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Monday, November 5, 2018
Neuroscience 2018 Extra! | Monday, November 5, 2018

Attend the Public Advocacy Forum

Attend the Public Advocacy Forum

Attend Tuesday’s Public Advocacy Forum from 2–3:30 p.m. PT in SDCC Room 10, “Advocacy in Four Dimensions,” to learn how advocacy occurs on different levels, across career stages, and within various industries. This knowledge is easily shareable and applicable to advocacy across platforms. You’ll walk away with tools to be an active #NeuroAdvocate.

Get Your Attendance Certificate
Get Your Attendance Certificate

Remember to pick up your Certificate of Attendance before the end of the annual meeting! Pick-up is available in the Sails Pavilion and Lobby A Tuesday and Wednesday from 7:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. PT. Your institution may require a certificate for travel reimbursement. Certificates cannot be provided after the meeting.

Register for CME
Register for CME

Continuing Medical Education (CME) registration must be completed by the last day of the annual meeting. CME credits will not be available after the meeting. Enroll for CME on-site at the CME counter in the Attendee Services area of the San Diego Convention Center by Wednesday by 5 p.m. PT.

Congratulations to Tuesday’s Award and Prize Recipients

SfN awards hundreds of thousands of dollars annually in prizes and fellowships to neuroscientists across the globe, in recognition of the creativity and scientific merit of their research and of their professional achievements.

Fumiko Hoeft, MD, PhD
Science Educator Award supported by The Dana Foundation and presented at the November 6 Presidential Lecture

Teodora Stoica and Elena Blanco-Suárez, PhD
Next Generation Award presented at the November 6 Presidential Lecture

Elaine Del Bel, PhD, and Herbert Geller, PhD
Bernice Grafstein Award for Outstanding Accomplishments in Mentoring supported by Bernice Grafstein, PhD, and presented at the Celebration of Women in Neuroscience Luncheon

BethAnn McLaughlin, PhD
Louise Hanson Marshall Special Recognition Award presented at the Celebration of Women in Neuroscience Luncheon

Vivien Casagrande, PhD
Patricia Goldman-Rakic Hall of Honor presented at the Celebration of Women in Neuroscience Luncheon

Aryn Gittis, PhD, and Biyu He, PhD
Janett Rosenberg Trubatch Award supported by the Trubatch Family and presented at the Celebration of Women in Neuroscience Luncheon

Ottawa Chapter Named SfN Chapter of the Year Award
Ottawa Chapter Named SfN Chapter of the Year Award

The SfN Ottawa Chapter is this year’s Chapter of the Year Award winner for their work in organizing several neuroscience educational outreach programs for children and adults. The Chapter will be presented with the award during the Chapters Workshop, tonight from 6:45–8:45 p.m. PT in the Marriott Marquis San Diego Ballroom A.

Propose a Professional Development Workshop
Propose a Professional Development Workshop
If you have a topic in mind for a Professional Development Workshop at Neuroscience 2019 that you think would benefit the neuroscience community, let us know! Submit your workshop proposal by 2 p.m. ET on Tuesday, January 8, 2019, and we’ll contact you with next steps.

Schedule for Tuesday, November 6

Lectures

Special Lecture: Understanding Regeneration of Complex Body Parts – Elly Tanaka
8:30–9:40 a.m. PT, SDCC Ballroom 20

Special Lecture: The Genetics, Neurobiology, and Evolution of Natural Behavior – Hopi Hoekstra
10–11:10 a.m. PT, SDCC Ballroom 20

Special Lecture: Neuronal Diversity Within the Ventral Tegmental Area and Co-Release of Neurotransmitters – Marisela Morales
11:30 a.m. – 12:40 p.m. PT, SDCC Ballroom 20

Special Lecture: Genetic Specification of Neuronal Identity – Oliver Hobert
1–2:10 p.m. PT, SDCC Ballroom 20

History of Neuroscience Lecture: Deciphering Neural Circuits: From the Neuron Doctrine to the Connectome – Marina Bentivoglio
2:30–3:40 p.m. PT, SDCC Ballroom 20

Presidential Special Lecture: From Salvia Divinorum to LSD: Toward a Molecular Understanding of Psychoactive Drug Actions – Bryan Roth
5:15–6:30 p.m. PT, SDCC Ballroom 20

Posters, Scientific Sessions, and Exhbits

Posters/Nanosymposia
8 a.m. – noon PT and 1–5 p.m. PT, SDCC

Basic-Translational-Clinical Roundtable: Neuroprosthetic Devices: A Patient’s Perspective on Brain Computer Interfaces
8:30–11 a.m. PT, SDCC Room 10

Symposia/Minisymposia
8:30–11 a.m. PT and 1:30–4 p.m. PT, SDCC

Exhibits
9:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. PT, Exhibit Hall

Meetings and Events

Yoga Class: Flow & Meditate
6:30–7:30 a.m. PT, Marriott Marquis 2nd Floor Ballroom Foyer

Graduate School Fair
Noon – 2 p.m. PT, SDCC Sails Pavilion

Public Advocacy Forum: Advocacy in Four Dimensions
2–3:30 p.m. PT, SDCC Room 10

SfN Members’ Business Meeting
6:45–7:30 p.m. PT, SDCC Room 3

SfN-Sponsored Socials
6:45–8:45 p.m. PT, Marriott Marquis Multiple Locations

Graduate School Reception
8:30–11:30 p.m. PT, Hilton Bayfront, Sapphire Ballroom

Satellite Events

See all of Tuesday’s events in the Neuroscience Meeting Planner or the meeting mobile app.

Visit SfN’s Advocacy Booth
Visit SfN’s Advocacy Booth
Stop by Booth 2113 to learn more about SfN resources that you can leverage as a #NeuroAdvocate. While you’re there, spin the Wheel of Advocacy, engage with your elected officials, and ask questions of the advocacy team and our legislative consultants! Also, help SfN make the case to policymakers that funding scientific research is essential by sharing the importance of your work in this 5-minute poll.

See Your Posts Featured
See Your Posts Featured

Follow @societyforneuroscience on Instagram and @SfNtweets and @Neurosci2018 on Twitter. To be featured on our social media boards across the Convention Center, tag us in your posts from Neuroscience 2018 using our official hashtag #SfN18.

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