2013-08-16

[DIV28SUPER] NIDA Neuroscience Update Aug 16, 2013

Table of Contents

 

I.                    Hold the Date for Frontiers in Addiction Research Mini-convention , Nov 8, 2013, The Westin Hotel in the Gas Lamp Quarter in San Diego

 

II.                  Other NIDA Events that will take place at the 2013 Society for Neuroscience Meeting Include:

 

Transitioning Beyond the Postdoc:  Workshop for Early Career Investigators

 

SfN Minisymposium – New Insights into the Specificity and Plasticity of Reward and Aversion Encoding in the Mesolimbic System

 

III.                Behavioral and Social Science Research on Understanding and Reducing Health Disparities

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I.                   Hold the Date for Frontiers in Addiction Research Mini-convention , Nov 8, 2013, The Westin Hotel in the Gas Lamp Quarter in San Diego

 

 

The NIDA Neuroscience Consortium would like to announce our plan (pending official approvals) to hold the Frontiers in Addiction Research Mini-convention as a Satellite Session at the 2013 Society for Neuroscience annual meeting.  As in past years, this meeting will provide the opportunity for you to interact with respected scientists across diverse disciplines as they describe the latest findings and discuss future directions in research related to the neuroscience of drug abuse and addiction.  The mini-convention is planned for Friday, November 8, 2013 at The Westin Hotel in the Gas Lamp Quarter in San Diego.  We plan to include several sessions aimed at discussing cutting edge research areas in neuroscience.  Please save the date. Once we receive the official approval to hold the meeting, we will disseminate detailed information via the meeting website.

 

The proposed sessions include: 

 

Emerging and Novel Aspects of Neuronal Transmission

Speakers: N.C. Spritzer, UCSD; D. L. Sabatini, Harvard; A. Wallén-Mackenzie, Uppsala University

 

Jacob P Waletzky Memorial Lecture

Speaker: The winner of the Jacob P. Waletzky Award and speaker will be announced at the mini-convention

 

Extracellular RNAs in Neuroscience:  Biology, Biomarkers, and Therapeutics

Speakers: X. Breakefield, MGH; C. Wahlestedt, U. Miami; P. Kenny, Scripps FL; M. Wood, U of Oxford

 

Advances in High Resolution and Large Scale Imaging of Brain Networks and Circuits

Speakers: K. Deisseroth, Stanford; R. Buckner, MGH; M. Schnitzer, Stanford; J. Donoghue, Brown University

 

Role of the Basal Ganglia in Addiction

Speakers: M.K. Lobo, U of Maryland; A. Kreitzer, Gladstone; S. Ferguson, U of Washington; R. Costa, NIAAA

 

For additional information please contact Mary Kautz, Ph.D. (kautzm@mail.nih.gov) or Cathrine Sasek, Ph.D. (csasek@nih.gov).

 

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II.                 Other NIDA Events that will take place at the 2013 Society for Neuroscience Meeting Include:

 

Transitioning Beyond the Postdoc:  Workshop for Early Career Investigators

Monday, November 11, 2013

6:30-9:00 pm

San Diego Marriott Marquis

Marina Ballroom Salon D

 

Are you at the end of your postdoc?  Or are you a newly-minted independent investigator?  Are you unsure of how to proceed during this transition phase?  Then this is the workshop for you.  There will be brief presentations on what you should consider when looking for a faculty position, how a potential employer might evaluate you (presented by the Chair of a major neuroscience department), establishing your laboratory and getting the right people there (presented by the Director of an NIH Intramural Program), and suggestions aimed at making that all-important first grant application successful from choosing the right funding mechanism to helpful hints to see you through the grant process.  There will also be plenty of time for questions! 

 

Presenters:  Nancy Pilotte, Ph.D., Peter Kalivas, Ph.D., Robert Sorensen, Ph.D., and Antonello Bonci, M.D.

 

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SfN Minisymposium – New Insights into the Specificity and Plasticity of Reward and Aversion Encoding in the Mesolimbic System

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

8:30-11:00 am

 

Dopamine neurons in the ventral tegmental area (VTA) and one of their targets, the nucleus accumbens (NAc) are often referred to as the "brain reward system." But it has long been known that neurons in both of these areas also respond to aversive stimuli and events. With the advent of new anatomical, physiological, and behavioral approaches, a more sophisticated and complex understanding is emerging of how these brain areas produce both positive and negative motivational states in varying contexts. This symposium will highlight new approaches and findings, including the use of optogenetic and other techniques to identify and activate specific subcircuits, behavioral manipulations to alter the valence of stimuli depending on prior experience, and methods to investigate adaptations in coordinated neuronal activity. The speakers will demonstrate that recent research on the mesocorticolimbic system has moved well beyond questions such as "what does dopamine do?" Dr. Stephan Lammel will discuss the diverse functions of distinct subtypes of dopamine neurons in the VTA. Dr. Elyssa Margolis will discuss the heterogeneity of mu-opioid signaling in the VTA. Dr. Yunbok Kim will show how synchronized VTA neuronal firing changes during appetitive and aversive learning. Dr. Mitchell Roitman's presentation on dopamine signaling in the NAc also will show that the encoding of positive versus negative motivation in the NAc can be modulated by behavioral state and learning. Dr. Jocelyn Richard's talk will focus on how specific inputs from the prefrontal cortex bias motivational valence in the NAc. Finally, Dr. Mary Kay Lobo will discuss the distinct roles in motivational control of the NAc's two major outputs, the direct and indirect pathway medium spiny neurons.

 

Chair:  Susan Volman, Ph.D., NIDA

 

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III.              Behavioral and Social Science Research on Understanding and Reducing Health Disparities

 

R01: PA-13-292 http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-13-292.html

R21: PA-13-288 http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-13-288.html

 

Application due dates: standard due dates apply

Expiration date: September 8, 2016

 

Please note this FOA is a reissue of PAR-10-136 (http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-10-136.html) and PAR-10-137 (http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-10-137.html).

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) issues this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) to encourage research project grant applications (R01, R21) employing behavioral and social science theories, concepts, and methods (1) to improve understanding of the causes of disparities in health and disability among the various populations of the United States and (2) to develop and test interventions for reducing and eventually eliminating health disparities. The purpose of this FOA is to encourage behavioral and social science research on the causes and solutions to health and disabilities disparities in the U. S. population.

 

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