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  • Neuroscience

  • Events 

    Monday, January 11, 2010 | 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

    New York Area Drosophila Discussion Group

    Organizers: Mary Baylies (Sloan Kettering Institute), Laura Johnston (Columbia University), and Jennifer Zallen (Sloan Kettering Institute)

    New York Area Drosophila Discussion Group meetings include four presentations by graduate students and post-docs selected from area laboratories by the program committee with an emphasis on new and emerging data.

    Tuesday, January 26, 2010 | 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

    Phosphodiesterase Targets for Cognitive Dysfunction and Schizophrenia

    Organizers: Lawrence P. Wennogle (Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.) and Peter Hutson (Merck and Co., Inc.)

    The symposium will focus on phosphodiesterase (PDE) inhibitors for schizophrenia and cognitive disorders, review the theoretical basis of different PDEs, and chart the most recent progress towards human clinical testing.

    Tuesday, February 9, 2010 | 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

    Circadian Cycle and Metabolic Dysfunction

    Speakers: Joe Bass (Northwestern University), Carla B. Green (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center), Christos Mantzoros (Harvard Medical School), Pere Puigserver (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute)

    This symposium will bring together leading researchers to examine the link between metabolic function, internal biological timing and the physiological consequences of circadian disruption.

    Thursday, March 25, 2010 | 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

    New York Area C. elegans Discussion Group Meeting

    Organizers: Jane Hubbard (The Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine), Cathy Savage-Dunn (Queens College, CUNY) and Shai Shaham (The Rockefeller University)

    The NY Area C. elegans Discussion Group presents meetings featuring talks by graduate students, post-docs, or laboratory heads from the tri-state area with an emphasis on new and emerging data.

    Tuesday, May 11, 2010 | 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

    Survival of the Prettiest: Evolution, Beauty, and Human Happiness - An Evening with Nancy Etcoff

    Speaker: Nancy Etcoff (Harvard Medical School)

    Nancy Etcoff, PhD, author of Survival of the Prettiest: The Science of Beauty, shares her latest research and thoughts on human beauty and its connection to happiness.

  • Past Events

    Tuesday, December 15, 2009 | 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

    Deciphering Bipolar Disorder: Insights for Improved Research Strategies

    Speakers: Haim Einat (University of Minnesota), Rif S. El-Mallakh (University of Louisville School of Medicine), Todd Gould (University of Maryland School of Medicine), Alexander B. Niculescu, III (Indiana University School of Medicine)

    This symposium will highlight new developments in Bipolar disorder models and biomarker identification, and will reveal how these new strategies can further our understanding of the disease and our ability to identify new therapies.

    Thursday, December 3, 2009 | 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

    New York Area C. elegans Discussion Group Meeting

    Organizers: Jane Hubbard (The Skirball Institute for Biomolecular Medicine), Cathy Savage-Dunn (Queens College, CUNY) and Shai Shaham (The Rockefeller University)

    The NY Area C. elegans Discussion Group presents meetings featuring talks by graduate students, post-docs, or laboratory heads from the tri-state area with an emphasis on new and emerging data.

    Tuesday, November 24, 2009 | 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

    Celebrating 150 Years of "Origin of Species"

    Speakers: Gerald M. Edelman (The Neurosciences Institute and The Scripps Research Institute), Paul Ekman (University of California, San Francisco and Paul Ekman Group LLC), and Terrence Deacon (University of California, Berkeley)

    S&C celebrates the 150th anniversary of the publication of the landmark book, The Origin of Species, by the most legendary member of NYAS, Charles Darwin. Join Gerald Edelman, Paul Ekman, and Terrence Deacon for an evening of evolution.

    Monday, November 2, 2009 | 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

    miRNAs and Other Non-coding RNAs in Nervous System Development and Function

    Organizers: Eric Lai (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center) and Thomas Tuschl (The Rockefeller University)

    This 1-day symposium will explore the role of non-coding RNAs in nervous system development, function and etiology of disease.

  • Publications 

    Annals

    Biomarkers in Brain Disease

    Edited by Simon Lovestone (King's College, University of London)

    In this Annals volume experts discuss the latest advances in biomarker technologies and biomarker development for brain disorders.

    eBriefing

    Circadian Disruption and Cancer: Making the Connection

    Keynote Speaker: Russell J. Reiter (The University of Texas Health Science Center)

    Our bodies use light cues to regulate fundamental cellular processes. A new eBriefing asks, has overexposure to light and shift work in industrialized societies caused cell growth and proliferation to go awry?

    Annals

    The Neurosciences and Music III: Disorders and Plasticity

    Edited by Simone Dalla Bella (University of Finance and Management, Warsaw, Poland), Nina Kraus (Northwestern University, School of Communication, Evanston, Illinois), Katie Overy (University of Edinburgh - Music, Edinburgh, United Kingdom), Christo Pantev (Institute for Biomagnetism and Biosignalanalysis, Munster University Hospital, Munster, Germany), Joel S. Snyder (Department of Psychology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada), Mari Tervaniemi (Cognitive Brain Research Unit, Department of Psychology, University of Helsinki, Finland), Barbara Tillmann (Neurosciences et Systèmes Sensoriels CNRS - Université Claude Bernard, Lyon, France), and Gottfried Schlaug (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA)

    Manuscripts in this Annals volume address how the tools of cognitive neuroscience have provided new insights into music and the brain.

    eBriefing

    Therapeutics for Cognitive Aging: Preserving Mental Vitality across the Lifespan

    Organizer: Howard Fillit (Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation)

    There's no consensus about what cognitive aging is, but mental decline clearly affects most of us as we grow older. This eBriefing explores how cognitive aging relates to other neurodegenerative disorders and how it may be managed.

    eBriefing

    BACE1 and Alzheimer's Disease: Targeting a Link in the Amyloid Pathway

    Speakers: David Riddell (Wyeth Research), Robert Vassar (Northwestern University), Lisa McConlogue (Elan Pharmaceuticals), Ishrut Hussain (GlaxoSmithKline R&D), and Jordan Tang (Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation)

    BACE1 is the enzyme that generates the toxic peptide amyloid-β in the brain. Researchers convened at the Academy to discuss efforts to develop a drug that targets BACE1 and prevents amyloid plaque build-up.

  • Webinar Archives

    Webinar Archive
    October 27, 2009

    Is Alzheimer's Disease Type 3 Diabetes?

    What is the connection between dysregulated neuronal insulin signaling and Alzheimer's disease? In a recent Academy webinar, some researchers argued that the neurodegenerative disease should be considered a type of diabetes.