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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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Brains in cyberspace: from social network addiction to virtual therapies

This is the 8th consecutive year when the National Neurosciences Society of Romania organizes in partnership with SOMS Brain Awareness Week (BAW) events with international participation at Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Bucharest.

MAIN EVENT – Scientific competition about “The Therapeutic Use of Cyberspace” (Friday, March 18th 2011; 3-6 p.m.; Great Amphitheatre)

Coordinator: Prof. Leon Zăgrean (Carol Davila Univ.)

Students from various universities in Bucharest (Medicine, Biology, Psychology, Sociology, Computer Science etc.) are encouraged to send using the formular below (by March 14^th) a scientific abstract (max 400 words) for a 10-minute Power Point presentation related to “The Therapeutic Use of Cyberspace” (e.g.: cybertherapy for shyness, emotional trauma or for smokers, alcoholics, drug addicts trying to quit etc). The best 10 abstracts will be selected (by March 15^th) to be presented as 10-minute oral presentations during the main event, in a brainstorming session. A broad panel of invited local and international experts including neuroscientists, physicians and psychologists will participate to a final debate and the best three presentations will be awarded.

The abstracts can be based on personal ideas or on other ideas from the scientific literature/Internet and their creativity will be considered. The abstracts and the presentations from last year’s BAW can be found HERE. Other suggestions for making oral presentations can be found on our RESOURCES page.

Deadline for abstracts: Monday, March 14th 2011, 10 p.m. (GMT +2)

Anouncing the final abstracts that enter the competition: Tuesday, March 15th 2011, 12 p.m.

SATELLITE EVENTS

Workshop – Exploring the cyberspace with Neuroscience methods (Friday, March 11th 2011; 3-6 p.m.; Great Amphitheatre)

Coordinator: Assoc. Prof. Mihai Moldovan (Copenhagen Univ., Carol Davila Univ.)

This workshop will continue the Neuroscience course and students will have the opportunity to understand this year’s theme and to learn how to tackle the presentations for the competition from Mihai Moldovan, the winner of the prize for “International Affirmation” during the Young Doctors Gala.

SOMS meeting (Monday, March 14th 2011; 5-7 p.m.; Amphitheatre 5)

Students will present about the neuroscience of addiction.  

Invited speaker: Prof. Asoc. Mihai Moldovan

Neuroscience Lab Open Day (Wednesday, March 16th 2011, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.)

Coordinators: Dr. Ana-Maria Zagrean, Prof. Leon Zagrean

Students will be guided in the Center for Excellence in Neuroscience, Carol Davila Univ.

Workshop: How to write a scientific article about the brain? (Thursday, March 17th 2011; 5 – 7 p.m.; Amphitheatre 5)

Coordinator: Conf. Dr. Corin Badiu (C.I. Parhon Institute, Dept. of Scientific Research Methodology)

Students will discover the steps of writing a scientific article and will be involved in open discussions and practical activities.

See you soon! Good luck with the competition!

Last updated :February 14, 2011 ; 16:55.

Encouraged by the success from the last years and by the many enquiries we received about the Brain Awareness Week 2011 events, SOMS and the NNSR continue the tradition of promoting brain science among students from various universities in Bucharest by engaging them in interactive workshops, neuroscience experiments and prize competitions during March 14-20, 2011!

More details will be announced on February 14 (Guess why…!!)

Last updated :January 14, 2011 ; 17:37.