Fun with Neuroscience

I just received the preliminary program for the 35th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, taking place this year in Washington, D.C. It's packed with tons of useful (and not-so-useful) information, but I think my favorite part is the description of the social events. Here's a sample:

Alzheimer's Disease Social: Karaoke Night - A purely social event with karaoke. Hear your favorite AD researchers bellow out the hits!

Cell Death Social: Neural Stem Cell Fate (yeah, nothing makes me want to be social more than talking about CELL DEATH)

Excitatory Amino Acids Social: Come and Make an Acid of Yourself (I kid you not, that's what it said)

Hippocampus Social: Open Mike Poetry Slam - The Hippocampus Social this year will feature an open mike and invites all interested parties to present their most inspired ideas in brief poetry or performance art pieces (3 minute maximum). Performances will compete for attention with ongoing drinking and socializing, and each of the three best works judged by the audience will win a free drink. (this is my favorite part) Hippocampal content is encouraged but not required.

Oculomotor and Vestibular Systems Social - Don't be passive! Come discover the effects of animated conversation and alcoholic stimulation on your vestibular and oculomotor responses.

Pavlovian Society Social - (I can only imagine what's going to happen at this one)






Side note: Anyone in the DC/MD/NoVA area in the middle of November, let's hang. I have a craving for some Brickskellar and Chipotle.