ASSOCIATION OF
NEUROSCIENCE DEPARTMENTS AND PROGRAMS
2007 FALL MEETING
November 3, 2007
5:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m.
San Diego Marriott Hotel and Marina
Manchester 1 and 2
San Diego, CA
The 2007 ANDP Fall Meeting will be an
exciting kick-off for ANDP events during the Society for
Neurosciences meeting in San Diego, California. This year, the
Fall Meeting will briefly highlight the new website revisions
that improves member updates to their own programs, and which
allows visitor searchability. The ANDP will also announce and
welcome newly elected ANDP officers.
The highlight of the ANDP meeting will be our award recognition
of Educators in the Neurosciences. This year the ANDP Education
Award will be given to recognize an individual’s
contributions, the ANDP Distinguished Service Award will
recognize an institution’s longstanding commitment to
neuroscience education, and the ANDP special award will
acknowledge a director’s role in mentoring trainees and
building an interdisciplinary neuroscience program.
You may register on-line using a credit
card, or print the form and mail it to us with payment.
Advance registration and payment of the $30.00 registration
fee is required by the registration deadline of October
19.
Other activities of particular interest to
ANDP members at the SfN meeting include:
Sunday
Symposium: The Carnegie Initiative on the Doctorate
Awarding the Neuroscience PhD in a Changing Academic Landscape
Sunday November 4, 2007 8:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
San Diego Convention Center, Room 6C
ANDP past presidents George Rebec and Cheryl Sisk will
participate in the Symposium
Monday
ANDP Forum for Students and
Postdoctoral Trainees
Monday November 5, 2007 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
San Diego Marriott Hotel and Marina, Ballroom, Salon F.
The forum will focus on “Managing the balancing act—between
life and a career in neuroscience” and will include breakout
and panel discussions of strategies for successful life/work
balance in neuroscience. ANDP President-Elect Michael Lehman,
has organized the forum.
You may be interested in picking up the
special issue of Nature Neuroscience available, a t the SFN
meeting, that includes comments from Michael Lehman, ANDP
President-Elect, on neuroscience career issues.
Daily
ANDP/SfN Student Hospitality Suite
will be located in Room 10 on the upper level of the San Diego
Convention Center and will be open each day of the SfN meeting
from November 3 - 7. We invite students to take advantage of
this quiet place to relax and socialize with other students.
ANDP Councilor Daniel Tranel is supporting the suite this year.
