What We're Up to:
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We're Famous!
'Time Cells' Bridge the Gap in Memories of Event Sequences'
Science Daily__________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Events:
May 11-14, 2011 -- 15th annual ICCNS
677 Beacon St.
May 16, 2011 -- Spring CRAM Meeting
2 Cummington St.
http://www.bostonmemory.org/
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Congratulations to Dr. Robert Komorowski
for the successful defense of his disertation, titled "Associations of items and context: A functional role for hippocampal contributions to memory."
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Spring Update
Hillary Blakely joins the lab as a new teaching post-doc.
John Long of UC Berkley presents his case to join the lab as a post-doc on April 25th at 10:00am.
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Neuroscience Day 2011
to be held Friday January 14th from 12-4pm at BU's Trustees Ballroom & Lounge, located at 1 Silber Way
For details, please visit: BU Neuroscience.
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Fall 2010 CRAM Meeting
to be held Tuesday December 7 from 1-5pm at MIT
For details and registration, please visit: http://www.bostonmemory.org or by emailing cram@bostonmemory.org.
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SFN News and Notes
Our lab will be represented at this year's Society for Neuroscience meeting with posters by:
While you're in San Diego, check out:
HM- Memory River by Vanda
The Lyceum Stage Theatre at the San Diego Repertory complex (only 5 blocks from the Convention Center)
Presented by Emerging Artists Theatre, a play about memory and memories inspired by H.M. and the neuroscientists involved in this essential research. The production brings to light the complexities of patients like H.M. and the struggle scientists face when having a patient for such an extended period of time. The play by Vanda Wark, PhD a psychologist and Associate Professor at Metropolitan College of New York, will run for five performances at Lyceum Space Theatre at Horton Plaza, just five blocks from the San Diego Convention Center. Performances will be nightly, Nov. 11 - 16, from 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm. Cost for SfN members and conferences attendees - $25 in advance, $30 at the door, Others $35. See Emerging Artists website for more information - (www.emergingartiststheatre.org) - Vanda is a Edward Albee Fellow and a National Lambda Award Finalist. She was profiled in "The Dramatists" as one of the 50 playwrights to watch.
For tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/118853
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