Chicago Chapter 2012 Annual Meeting

March 29th, 2012 at
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Conference Center
251 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL.

Keynote Speaker

Larry R. Squire, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
"Conscious and Unconscious Memory Systems of the Mammalian Brain"

Plexon presents Presidential Symposium – In Vivo Imaging

Marcus Raichle, M.D., Washington University
"The Restless Brain"

Garret D. Stuber, Ph.D., University of North Carolina
"Optogenetic Control of Brain Reward Circuits"

Daniel Dombeck, Ph.D., Northwestern University
"Functional Imaging of Neuronal Micro-Circuits in Awake Behaving Mice"

Concurrent Afternoon Symposia

Ion Channels: From Melody to Malady

Psychiatric Disorders

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS AND COMPETITIONS

All areas of Neuroscience are welcome.

  • Graduate students nominated by the major Chicago-area institutions will compete in a Graduate Student Symposium (oral competition) for cash prizes and the winner is nominated for a Travel Award to attend the national SfN meeting, scheduled for October 13 -17, 2012, in New Orleans.
  • Participate in the Postdoctoral Poster Competition for cash prizes and the winner is nominated for a Travel Award to attend the national SfN meeting, scheduled for October 13 -17, 2012, in New Orleans.
  • Participate in the Graduate or Undergraduate Poster Competition for cash prizes.
  • Even if you do not compete, you are still welcome to present a poster and share your data!

 

Registration is open from February 15 to March 15, 2012.

Abstract deadline for Postdoctoral, Graduate and Undergraduate Poster Competitions is March 15, 2012.

Click here for a preliminary program flyer for the 2012 annual meeting