Stephen VanHooser
Dear all -
We would like to invite you to register for the 3rd Ferret Brain Meeting, to be held November 15 - 16 2017, immediately following the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting in Washington DC. Ferret Brain Meeting 2017 will be held at Johns Hopkins University in Maryland. Transportation from DC to Baltimore on Nov. 15th will be provided for all Ferret Brain Meeting attendees.
The meeting will include a session of short student talks, a session of short tech talks, keynote addresses by Judith Hirsch (USC) and Andy King (Oxford), the inaugural Barbara Chapman Young Investigator Award for for best student presentation, and plenty of opportunities for discussion and interaction.
Details about the meeting, including registration, host hotel information, and directions, are available at http://meeting.neuroferret.org.
We would like to thank our generous meeting sponsors who have made this meeting possible: http://meeting.neuroferret.org/sponsors (Marshall BioResources, NeuroLabWare, NeuroNexus, Plexon Neurotechnology Research Systems, Thomas Recording, and ThorLabs).
Please forward this invitation to colleagues who may be interested.
Best wishes,
Farran BriggsKristina Nielsen
Steve Van Hooser
Program Outline:
- Nov 15:
- Evening reception and poster display — Informal
- Nov 16:
- PI breakfast business meeting
- Student short talks (~10 minute talks)
- Tech talks (faculty and postdocs)
- Confirmed speakers: Jonathan Fritz, Flavio Frohlich, Reem Khalil, Kristina Nielsen, Ben Scholl, Gordon Smith
- Lunch and inaugural Barbara Chapman Young Investigator Award for student presentation, presented by Andrew Huberman, Marty Usrey, and Michael Stryker
- Keynote talks:
- Judith Hirsch (University of Southern California)
- Andy King (Oxford University)
- Discussion session