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    Jul 01, 2020
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    SfN Reschedules Neuroscience 2020 Abstract Submission for August 10-19
    Due to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic developments and based on current information available from District of Columbia health authorities and from the D.C. Convention Center, Neuroscience 2020 abstract submission, currently scheduled for July 6-16, 2020, will be delayed to August 10-19, 2020.
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    Jun 29, 2020
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    SfN Opposes Executive Order on Non-Immigrant Visa Restrictions
    The Society for Neuroscience is opposed to the recent executive order extending restrictions on non-immigrant visas. By limiting the pool of talented and passionate scientists available to laboratories, universities, and private industry, this action only serves to damage scientific advancement without accomplishing any stated goals. 
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    Jun 11, 2020
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    2020 Gruber Neuroscience Prize
    Neuroscientists Friedrich Bonhoeffer, Corey Goodman and Marc Tessier-Lavigne Share $500,000 Gruber Neuroscience Prize for their Pioneering Work on the Molecular Mechanisms that Control Axon Guidance.
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    Jun 04, 2020
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    SfN June 4 Statement on COVID-19 Situation

    SfN remains committed to making decisions that are guided by public health authorities and will continue to monitor the situation to determine the effect it may have on our meeting. We will provide updates to members, volunteer leaders, exhibitors, and the field when they are available.

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    Jun 02, 2020
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    SfN Statement on Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity

    SfN reaffirms its commitment to promoting diversity and fostering excellence.

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    May 27, 2020
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    2020 Kavli Prize Laureates in Neuroscience

    The Kavli Prize in Neuroscience is awarded to David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian for their independent discoveries of sensory receptors for temperature and pressure, respectively. While the mechanisms for smell and vision have long been described, a specific molecular understanding for how physical properties like temperature and pressure are detected and encoded into electrical signals the brain can process had been lacking.

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    Mar 23, 2020
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    SfN Reschedules Neuroscience 2020 Abstract Submission

    In light of the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic and the impact on global health, as well as disruption to daily life and business across the world, we are delaying the Neuroscience 2020 abstract submission window. The previously scheduled submission window of April 9-30, 2020 is now July 6-16, 2020.

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    Mar 13, 2020
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    March 13 SfN Statement on COVID-19 Situation
    SfN takes very seriously the unprecedented and rapidly developing global health situation with COVID-19 (coronavirus) and continues to closely monitor all developments.
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    Feb 13, 2020
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    New Class of Neuroscientists Selected to Advocate for Federal Research Funding

    Ten members of the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) have been selected from a highly competitive applicant pool to travel to Washington, D.C. to participate in the Society’s annual Capitol Hill Day on March 5, 2020.

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    Jan 27, 2020
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    The Brain May Need Iron for Healthy Cognitive Development
    Iron levels in brain tissue rise during development and are correlated with cognitive abilities, according to research in children and young adults recently published in JNeurosci. Future work could lead to iron supplementation as an intervention for atypical cognitive development.
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