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Last updated :December 28, 2010 ; 21:14.

The New Year 2011 comes with great news!

We are pleased to present you NEURONUS 2011 Student Neuroscience Conference, the first International Brain Research Organisation (IBRO) Young Neuroscience Forum that aims to foster Neuroscience research exchange among students worldwide!

Period: April 15^th – 17^th, 2011

Venue: Cracow, Poland

Topics: Cognitive Neuroscience, Molecular Neuroscience, Neuropathology, Synaptic Plasticity, Stress & Depression

Invited speakers: Prof. Richard S.J. Frackowiak (University College London, UK and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland), Prof. Tibor Harkany (University of Aberdeen, UK), Andrzej Szczudlik (Jagiellonian University Medical College, Cracow, Poland).

Abstract submission deadline: February 25^th, 2011 Extended to: March 11^th, 2011

Official website: http://neuronus2011.pl/

The participation of two SOMS members to this event will be partially supported by stipends. The eligibility criteria for the applications for stipends are:

1. being a SOMS active member

2. being accepted as a participant at NEURONUS 2011 with an abstract as 1st author

3. sending the accepted abstract at contact@soms.ro; deadline: March 15^th, 2011

The applications will be evaluated by a scientific committee and the best two abstracts will win the stipends! More details will be announced soon.

Happy Winter Holidays!

Last updated :December 26, 2010 ; 22:34.

PROGRAMME:

1. The “in vivo” diagnostic of malignant melanoma – dermatoscopy and confocal microscopy (Student: Georgiana Dumitraşcu – “Carol Davila” Univ., INCD “Victor Babeş”, Bucharest, Romania; Dr. Caterina Longo, Dr. Patrizia Pepe – Mondena University, Italy; Coordinators: Dr. Monica Neagu – INCD “Victor Babeş”; Prof. Dr. Giovanni Pellacani – Mondena University, Italy)

2. Real-time histological evaluation of basocellular carcinoma by in vivo confocal microscopy (Student: Mihaela-Adriana Ghiţă; Coordinators: Dr. Constantin Căruntu – “N.C. Paulescu” National Diabetes, Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases Institute, Physiology II Dept. “Carol Davila” Univ.; Prof. Dr. Giovanni Pellacani – Mondena University, Italy; Dr. Daniel Boda – Centre of Excellence in Dermatology, “N.C. Paulescu” National Diabetes, Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases Institute)

Scientific moderator: Dr. Constantin Căruntu

Venue: Amphitheatre 5, “Carol Davila” Univ. (1st floor)

More details about the stipends awarded to Georgiana Dumitrascu and Mihaela Ghita to do research at Modena University can be found here.

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Last updated :December 11, 2010 ; 23:26.

The applications for the SOMS Competition for stipends that involve free participation at the National Congress for Students and Young Doctors 2010 were evaluated by Dr. Radu Mihai (Oxford University, UK) and Dr. Corin Badiu (Carol Davila University, Romania) in a blind manner – abstracts sent without authors and affiliations. They can be read here. Considering the similarity in the abstracts’ quality, the competition was close. The winning applications are:

The inactive brain is more vulnerable to stroke.
Authors: Alexandra Oana Constantinescu (Carol Davila University, Romania), Dragos Ciocan
Coauthors: Andrei Ilie, Leon Zagrean (Carol Davila University, Romania)
Coordinator: Mihai Moldovan (Copenhagen University, Denmark; Carol Davila University, Romania)

Subcortical “contamination” of cortical electroencephalographic recordings during ischemic suppression in rat.
Authors: Alexandra Dolfi Carol Davila University, Romania), Alexandra Oana Constantinescu (Carol Davila University, Romania)
Coauthors: Bogdan David (Carol Davila University, Romania), Armand Iliescu (Carol Davila University, Romania)
Coordinator: Mihai Moldovan (Copenhagen University, Denmark; Carol Davila University, Romania)

We would like to thank Dr. Corin Badiu and Dr. Radu Mihai for help with the evaluation, SSMB for sponsoring SOMS and, especially, Luisa Baca for mediating this sponsorization.

We thank all the students who applied for the stipends and we congratulate them!

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Last updated :December 6, 2010 ; 15:05.