2011-11-10

[DIV28SUPER] NIDA Neuroscience Update Nov 10, 2011

Table of Contents

I.        NIDA Staffing schedule at the 2011 Annual Society For Neuroscience Meeting http://www.drugabuse.gov/ns2011staffing.html

II.      NIDA Mini-Convention at the Society for Neuroscience  https://seiservices.com/nida/frontiers2011/

III.    Vacancy Announcement for Director, Office of Science Policy and Communications (OSPC), NIDA http://www.jobs.nih.gov/vacancies/executive/nidadir.htm

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I.     NIDA Staffing schedule at the 2011 Annual Society For Neuroscience Meeting http://www.drugabuse.gov/ns2011staffing.html

Please come by the NIDA booth (booth #3305) to discuss funding opportunities and your ideas for projects.  Times when NIDA staff members

will be at the booth can be found by clicking http://www.drugabuse.gov/ns2011staffing.html.  This site also gives email contact information to request an appointment. 

 

II.      NIDA Mini-Convention at the Society for Neuroscience

A Limited Number of Seats Remain- Register Online Now to Guarantee Meeting Room Seating-

National Institute on Drug Abuse Frontiers in Addiction Research Mini-Convention

Friday November 11, 2011

The Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center

Washington, DC

Seating is limited. Please register online: https://seiservices.com/nida/frontiers2011/

 

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Mini-Convention, Frontiers in Addiction Research, will feature cutting-edge presentations and discussion of future directions in the neurobiology of drug abuse and addiction. The NIDA Mini-Convention includes four symposia, the SfN Jacob Waletzky Memorial Lecture and a poster session for early career investigators.  The agenda this year includes:

 

8:00 – 8:15         Welcome: NIDA Director

 

8:15 – 9:35         Autism, Addiction, and MeCP2

 

9:35-10:10          Jacob P. Waletzky Memorial Lecture

 

10:30-12:15        Synapse Organization and Plasticity in Drug Addiction

 

12:15- 2:15         Early Career Investigators Poster Session

 

2:15-4:10            Using Optogenetic Tools to Shed Light on the Neural Mechanisms of Addiction

 

4:20-5:40            Neurobiology of Behavioral and Emotional Regulation/Dysregulation

 

III.    Vacancy Announcement for Director, Office of Science Policy and Communications (OSPC), NIDA

The National Institute on Drug Abuse is recruiting for the position of Director, Office of Science Policy and Communications (OSPC).  The vacancy announcement for this Title 42 position is posted under NIH Executive Jobs at http://www.jobs.nih.gov/vacancies/executive/nidadir.htm.  The position is now open. Applications will be reviewed starting December 15, 2011, and will be accepted until the position is filled. The vacancy announcement will also be posted in journals and other media.

 

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