Upcoming Events

 

Date	Time	Location	Topic/Description
11/5/2009	6:00 PM	Dome Room, SHM	INP Journal Club, Nikki Woodward speaking
11/6/2009	10:00 AM	CMHC auditorium, 34 Park St.	Psychiatry Grand Rounds, Ziad Nahas speaking on: "Epidural prefrontal cortical stimulation for treatment resistant depression"
11/6/2009	12:00 PM	Dome Room, SHM	Spike Club, Chris Donahue speaking
11/6/2009	12:00 PM	Kirtland 207	Current Work in Behavioral Neuroscience, Irene Pepperberg speaking on: "Cognitive and communicative abilities of Grey Parrots: Numerical competence"
11/9/2009	12:00 PM	JB Pierce Library	JB Pierce Seminar Series, Paul Phillips speaking on: "Coupling value to actions: dopamine and decision making"
11/9/2009	3:45 PM	CMHC room W212	BSTP, Peter Morgan speaking on: "Normalizing effects of modafinil on sleep in chronic cocaine users"
11/10/2009	1:00 PM	Cohen Auditorium, Child Study Center	Child Study Center Grand Rounds, Ruth Fischbach speaking on: "Why Is Informed Consent So Important? Historical Reflections and Current Challenges"
11/11/2009	8:00 AM	Brady Auditorium	Clinical Neuroscience Grand Rounds, David Newman-Toker speaking on: "H.I.N.T.S. to I.N.F.A.R.C.T. - Finding the Cerebrovascular Needle amidst the Acutely Dizzy Haystack"
11/11/2009	4:00 PM	OML 202	MCDB seminar, Gail Martin speaking
11/18/2009	4:00 PM	OML 202	MCDB seminar, Alex Kolodkin speaking
11/19/2009	9:00 AM	CMHC room S216	TTURC seminar, Meenakshi Alreja speaking on: "Nicotinic Actions on Medial Prefrontal Cortical Interneurons: Implications for Schizophrenia"
11/30/2009	12:00 PM	Brady Auditorium	CNNR Seminar, Christian Haass speaking
12/2/2009	4:00 PM	OML 202	MCDB seminar, Mary Beth Hatten speaking on: "New Directions in Neuronal Migration"
12/16/2009	4:00 PM	OML 202	MCDB seminar, Hollis Cline speaking on: "Activity-Dependent Mechanisms Governing Synaptic Plasticity in vivo"

 

For a list of even more events in and around the Yale School of Medicine, see the YSM Event Calendar.

 

 

 

Other INP Events

The INP has many events throughout the year that draw large portions of the neuroscience community. These include:

INP Seminar Series:

Each month (usually the second Tuesday of the month at noon), the neuroscience program plays host to a distinguished extramural speaker. This seminar series is student-organized, with INP students suggesting, contacting, and hosting speakers themselves. Several students have the opportunity to enjoy lunch or dinner with each speaker at some of New Haven's finest dining establishments. The talks span all areas of neuroscience, reflecting the wide variety of interests of the students and faculty at Yale. Attendance is required for INP students but open to the entire neuroscience community. Seminars will be posted on this page, in the table above.

Student Research Talks (SRTs):

All INP students are expected to give an annual research-in-progress talk. These talks generally occur every other Tuesday during the academic year and are widely attended by the greater neuroscience community at Yale. Pizza lunch is provided. See the SRTs page for further details and a schedule of upcoming student speakers.

INP Journal Club:

Every other Thursday during the academic year, INP students meet to discuss a recent paper. The journal club is student-run; generally, for each meeting, one student is responsible for presenting the paper to the group, and another student arranges dinner. Yes, dinner is provided, courtesy of the INP and a local New Haven restaurant. See the Journal Club page for further details and/or to sign up to present.

Student-Faculty Lunches:

These provide an opportunity for students and faculty members to meet in a casual environment for question-and-answer sessions on topics like choosing postdoc positions, balancing research careers and family, etc. As the name would suggest, lunch is provided.

Annual Picnic:

Each September, the INP hosts a picnic for students and faculty to meet and relax together for an evening before getting swept up in the rush of the academic year. When the time is close, details on date, time, and location will be posted on this page.

Annual Retreat:

Most years, students and faculty also enjoy a weekend retreat held in the spring. Retreats are a combination of academics and socialization, with talks from faculty members, poster sessions from students, afternoon soccer games, evening mixers, and an always-hilarious program of skits courtesy of the first-year students. In many previous years, the retreat has been an off-campus event, but in 2008, it took the form of a one-day on-campus mini-conference called Neuro Day, with presentations from faculty, students, postdocs, and in general participation by all members of the Yale neuroscience community. Stay tuned for further details and for hopefully-soon-to-be-added YouTube videos of previous years' skits.

Happy Hours:

Occasional happy hours, usually on Fridays, allow the neuroscience community to interact in an informal setting. These are freqently attended by not only members of the Neuroscience Program, but by their labmates and members of all the departments affiliated with the INP, making them a great place to mix with member of the larger biological sciences community. (The INP students have also been known to venture out on Fridays even in the absence of an official program-sponsored happy hour.)

And much, much more!

A myriad of other events await those brave souls who join the email list of the INP registrar, Carol Russo (go here for her contact info). Also, email Carol if you know of an upcoming event that you would like circulated to the neuroscience community. Once she sends out the notice, the webmaster will also post each event in the table above.