Meetings & Events

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).