2010 Gill Symposium - September 8

Please join us for the 2010 Gill Symposium that will be held on Wednesday, September 8, in the Whittenberger Auditorium at the Indiana Memorial Union on the campus of Indiana University Bloomington. Dr. Marc Tessier-Lavigne, the 2010 Gill Award recipient will speak on, “Wiring the Brain: The Logic and Mechanisms of Axon Guidance, Regeneration and Degeneration.” Dr. Karl Deisseroth, the 2010 Gill Young Investigator Award recipient, will speak on “Optogenetics: Development and Application.”

In addition, three Indiana neuroscientists will talk about their research: Fletcher A. White (IUSM, Stark Neurosciences Research Institute), “The Role of Chemokines in Chronic Pain Syndromes," Andrea G. Hohmann (IUB), “Endocannabinoid Mechanisms of Pain Suppression," and Val J. Watts (Purdue University), “Ligand-dependent oligomerization of D2 dopamine receptors with A2A adenosine and CB1 cannabinoid receptors in living neuronal cells.”

To compliment the talks, there will be a poster session from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. in the IMU Solarium. If you have a student or post-doc who would like to present a poster, please have them submit it through this link no later than August 30: http://www.indiana.edu/~gillctr/poster.shtml .

Finally, attendees will be well fed! A continental breakfast will be served from 8-9:00 a.m. in the Georgian Room at the IMU, for late risers there will be a coffee break with snacks from 10:50-11:00 a.m., a buffet lunch will be available in the IMU’s Alumni Hall from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m., and a reception with light refreshments and drinks will be held in the IMU Solarium from 5-6:00 p.m. If you plan to attend, please register (free) to ensure sufficient snacks and lunch are on hand.

http://www.indiana.edu/~gillctr/registrationform.shtml

(Each attendee should register individually. At the welcome table located outside of Whittenberger Auditorium, you will receive a program and a lanyard with a name tag. The lanyard will provide access to all symposium events including breakfast, lunch, and the reception).

For the symposium schedule of events, hotel accommodations, and parking information, please visit the Gill center website at:
http://www.indiana.edu/~gillctr/index.shtml and click on 2010 Symposium. IUPUI attendees can use their “A” parking permits in all IU parking garages and “B” permits can be used to park in the “C” lots. Visitors without permits may park in one of the five pay-parking garages on campus; the maximum rate is $24 per day.

This promises to be a great symposium, and we look forward to seeing you there.

Announced by:
Ken Mackie, MD
Linda and Jack Gill Chair of Neuroscience and Professor Dept. of Psychological & Brain Sciences MSBII 120 Indiana University
702 N Walnut Grove Ave
Bloomington, IN 47405-2204
812-855-2042 (PH)
812-856-7187 (FAX)
kmackie@indiana.edu