The major goal of the meeting is to bring together scientists whose interests are in the broad area of understanding the neural control of behavior. We cordially invite members and nonmembers alike to attend our Annual Meeting. The program will include plenary lectures, oral communications, and poster sessions. Topics will focus on a number of themes including, but not limited to: Learning, Memory, and Neuronal Plasticity; Ingestive Behavior; Drugs of Abuse and Psychopharmacology; Behavioral Endocrinology; Behavioral Genetics; and Psychoneuroimmunology. 

The Program Committee is soliciting abstracts for oral and poster presentations. Abstracts may be prepared on any subject related to the general area of behavioral neuroscience. Both members and nonmembers may submit abstracts. More than one abstract may be submitted by each author. Only abstracts which are submitted electronically will be accepted. Late abstracts will be considered for the poster sessions only.   The deadline for the receipt of abstracts is January 14, 2008. Late abstracts will be considered until April 1 for poster presentation only.  Abstract fees are $40 prior to Jan. 14 and $50 for abstracts submitted after Jan. 14.

Click here to go to the Members' 2008 Abstract Form  (login and password required)

Click here to go to the NON-members' 2008 Abstract Form

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

This is a preliminary program, THERE WILL BE CHANGES.  Please check back for updates. Scroll right to see full program.

PROGRAM

The final program is now available in PDF format.  It is strongly recommended that if you printed a copy of the program prior to June 7, 2008, that you view/print a copy of the final program now available.  Several changes have been made to the program including but not limited to speaker presentation times and poster numbers.  Click here for the final program in PDF format.

• All abstracts must be submitted electronically by the PRESENTING author.

• Authors may submit more than one abstract; however, each abstract must be submitted separately electronically.

•  Abstracts will not be accepted unless formatted according to instructions. 

• Abstracts are due in the IBNS Central Office by January 14, 2008.  Late abstracts will be considered 
  until April 1 for poster presentation only.  Abstract fees are $40 prior to Jan. 14 and $50 for abstracts 
  submitted after Jan. 14.  Payment is due at the time of submission.

• Title:  USE ALL CAPS.      

• The text is to be prepared as a single paragraph and single-spaced. Your abstract text  (needs to include title and 
  author information) should be no longer than 1600 characters or approximately 300 words. If typed using a 12 point 
  Times New Roman font, your printed abstract should be approximately 4.5 x 6.25 inches. No photos or tables will 
  be accepted with or in the abstracts.

• To confirm that we have received your abstract please go to http://www.ibnshomepage.org/AbstractList.asp.  
  Abstracts are automatically posted.  If your abstract is not there, we have not received it.  Please resubmit or 
  contact the IBNS Central Office.

• When typing or copying the text for your abstract into the box provided on the form your TITLE, AUTHORS, AND 
  AFFILIATIONS are REQUIRED.  Even though you type your title and authors in the preceeding boxes, you MUST 
  also include them with your abstract.  The abstracts for the program book are copied directly from the abstract box 
  on the form.

Size and surface area is 4' wide by 8' tall.  This is not an error--the boards are tall and skinny.  See photo.  For the top of your poster prepare a banner including the title, authors and institutional affiliations. Lettering for this section should be at least 1 inch high.

POSTER BOARDS ARE 4 FEET WIDE AND 8 FEET TALL.  PREPARE YOUR POSTER ACCORDINGLY.

Oral Presentation Guidelines:

• Ian Q. Whishaw, University of Lethbridge
  Skilled forelimb use in the rat as used to model human neurological conditions
   

• David Amaral, University of California, Davis
  Functions of the nonhuman primate amygdala and hippocampus:  Evidence from lesion studies in the developing and mature rhesus monkey

IBNS FELLOWS SYMPOSIUM

SPECIAL SYMPOSIA

SENSORY AND PEPTIDERGIC CONTROL OF FOOD HEDONICS: RELATION TO EATING DISORDERS.  Sarah Leibowitz (Chair), The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.

STRESS AND ANTI-STRESS SYSTEMS IN THE REGULATION OF ALCOHOL SEEKING. Markus Heilig (Chair), NIAAA, Bethesda, MD, USA.

GLIAL-NEURON INTERACTIONS IN NEUROPSYCHIATRIC AND NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES.  John P. Bruno (Chair), The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.

TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH ON SEXUAL FUNCTIONS: IS IT POSSIBLE? Anders Agmo (Chair), Dept. of Psychology, University of Tromsø, Norway.

NEUROACTIVE STEROIDS IN MENTAL ILLNESSES AND DRUG ABUSE.  Giovanni Biggio (Chair), University of Cagliari, Italy.

ANIMAL MODELING OF COGNITION: RELEVANCE TO SCHIZOPHRENIA.   Jared Young (Chair), University of California, San Diego, CA, USA.

 WORKSHOPS

Grant Workshop:  Funding Opportunities

Organizer:  Christine Hohmann (Program Committee; Education and Training Committee)

A brief overview of various NSF and NIH funding opportunities will be provided during this 30-minute period by Dr. Hohmann.  Special emphasis will be placed on funding opportunities for beginning investigators (including training grants) and mechanisms for faculty at predominantly undergraduate and minority serving institutions. 

 Literature pertaining to these funding opportunities will remain available throughout the meeting at a specially designated table.  Dr.  Hohmann, Dr. Lambert and other IBNS members experienced with specific grant mechanisms will be standing by to discuss them with interested participants.  Appointments for more detailed discussion with these IBNS members can also be made throughout the rest of the conference.

Student Workshop: Mentoring - from both sides

Organizers:     Susan Powell (Education and Training Committee, Chair)
Sarah Johnson (Student Representative to Council)

Having a good mentor as a grad student or post doc can contribute greatly to your choice of career path, as well as your success along that career path.  Yet, it is hard to know whether the supervisor you initially choose will turn out to be a great mentor.  In this workshop, members of the IBNS Council and Education & Training Committee will talk about their experience as mentees and mentors, with the aim of answering the following questions.  What makes a good mentor, and how can you increase your chances of choosing one?  Further, what makes a good mentee, and how can you get the most out of your supervisor-student relationship, regardless of the situation? 

 Panel members Susan Powell, Christine Hohmann, Robert Gerlai and Nancy Ostrowski will then open the discussion to answer questions from attendees.  Education & Training Committee members Christine Hohmann and Nancy Ostrowski will also discuss opportunities to forge new mentor-mentee relationships within the behavioral neuroscience community through the IBNS mentoring initiative.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Please check back as this webpage will be updated as we receive additional information. 

For additional information, please contact:

IBNS Central Office
Marianne Van Wagner, Executive Coordinator
8181 Tezel Road #10269
San Antonio, Texas 78250  USA
Telephone:  (830) 796-9393 or
(866) 377-4416 (toll-free from within the US)
Fax:  (830) 796-9394
Email:  ibns@ibnshomepage.org