
vention center. Shuttle service will operate during the annual meeting dates of Saturday, November 13 to Wednesday, November 17. For questions, visit the shuttle desk located at the San Diego Convention Center: Lobby E. See page 71 for more information. Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) The MTS, San Diegos commuter trolley and bus system, runs all over San Diego. There is a trolley station at the convention center and within a short walk from most major downtown hotels. Day passes provide unlimited access on all MTS Trolley lines and MTS bus routes and make visiting San Diego easy. For more information, visit San Diego Commute at www.sdcommute.com.
Restaurant reservation services are available at the San Diego Convention Center.
The Student and Postdoc Hospitality Suite is reserved in the San Diego Convention Center for student and postdoc registrants to relax, read, and meet friends and colleagues. A message board will provide information pertinent to the SfN meeting.
Presenters are urged to check their media at least 24 hours in advance of presentation in the Speaker Ready Room to confirm compatibility with the session room computers. See page 79 for more information.
Wireless Internet
Free limited wireless internet access will be available in designated areas of the convention center. To take advantage of this free service, bring a laptop or PDA with a built-in wireless network card or with an external wireless card that is 802.11a, 802.11b, or 802.11g compatible, and set your wireless network connection to obtain an IP address automatically. Wireless network users should reference the FAQs and disclaimers at www.sfn.org/wireless before accessing the network. Minimal technical support is available at the Wireless Support booth in the Attendee Services area.
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Speaker Resources
Nanosymposia, minisymposia, symposia, and lecture presenters are encouraged to check their media at least 24 hours in advance of presentation in the main Speaker-Ready Room, located in the San Diego Convention Center, Room 9, to confirm compatibility with the session room computers. Presenters using their own laptops MUST have a VGA 15 pin HD female video output cable. If the cable is not with the laptop computer being used, there is no way to connect it to the session room data/video projector.
NOTE: Many laptop computers use a special interface cable (e.g., DVI to VGA) to attach video out to the session room data/video projector.
A limited number of computers with open USB ports for PC-formatted USB flash drives and CD-ROM drives will be available in the Speaker Ready Room. Speakers are urged to check their media at least 24 hours prior to their presentation. As a courtesy to your fellow speakers, limit your viewing time to 10 minutes during non-peak times or 5 minutes during peak times.
Presenters must also have a copy of all external files, such as movie or sound files (e.g., .wav, .avi, .mpeg, etc.), contained within their PowerPoint presentations.
Poster Sessions
Projection equipment will not be available in the poster area, and there will be no wireless Internet access on the poster floor. No audiovisual orders will be accepted on-site.
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Exhibitor List
Exhibitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . Booth Number
21st Century Biochemicals, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . 3616 89 North . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .605 A - M Systems, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .828 A.M.P.I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1413 AAAS/Science and Technology Policy Fellowships . . 3917 AAT Bioquest, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223 ABBIOTEC, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .834 Abcam, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3203 AbD Serotec. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3013 Abgent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .536 Abnova Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2912 Accuri Cytometers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1003 AccuScan Instruments, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2036 Acris Antibodies GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .535 ACS Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3819 Actual Analytics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2614 ADInstruments, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1935 Advanced Brain Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . .600 Advanced Microscopy Group (AMG) . . . . . . . . . .704 Advanced Platform Technology (APT) Center . . . . 4231 Advanced Targeting Systems, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . 3525 AfaSci Research Laboratory. . . . . . . . . . . . . .721 Agarose Bead Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . .830 ALA Scientific Instruments, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 3130 Alembic Instruments Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1112 Aleria Biodevices S.L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2733 Algos Preclinical Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3618 Allen Institute For Brain Science. . . . . . . . . . . 1105 Alpha MED Scientific Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2809 Alpha Omega . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3517 ALS Association, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3800 ALZET Osmotic Pumps/Durect Corporation . . . . . 2313 Alzheimer Drug Discovery Foundation. . . . . . . . 3806 Alzheimer Research Forum . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4016 Alzheimers Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4126 American Association for Laboratory Animal Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4017 American Health Assistance Foundation. . . . . . . .134 American Peptide Company, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 2137 American Physiological Society, The. . . . . . . . . 3830 American Psychological Association. . . . . . . . . .232 American Radiolabled Chemicals, Inc.. . . . . . . . .215 American Society for Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics. . . . . . . . . . . 3816 Americans for Medical Progress. . . . . . . . . . . 3903 AMRI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .806 AMTI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3319
As of: September 10, 2010 AnalyzeDirect, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .628 AnaSpec Inc., Eurogentec Group . . . . . . . . . . 2236 Andor Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1004, 1005 Animal Identification & Marking Systems, Inc.. . . . 1023 ANT-Advanced Neuro Technology . . . . . . . . . . 3712 Antec Leyden bv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3331 Applied Biological Materials Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . 3730 Applied Precision, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3601 Aquatic Habitats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3419 Arbor Assays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2736 Ariadne Genomics, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1831 Arrington Research, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2513 ARVO Association for Research in Vision & Ophthamology . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3901 Ascent Scientific LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .622 ASI/Applied Scientific Instrumentation. . . . . . . . 2901 Assay Biotechnology Company . . . . . . . . . . . .502 AutoMate Scientific, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2831 Aves Labs, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3524 Axion Biosystems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3516 Baker Company, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .612 BASi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2130 BD Biosciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1431 Benign Essential Blepharospasm . . . . . . . . . . 3925 Bentham Science Publishers, LTD . . . . . . . . . . .503 Bernstein Network for Computational Neuroscience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3931 Bex Co., Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1014 Bio - Rad Laboratories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1821 Bio - Serv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1923 BIOBSERVE GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .732 Biocompare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3732 Biohit Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3432 Bio-Logic USA, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .428 BioMed Central Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212 Biomedical Photometrics Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1015 BiomerTechnology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1517 Bioneer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .903 BIOPAC Systems, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .835 BioPointe Scientific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .914 BIOQUANT Image Analysis Corp. . . . . . . . . . . 2031 Bioscan, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3401 Bioscience Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1921 BIOSEB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3709 biosensis Pty Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .337 Biospace Lab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .920 BioSpherix, Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .804 BioSurplus, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2033 BioTechniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1330 Biotectix LLC, an Allied Minds Company. . . . . . . 3314 BioTek Instruments, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .321 Biotium, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1917 BIOTREND Chemicals, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2924 Biotrofix, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1620 Bitplane Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1004, 1005 BKIN Technologies Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3416 Blackrock Microsystems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1835 Blue Box Sensors Limited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3704 BPS Bioscience, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3715 Brain & Tissue Bank for Developmental Disorders. . 4233 Brain Observatory, The, UC San Diego. . . . . . . . 4132 Brain Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3531 Brain Vision LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3529 BrainBits, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .737 Brains On-Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3725 Brandel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1728 BrandTech Scientific, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1228 Bruker Daltonics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .916 BTX/Harvard Apparatus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3329 Caliper Life Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2612, 2613 Cambridge Electronic Design Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . 2801 Cambridge Research Systems, Ltd. . . . . . . . . . 3217 Cambridge University Press . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119 Campden Instruments (Div. of Lafayette) . . . . . . 3630 CanCog Technologies Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2632 Capralogics Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .604 Carestream Molecular Imaging . . . . . . . . . . . 1000 Carl Zeiss Microimaging, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2712 CARMEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4031 Cayman Chemical Company . . . . . . . . . . . . 2916 CEDARLANE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3201 Cell Biosciences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .902 Cell MicroControls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1433 Cell Signaling Technology, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 3228 CellASIC Corp.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3617 Cellecta, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .500 Cerca Insights Sdn Bhd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2314 Cerebricon Limited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .413 Charles River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .413 Chemyx Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2732 China Medical University, Biomedical Engineering Research Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3807 Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation . . . . . . . 3932 Chroma Technology Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2521 CIR Systems, Inc. - GAITRite. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1730 Cisbio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3116 Cleveland Clinic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .402
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Clever Systems Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1030 CMA/Microdialysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1822 Coherent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2617 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press . . . . . . . . .228 College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD). . 3900 Columbus Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2834 Company of Biologists Ltd., The . . . . . . . . . . . .122 Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4124 COOKE Corporation, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3400 Corning Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .800 Cortech Solutions, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1013 Coulbourn Instruments, a Coulbourn Inc. Company . 2012 Covance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2529 Coy Laboratory Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1530 CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group, LLC . . . . . . . .129 Crisel Electrooptical Systems & Technology srl . . . 3728 Crist Instrument Company, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 3313 CurePSP Foundation for PSP . . . . . . . . . . . . 3804 Current Designs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .412 CWE, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2926 Cytoskeleton Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .537 DartMouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120 Data Sciences International (DSI) . . . . . . . . . . 1535 Debian Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3815 Delsys, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3706 Diagenode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .406 Diagnostic Instruments, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2422 Diatome U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1521 Digitimer Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1529 Dionex Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2320 DiscoveRx. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .817 Doric Lenses Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3105 DPSS Lasers Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3118 Drug Discovery News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .707 Drummond Scientific Company . . . . . . . . . . . 2636 Dualsystems Biotech AG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .520 Dyets, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1115 Dystonia Medical Research Foundation . . . . . . . 4018 Eicom Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3700 Electrical Geodesics. Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2728 Electron Microscopy Sciences. . . . . . . . . . . . 1523 Elsevier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1200 EMD Chemicals, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1513 EMD Serono, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3308 Emka Technologies, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1616 Enzo Life Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .935 Epitomics, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .813
Eppendorf North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1729 Essen BioScience, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2316 EUROIMMUN US LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1017 European Research Council Executive Agency. . . . 3809 European Science Foundation (ESF) . . . . . . . . . 3814 EXFO Life Sciences Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2413 EY Laboratories, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3717 FabGennix Intl., Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1117 Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience/FUN . . . . 3825 FASEB. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4227 FD NeuroTechnologies, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231 Femtonics Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .735 FHC, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1232 Fine Science Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2213 Finger Lakes Instrumentation . . . . . . . . . . . . .505 fNIR Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201 Found Animals Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3801 Foundation for Biomedical Research . . . . . . . . 3803 Full Moon BioSystems, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .404 FUNAKOSHI CO., LTD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1016 g.tec medical engineering GmbH . . . . . . . . . . 2807 Gatan, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3101 Gene Tools, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .623 GeneCopoeia, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .829 GeneTex, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2416 Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News . . . . . 3414 Genox Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .534 GenScript Corporation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2633 GenWay Biotech, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3724 German Graduate Schools of Neuroscience . . . . . 3926 Glycosan BioSystems, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3229 GraphPad Software, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213 Grass Technologies/Astro-Med, Inc. . . . . . . . . . 2221 Gray Matter Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .723 Grete Lundbeck European Brain Research Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3813 Hamamatsu Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2721 Hamilton Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1612 Harlan Laboratories, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1636 Harvard Apparatus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3327 Harvard Apparatus Sample Prep . . . . . . . . . . 3324 Harvard University Press . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136 Hatteras Instruments, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .435 HEKA Instruments, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1512 Helmer Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .405 Hilltop Lab Animals, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3518
HiQScreen Srl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3131 Hitachi Medical Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1934 Hoefer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3330 Hugo Sachs Elektronik . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3328 Hunter College, CUNY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4002 IBL International Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .913 IBL-America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3713 IBRO/International Brain Research Organization . . . 3924 IITC Inc./Life Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2930 Illumina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3426 inGenious Targeting Laboratory, Inc.. . . . . . . . . .328 Ingenuity Systems, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .400 Innovative Sports Training, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . .329 Innovive Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3317 InQ Biosciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3703 Inst. for Therapeutics Discovery & Development/College of Pharmacy. . . . . . . 3904 Instech Solomon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2623 Intavis, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .313 Integrated DNA Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . 3100 Intelligent Imaging Innovations, Inc. . . . . . . . . . 3200 International Behavioral Neuroscience Society . . . 3919 International Drug Abuse Research Society . . . . . 4000 International Essential Tremor Foundation (IETF) . . 3928 International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility 4025 International Rett Syndrome Foundation. . . . . . . 3805 International Spinal Research Trust . . . . . . . . . 3824 InterVivo Solutions Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2632 InvivoGen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .429 IOP Publishing, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105 iPRECIO | Infusion Pumps by Primetech Corporation. .901 iWorx Systems, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1913 Jackson ImmunoResearch Labs, Inc. . . . . . . . . 2312 Jackson Laboratory, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1212 Jali Medical Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3716 JENOPTIK Optical Systems GmbH . . . . . . . . . . 1632 Journal of Visualized Experiments - JoVE . . . . . . .236 JSW Life Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .729 k_space LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .907 Karger Publishers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206 KD Scientific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2828 Kendle Early Stage - Toronto . . . . . . . . . . . . .730 Kent Scientific Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1732
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Kerr Scientific Instruments Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 1135 KEYENCE Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .507 Kinder Scientific Company, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . .931 Kinetic Systems, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2720 Kopf Instruments, David. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1213 LABCON, North America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .606 Labconco Corporation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .700 Labnet International, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3316 Lafayette Instrument Company . . . . . . . . . . . 3624 LAMHDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4030 Lampire Biological Laboratories, Inc. . . . . . . . . 3701 LaVision BioTec GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3625 LC Sciences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1628 Leica Microsystems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2907 LI-COR Biosciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .701 Life Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3411 List Biological Laboratories, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . 2830 Live Cell Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .521 Living Systems Instrumentation . . . . . . . . . . . 1630 LKT Laboratories, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3719 Lohmann Research Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . 2628 Lonza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2512 Ludl Electronic Products Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3304 Luigs & Neumann Feinmechanik und Elektrotechnik Gm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3619 Lumenera Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1012 Maccine Pte Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .801 Mad City Labs, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .305 Market Tech, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .513 MBF Bioscience - MicroBrightField, Inc. . . . . . . . 1233 MBL International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2020 MED Associates, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1629 Media Cybernetics, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .900 Metris B.V. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2811 METTLER TOLEDO North America . . . . . . . . . . .601 Microdata Instrument, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1520 MicroProbes for Life Science, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 3627 MicroSurfaces, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .504 MIDSCI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3428 Millipore Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2129 Miltenyi Biotec, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1622 Mini Mitter, a Philips Respironics Company . . . . . 1021 MIT Press, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200 Mo Bio Laboratories, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3102 Molecular Devices, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3501 Molecular Imaging Products Company . . . . . . . .506 Molecular Machines & Industries Inc. . . . . . . . . 1022 Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital . . . . 3929
Morgan & Claypool Publishers. . . . . . . . . . . . .114 Motic Instruments, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .616 Motion Imaging Corporation. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1915 MP Biomedicals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3707 Multi Channel Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3125 NACALAI USA, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .322 NAN Instruments LTD.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3726 Nanion Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .928 nanoTherics Limited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .420 Narishige International USA, Inc. . . . . . . . 3028, 3029 National Ataxia Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3802 National Primate Research Centers . . . . . . . . . 3817 National Science Foundation (NSF) . . . . . . . . . 4129 Nature Publishing Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135 NeoBiosystems, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1231 Neogen Corporation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .602 Neuralynx, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1031 NeuroDevNet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3902 NeuroNexus Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2900 NeuroProof GmbH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1103 NeuroScience Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2532 Neuroscience Departments and Programs . . . . . 3831 Neuroscience Information Framework (NIF) . . . . . 4024 NEUROSERVICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .629 NeuroSolutions Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .923 Neurostar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .437 Neutec Group, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .528 New Brunswick Scientific, an Eppendorf Company . 1829 New England Biolabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3224 New Scientist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .921 Newport Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2421 Nexstim Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3104 NIH, Central Booth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4115 NIH, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD). . . 4116 NIH, John E. Fogarty International Center (FIC) . . . 4110 NIH, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4207 NIH, National Center for Research Resources . . . . 4125 NIH, National Eye Institute (NEI) . . . . . . . . . . . 4210 NIH, National Heart, Lung, & Blood Institute . . . . . 4113 NIH, National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4114 NIH, National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) . . . 4101 NIH, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4215 NIH, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4201 NIH, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. . . . . . . 4112
NIH, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) . . . . 4001 NIH, National Instute on Aging. . . . . . . . . . . . 4209 NIH, Neuroimaging Informatics Tools & Resources Clearing House . . . . . . . . . . . 4111 NIH, Roadmap Molecular Libraries and Imaging . . . 4205 Nikon Instruments Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1812 Noldus Information Technology . . . . . . . . . . . 1929 Noraxon USA, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2832 Northern Digital Inc. (NDI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2735 Novus Biologicals, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1120 npi electronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3133 nPoint, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2615 NuAire, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1712 Oclaro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .702 Olympus America Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2231 Omega Optical, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2317 Omnetics Connector Corporation . . . . . . . . . . 1533 Optical Imaging, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3025 Optronics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3003 OriGene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1137 OriginLab Corporation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .912 Oxford University Press . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113 OZ Biosciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1617 P1vital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1534 PAA Laboratories Inc., USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . .917 Pacer Scientific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3425 Pacific Immunology Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .436 Panlab, S.L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3325 Paris School of Neuroscience (ENP) . . . . . . . . . 3930 PeproTech, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1001 Perimed, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1415 PerkinElmer Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1221 Phalanx Biotech Group, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221 Phelan-McDermid Syndrome Foundation . . . . . . 4032 Phoenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . .929 Phoenix Research Laboratories, Inc.. . . . . . . . . 3007 PhosphoSolutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .836 Photometrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1820 Photonics Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112 Physitemp Instruments, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1723 PI (Physik Instrumente) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .401 Piezosystem Jena, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .820 Pinnacle Technology, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .635 Plastics One Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1613 Plexon, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1417 PNAS/Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128 Polhemus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .831 PolyPeptide Laboratories Group . . . . . . . . . . . 3005
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Porsolt & Partners Pharmacology . . . . . . . . . . .422 Portland Press Limited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4130 Prairie Technologies, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1100 Precisionary Instruments, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . .822 Primax Biosciences Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3708 Prior Scientific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1720 Prizmatix Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2910 PROMOCELL GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1101 ProSci Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2929 Proteintech Group, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .821 PsychoGenics, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2729 Psychology Software Tools, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 1121 PsyRING, University of Glasgow . . . . . . . . . . . 3905 Public Library of Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216 Purina Mills TestDiet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .705 QImaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3019 Quanteon, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3714 Quertle, LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .323 Quorum Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .523 R & D Systems, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1220 Rapp OptoElectronic GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1229 RayBiotech, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1532 Razel Scientific Instruments, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 1635 ReCathCo, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1113 RedShirtImaging, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3533 Research Diets, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1621 Research in Germany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3927 Research Products International Corp.. . . . . . . . 2537 Resonance Technology, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3300 Ricerca Biosciences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3301 Ripple, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2904 Roboz Surgical Instrument Co., Inc. . . . . . . . . . 2022 Rockland Immunochemicals, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 1936 Rocky Mountain Diagnostics, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 3225 Rogue Research, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235 rPeptide, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3424 RTI International. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3828 Rules Based Medicine, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .517 RWD Life Science Co., Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .407 S Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229 SABiosciences, a Qiagen Company . . . . . . . . . 1114 Sable Systems International, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 3412 San Diego Instruments, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2825 Sarstedt, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3500 Sartorius Stedim Biotech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3312 Science/AAAS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2515 ScienCell Research Laboratories . . . . . . . . . . .501
Scientifica LTD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3124 Scientist, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1721 SciMedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2535 SciPro Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2217 Seahorse Bioscience, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3000 SelectScience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2621 Semrock, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .414 Shanghai Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry. . . . .116 Siemens Medical Solutions USA. . . . . . . . . . . .430 Sigma Life Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3305 Signalway Antibody Co.,Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2034 Simi Reality Motion Systems GmbH . . . . . . . . . 3302 Simons Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3826 Simport Scientific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .621 Sinauer Associates, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107 Siskiyou Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2412 SMI Eye & Gaze Tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .531 Society for Neuroscience (SfN) . . . . . . . . . . . 2013 Solamere Technology Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1634 Solulink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3403 Sophion Bioscience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1129 Spectral Applied Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3017 Spinal Muscular Atrophy Organizations . . . . . . . 3916 Spring Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3504 Springer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218 SR Research Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1028 SRI International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3918 St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital . . . . . . . . 3812 Stanford Photonics, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1637 STARR Life Sciences Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .728 STEMCELL Technologies, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2420 Stoelting Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2035 StressMarq Biosciences Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2417 Surgical Monitoring Associates, Inc.. . . . . . . . . .530 Sutter Instrument Company . . . . . . . . . . . 300, 301 Suven Life Sciences Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .529 Syngene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217 Systat Software, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .515 Taconic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2321 Taylor & Francis Group/Psychology Press . . . . . . .133 Tecella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2931 Technical Manufacturing Corporation (TMC). . . . . 1928 Ted Pella, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2815 TEFLabs, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .603 Thermo Scientific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2429
Thomas RECORDING GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2629 Thomson Reuters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1435 Thorlabs Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .712 Tiemann Surgical Instruments. . . . . . . . . . . . 3001 TILL Photonics GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3117 Tissue Culture Biolgicals, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . .620 TissueGnostics USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .421 TMS International BV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .434 Tobii Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .522 Tocris Bioscience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1536 Tokai Hit Co., Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3027 Tomy Tech USA, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .314 Triangle BioSystems, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1516 Tristan Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .633 TSE Systems, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3427 TubeWriter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1020 Tucker - Davis Technologies. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2925 UC Davis/NIH NeuroMab Facility. . . . . . . . . . . 4225 UGO Basile S.R.L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3731 USDA/Animal Welfare Info Center . . . . . . . . . . 4224 UVP, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2620 VA, Office of Research and Development . . . . . . 4019 Vector Laboratories, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1328 Viaflo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3231 Vicon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .634 ViewPoint Life Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3631 Visage Imaging Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .720 Visiopharm A/S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3405 VisualSonics Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .315 VPixx Technologies, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .922 VWR International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2516 Wako Laboratory Chemicals. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3332 Warner Instrument Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . 3326 Wescor, Inc an ELITech Group Company. . . . . . . .307 Wheaton Science Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1514 Whole Brain Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4033 Wiley - Blackwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100 World Precision Instruments, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 2528 Worth Publishers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101 Worthington Biochemical Corporation . . . . . . . . 2933 Write Science Right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .312 Xsens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2635 Zen-Bio, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203
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Final Program Cover: The human enteric nervous system contains ~500 million neurons in 20 functional classes. All of these cells form from a small population of neural crest-derived cells that migrate through the bowel and vigorously proliferate before differentiating and extending neurites. This image shows a wholemount preparation of the mouse small bowel myenteric plexus after NADPH diaphorase histochemistry. Courtesy, with permission: Bhupinder P. S. Vohra, Ming Fu, and Robert O. Heuckeroth, 2007, The Journal of Neuroscience 27: 9458-9468 Page 2: Courtesy of San Diego Convention Center. Page 62, 73, 78: Copyright 2009, Society for Neuroscience. All rights reserved. Photos taken by Joe Shymanski. Page 65: Courtesy of San Diego Convention and Visitors Bureau. Wednesday Through Saturday Daily Book Cover: Layer III pyradimal cell of cerebral cortex of mouse from an original preparation of Santiago Ramn y Cajal impregnated with the Golgi method (P80001). Z-projection (32 sections; z-step, 2.072 m). Objective, 20; numerical aperture, 0.75 (ImageJ). Courtesy, with permission: Pablo Garca-Lpez, Virginia Garca-Marn, and Miguel Freire, 2006, The Journal of Neuroscience 26: 11249-11252 Sunday Daily Book Cover: Temporal evolution of human V1 activation measured by fMRI while the subject saw a target grating surrounded by grating whose contrast was periodically and continuously modulated. Each curve represents the BOLD response of a voxel fitted by a sinusoidal function. The dark and bright traces show the responses of cortical areas corresponding to the stimulus center and surround, respectively. The activation of two areas were negatively correlated when the center had high contrast (upper), and were negatively correlated when the center had low contrast (lower). Courtesy, with permission: Satohiro Tajima, Masataka Watanabe, Chihiro Imai, Kenichi Ueno, Takeshi Asamizuya, Pei Sun, Keiji Tanaka, and Kang Cheng, 2010, The Journal of Neuroscience 30: 3264-3270 Monday Daily Book Cover: Cultured rat dopaminergic neurons labeled with the fluorescent cocaine analog JHC 1-64, which specifically binds the dopamine transporter. The labeling and imaging were performed with live dopaminergic neurons and show an extensive and uniform distribution of the transporter in the cells. Courtesy, with permission: Jacob Eriksen, Sren G.F. Rasmussen, Trine Nygaard Rasmussen, Christian Bjerggaard Vaegter, Joo Hwan Cha, Mu-Fa Zou, Amy Hauck Newman, and Ulrik Gether, 2009, The Journal of Neuroscience 29: 6794-6808 Tuesday Daily Book Cover and Page 5: Scanning electron microscope image shows the ciliated endings of olfactory sensory neurons, which cover the turbinates of the nasal passage and are directly exposed to the external environment. Proper protein trafficking into these distinct subcellular compartments is essential since cilia serve as the site for odorant detection. Courtesy, with permission: Paul M. Jenkins, Lian Zhang, Gary Thomas, and Jeffrey R. Martens, 2009, The Journal of Neuroscience 29: 10541-10551 Wednesday Daily Book Cover and Page 14: Pseudocolored maximal projection overlay of several confocal images of cultured mouse hippocampal neurons fluorescently labeled with antibodies against microtubuleassociated protein (MAP2) (green) and against synapsins (yellow). These cultures have been used to uncover progressive degeneration of GABAergic synapses in knock-out mice lacking cysteine string protein-. Courtesy, with permission: Pablo Garca-Junco-Clemente, Gloria Cantero, Leonardo Gmez-Snchez, Pedro Linares-Clemente, Jos A. Martnez-Lpez, Rafael Lujn, and Rafael Fernndez-Chacn, 2010, The Journal of Neuroscience 30: 7377-7391 Author Index Book Cover: Sodium channel immunofluorescence in axons of retinal ganglion cells. Bundles of labeled ganglion cell axons (vertical tree trunks) run across the surface of the retina in this view of a flatmount retina stained with a pan-specific sodium channel antibody. The intensity scale is inverted so that bright objects appear black. In addition, short segments of intense sodium channel labeling (tree twigs) are found at the axon initial segments, between the axon bundles. More dimly labeled ganglion cell bodies (tree leaves) can also be seen. The sodium channels at the initial segment are a distinct subtype, Nav1.6, which is required for optimal repetitive firing of retinal ganglion cells. Courtesy, with permission: Audra Van Wart and Gary Matthews, 2006, The Journal of Neuroscience 26: 7172-7180
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Robert Greene, Chair Scott Thompson, Incoming Chair Theme Chairs Joseph Lo Turco, Theme A Serena Dudek, Theme B Christophe Bernard, Theme C Scott Hooper, Theme D Geert De Vries, Theme E Steve Petersen, Theme F Hongjun Song, Theme G Marina Picciotto, Theme H, Past Program Committee Chair Amy Bastian Sarah Bottjer Maja Bucan Michael Caterina Lu Chen James DiCarlo Katsuo Fujiwara Mark Goldberg Jennifer Groh Patrice Guyenet David Holtzman, CME Subcommittee Chair George Koob Susan Masino Ege Kavalali Serge Przedborski Dimitri Krainc Timothy Schallert Katsuhiko Mikoshiba Kang Shen Linda Rinaman Kevin Staley Amita Sehgal W. Martin Usrey Hongjun Song Marina Wolf Carol Tamminga Rachel Wilson
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