Rita Levi-Montalcini Award
Satellite Event at SENC2021
Aim
The Young Researchers Committee of SENC organizes this event to provide visibility to the young researchers of the Society and to motivate them by providing examples of different scientific career pathways.
The session will focus on PhD students: Young SENC scientists will present their own research, and one of them will receive the Rita Levi-Montalcini Award to the best PhD student talk of SENC 2021.
Rita Levi-Montalcini Award: Information.
For those PhD students who apply to the award, the Young Researchers Committee will pre-select 5 candidates with an age limit ≤ 35 old to give a 15 minutes presentation in this satellite event.
The student providing the best presentation of her/his research to the audience will receive an award of 400 euros at the end of the session. All participants will also receive a Diploma.
Rita Levi-Montalcini Award: How to apply.
If you are interested in applying for the Rita Levi-Montalcini Award, please indicate your intention when submitting your abstract in the online form at the specific section “Additional information”.
In addition, please send an e-mail to secretaria.tecnica@senc.es providing the following details,
- Full name
- Affiliation
- Name of your PhD supervisor
- Brief CV
- A copy of the accepted abstract to SENC 2021 where you are 1st author
Deadline: July 15th.
The Rita Levi-Montalcini Award applications will be evaluated by SENC Young Investigators Committee.
The SENC executive board will announce the selected candidates by September 27th.
Excellent Rita Levi-Montalcini Award Session Program.
9:00h Opening remarks of the Excellent Student Rita Levi Montalcini Award.
by Lola Ganfornina & Ángel Acebes
09:30-11:00h First Session
Chairpersons: David Díaz & Sergio Valbuena
- 09:30h Selected talk #1: ‘Fast is not always good: How Sox9 balances cortical differentiation speed’.
Jaime Fabra Beser
BIOTECMED Institute, University of Valencia.
- 10:00h Selected talk #2: ‘IGF-I mitigates post-traumatic stress through orexin neurons’.
M. Estrella Fernández de Sevilla García-Agenjo
Cajal Institute (CSIC), Madrid.
- 10:30h Selected talk #3: ‘Microbial neuraminidase provokes anxiety. Is microglia involved?’
Ana León Rodríguez
Department of Animal Physiology, University of Málaga.
11:00-11:30h Coffee break
11:30-13:00h Second Session
Chairpersons: David Díaz & Sergio Valbuena
- 11:30h Selected talk #4:‘Using 1D-convolutional neural networks to detect and interpret sharp-wave’.
Andrea Navas-Olive
Cajal Insitute (CSIC), Madrid.
- 12:00h Selected talk #5: ‘Neuron-astrocyte glutamatergic circuitries into the nucleus Accumbens’.
Irene Serra Hueto
Cajal Institute (CSIC), Madrid.
12:30h Deliberation
12:40h Award Ceremony
Presented by David Díaz & Sergio Valbuena
12:50-13:00h Closing remarks
by Lola Ganfornina & Ángel Acebes