February 5, 2021

SfN websites will undergo scheduled maintenance beginning February 17 at 5pm ET. Learn how to prepare for the update and what to expect after launch.

SfN Spotlight

🚨 Your Membership Has Expired

Don't lose unlimited access to SfN’s premium subscriptions, discounts, and resources to facilitate scientific exchange and advance your career. Renew your membership for 2021.

Upcoming Community Live Chat

Learn and chat about ways you can incorporate sustainable practices in your work and ask questions on how to move the field towards an environmentally friendly framework.

Call for Nominations closes February 12

Nominations for SfN's committee positions will be accepted through next Friday, February 12. Help shape the future of SfN by nominating yourself or a colleague for a position on one of SfN's volunteer committees.

• 💸 PhD Candidates and Postdocs: Last Chance for the JNS Travel Award!
• 📝 NSP Deadline Approaching – February 11
  
• 📅 Mark your Calendars for Neuroscience 2021 – November 13 - 17

🌏 Global Connectome: A Virtual Experience 

On-Demand Access — Register by February 10

Register now for on-demand access to #SfNConnectome21! Registrants can use their event login to view all digital posters until February 13 and session recordings until April 13. Don’t miss this opportunity to discover new research!

Advocacy

Stay up-to-date on the latest in neuroscience policy news by signing up for the Advocacy Network Newsletter today.

• SfN’s Advocacy Best Practices
  By connecting with your lawmakers, you can inform their decisions surrounding biomedical research funding and other policies that affect your work. Learn how you can best advocate for the field, and download SfN’s advocacy best practices today.

• 📢 Ask Your Legislators to Join Important Caucus
  Both the House and Senate have established Neuroscience-related caucuses to fight for more funding. Learn more about the NIH Caucus in the Senate and the Congressional Neuroscience Caucus in the House, and encourage your representatives to join these caucuses today.

• Enhance Advocacy in Your Local Community
  Get involved with your local SfN chapter, and help coordinate advocacy activities to promote the importance of neuroscience. Look over some of the steps you can take and further resources you can reference for taking action.

Journals

• eNeuro Research Highlights

  Read this discussion of recent research that presented a novel knock-in (KI) mouse with an aSyn-green fluorescence protein (GFP) tag at the C terminus of endogenous α-Synuclein (aSyn).

• 🌟 JNeursoci Annual Spotlight
  JNeurosci's Annual Spotlight features articles that received the highest marks for both methodological merit and significance. See the eight papers selected for this year’s recognition. 

• Special Symposia Issue
  In this week's issue, browse the collection of symposia and minisymposia, many of which will be presented at the 2021 SfN meeting. Learn more in the latest editorial from Marina Picciotto.

New From Neuronline

Are you following SfN's new @NeuronlineSfN Twitter account? Go beyond @SfNTweets for helpful advice, discussions, and content for navigating your career.

Neuroscience: Out of Pandora's Box and Into the Boardroom

Neuroscience has started popping up in business settings. Neuroleadership is the intersection of neuroscience and leadership development. Learn how understanding the way in which the brain works helps employees become better managers.

Stories from STEM: Highlighting Underrepresented Researchers

This series features underrepresented scientists pursuing careers in STEM fields. Scientists share examples of challenges caused by being underrepresented in their fields and advice for overcoming them.

Education & Outreach

How Do Flashing Lights Trigger Epileptic Seizures?

Three experts discuss photosensitive epilepsy and how flashing lights can trigger seizures.

Why Does Exercise Cause Muscle Pain?

While it may feel like you’ve suffered an injury, this is a natural part of the body’s recovery from working out.

What Is Seasonal Affective Disorder?

For many people, the wintertime brings an onslaught of a seasonal depression known as seasonal affective disorder, or SAD.

Annual Meeting

• 📅 Mark Your Calendar
  SfN continues to plan for Neuroscience 2021, scheduled for November 13–17 in Chicago. All meeting updates will continue to be shared on SfN.org and SfN social media.

• Bonus Day
  Renew your membership by February 15 to be eligible for Neuroscience 2021 Bonus Day.

• Connect with Annual Meeting Exhibitors
  Find out why annual meeting attendees consistently rate the Exhibit Hall as a top conference highlight. Check out Neuroscience 2019’s virtual Exhibit Hall, including nearly 500 vendors specializing in neuroscience-related products and services.

Grants and Development

Consider a Gift to the Friends of SfN Fund Today!
Did you know charitable giving can make you happier? Donate to the Friends of SfN Fund today to support mission-critical activities and get a boost of serotonin!

Scientific Training

Live Chat: An Environmentally Friendly Model for Life Sciences
Join speakers from the 2020 Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) Virtual Forum on Towards an environmentally friendly model for life sciences at an upcoming Neuronline Community live chat February 10, 2021 from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. EST.

2021 Institutional Program Membership

Join or renew your Institutional Program (IP) membership today and gain access to a listing in the Neuroscience Training Programs Directory, a free email to SfN’s student members, and a quarterly IP newsletter. Renew your membership for 2021 today.

Across the Field

• Join the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) for two upcoming workshops on training in neuroscience. The first will cover Re-envisioning Postdoctoral Training in Neuroscience on February 16 from 12:00 – 2:00 p.m. EST. The second will cover Evolving the Culture of Science and Training in Neuroscience to Meet a Changing World on February 22 from 12:00 – 2:00 p.m. EST.
  

• The Consortium for Faculty Diversity (CFD) is accepting applications for fellowship appointments to contribute to increasing the diversity of Consortium member liberal arts colleges. Learn more about the application process for the 2021-22 academic year.
  

• The NIH BRAIN Initiative recently partnered with the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science to organize five open workshops on brain connectivity from early February to late March. Learn more about the workshop topics and speakers, and consider attending the upcoming workshops.
  

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