Mission Statement: To promote, at the local level, the general objectives of the Society for Neuroscience, including its goals of interdisciplinary contacts among research workers interested in neuroscience and education of the general public and future neuroscientists.
Steering Committee: serves as a liaison between the San Diego Neuroscience community and the SfN
President: Doug Nitz, Ph.D.
Secretary: Regina Faulkner, Ph.D.
Treasurer: Adrienne Dubin, Ph.D.
Public Liaison: Leanne Chukowski, Ph.D.
Nominations Committee Chair: Marian Logrip, Ph.D.
Advisory Board: Darwin Berg, Ph.D. (University of California, San Diego), Jerold Chun, M.D.,Ph.D. (The Scripps Research Institute), Hollis Cline Ph.D.(The Scripps Research Institute), Stuart Lipton, M.D., Ph.D. (The Burnham Institute for Medical Research), Terrence Sejnowski, Ph.D. (Salk Institute for Biological Studies), Nicholas Spitzer, Ph.D. (University of California, San Diego), Larry Squire, Ph.D. (VA Med Center, University of California, San Diego), Doris Trauner, M.D. (University of California, San Diego School of Medicine)
Host: The Scripps Research Institute
2008 SFN Chapter Grant Award
Congratulations to Leanne Chukoskie for the $1000 award for "San
Diego Local Chapter
for the Society for Neuroscience initiative: Brain Bee 2009"
2009 SFN Chapter Grant Award
Congratulations to Marian Logrip for receiving a $750 award to support the "San
Diego Local Chapter
for the Society for Neuroscience initiative: First Annual Meeting 2009"
2009 Fall SFN Chapter Grant Award
The local chapter received a $300 award to support the "San
Diego Local Chapter for the Society for Neuroscience initiative: Web site and financial support"
2009 Chapters Graduate Student Award
Congratulations to Beth Shafer for receiving a SfN 2009 Chapters Graduate Student Award in support of attending and presenting her research at the National meeting entitled "Wnt-mediated planar cell polarity components control anterior-posterior guidance of commissural axons via Frizzled3 trafficking" by Shafer, Lo, Delaunay, Wolf, King and Zou.
2010 Spring SFN Chapter Grant Award
The local chapter received a $750 award to support the "San
Diego Local Chapter
for the Society for Neuroscience initiative: Second Annual Meeting 2010"
2010 Fall SFN Chapter Grant Award
The local chapter received a $1000 award to support the "San
Diego Local Chapter
for the Society for Neuroscience initiative: Third Annual Meeting 2011" and the "2011 San
Diego Brain Bee"
Scientific community events
Annual meeting of the San Diego Chapter
of the SfN was held on April 23, 2009 at the Leichtag Auditorium, UC, San Diego
Sponsored by a Chapter grant from the National Society for Neuroscience
Participants came from UC, San Diego, USD, SDSU, The Scripps Research Institute, The Salk Institute, Autism Speaks, Cephalon, Cypress Bioscience, Johnson & Johnson PRD, La Jolla Institute for Research, Perception Dynamics Institute and La Jolla Country Day High School. Dr. Mark Tuszynski (UCSD) spoke about the role of growth factors as treatments for combating Alzheimer's disease. Dr. Terry Sejnowski (Salk), reported on the phenomenon of ectopic release. Dr. Jonathan Shelton (Johnson & Johnson PRD) discussed the fight against insomnia from a pharmaceutical perspective. Poster winners were Margaret Timmers, graduate student,UCSD and Brian Head, Research Scientist, UCSD/VA.
This event was Sponsored by the Neuroscience Department, UCSD and the SfN.
Second Annual meeting of the San Diego Chapter
of the SfN was held on May 14, 2010 at The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Frederic de Hoffmann Auditorium and Foyer
The meeting featured scientific presentations by Drs. Bill Mobley (UCSD Med School) and Holly Cline (TSRI) and a panel discussion moderated by Dr. Stephen Heinemann (The Salk Institute for Biological Studies) that incorporated a number of themes but focused on the importance of integrating novel technologies to ultimately understand brain function. The Panel consisted of Drs. Jerold Chun (TSRI), Martyn Goulding (The Salk), George Koob (TSRI), Rich Krauzlis (The Salk), Bill Mobley (UCSD), and Chuck Stevens (The Salk). Dr. Mobley discussed his research on the transportation of endosomes carrying quantum dot labeled NGF cargo in axons and the compromise of transport by amyloid precursor protein. Dr. Cline presented her real time studies on the dependence of dendritic morphology in the superior colliculus of Xenopus tadpoles on visual experience. The Panel Discussion focused on the integration of molecular techniques into systems and cognitive neuroscience. It was widely acknowledged that significant breakthroughs in Neuroscience required the infusion of novel technical approaches and an increase in funding for the development of innovative techniques. About 100 registrants from The Salk Institute, The Scripps Research Institute, UC San Diego, Burnham, San Diego State University, CSU San Marcos, San Diego Mesa College, INSERM, La Jolla Country Day High School, Autism Speaks, Johnson & Johnson PRD, Helicon Therapeutics, Medincell Corp, Advanced Brain Monitoring Inc., Eton Therapeutics, Dart Neuroscience LLC, and general community participated. Dr. Adrienne Dubin (TSRI) presented the chapter events held over the past 2 years and described the opportunities available for future participation, calling for volunteers and sponsors. Poster winners were Jenna Tabor-Godwin, graduate student, SDSU (The role of autophagy during coxsackievirus infection in neuronal stem cells) and Dr. Gary Patti, Postdoctoral Fellow, TSRI (Therapeutic metabolomics investigation of neuropathic pain). Runners up were Dr. Francesca Cattaneo (TSRI) and Steve Sutton (J&J PRD). This event was sponsored by The Salk Institute for Biological Studies and the SfN.
Sponsored by a Chapter grant from the National Society for Neuroscience
Community events
January 31, 2009: San Diego Brain Bee 2009
Sponsored by The
Neurosciences Institute, Invitrogen, Jean and Mike Collins, San
Diego Chapter of the SfN, and the Temporal Dynamics of Learning
Center at UCSD
The event engaged students interested in the brain in a friendly,
one-day competition including a lunch with top
scientists from local research institutes. The contest was held on Saturday, January
31st from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 pm at The Neurosciences Institute
Auditorium in La Jolla. First place winner was Prabhav Jain and he competed in the National competition. First runner up was Nali Gillespie. Congratulations to all. http://www.lajollalight.com/news/253385-students-show-off-their-mental-skills-at-brain-bee
March 4, 2009: Annual Patrick Henry High School Engineering Academy Career Exploration Fair.
The exhibition by the Chapter presented information on a variety of topics including alcoholism and dependency, Concussion, and Chronic Pain. Students were engaged in hands on demonstrations of two point somatosensory discrimination and the role of olfaction in taste.
January 30, 2010: San Diego Brain Bee 2010
Sponsored by The Neurosciences Institute, Life Technologies, The Thomas C. Ackerman Foundation, San Diego Chapter of the SfN, and the Temporal Dynamics of Learning
Center at UCSD
The contest was held at The Neurosciences Institute Auditorium in La Jolla. Dr. Nicholas Spitzer (UCSD) was the master of ceremonies. Drs. Andrea Chiba (Professor, UCSD), Hollis (Holly) Cline (Professor, TSRI), and Peter Welch (Director of R&D, Life Technologies) judged the student’s answers. First place winner was Mr. Omar Shahrior (12th grade, Audeo Charter School) and he competed in the National competition (4th place). First runner up was Mr. Samvit Ramadurgam (12th grade, Torrey Pines High School). Congratulations to all.
www.sandiegobrainbee.com
January 29, 2011: San Diego Brain Bee 2011
Sponsored by Life Technologies, The Thomas C. Ackerman Foundation, The Neurosciences Institute, the Dorris Neurosciences Center, and the San Diego Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience
The contest was held at at The Neurosciences Institute in La Jolla, CA. Thirty-six students from 17 schools competed in a half day event involving a written and live Q&A competition that tests students knowledge of brain function and dysfunction, physiology and chemistry. The students were challenged with questions derived from Brain Facts, a text developed by the Society for Neuroscience and the Dana Foundation. All students answered randomly picked questions from easy, medium and hard categories during the First Round and the top 10 finalists engaged in triple elimination. Nick Spitzer (Distinguished Professor and Vice Chair Section of Neurobiology, UCSD) was the master of ceremonies; Drs. Cline (TSRI), Walcott (The Neurosciences Institute) and Banaszewska (Life Technologies) were judges. The highlight was the thrilling prolonged battle between Abby Stuart (11th grade Cathedral Catholic High) and Vaishnavi Rao (10th grade Canyon Crest Academy). Abby took home a trophy, a $500 Amazon.com gift certificate, and will receive round-trip airfare and accommodations for two to the National competition. Vaishnavi Rao (1st runner up) received a $250 Amazon.com gift certificate. The next three finishers received $100 Amazon.com gift certificates and were Marci Rosenberg, Priyanka Bisarya, and Praneet Mylavarapu, all from Torrey Pines High School. All participants received t-shirts, a take-away bag of goodies, and a certificate of participation. They competed in front of an audience of parents, siblings, teachers, and neuroscientists. At the close of the final round, an informal mixer was held that gave the sutedents the opportunity to mingle with local research scientists, graduate students and postdoctoral researchers.
Congratulations to all.
www.sandiegobrainbee.com
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Full membership in this Chapter is open to any member of the Society
for Neuroscience who is residing in the San Diego area, including
faculty, staff, residents, students and postdoctoral fellows at local
institutions of higher learning, and employees of industrial concerns
in the San Diego Area who are involved in related areas of
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The Chapter has chosen not to assess dues for membership at this
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Dr. Adrienne Dubin,
TSRI, Department of
Cell Biology
DNC-210, 10550 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La
Jolla, CA 92037
Contact Adrienne Dubin (adubin@scripps.edu)
This Chapter was re-activated in the Fall of 2007.
Charter Members:
◊ Darwin Berg, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
◊ Adrienne Dubin, Ph.D.,The Scripps Research Institute
◊ Leanne Chukoskie, Ph.D., The Salk/UCSD/Autism Speaks
◊ Jerold Chun, M.D., Ph.D.,The Scripps Research Institute
◊ Holly Cline, Ph.D., The Scripps Research Institute
◊ Stuart Lipton, M.D., Ph.D., The Burnham Institute
◊ Marian Logrip, Ph.D., The Scripps Research Institute
◊ Greg Maguire, Ph.D., La Jolla Institute for Research
◊ Doug Nitz, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
◊ Terrence Sejnowski, Ph.D., Salk Institute for Biological Studies
◊ Nicholas Spitzer, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
◊ Larry Squire, Ph.D., VA Med Center, University of California, San Diego
◊ Doris Trauner, M.D., University of California, San Diego School of Medicine
Contact information:
Adrienne Dubin
Department of Cell Biology, DNC-210
The Scripps Research Institute
10550 N. Torrey Pines Road
La Jolla, CA 92037
adubin@scripps.edu
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Last updated: June 9, 2011