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Our first public live audio-video seminar occurred during the Brain Awareness Week (BAW) 2011 Competition, which emphasized the BAW theme “Brains in Cyberspace”.

We established a connection online with SOMS alumni and honorary member Dr. Mihai Moldovan from the University of Copenhagen, while he was in Copenhagen.

Our initiative  proved successful and we plan to continue to organize other teleconferences with SOMS alumni who are remarkable doctors and scientists in prestigious universities  abroad.

Last updated :March 29, 2011 ; 09:00.

The winners of Brain Awareness Week 2011 Competition (Mihaela Ghiţă, Ioana Viziteu, Adrian Podeanu and Alexandra Constantinescu) have the honor of free participation to the VI-th “Academician Nicolae Cajal” Symposium (March 30th – April 1st 2011). Moreover, other interested students can participate as audience and attend the presentations. HERE is the programme.

This was possible with funding from Cajal Foundation and Trima Events – professional congress organizer. We thank Alexandru Călin for the mediation of this funding.

Nicolae Cajal Foundation is an association brought into being by Irina Cajal Marin, aiming to transfer experimental research into the clinical setting to improve the diagnostic and treatment procedures.

Trima Events is an event organizer: conferences, congresses, seminars, workshops etc.

SOMS would like to thank the sponsors for help!

We will publish soon interviews with the sponsors and key-note speakers, but also news about opportunities of free attendance to other conferences offered by Trima Events to SOMS members. Find out HERE how you can become a SOMS member!

Mai multe detalii despre programul conferinţei şi despre sponsori se găsesc AICI.

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Last updated :March 23, 2011 ; 23:58.

The accepted abstracts to be presented during the BAW Competition 2011 can be found HERE, ranked by Andrei Ilie (PhD stud, Oxford Univ.)

Dr. Anca Panaitescu randomized the order of the presentations (rezident, Elias Hospital).

The participants to the BAW Competition and their presentations are:

1. Mihaela Ghita

2. Liana Nedescu

3. Alexandra Dolfi

4. Ducu Ionita

5. Aldebarani Gonzalez

6. Ruxandra Aursulesei

7. Mirela Diana Ilie

8. Ioana Viziteu

9. Alexandra Constantinescu

10. Adrian Podeanu

The scientific committee who awarded the 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes was composed of: Prof. Leon Zăgrean, Dr. Anca Panaitescu and Alexandru Călin. The criteria for awarding the prizes were: the presentation (graphics, originality etc.), respecting the time limits, the interaction with the audience etc.

The winners were offered the possibility to attend the Nicolae Cajal Symposium. We would like to thank the “Acad. Nicolae Cajal” Foundation and TRIMA – Events Company.

The winners are:

Mihaela Ghiţă – 1st prize

Ioana Viziteu – 2nd prize

Adrian Podeanu – 3rd prize

Alexandra Constantinescu – Audience’s prize

Congratulations to all participants!

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Last updated :March 19, 2011 ; 20:57.

Students will interactively find out the steps of writing a scientific article about the brain by having the opportunity to get involved in discussions and practical activities.

Coordinator: Assoc. Prof. Corin Badiu (Parhon Institute of Endocrinology, Dept. of Methodology of Scientific Research)

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

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Last updated :March 16, 2011 ; 20:08.

Thank you for applying to the BAW Competition!

We received 16 applications. To select the 10 abstracts to be presented orally during the BAW Competition on Friday March 18th 2011, we asked for help Andrei Ilie (PhD student, Oxford University) to evaluate them using scores of 1-16 (1 – the best). The applications were sent for evaluation without author and affiliation data. The abstracts in a preliminary ranking can be foud HERE.

The score of this preliminary ranking is just a fraction of the final score. The oral presentation is the most important and, thus, it will decide the winners!

We are waiting for you to confirm your attendance to the BAW Competition until Wednesday March 16th 2011 . You can write us at contact@soms.ro or use the online form!

The presentations have to be no longer than 10 minutes, Power Point slides, with visible fonts. Other suggestions can be found on our resources page.

The preliminary ranking is:

1. Dolfi Alexandra – I can’t hear you but I’m here (Carol Davila Univ.) – confirmed

2. Nedescu Liana – To play or not to play (Carol Davila Univ.) – confirmed

3. Alexandra Oana Constantinescu – Neurofeedback: the mirror of thoughts in cyberspace (Carol Davila Univ.) – confirmed

4. Ilie Mirela Diana – Sensorimotor Training in Virtual Reality (Carol Davila Univ.) – confirmed

5. Podeanu Adrian – Samson’s arm (Carol Davila Univ.) – confirmed

6. Gonzalez Aldebarani – Exergaming Physiotherapy (Carol Davila Univ.) – confirmed

7. Ducu Ioniţă – Treating nicotine addiction using a virtual component (Carol Davila Univ.) – confirmed

8. Ghiţă Mihaela Adriana – The virtual world and atopic dermatitis (Carol Davila Univ.) – confirmed

9. Viziteu Ioana – Virtual reality and pain therapy (Carol Davila Univ.) – confirmed

10. Ruxandra Aursulesei – Bătaia e ruptă din Rai? (UMF “Carol Davila”) – confirmed

11. Citra Anton Valeriu – How much do subliminal messages influence our life? (Carol Davila Univ.)

12. Iancu Catinca – Theta Waves – The gate to the subconsciousness (Carol Davila Univ.)

13. Ruxandra Aursulesei – Sleep (Carol Davila Univ.)

14. Rădulescu Ana-Maria – The virtual world: a drug with side-effects (Carol Davila Univ.)

15. Raluca Ardeleanu – Seeing influences directly the peripheral perception (Faculty of Psychology)

16. Tabără Cătălina – Video games used as therapy (Carol Davila Univ.)

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PROGRAMME:

1. Liana Nedescu: Between caprice and addiction – the mechanisms of action of light drugs

2. Mihaela Ghiţă: Saturday Night Fever and atopic dermatitis

3. Alexandra Constantinescu: You know that we are living in a material world

4. Catinca Iancu: How much is too much? Internet and personality disorders

5. Aldebarani Gonzalez: Can people develop Exergaming Addiction?

Invited moderator: Prof. Asoc. Mihai Moldovan

Venue: Carol Davila University

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Last updated :March 12, 2011 ; 19:37.

PROGRAM:

1. Lecture: The human brain, the center of our universe

Invited speakers: Acad. C. Bălăceanu Stolnici, Prof. Univ. D. Constantin-Dulcan, Prof. univ. Al. Mironov, Prof. univ. A. Restian, Prof. asoc. M. Moldovan, Dr. O Brazdău, Prof. univ. Leon Zăgrean

2. Workshop: Exploring cyberspace with neuroscience methods

Coordinator: Dr. Mihai Moldovan

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