WORKSHOP ON COGNITIVE
AGING
June 13 - 17, 2012
Application Deadline: March 30, 2012
Instructors:
Scott Small, Columbia University
Adam Gazzaley, University of California San Francisco
This
workshop will provide students with the most current understanding
of the cognitive aging field by bringing together researchers
who apply complementary analytical approaches to and offer
diverse biological perspectives on research in neuroscience and aging. Topics will include: the hippocampal formation, the frontal lobe, human neuroimaging techniques, animal models, the molecular cell biology of cognitive aging, emerging interventions and therapies, and the bioethics of cognitive enhancement.
Confirmed speakers in the workshop are:
Amy Arnsten, Yale University
Carol Barnes, University of Arizona
Adam Brickman, Columbia University
Randy Buckner, Harvard University
Richard Buxton, University of California San Diego
Roberto Cabeza, Duke University
René Hen, Columbia University
Eric Kandel, Columbia University
Russell “Rusty” Katz, Food & Drug Administration
Art Kramer, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
David Lowe, PsychoGenics
John Morrison, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Alvaro Pascual-Leone, Harvard Medical School
Denise Park, University of Texas Dallas
Peter Rapp, National Institutes of Health
Craig Stark, University of California Irvine
Molly Wagster, NIH/NIA
The exceptional faculty will bring
the most up-to-date results and theories to the students,
making the workshop a valuable resource for young researchers
starting out in this fast-moving field. Not only will
the workshop help students build foundations for their future
research, it will also introduce them to potential collaborators.
The
workshop will begin in the evening of Tuesday, June 12, and end at lunchtime on Sunday,
June 17. The selection criteria for participation in the workshop
will be similar to that for regular courses at Cold Spring Harbor
Laboratory. Limited financial support is available but will
not influence the selection process. Students
will be expected to stay at CSHL for the duration of the workshop.
This workshop is generously supported with funds provided by:
The Ellison Medical Foundation, The McKnight Brain Research Foundation®, and
The Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation.
The Ellison Medical Foundation supports basic biomedical research, with a focus on understanding how humans and other organisms age, to define the fundamental biological mechanisms that prevent age-related diseases and disabilities. The Foundation particularly aims to stimulate new, creative, research approaches that might not be funded by traditional sources, or that have been neglected by existing U.S. research funding programs. For more information, please see www.ellisonfoundation.org.
The McKnight Brain Research Foundation® was created in 1999 to promote and support research and clinical investigation in mechanisms which underlie the neurology of memory, with the goal of improving the quality of life for an aging population through the understanding of cognitive aging and alleviation of age-related memory loss. For more information, please go to www.tmbrf.org.
The mission of the Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) is to accelerate the discovery and development of drugs to prevent, treat, and cure Alzheimer's disease, related dementias and cognitive aging. The ADDF has granted more than $51 million to fund over 370 Alzheimer's drug discovery programs in academic centers and biotechnology companies in 18 countries. For more information, please visit www.alzdiscovery.org.
Cost
(including board and lodging): $2,220
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