Abstracts:
Abstract submissions are closed. For any queries email abstracts@wiringthebrain.com
Abstracts should be written with a broad, multi-disciplinary audience in mind, highlighting the general relevance of specific findings. Abstracts will be submitted for inclusion in conference proceedings and will also be made available online, with the author’s permission.
Submitters will be required to provide the names and affiliations of all authors, contact details for the presenting author, name of the senior author and confirmation that all authors have approved the submission. Furthermore, a preference for oral or poster presentation can be indicated. The text of the abstract should be entered in plain text in the space provided (maximum 250 words).
For reviewing purposes you will be asked to select a topic to which you think your presentation would be most relevant.
- Making connections – the genetics and molecular mechanisms of synaptic connectivity and its implication in disease, such as autism, epilepsy and schizophrenia.
- Assembling circuits – network-level and experience-dependent mechanisms of circuit assembly
- From genotype to phenotype – exploring genetic architecture and pathogenic mechanisms of neurodevelopmental disorders, integrating cell biology, anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, neuroimaging and behaviour from model organisms to humans.
- Developmental trajectories – secondary and cascading effects of mutations over development, homeostasis, epigenetics, interplay with maturational processes
- Connectivity – exploring the structural and functional attributes of large-scale brain networks, their development and new methods to visualise them.
- From brain to mind – understanding the structure and function of neuronal microcircuits and larger networks and how they mediate behaviour, perception and cognition.
Poster Session Information
Poster Sessions will be held adjacent to the main meeting room There will be three Poster Sessions and Poster Presenters will be notified in advance which session they should display their poster in. (Details of session presenters will be available online by Friday 3rd April and you will be notified by email prior to this)
All posters should be Portrait, no larger than AO size.
Velcro tabs will be provided on site to assist in mounting posters. When preparing your poster, please bear in mind the multidisciplinary nature of the meeting and diverse backgrounds of the delegates. Many will not be specialists in your area. In order that the maximum number of participants can appreciate the impact of your work it will thus be important to include some general background information, to define specialist terms and to explain methodological approaches, results and conclusions in generally accessible terms.
Extend the life of your poster
Wiring the Brain, in cooperation with Faculty of 1000 (http://f1000.com/), invites poster presenters at this meeting to deposit their poster(s) into the new open access poster repository, F1000 Posters (http://posters.f1000.com/) enable those who could not make the meeting to see your novel work. F1000’s expert Faculty of 10,000 members will then view these submissions to identify those they wish to select for positive evaluation in the award winning F1000 service. To deposit your poster, simply go to http://posters.f1000.com/Index?page=Deposit and upload your file.
Poster Prizes
The best poster will be awarded reviewed and awarded a year subscription to Nature Magazine - one per poster session.
