Call for Abstracts - 'Tools for Epilepsy Research: Tutorials & Updates' Conference
This is an invitation and call for abstracts for the conference 'Tools for Epilepsy Research: Tutorials & Updates' organized by the Center for Integrative Neuroscience and Neuroengineering Research (CINNR) and the Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (IDDRC), Thursday August 6 through Saturday August 8, 2009 in Chicago.
The meeting will be held at the Biological Science and Learning Center (BSLC), 924 E 57th Street and will include speakers that are specialized in different areas of epilepsy research from the United States and Europe. We ask for your contribution in the form of an abstract. From these submissions we will select oral and poster presentations. Guidelines for abstract submission can be found below. We will emphasize the following topics in the context of epilepsy research:
- Signal Analysis & Mathematical and Computational Models
- In vivo and in vitro Animal Models
- Genetic Models and Molecular Techniques
However, submissions outside of these topics are invited as well.
Epilepsy is complex and multifaceted; consequently, a myriad of specialists, including epileptologists, neuroscientists, geneticists, physicists, chemists, mathematicians, computer scientists, and engineers, have contributed to the total body of knowledge about this often devastating disease. Individual researchers often struggle to keep pace with, let alone integrate, findings and techniques from disciplines beyond their area of expertise. For example, a researcher focusing on genetic models of epilepsy may have difficulty understanding results from state-of-the-art computer modeling and vice versa. A primary goal of this meeting is to aid cross-fertilization between disciplines. To do this, the first half of the symposium will provide a foundation of basic tutorials on research technologies for the non-specialist. Each tutorial will focus on a specific model (e.g. mathematical models in epilepsy) or tool (e.g. source localization techniques in EEG). They will begin by covering the basics and then proceed to applications in epilepsy research, including potential advantages and pitfalls of the model or tool. The second half of the symposium will contain talks describing state-of-the-art research in each area.
program & Speakers http://www.cinnresearch.org/events.html
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Afternoon:
- Tutorial 1 - Signal Analysis & Mathematical and Computational Models
- Bill Lytton, Marc Benayoun, Nicholas Anderson, Frank Zanow
- Tutorial 2 - In vivo and in vitro Animal Models
- Ed Dudek, Nino Ramirez, Dan Margoliash, Amber Martell
Poster session
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Friday, August 7, 2009
Morning - 11.00:
- Tutorial 3 - Genetic Models and Molecular Techniques
- Andrew Escayg, Kathy Millen
Morning from 11.00 & Afternoon:
Session Genetic Models and Molecular Techniques
Bill Dobyns, Renzo Guerrini, Andrew Escayg, Miriam Meisler, Eric Marsh,
Allison Barth
Poster session
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Saturday, August 8, 2009
Morning:
Session In vivo and in vitro Animal Models
Kevin Staley, Catherine Schevon, John Beggs, Steve Schiff, Ed Dudek
Afternoon:
Session Signal Analysis & Mathematical and Computational Models
John Ebersole, Delphine Cosandier-Rimélé, Bill Lytton
The proceedings of this conference will be published in a special issue of the Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology.
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Illinois Institute of Technology, and Center for Integrative Neuroscience and Neuroengineering Research. The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 18.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Abstract Submission Instructions Provide your Abstract as a one page Word file with the following settings: paper size: letter; top and bottom margins: 1'; left and right margins: 1.25'. The required settings are the same as the ones used for this text. Within this one page, you may embed JPG figures up to a total of a 5 MB file size.
The Abstract should contain a title (font: Times New Roman 16pts), author(s) and affiliation(s) (font: Times New Roman 10pts), and the abstract text (font: Times New Roman 11pts). Reference list and acknowledgements, figure captions and tables (font: Times New Roman 10pts)
References in text: Berntson et al 1997; Clifford and Tarassenko 2005; Togo et al 2006.
Use 'et al' in case there are more than two authors.
References:
- Pan J and Tompkins WJ. A real-time QRS detection algorithm. IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng. 32: 230-236, 1985.
- Press WH, Flannery BP, Teukolsky SA and Vetterling WT. Numerical Recipes in C, 2nd ed. Cambridge UK: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1992, pp. 575-584.
Please email your contribution before July 22, 2009 as an email attachment to:
Della Akres ([email protected]) and cc: Wim van Drongelen ([email protected] ).
In your email, indicate (1) if you prefer oral or poster presentation and (2) if you would like to be considered for an invitation to contribute to the special issue of the Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology.
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We look forward to seeing you in Chicago. There will be no cost for attendees from the Argonne National Laboratory, the Illinois Institute of Technology, the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, or the University of Chicago for this meeting; attendees from elsewhere will be charged a $175 fee and students from elsewhere will be charged $125. This fee includes coffee, breakfasts, lunches and dinners. There will be an additional $15 fee for those who wish to receive Continuing Medical Education Credit.
http://www.cinnresearch.org/symposiuminfo.html
If you plan to attend, go to http://www.cinnresearch.org/symposiuminfo.html to register for the event; the registration procedure is as follows:
Registration Category A
Individuals who do not wish to receive Continuing Medical Education Credit, but who are associated with the Argonne National Laboratory, the Illinois Institute of Technology, the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, or the University of Chicago, please register by sending an E-mail to [email protected] prior to July 15 with the following information:
Name:
Institution:
Department:
E-mail address:
There is no fee for registering in Category A.
Registration Category B
Individuals who are not associated with the Argonne National Laboratory, the Illinois Institute of Technology, the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, or the University of Chicago must register for the symposium in this category.
Any individual who wishes CME credit should also register in this category. If you are affiliated with one of the sponsoring institutions, you have to pay only the $15 CME fee.
Fill out the on-line registration form. Please include the following information.
Name:
Institution (if applicable):
Street Address:
City:
State:
Phone:
E-mail: address:
Registration fee ($175.00):
Student registration fee ($125.00):
CME Certificate fee ($15.00):
Total charges:
Please contact Wim van Drongelen if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Scientific Committee
- Wim van Drongelen, PhD, Department of Pediatrics, The University of Chicago
( [email protected] ) (tel: 773 834 9049; fax: 773 702 4786)
- John Ebersole, MD, Department of Neurology, The University of Chicago
- David Mogul, PhD, Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Illinois Institute of Technology
Last Edited: 06/23/09 03:16 PM by Danielle Onunkwo
