Dear Colleagues and Friends,

we would like to invite you to the NEURIZONS 2009 Conference held in the Max Planck Institute for Experimental Medicine in Goettingen, Germany scheduled from:

Wednesday, 13 May to Saturday, 16 May 2009.

This meeting being organized by graduate students of the International MSc/PhD/MD-PhD Program Neurosciences and the Max Planck Research School for Neurosciences in Goettingen aims at bringing together internationally acclaimed scientists with the PhD student community.

The topics covered by plenary lectures include:

- Sensory Systems
- Plasticity and Synaptic Function
- Neuronal Circuits and Behavior
- Cognition
- Neuronal Dysfunction

The Keynote Lecture will be held by Prof. Miguel A. L. NICOLELIS, Duke University Medical Center.

Furthermore, we are organizing a symposium dedicated to Goettingen’s Nobel Laureate, Prof. Erwin Neher, to celebrate his 65. birthday featuring talks from some of his past students and colleagues.

For further details on the invited speakers, the conference program, the registration etc. please visit the conference website at: http://www.neurizons.uni-goettingen.de

Note, that the early registration deadline is 01 April 2009 (late registration deadline: 01 May 2009).

To help us circulate the information about NEURIZONS 2009, please forward this e-mail to students and faculty members.

Looking forward to welcoming you for the NEURIZONS conference in Goettingen !

With best wishes,

NEURIZONS Organizing Committee neurizon@gwdg.de