Phantoms in the Brain-Book Discussion

We shall be discussing the second half of "Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind" by V.S.Ramachandran, Friday 10th July, 2009 at 7:30pm. The venue is at The University of Texas at Dallas(UTD), in the hallway adjacent to the Neuroscience labs opposite room MP 2.102 in the Multi-purpose Building.

A visitors parking permit can be obtained from the visitor center on University Parkway by coming into the campus from Campbell road.
http://www.utdallas.edu/maps/

Link to a map with the location of the building (flashing red) in UTD. With a visitors parking permit, you can park in a Green designated area in Parking Lot A beside the police station
http://www.utdallas.edu/locator/?externalKey=LocMP

SFN Travel Grant

Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Trainees:

The Dallas Area Neuroscience Group (www.sfndang.org) is pleased to participate once again in the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) Graduate Student Travel Award Program.

The program provides a travel stipend to the SfN annual meeting to a graduate student nominee selected by our chapter. If you would like to be considered, please e-mail your annual meeting abstract to info@sfndang.org before 5pm May 20th 2009.
For eligibility requirements, please see the SfN website:
http://web.sfn.org/index.cfm?pagename=TravelAwards_gradtravel

If you are a postdoctoral trainee and you would like to be considered
for a Postdoctoral Travel Award,please send us your SfN annual
meeting abstract to info@sfndang.org. For further details please see:
http://web.sfn.org/index.cfm?pagename=TravelAwards_postdoctravel

The names of the author and institution will be stripped off the abstract before submission to an independent judge. The abstract selected by the independent judge will be nominated by our chapter to vie for the award amongst other nominees from other
chapters in the nation. In the previous occasions that we nominated a
student, our students won the travel award.

If your abstract is selected, we will be contacting you immediately
for these digital documents:
• Completed nomination form
• Copy of the abstract submitted for the annual meeting
• A one-page curriculum vitae from the nominee including the
following information: education, including the date at which nominee
advanced to candidacy for the PhD, honors/awards, publications
(abstracts and manuscripts)
• A one-page letter of recommendation from the advisor

If you have any questions, please feel free to email me at jaymemcreynolds@gmail.com

If you share an interest in growing in neuroscience by using SfN grant funds to meet eminent scientists, discuss neuroscience books or initiate newer ideas for academic growth, feel free to join our group. Members can vote to guide the group and choose to become an officer too.

Phantoms in the Brain

Our next reading group selection is Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind by V. S. Ramachandran. Please read the first half of the book for discussion immediately following our June chapter meeting.

New Chapter Officer

I am pleased to announce that Jayme McReynolds has volunteered to serve as an officer of the Dallas Area Neuroscience Group. She will serve as the Secretary of our Chapter for the remainder of the 2009 calendar year.

Dr.Kristen Harris to speak on Feb 13th,2009

The Dallas chapter of the Society for Neuroscience received a $1200 grant from SfN Washington to invite an eminent scientist. Based on UTD faculty's input, Dr. Kristen Harris was invited and will be giving a talk at the Brown Bag on Feb 13th ,2009 at 12pm in MP 2.204A at UTD Richardson campus.

http://synapses.clm.utexas.edu/lab/harris/kristen.stm

Dr. Harris will be available to meet with faculty members/labs/graduate students from 1:15pm to 4pm. Please let us know if you are interested in meeting her and we will be happy to work out timings convenient to all.

How the Mind Works

In addition to regular monthly chapter business meetings on the second Friday of each month, we are also restarting the reading/discussion group. If you would like to join us, please read the first half of the book "How the Mind Works" by Steven Pinker for discussion at our March meeting. We will cover the second half at our April meeting. If you want to participate in the reading/discussion group and you do not already have a parking permit for the U.T. Dallas campus, please let us know and we will arrange to meet at a coffee shop at a central location.

Reviews

2009 Officer Election Results

Dallas area SfN Members:

Our chapter officers for 2009 are as follows:

• Dr. Vikram Jakkamsetti, President
• Gef Farmer, Vice President / President Elect / Treasurer
• David Wallace Croft, Secretary
  

Please help spread the word about our announcements mailing list:
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sfndang-announce/

2009 Officer Nominations

Dallas area Society for Neuroscience (SfN) Members:

We are now accepting nominations for the SfN chapter Dallas Area Neuroscience Group officers for 2009. As a volunteer chapter officer, you will help us arrange for speakers to come to Dallas to present to us. You will also help us award SfN conference travel grants to local graduate students and postdocs.

Our tradition to ensure continuity is to elect a Vice President (VP)/President-Elect each year. After serving as VP for a year, the President-Elect automatically becomes President in the following year. This year I will finish my term as President and our VP Dr. Vikram Jakkamsetti will become our 2009 President.

If you would like to serve as our 2009 VP/President-Elect and 2010 President, please contact us. We are also seeking individuals to serve as Secretary and Treasurer. Any Dallas area SfN Member, student, regular, or emeritus, is eligible to serve.

--
David Wallace Croft
2009 President, Dallas Area Neuroscience Group
(214) 636-3790 m

Nominees win 2008 SfN Travel Award

We congratulate our graduate student nominee Terina Martinez and postdoctoral nominee Cory Blaiss from UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas for winning the 2008 SfN travel award. The award includes free registration and a $750 (graduate student) or $1000 (postdoctoral trainee) check to assist in managing travel and lodging expenses.

2008 Chapter Officers

SfN Members:

At the Dallas Area Neuroscience Group chapter meeting today, we held elections for chapter officers. Our officers, to serve for the remainder of the 2008 calendar year, are as follows:

President: David Wallace Croft
Vice President/President Elect: Vikram Jakkamsetti

We will begin accepting nominations for the 2009 chapter officers in 2008 November with elections in December.