The Brain Prize Meeting 2016: ‘Synapses and Memory’
25 September 2016
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25 September, 2016 in Societies & Partner News
31 October – 2 November 2016, Hindsgavl Castle, Middelfart, Denmark. Organised by Lundbeckfonden in collaboration with University of Copenhagen, University of Southern Denmark, Aarhus University and Danish Society for Neuroscience.
WHEN
Monday 31 October 2016 until Wednesday 2 November 2016
WHERE
Hindsgavl Castle, Middelfart, Denmark
SPEAKERS
Prize winners
Timothy Bliss
Graham Collingridge
Richard Morris
Invited keynote speakers
Haruhiko Bito
Eleanor Maguire
Paul Frankland
Nigel Emptage
Mark Bear
Invited special lecture
Todd Sacktor
‘New Talent Talk’
Sadegh Nabavi
CERTIFICATION
The meeting is certified by the University of Copenhagen, Aarhus University and the University of Southern Denmark as an external Ph.D. course worth 1 (one) ECTS point.
PROGRAMME COMMITTEE
Jean-François Perrier, University of Copenhagen, Martin Røssel Larsen, University of Southern Denmark, Morten Skovgaard Jensen, Aarhus University, Anders Nykjær, Danish Society of Neuroscience and Aarhus University and Jan Egebjerg, H.Lundbeck A/S.
ORGANIZERS
Lundbeckfonden in collaboration with University of Copenhagen, University of Southern Denmark, Aarhus University and Danish Society for Neuroscience.
SPONSOR
Lundbeckfonden is the sole sponsor of this meeting.
AUDIENCE AND LANGUAGE
The meeting is open to participants from Denmark and abroad. The meeting is open to junior and senior scientists in the field of basic as well as clinical brain research.
The number of participants is limited to 120.
The language is English.
ABSTRACTS
Participants are invited and encouraged to submit one or more abstracts. Abstracts dealing with topics
outside of the main theme of the meeting are also welcome. All submitted abstracts will be presented as either oral presentation or poster presentation.
Submit abstracts in pdf format max 350 words to: info@thebrainprize.org att. Janne Axelsen.
Deadline for abstracts: 01 October 2016.
Poster size is A0: 1189 (H) x 841 (W) mm
JUNIOR BRAIN PRIZE
A prize of 2.500 Euros will be awarded for the best presentation.
REGISTRATION
Online on a first come first serve basis – priority will be given to participants submitting an abstract.
Deadline for registration: 01 October 2016.
You will receive an e-mail invoice from Lundbeckfonden. Your registration is complete and will be confirmed once your payment is received. Please note that the registration fee is non-refundable.
REGISTRATION FEE
Registration is free of charge for the first 10 undergraduates, for the following undergraduates the registration fee is DKK 1000,-.
Registration fee is DKK 1000,- for the first 30 PhD Students, for the following PhD Students the registration fee is DKK 2500,-.
Registration fee for all other participants is DKK 2500,-.
ABOUT THE FOUNDATION
Once annually Lundbeckfonden awards The Brain Prize – a € 1 mio. personal prize. The prize is awarded as an important part of the aim of the Foundation: ‘to boost interest in brain research and its results, to stimulate and reward outstanding brain research and to stimulate Danish research through an expanded interplay with other European brain research, and thus to improve the scientific basis for progress in the prevention, diagnostics and treatment of diseases and disorders of the brain and nervous system’.
For further information, please contact Janne Axelsen: info@thebrainprize.org
