[DIV28SUPER] Frontiers in Addiction Research Mini-convention Sponsored by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, Friday October 12, 2012, Sheraton New Orleans Hotel, New Orleans, LA

                                                                                                                            Frontiers in Addiction Research Mini-convention

Sponsored by the National Institute on Drug Abuse

 

Friday, October 12, 2012

Sheraton New Orleans Hotel, 500 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA

Seating is limited.  Additional information and registration can be found at: https://seiservices.com/nida/frontiers2012/

 

The NIDA mini-convention, Frontiers in Addiction Research, held in conjunction with the annual Society for Neuroscience Meeting, will feature outstanding scientists who will present their cutting-edge research on the neurobiology of drug abuse and addiction.  The NIDA mini-convention features four symposia, the SfN Jacob P. Waletzky Memorial Lecture and a poster session for early career investigators.  The agenda this year includes:

 

  8:00 am- 8:15 am                  Welcome: NIDA Director

  8:15 am- 9:35 am                  Ghrelin, Leptin and Insulin Modulates Reward

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

10:35 am-12:15 pm                 Role of Phagocytes in Synaptic Plasticity & Remodeling in the Nervous System

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

  2:15 pm- 3:35 pm                  Brain Energetics and Neurotransmission: Fueling Neurons and Glia

  3:50 pm-5:25 pm                   Central Nervous System Immune Signaling and Addiction

 

 

NIDA will also hold several other events at the Society for Neuroscience meeting, including:

 

1)      Toni S. Shippenberg Memorial Symposium – Friday, October 12, 2012, 6:00-7:30 p.m.

2)      Julius Axelrod Lecture and Poster Session – Sunday, October 14, 2012, 6:30-9:00 p.m.

3)      NIDA/INSERM Workshop on US-France Collaboration on Drug Abuse and Addiction Research – Monday, October, 15, 2012, 6:30-9:00 p.m.

4)      NIH Grant Workshop for Early Career Investigators – Tuesday, October 16, 2012, 6:30-9:00 p.m.

 

Information on these events can also be found at:  https://seiservices.com/nida/frontiers2012/

 

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