The University of Edinburgh and Edinburgh Neuroscience hosted The 4th Annual Scottish Neuroscience Group Meeting on 31st August 2007 at Appleton Tower, Crichton Street, The University of Edinburgh. Two hundred basic neuroscientists from across Scotland gathered for a day of talks, posters and socialising. Given that Scotland is a small nation, it was felt that an attendance of 200 probably represents a big percentage of the neuroscience reserach population and that, in percentage terms, the SNG meeting could be bigger than The Society for Neuroscience Meeting - Well Done Scotland!
The Scottish Neuroscience Group was re-established just 4 years ago after several Scottish neuroscientists felt that the opportunities available for postgraduate students and young postdocs to give oral presentations had diminished over the years. They established an annual meeting in order to provide a forum for Scotland’s young neuroscience researchers to give what may be their first public talk in a friendly environment. The annual SNG meeting, which is hosted by the Scottish Universities in turn, has gone from strength to strength and this year took place in Edinburgh with a record number of attendees (200). In addition to the young speakers and over 50 poster presentations, there were three plenary talks:
Differential control of functionally divergent release sites along a common hippocampal axon
Dr Chris McBain (National Institute for Child Health and Development, Bethesda, USA)
Publishing scientific facts and concepts
Dr Peter Stern (Science Magazine)
The Development of Asenapine
Dr Hugh Marston (Organon).
The day’s events ended with a wine reception in Appleton Tower concourse. There was real enthusiasm from all who attended and we are all looking forward to next year’s meeting, which is to be hosted by The University of Glasgow.
SNG2007 was supported by numerous science organisations and companies and we are very greatful for their continued support.
SNG2008 will take place on Friday, 29th August 2008 in the Wolfson Medical School Building, University of Glasgow click here for more information |
