Posted on November 23rd, 2008 by docartemis
Episode 50 of the Brain Science Podcast is a change of pace from our usual format. In this episode I share a few highlights from this year’s Neuroscience 2008, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, which just concluded in Washington, DC.
Listen to Episode 50.
Show Notes and Links:
Society for Neuroscience Public Outreach Efforts:
Brain Awareness [...]
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Posted on November 20th, 2008 by docartemis
Neuroscience pioneer, Dr. Brenda Milner gave a memorable lecture on the history of memory research yesterday afternoon at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. Before her talk she was greeted by old colleagues, including Nobel Laureate, Dr. Eric Kandel. (I was able to talk with Dr. Kandel briefly and he has agreed to [...]
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Posted on November 18th, 2008 by docartemis
Mary Petrosko from Dominican University was one of several students honored last night at a reception for winners of the Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience (FUN) Travel Awards, held as a part of this year’s Society for Neuroscience annual meeting, which is being held through tomorrow in Washington, DC. Mary was one of several students who [...]
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Posted on November 17th, 2008 by docartemis
30,000 scientists are attending the annual meeting of the Society of Neuroscience in Washington DC. To a neophyte attendee (like me) there seem to be at least that many lectures and posters to choose from. Yesterday I focused on attending several press events and I also enjoyed a featured lecture by Dr. Michael Bate, from [...]
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Posted on November 16th, 2008 by docartemis
At Saturday’s Brain Awareness Campaign Event at Neuroscience 2008, Tom Carew, President-Elect of the Society for Neuroscience described his commitment to public outreach. The emphasis of the Brain Awareness Week campaign is on K-12 educational outreach. Dr. Carew and the other speakers noted that today’s youngsters are tomorrow’s neuroscientists. Also, public education is essential [...]
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