Wiring the Brain 2015 CSHL Conference on Wiring the Brain Organizers: We are pleased to announce the second Cold Spring Harbor meeting on Wiring the Brain, which will begin at 7:30 pm on Tuesday March 24 and run through lunchtime on Saturday March 28, 2015. Previous meetings in this series took place in Ireland in 2009 and 2011 and at CSHL in 2013. The main goal of this meeting is to bring together researchers from diverse fields to explore how brain connectivity is established, how genetic variation can affect these processes, how circuit and network function are affected by defects in neural development and how this can lead to psychiatric and neurological disease. Keynotes: Thomas Sudhof, Stanford University Ann Graybiel, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Session Topics: Development – early events Synapse formation and plasticity Human brain development Genetics of neurodevelopmental disorders Neural dynamics Circuit dysfunction System dysfunction The format of the meeting will include seven oral sessions and two poster sessions.
World Storytelling Day World Storytelling Day logo by Mats Rehnman. World Storytelling Day is a global celebration of the art of oral storytelling. It is celebrated every year on the spring equinox in the northern hemisphere, the first day of autumn equinox in the southern. On World Storytelling Day, as many people as possible tell and listen to stories in as many languages and at as many places as possible, during the same day and night. Participants tell each other about their events in order to share stories and inspiration, to learn from each other and create international contacts. The significance in the event lies in the fact that it is the first global celebration of storytelling of its kind, and has been important in forging links between storytellers often working far apart from each other. Event History[edit] World Storytelling Day has its roots in a national day for storytelling in Sweden, circa 1991-2. Themes[edit] See also[edit] External links[edit]