Nexus Member Newsletter

#SfN24 Advance Member Registration and Housing Open Next Week

Neuroscience 2024 advance member registration and housing selection officially open Wednesday, July 10, noon EDT. SfN members who joined or renewed by March 15, 2024, are eligible to participate in Bonus Day registration, opening Tuesday, July 9, noon EDT. 

Call for Late-Breaking Abstracts

To showcase the most recent and exciting science at Neuroscience 2024, this year SfN is experimenting with holding a second call for abstracts. Late-breaking abstract submission will be open Tuesday, July 23–Thursday, August 1, 5 p.m. EDT. 

Meet the Expert: Erich D. Jarvis

On Wednesday, July 17, 1 p.m. EDT, join Erich Jarvis for Cultural Influences on the Way to Do and Interpret Our Science, a webinar on how ethnicity, gender, vocabulary, and culture can shape scientists' approach to their research and careers. Registration is complimentary for SfN members.

Start Planning Your Meeting Experience

SfN's annual meeting is just three months away! Visit SfN.org/am2024 for the latest information about Neuroscience 2024: Explore sessions and events, travel and housing information, exhibitors, virtual programming, and more.

Support the Trainee Community When You Register

SfN received thousands of applications for this year’s Trainee Professional Development Awards (TPDA)! You can help increase the number of TPDA awardees by adding a donation to the TPDA program to your Neuroscience 2024 registration. 

Host a Satellite Event in Chicago

Take advantage of the meeting space and networking opportunities available at #SfN24 by hosting a satellite event. Submit your application by Sunday, July 21 to avoid paying a late fee. Additionally, view the Neuroscience 2024 satellite event descriptions.

Grad School Fair Exhibit Booths Still Available

It’s not too late to secure a spot for your neuroscience training program at the Neuroscience 2024 Graduate School Fair. Don’t miss this opportunity to connect in person with hundreds of top students from around the world. To get the best rate for your booth — and year-round benefits for your program — become an Institutional Program (IP) member of SfN. 

Avoid Registration and Housing Scams

Fraudulent agents posing as Neuroscience 2024 vendors may offer deals on hotels, registration, and other meeting-related goods and services. SfN strongly recommends against entering into agreements with companies that are not directly contracted by SfN, as SfN will be unable to aid in resolving any disputes or issues. Learn more about how you can protect yourself. 

Roommate Matching Forum

Keep your Chicago housing costs in check by using the Neuronline Community’s Roommate Matching Forum to coordinate shared accommodations with other SfN meeting attendees. 

Secure On-Site Childcare Services Today

Register with KiddieCorp Childcare Services. For any questions, email meetings@sfn.org. 

Connect with 2023 Annual Meeting Exhibitors

Explore the Neuroscience 2023 exhibitors and discover neuroscience-related products and services.

Register Your Brain Awareness Campaign Event (BACE) Poster

Celebrate your outreach activities with Brain Awareness Week organizers from around the world at Neuroscience 2024 in Chicago. Applications are due Sunday, September 1.

The Growing Link Between Microbes, Mood, and Mental Health

New research suggests that to maintain a healthy brain, we should tend our gut microbiome. The best way to do that right now is not through pills and supplements, but better food.

Incorporating Neuroscience Earlier in Education

Bright Light Neuro is an initiative to enable students to better understand how they think and feel by incorporating neuroscience lessons and activities in the classroom.

Discover Career Opportunities in Neuroscience With NJCC

Explore NeuroJobs Career Center (NJCC), the world's largest source of neuroscience opportunities for job seekers.

Sign up to receive the monthly Advocacy Network Newsletter to stay informed about the latest neuroscience policy news.

Early Career Policy Ambassador (ECPA) Organizes Advocacy Webinar

Watch the webinar 2024 ECPA Craig McFarland assisted in organizing. The webinar provides an introduction to brain-related policy work, including the importance of patient advocacy, community engagement, and working with policymakers to support brain research. 

House Releases NIH and NSF Funding Levels

The House released its Commerce, Justice, and Science bill, which includes $9.3 billion for NSF, an increase of $199 million above FY 24 funding levels. The House also released the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies bill, which includes $48.51 billion for NIH, equal to FY 24 funding levels, and new structural and policy reforms for the agency, including consolidating NIH’s existing 27 institutes and centers into 15 new centers, which is in line with a recently released proposal by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers. Additional details on funding and whether SfN’s submitted report language on the importance of NHP models will not be available until July. 

JNeurosci's Early Career Researcher Advisory Board

Supporting early career researchers (ECRs) is an important goal for JNeurosci and SfN, as Editor-in-Chief Sabine Kastner explains in her latest editorial, which introduces the journal’s inaugural ECR Advisory Board. In their first editorial, the Advisory Board discusses their goals and role at JNeurosci aimed at addressing the gap between journals and ECRs. 

Sea Slugs, Memory, and Challenging Dogma

New on Neuro Current: a 2018 interview with authors of the popular eNeuro paper, RNA from Trained Aplysia Can Induce an Epigenetic Engram for Long-Term Sensitization in Untrained Aplysia and a 2024 follow-up conversation on how David Glanzman’s research story continued. This episode is part of the celebration of 10 years of eNeuro and some of its most significant research.

Reviewer Spotlight: Hoda Gebril

Hoda Gebril shares about her career in the field of neuroscience and strategies for approaching a review in this Reviewer Spotlight, which is part of the Reviewer Recognition series on the eNeuro blog.