The 2nd Joint Satellite Meeting of Turkish Chapter of Society for Neuroscience (SfN) & Neuroscience Society of Turkey (NST=TÜBAS)

News: Abstract submission deadline moved to September 30th

Aim: To bring together neuroscientists willing to improve international collaboration and to create an environment for communication of scientific ideas, achievements and funding opportunities.

Program websites:
http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~cgunay/sfnturkishchapter2011/
http://www.sfn.org/am2011/events/satellite_events.aspx

Location: Johns Hopkins University, 855 N. Wolfe Street, Rangos Building, room 271
Baltimore, MD

Date: Friday, November 11th, 2011 (one day before SfN meeting starts)

Sponsors:
Johns Hopkins University, Neuromuscular Division; Society for Neuroscience (SfN) Turkey Chapter; Neuroscience Society of Turkey (NST)

Short talks:
We will have a limited number of slots for 15-min presentations. Please send your abstracts as DOC files in SfN format and indicate the number of people attending from your lab. We would also welcome your nominations for an invited speaker who has an established record of international collaboration. Feel free to distribute this call to colleagues and related mailing lists.

Abstract submission to: cgunay@emory.edu

Abstract submission deadline: September 30th, 2011

Announcement of program: October 15th, 2011

Tentative program:
10:00 AM Registration, breakfast, social time
10:30 AM Opening remarks
10:45 AM Invited talk (by one or two prominent scientists)
12:30 PM Lunch (on your own)
1:15 PM 15-minute slide presentations

3:30 PM Tea/coffee break
4:15 PM 15-minute slide presentations
5:30 PM Success stories of past collaborations
6:30 PM Gathering for dinner

Transportation: MARC Camden line. Train 844 leaves Washington Union Station at 8:05 AM and arrives at Baltimore Camden Station at 9:16 AM.

Event organizers:

Ahmet Hoke M.D., Ph.D. FRCPC
Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience
Director, Neuromuscular Division
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Department of Neurology
855 N. Wolfe St., Neurology 248
Baltimore, MD, 21205 USA
Phone: 1-410-955-2227
Fax: 1-410-502-5459
email: ahoke AT jhmi.edu
Burak Guclu, PhD
Bogazici University
Phone: +90 216 5163467
Fax: +90 216 5163479
E-mail: burak.guclu AT boun.edu.tr
Cengiz Gunay
Postdoctoral Fellow
Prinz Lab, Dept. of Biology
Emory University
1510 Clifton Rd., Room 2172
Atlanta, GA 30322, U.S.A.
Phone: +1-404-727-9381
E-mail: cgunay AT emory.edu

History of the meetings
Turkish neuroscientists have been gathering at the Society for Neuroscience meetings since many years. This is the second time this meeting is being held in a satellite workshop format where we have scientific presentations. The first satellite meeting in 2009 of this format was held in Chicago, IL, at the NortwesternUniversity, hosted by Dr. Hande Ozdinler. You can find the full list of attendees and their abstracts in the 2009 Program Booklet. In the years prior to 2009, social meeting were held with personal effort by several Turkish neuroscientists, including Dr. Gonul Peker.

Senior organizer:
Gönül Peker, PhD
Medical Sciences Institute,
Dept. Physiology
Ege University, Izmir, Turkey
E-mail: gonul.peker AT ege.edu.tr