Overview:
The annual Southeast Nerve Net meeting is designed to bring together neuroscience research groups from the southeastern United States. It is intended to be a forum not only for the presentation of completed work, but also the discussion of ideas and works in progress. This year’s meeting will be held from March 27-28, 2009, at the University of North Florida, located in Jacksonville, Florida. In keeping with the tradition of this meeting, undergraduates, graduate students, and post-doctoral researchers are strongly encouraged to submit abstracts for presentation. As always, students and post-docs will be given top priority for oral presentations, whereas faculty members are asked to present their work in a poster format. In order to allow everyone the opportunity to present, participants can be the first author on only one presentation.

The meeting will begin with a Happy Hour and Opening Lecture on Friday evening at the UNF University Center by Dirk Bucher, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Florida Whitney Laboratory for Marine Biosciences. Saturday’s schedule will include oral and poster presentations by graduate students and post-docs, with a complimentary continental breakfast and boxed lunch. The meeting will conclude with a keynote address by Vance Lemmon, Ph.D., Walter G. Ross Chair in Developmental Neuroscience, Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, at the University of Miami.

The organizers of this year’s meeting have strived to achieve a balance between scientific and social interaction throughout the weekend. Several informal gatherings will take place during the weekend to stimulate scientific discussion, including the Saturday evening reception, which will include hot and cold food items and a cash bar. Also, posters can be displayed on Friday night and remain in place until the close of the meeting on Saturday evening to aid in the exchange of ideas. Information regarding abstracts can be downloaded as a pdf. The deadline for abstract submissions is Friday, February 27, 2009.

If you have specific questions you may email Judith Ochrietor or call at 904-620-2827. Sign up for email updates on the upcoming SENN meeting at http://mailbox.gsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/senn.