Advance Registration Closes Monday Whether you’re planning to attend Neuroscience 2021 virtually or in person, register by Monday, October 4, 11:59 p.m. EDT to get your best rate. Fees increase October 5.
Last Weeks to Become a Neuroscience 2021 Sponsor As a Neuroscience 2021 sponsor, you gain immediate access to pre-meeting visibility, including extensive marketing opportunities, starting next week.
Neuroscience 2021
Meet the 2021 Annual Meeting Exhibitors Find out what special products and unique services our exhibitors have in store virtually and in person for Neuroscience 2021.
Virtual Networking Event Submissions Are Open Thinking of hosting a virtual reunion, meeting, or social event for #SfN21? Submit your virtual event by Friday, October 22, 5 p.m. EDT.
Submit Your In-Person Satellite Event for #SfN21 Submit your on-site social, reunion, or meeting today! Email questions to amsatellites@sfn.org.
In-Person Attendee Resources Available SfN is pleased to offer in-person accommodations for real-time captioning services, special needs requests, and infant and childcare for #SfN21.
Share Housing in Chicago Planning to attend the meeting in person? Keep your housing costs in check by using the 2021 Roommate Matching Forum to find shared overnight accommodations with other SfN meeting attendees.
JNeurosci Editorial In the latest editorial, Editor-in-Chief Marina Picciotto shares her thoughts about this year's Peer Review Week theme, Identity in Peer Review, "which is particularly appropriate, since combining our identities as peer reviewers and all the other roles we take on has been especially challenging during the pandemic."
Snapshots in Neuroscience View the stunning image of a midline topographical organization of the corpus callosum of a newborn mouse on the eNeuro blog.
Advocacy
Stay up to date with the latest in neuroscience policy news by signing up for the Advocacy Network Newsletter.
Tell Congress to Pass FY2022 Appropriations and Reject CRs Join your fellow NeuroAdvocates and tell Congress to pass FY2022 appropriations packages and to reject the use of continuing resolutions. Send your representative and senators a message today via SfN’s Advocacy Action Center.
European Parliament Vote Threatens Future of Biomedical Research in Europe The European Parliament adopted a motion on a plan "to accelerate the transition to innovation without the use of animals in research, regulatory testing and education," jeopardizing current and future European studies. The European Animal Research Association (EARA) released a statement voicing its concerns, and SfN will continue to monitor the situation.
Friends of SfN Fund
Donate to Support Trainees at Neuroscience 2021 Your donations support Trainee Professional Development Awards (TPDA) to enable trainees to attend the annual meeting, network with peers, and present an abstract, while gaining valuable professional development experience.
New From Neuronline
Looking for helpful advice, discussions, and content for navigating your career? Discover the latest Neuronline resources by following @NeuronlineSfN on Twitter and signing up for email updates.
How Science Communication Can Improve Your Career Effective science communication refers to the ability to discuss science in terms that your audience will understand. Learn the importance of science communication on Neuronline.
The Benefits of Creating Art While Working in Science
Fish Are Swimming in Happy Pills. Here’s Why That’s Bad. Antidepressants are showing up in rivers, lakes, and streams. Even vanishingly small concentrations of these drugs can change fishes’ brains and alter their behavior.
Preparing for ADHD Awareness Month October is ADHD Awareness Month. Learn more about this neurological disorder.
Scientific Training
How to Maximize Trainee Success in Career Transitions In this on-demand SfN webinar, listen to three experts on career development and mentoring give advice for mentoring postdocs through career transitions. Listeners will gain knowledge on how to establish a mentoring relationship, promote career exploration, and help trainees develop the necessary skills for the workplace and lab.
Listen Now to FRN's Limited-Series Podcast SfN's Foundations of Rigorous Neuroscience Research (FRN) program has published a limited-series podcast, Pathways to Enhance Rigor: A Collection of Conversations, bringing neuroscientists together to discuss ways to better embed rigor into every part of the scientific process and create a culture of rigor in the lab and beyond.
Across the Field
Apply for a Civic Engagement Microgrant Applications are now open for Research!America's Civic Engagement Microgrant Program. This program provides up to $4,000 to support graduate student and postdoc-led groups in their public engagement efforts. Applications are due by October 12.
Call for Nominations — Helen Keller Prize for Vision Research The Helen Keller Foundation for Research and Education is accepting nominations for the 2023 Helen Keller Prize for Vision Research, presented in partnership with BrightFocus Foundation. Nominations should be sent electronically to lbeckwith@helenkellerfoundation.org by January 31, 2022.
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