冷泉港亚洲2012年会：无脊椎动物神经生物学会议

Organizers:

• Aike Guo, Institute of Neuroscience, CAS, China
• Alison Mercer, University of Otago, New Zealand
• Ikue Mori, Nagoya University, Japan
• Bing Zhang, University of Oklahoma, USA

Location: Suzhou Dushu Lake Conference Center, Suzhou, China

Dates: June 18-22, 2012

Time: 7:00pm on Monday, June 18 to lunch on Friday, June 22, 2012

Conference Overview: The Cold Spring Harbor Asia conference on Invertebrate Neurobiology will bring together a group of scientific leaders to discuss the latest findings across various topics in neurobiology. The conference will feature a combination of oral sessions and poster sessions.

Major Topics:

• Neural development
• Neural function and synaptic plasticity
• Neural circuits and behaviors
• Sensory and motor systems
• Learning and memory
• Evolution of nervous systems
• Modeling human neurological diseases
• Neural techniques

Registration:

• Registration available until June 18, 2012
• Early registration helps to save cost
• Rates vary for corporate/industry, academic (PhD, MD, staff scientists) and student (up to PhD) attendees
• Endowed student package costs as low as USD250/CNY1530 before April 6, 2012

Abstract Deadline: Extended to April 27, 2012

Abstract Submission:

• Encourage abstracts to contain new and unpublished materials
• Selection results for short talks (10-20) and poster presentations will be made by the organizers on the basis of scientific merit and relevance

Fellowships:

• Up to $500 (USD) available to participants with accepted poster presentations

Keynote Speakers:

• Martin Chalfie, Columbia University, USA
• Nicholas Strausfeld, FRS, University of Arizona, USA

Invited Speakers:

• Ann-Shyn Chiang, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
• Mario de Bono, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, UK
• Aki Ejima, Kyoto University, JAPAN
• Martin Giurfa, University Paul-Sabatier, FRANCE
• David Glanzman, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
• Zhefeng Gong, Zhejiang University, CHINA
• Ron Harris-Warrick, Cornell University, USA
• Binyamin Hochner, Hebrew University, ISRAEL
• Yishi Jin, University of California, San Diego/HHMI, USA
• Ryohei Kanzaki, University of Tokyo, JAPAN
• Christoph Kleineidam, University of Konstanz, GERMANY
• Tzumin Lee, HHMI, Janelia Farm Research Campus, USA
• Li Liu, Institute of Biophysics, CAS, CHINA
• Karen Mesce, University of Minnesota, USA
• Daniel Robert, Bristol University, UK
• Bruno van Swinderen, University of Queensland, AUSTRALIA
• Daisuke Yamamoto, Tohoku University, JAPAN
• Fengwei Yu, Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, SINGAPORE

Contact Information:

• Cold Spring Harbor Asia
• No.299 Qiyue Road, SIP/ Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
• Tel: +86-512-62729029
• Fax: +86-512-62729028
• Email: mikeji@cshl.edu
• Website: www.csh-asia.org