14th Annual Neuroscience Symposium
Brody School of Medicine
Burgundy Room and 2W38/2W40A
East Carolina University, November 6th, 2012
Call for Abstracts
The Eastern Carolina Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience is proud to bring you the 14th Annual Neuroscience Symposium. This exciting event aims to provide clinicians, scientists, and students opportunities to present their latest research, communicate ideas, and engage in productive multidisciplinary collaborations. Not only does the symposium serve ECU, but importantly, it serves the many sister institutions in eastern North Carolina.
The symposium committee is now accepting abstracts for poster and podium presentations. Authors are invited to submit original research in all aspects of clinical and basic neuroscience. The deadline for abstract submission is Monday, October 22nd at 5:00PM. Only electronic submissions will be accepted. Abstracts should be no more than 350 words (2,300 characters including punctuation, not spaces) and adhere to the format used by the Society for Neuroscience as can be found at www.sfn.org. Please read the instructions or view the Flash tutorial for online submission before you submit the abstract. Acceptance notifications will be emailed in late October. Registration is also required, so please register using the link that is provided on the left.
This year, we have an excellent group of invited speakers including:
Wooten Laboratory Speaker
Dr. Oscar Lopez, Director, U. Pittsburg Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
Talk: "Prevention and Risk factors for dementia in theelderly"
Website: http://www.adrc.pitt.edu/fundedproject1.asp
Clinical Keynote Speaker
Dr. Ervin Davis, ECU School of Dental Medicine
Talk: "Pain psychology from laboratory to clinic"
Website: http://www.ecu.edu/cs-dhs/dentistry/Davis.cfm
(Update: 10/20/2012) The final schedule is now available and can be found here.
We hope that the Neuroscience Symposium will serve as a catalyst for the advancement of neuroscience by connecting clinicians and scientists within and across disciplines.
Please direct specific inquiries to:
Symposium Chair: Kori Brewer, Ph.D. (brewerk@ecu.edu)
Registration payments: Brian McMillen, Ph.D. (mcmillenb@ecu.edu)
Website matters: Tuan Tran, Ph.D. (trant@ecu.edu)
