February 17, 2010
Rajita Sinha, Ph.D. (left), will be the keynote speaker at OMV-SfN’s 2010 Neuroscience Day on Monday, May 10, at the University of Cincinnati. Dr. Sinha is professor of psychiatry and director of the Yale Stress Center at Yale University. Her research interests include “clinical neurobiology of stress and relaxation, emotion dysregulation, and their effects on desire and drug craving and addictive behaviors, such as, drinking, eating and drug use.” Read more.
Neuroscience Day also will feature student presentations and a poster competition. Look here for more details as plans are finalized.
Neuroscience Day is free of charge for current chapter members, so join or renew your membership now!
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February 8, 2010
OMV-SfN’s 2010 online membership form is now ready for action. Please renew your membership, or join us if you are new to the chapter. You do not have to be a member of SfN to join the chapter and participate in its activities. Our 2010 Neuroscience Day will be free to all OMV-SfN members. For information about chapter membership, contact Secretary-Treasurer Kim Hagler. [The form and other member data functions continue to be hosted on the web server at WSU Boonshoft School of Medicine.]
It’s Time to Renew Your Membership for 2010
OMV-SfN’s 2010 online membership form is now ready for action. Please renew your membership, or join us if you are new to the chapter. You do not have to be a member of SfN to join the chapter and participate in its activities. Our 2010 Neuroscience Day will be free to all OMV-SfN members. Please take a moment to use the online member form. [The form and other member data functions continue to be hosted on the web server at WSU Boonshoft School of Medicine.]
http://www.med.wright.edu/omv_sfn/member_form.html
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February 1, 2010
James Eliassen, Ph.D. (left; University of Cincinnati) was installed as the 2010 President of the Ohio Miami Valley Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience at the chapter’s business meeting held January 29 in Cincinnati. He was elected as President-Elect in 2009.
Chapter members present at the meeting nominated and elected Michael Hennessy, Ph.D. (Wright State University) to be President-Elect and Kim Hagler (Wright State University) to be Secretary-Treasurer for 2010. Amit Singh, Ph.D., was elected Officer-at-Large for the University of Dayton. An Officer-at-Large for Miami University will be nominated at a later date.
President Eliassen announced that this year’s Neuroscience Day will be held Monday, May 10, at the University of Cincinnati. Rajita Sinha, Ph.D., has been invited as keynote speaker. Dr. Sinha is professor of psychiatry and director of the Yale Stress Center at Yale University. More details will follow. Save the date!
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January 25, 2010
OMV-SfN’s 2010 Winter Meeting will be held Friday, January 29, from 10 a.m. – 12 noon at the University of Cincinnati’s Metabolic Diseases Institute/Genome Research Institute (2180 E. Galbraith Rd., Cincinnati 45237) in the Building A lecture room.
The meeting will begin with four 20-minute research presentations, one from each of OMV-SfN’s four participating institutions. The business meeting will follow and James Eliassen, Ph.D., will be inducted as 2010 chapter president. Scientific presentations include:
- Gale Kleven, Ph.D. (Wright State University)
MR Spectroscopy and Behavioral Epigenesis
- Jennifer J. Quinn, Ph.D. (Miami University)
Neurobiological mechanisms of long-term memory consolidation and stabilization
- Yvonne Ulrich-Lai, Ph.D. (University of Cincinnati)
Stress-relieving properties of palatable foods
Download 2010 Winter Meeting Agenda (MS Word), which includes travel directions to the meeting site. For more information, contact Jim Eliassen (513/558-5863; james.eliassen@uc.edu).
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