Tuesday 23 September 2014

Deadline extension for a further week.

Hi all,

It appears some who registered for the symposium missed out on submitting an abstract and vice versa so to give everyone an equal chance to be considered for talk/poster we have extended the deadline till 5pm this Friday (26th). So make sure you pass this on to anyone you think may have missed out.

Remember, in addition to submitting your abstract by downloading the abstract submission form (see post below this one), you also need to register your attendance at the event by going here and filling out your details.

Remember we have two excellent plenary speakers, loads of great student talks, plenty of posters, prizes galore and coffee, morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea and post-event drinks all provided for FREE!

We look forward to seeing you all there!

- SOBR team


Monday 15 September 2014

ABSTRACT DEADLINE EXTENDED

We have extended the abstract deadline by one week to make sure everyone gets a chance to submit their work. We have also been lucky enough to secure two fantastic guest speakers! So make sure you fill out the abstract submission form and send it through to us by THIS FRIDAY.

Abstract submission requires this document to be downloaded, filled out and e-mailed to sobrnetwork@gmail.com. See poster for details.


Tuesday 5 August 2014

The 2014 Annual SOBR Student Symposium - Call for abstracts

The 2014 committee is proud to present the 2014 SOBR Student Symposium. This year the symposium will be in the Ian Potter Auditorium at the Florey Institute for Neuroscience and Mental Health. Abstract submissions are now open for posters and talks!

Abstract submission requires this document to be downloaded, filled out and e-mailed to sobrnetwork@gmail.com. Abstract deadline is the 12th of September.

As always, there are tons of great prizes for both posters and speakers so get submitting!






Wednesday 16 July 2014

Thank You!

Thank you all so much for making the 2014 Professional Development dinner a huge success. We managed to sell the event out! We had 120 students from over 15 universities and institutes Melbourne wide along side 30 VIPs from industry, academia and media. The keynote speeches from Adam Bandt and Sen Penny Wright were interesting and covered a wide range of topics from how government is failing science through to evidence based policy and generated a discussion amongst all attending.

Now we must look forward to next amazing SOBR event! The 2014 Student Symposium! This year the symposium will be held at the Florey Institute for Neuroscience and Mental Health on the 15th of October. There will be both student posters and student presentations and abstract submissions will be opening in the coming weeks so keep an eye out and start getting your abstract ready!

In the mean time, here are a few photos from the professional development dinner:








 

Saturday 14 June 2014

The 2014 SOBR Professional Development Dinner

Hi SOBRers!

The time has come for you to get your tickets to the 2014 professional development dinner! 1st of July is just around the corner and tickets are selling quickly. We have a limited capacity so be sure to get your tickets, they're only $40 and that gets you not only a 2-course meal at the Rialto InterContinental but also 4 hours of drinks and some excellent talks from our guest speakers.

Tickets can be found here

See poster below for more information and we look forward to seeing you on the night!

- SOBR


Wednesday 7 May 2014

The SOBR Professional Networking Dinner 2014 -- July 1st -- Save the date!

It’s that time again and we have been working hard behind the scenes and are pleased to announce the annual Students of Brain Research professional networking dinner will be held on the 1st of July at the Rialto. This year the theme is revolving around a highly topical and contentious issue: “Politics in Science”. The dinner will be emceed by none other Dr Andi Horvath, the media officer for science at the University of Melbourne and will feature keynote speakers Sen. Adam Bandt (the spokesperson for science for the Greens and the man behind the ‘Respect Research’ campaign’) and Sen. Penny Wright who is the spokesperson for mental health, also from the Greens party. The speakers this year will provide interesting insight and discussion into the interplay between science and politics, a discussion not to be missed by young researchers. So it’s time to save that date. The 1st of July. Tickets will be on sale later this month.