Israel Society for Neuroscience (ISFN)

The Israel Society for Neuroscience (ISFN) is a registered non-profit organization that was founded in 1992 by several leading Israeli neuroscientists. The ISFN holds its annual meetings each year in December. It offers a stage for presentations of cutting edge research in the form of oral lectures, posters, blitz poster discussion session for students and WEB based abstracts. Abstracts are published by ISFN in a booklet and as a supplement to an international scientific journal. The ISFN annual meeting proceedings of 2009 - 2011 were published online in the Journal of Molecular Neuroscience.From about 300 participants in the first ISFN Annual Meetings just after its inception, it has doubled in size during the last four years. Members include neuroscientists and graduate students from all research institutes and universities in Israel, as well as foreign delegates, all of whom are involved in multidisciplinary basic and clinical research of the nervous system.

Hilton Queen of Sheba, Eilat

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The 22nd ISFN Annual Meeting – General Information

I am glad to announce that the 22nd ISFN Annual Meeting due December 14-17, 2013, at Hilton Queen of Sheba Eilat, will be open for registration and abstract submission starting July 15 2013

This meeting will be incorporated with the Second Binational Italian-Israeli Meeting in Neuroscience, and will include a welcome Dinner to our guests on Saturday might (14 December, Israelis - by invitation only) and a symposium entitled: "Frontiers in Israel-Italian Neurosciences" on Sunday morning (15 December 2013).

About 30 Italian neuroscientists have already confirmed their participation and they will present their posters or oral presentations in the general frame of the program.

In addition to the poster and the short oral presentation sessions, there will be 5 symposia that cover various aspects in Neuroscience:

mTOR/autophagy/lysosomal pathways in neurodegeneration; Circuits underlying behavior in the mammalian brain; Developmental Neuroscience; Molecular Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration and Neuroprotection and "Neuroscience of Knowledge" – all are pre-arranged by leaders in the fields, with invited speakers.

The key-note plenary lecture will be given by Prof. Alcino Silva from UCLA on: "Reversing neurodevelopmental disorders in adults: from mechanisms to treatments"

Based on the most successful Swift Poster Sessions delivered by 20 students last year, we will have this year 30 students presenting in two Swift Poster Sessions (15 presentation in each session). The swift oral presentations (3 min) will be delivered by students pre-selected by the ISFN committee based on their poster abstracts. There will be three winners in each session (total of 6), elected by the ISFN Committee, who will be awarded with 1,000 shekels each.

The registration fees, abstract submission fees and room rates at the Hotel will be announced together with the announcement on opening of the Registration.

I wish us all a successful meeting,

Esty Shohami, PhD
President of the ISFN