Leslie Tolbert, Ph.D. (left), of the University of Arizona will be the keynote speaker at Neuroscience Day. Dr. Tolbert is Regents Professor and Professor of Neuroscience and Cell Biology & Anatomy at Arizona, where she also is vice president for research, graduate studies, and economic development. Read more.

Registration for Neuroscience Day is free for 2012 OMV-SfN members. Please register by Friday May 11 so we can plan accordingly for the attendance. If you are not an OMV-SfN member for 2012, please join now!

Leslie Tolbert, Ph.D.

Dr. Tolbert writes: “Research in my laboratory focuses on the development and functional organization of the olfactory system, studied in convenient model organisms, the moth Manduca sexta and, very recently, the fruitfly Drosophila melanogaster. Several different lines of investigation have led us to focus much of our attention on roles for glial cells in development and in mature function.”  Read more.

Neuroscience Day is free of charge for current chapter members, so join or renew your membership now!

• Zoe Hesp (Department of Zoology, Miami University)
  “Reinnervation of peripheral targets following axotomy of the superior cervical ganglion”
• Mark Baccei (Department of Anesthesiology, University of Cincinnati)
  “Pacemaker neurons in newborn spinal pain circuits.”
• James Lucot (Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Wright State University)
  “Development of a novel anti-emetic”

The chapter’s annual business meeting will follow the presentations, and WSU’s Michael Hennessy, Ph.D., will be installed as president for 2011.

Am agenda  will be published before the meeting, along with travel directions and parking information. Please pass this message along to colleagues and students who might be interested in OMV-SfN.

Hi Neuroscience Day Attendees,

Everything looks to be ready for Neuroscience Day, Monday, May 10th!

I’ve attached several things to this last email announcement.

1. A detailed map of the UC Medical Campus/Academic Health Center (PDF). Relevant buildings are highlighted in yellow.

2. A Google map of the UC Environs (PDF) with the routes from 75 and 71 to the Eden Parking garage highlighted in pink.

3. The program (PDF), for your information. You will receive the official paper program when you arrive and register. Registration will beheld in the CARE/Crawley Building.

4. Dr. Sinha recommended a recent paper (PDF) and commentary as appropriate to the talk.

For attendees from Wright State, Miami and Dayton, please use the Eden parking garage (see detailed map). We will have parking passes for you to use when you exit the garage. Carpool if you can.

For attendees from UC, please park as you normally do when visiting or working at the East Campus Academic Health Center. If you need a parking pass for the Eden garage, please let us know, we should have some extras.

Regards,

-Jim Eliassen
President, Ohio Miami Valley Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience

Neuroscience Day is free of charge for current chapter members. If you didn’t register in advance, you can register at Neuroscience Day and pay 2010 chapter dues, if necessary. See you there!

Neuroscience Day will feature student presentations and a poster competition. See the Call for Posters for online poster submission. The deadline was Monday, May 3. Late submissions will be accepted after that date, and will be listed as an addendum to the final program.

Rajita Sinha, Ph.D. (left), will be the keynote speaker at  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 is free of charge for current chapter members, so join or renew your membership now!

Download map & preliminary schedule (MS Word)

The clinic will take place on the Wright State main campus on Saturday, March 13, and will run from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. High school students will attend the clinic from 9 a.m. to noon and middle school students will attend from 1 to 4 p.m. Clinic presenters will have a free lunch between noon and 1 p.m.

For more information contact Dr. Jim Olson at james.olson@wright.edu.  The Science Olympiad Clinic is sponsored by WSU’s Departments of Emergency Medicine and Neuroscience, Cell Biology, and Physiology.

Science Olympiad is an international nonprofit organization devoted to improving the quality of science education, creating a passion for learning science and providing recognition for outstanding achievement in science education by both students and teachers. It is a team competition of middle school and high school students in areas of science, engineering, and technology. Teams from more than 14,000 different schools across the nation participate in Science Olympiad, now in its 26th year.

See the Ohio Science Olympiad web site.