Neuroscience Day – 2007

  Friday, November 16, 2007

     The Brain Research Foundation 
    together with the 
   BRI Executive Committee 
    will host 
   The 9th Annual 
   Brain Research Institute Neuroscience Day

      On Friday, November 16, 2007  the BRI Executive Committee together with the Brain Research Foundation will host the 8th Annual Brain Research Institute Neuroscience Day.  This event will take place at the Donnelly Biological Sciences Learning Center (BSLC).  This unique forum is intended to provide all members of the neurosciences community at The University of Chicago the opportunity to share interests in an informal setting and to stimulate scientific interactions between laboratories.  We strongly encourage graduate students and postdoctoral fellows (basic and clinical) to present posters for this event. 

          This event has been quite successful promoting the interaction for scientists.  We have setup a webpage to facilitate things by introducing specifically tailored sites for Neuroscience Day.  As you peruse our website, there is a page for registration and also for abstract submission.  You must submit your abstract to us by using the form we have created.  The specifications for your poster presentations must be modified to meet the dimensions as requested for the Annual SFN meeting. The display poster board dimensions are 80'' wide by 60'' tall . These posters will be displayed at the Learning Centers on the 1^st and 2^nd floors and will be assigned a number upon submission.  You can refer periodically to the website to obtain the assigned number to your poster.  Should you have any questions concerning abstract submissions, please contact our office directly. 

NOTE:   Because of the lack of display space at the Learning Center, the maximum amount allowable for poster presentations is 40. Only one poster submission per person. We ask that all poster submissions be sent to us no later than November 14, 2007.  Under no circumstances will posters be accepted after the deadline.  Please have your posters displayed by 7:00 am on November 16th.

 CATEGORIES
FOR POSTER PRESENTATIONS

2     Research Awards for students 
(can be PhD, MD or MD/Ph.D)

1     Post Doc Award
(postdoctoral fellows, research associates, RA (instructor) and RA (assistant professors)

1   Clinical Research Award
(residents, fellows, med. students, grad students, post doc fellows, 
RA, RA (instructor) and RA (assistant prof)

The 9th Annual Neuroscience Day is approaching rapidly

Start thinking about your presentations, and remember that you can use your presentations from 
the annual SFN meeting November 3-7, 2007. 

Present your poster November 16th, 2007  for your chance to win up to $500. All you have to do is go to http://neuroscienceday.bsd.uchicago.edu and click on abstract submission to enter your name and an abstract information. Then on the 17th of November hang your poster at the BSLC and show off your hard work. 

The logistics of Neuroscience Day are as follows:  Posters will be exhibited on the first and second floor of the BSLC from  8:30 am - 11:00 am.  The Executive Committee of the Brain Research Institute (BRI) will be awarding $500 each, to 2 outstanding Graduate Student posters, $500 to 1 outstanding poster by a Postdoctoral Fellow and $500 to 1 outstanding poster by a Clinical Researcher.  The Committee will be judging the posters and selecting the awardees from 11:30 am - 1:00 pm. Also, plan on attending many presentations from extraordinary guest speakers covering critical areas within the neurosciences.

Poster Inquiries:

How many judges are there? Judges are usually the BRI Executive Committee. Availability depends on schedules.

Do the judges visit every poster? Yes they are suppose to.

What window of time do the judges visit the posters? 9-11am

Are final scores published somewhere? No

Is it always the same judging protocol/procedure? Usually the same

Dr. Berislav Zlokovic, University of Rochester Medical School

Dr. Roger Nicoll, UCSF

And From

The University of Chicago

Dr. Xiaoxi Zhuang

Dr. Chris Gomez

     The schedule for the day will be as follows:

8:00 a.m.-          posters up (posters can be displayed the night before)
9:00-11:00 a.m.    Poster presentations

11:00 - 11:15 a.m Introductions by Richard Fessler, M.D., Ph.D.
          Moderator Sangram Sisodia
11:15 - 12:00 p.m.    Dr. Roger Nicoll

12:00 - 1:15 p.m. -  Lunch Break
1:15 - 2:00 p.m.    Dr. Christopher Gomez

2:00 - 2:45 p.m.    Dr. Xiaoxi Zhuang
2:45 - 3:00 p.m.     Coffee break
3:00 - 3:45 p.m.     Dr. Berislav Zlokovic
3:45 p.m.- 4:00 p.m. - Awards Presentation

Neuroscience Day will conclude with the presentation of the awards. The 2007 Neuroscience Day was made possible through the efforts of the Brain Research Foundation, who we would like to acknowledge and thank for their generous support in co-hosting Neuroscience Day.  On behalf of the Brain Research Foundation (BRF) and the Brain Research Institute (BRI) Executive Committee, we look forward to your participation in this exciting event. 

     Should you have any questions pertaining to Neuroscience Day, please contact my assistant, Keli Uhter at 773-834-9840 or email us at the following address:neurosci@bsd.uchicago.edu

Thank you. 

Sangram S. Sisodia, Ph.D. 

Thomas Reynolds Sr. Family Professor of Neurosciences,
The University of Chicago
947 E. 58th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
Phone:  773-834-9186
Fax:  773-702-2254