From generobi@life.uiuc.edu Thu, 14 Aug 2003 17:01:43 -0500 Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 17:01:43 -0500 From: Gene Robinson generobi@life.uiuc.edu Subject: [Neuropostdocs] Fwd: Graduate Student Travel Award --=====================_17919875==.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed News from Essie Meisami: "I am pleased to inform you and the members of our Neuroscience community here at Illinois, that Sabra Abbott, a graduate student in Molecular and Integrative Physiology and Medical Scholars Program, whose research in neuroscience (cholinergic regulation of sleep and circadian rhythms ) is under the direction of Martha Gillette, has been awarded one of the Eli Lili's Graduate Student Travel Award to attend the Society for Neuroscience Meeting this November in New Orleans. This $750 is a highly competitive one, given to a few of the many who apply from various chapters. Sabra was our Chapter's choice for this award and we are happy that our choice was an excellent one. I am sure we all would like to congratulate Sabra on this accomplishment and wish her the best in her research." Congratulations to Sabra and thanks, Essie, for coordinating the nomination. Gene Gene E. Robinson G.W. Arends Professor of Integrative Biology Director, Neuroscience Program Department of Entomology University of Illinois 505 S. Goodwin Ave. Urbana, IL 61801 Tel. 217-265-0309 Fax 217-244-3499 Website: http://www.life.uiuc.edu/robinson/ --=====================_17919875==.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" News from Essie Meisami:
"I am pleased to inform you and the members of our Neuroscience community here at Illinois, that  Sabra Abbott, a graduate student in Molecular and Integrative Physiology and Medical Scholars Program, whose research  in neuroscience (cholinergic regulation of sleep and circadian rhythms ) is under the direction of Martha Gillette, has been awarded one of the Eli Lili's Graduate Student Travel Award to attend the Society for Neuroscience Meeting this November in New Orleans.  This $750 is a highly competitive one, given to a few of the many who apply from various chapters. Sabra was our Chapter's choice for this award and we are happy that our choice was an excellent one. I  am sure we all would like to congratulate Sabra on this accomplishment and wish her the best in her research."

Congratulations to Sabra and thanks, Essie, for coordinating the nomination.

Gene



Gene E. Robinson
G.W. Arends Professor of Integrative Biology
Director, Neuroscience Program
Department of Entomology
University of Illinois
505 S. Goodwin Ave.
Urbana, IL  61801
Tel. 217-265-0309
Fax 217-244-3499
Website: http://www.life.uiuc.edu/robinson/
 --=====================_17919875==.ALT-- From generobi@life.uiuc.edu Fri, 15 Aug 2003 09:31:10 -0500 Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 09:31:10 -0500 From: Gene Robinson generobi@life.uiuc.edu Subject: [Neuropostdocs] new year --=====================_649500==.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Dear Faculty, Students and Postdocs, I hope your summer has been productive and enjoyable. This email is to announce a few special events this coming semester and to notify you of committee assignments for '03-04. Hold these dates! (more info on each will follow) 1) Sept 14 NSP Retreat (again kindly organized by Big Brain Club) 2) Oct 21 SfN at NSP. This will involve a combination of: 1) a town meeting with Bill Greenough to discuss the new SfN Strategic Plan and what it might mean for us, 2) a "pre-poster" session so students and postdocs planning to present a poster at Neuroscience can share their latest results locally as well as get friendly feedback before the bright lights of SfN; and 3) dinner. 3) Dec 2 and 9. Our first First Year Student Presentations (at the regular seminar time) Committee Assignments The following individuals have kindly agreed to serve NSP for 2003-04. Thank you in advance for your service! Executive Committee Tom Anastasio, Akira Chiba, David Clayton, Paul Gold, Janice Juraska, Donna Korol, Sue Schantz Admissions Committee Mark Nelson, Chair; Julie George, Tzumin Lee, Ed Roy, Shelly Tischkau Open House Sam Beshers, Coordinator; Justin Cobb, Student-Co-coordinator; Diana Thomas, housing; Maritza Alvarado, party Brain Awareness Week Sam Beshers; Donna Korol; Phil Newmark; students and postdocs TBN Grievance Committee Gary Iwamoto Seminars Sam Beshers, Coordinator; Refreshments Fall, Jia-Min Bai; Refreshments Spring, Hyomin Kim; Clean-up Fall, Brian Powers; Clean-up Spring, Jungsik Yoo; Lunch with Speaker Fall, Jenny Kim; Lunch with Speaker Spring, Ying Wang; AV Fall Jonathan House; AV Spring, Patty Kandelepas Prosser Award Committee Susan Fahrbach and Bill Greenough Grass Lecture Essie Meisami Big Brain Club Nyla Ismail, President; Lily Zukovsky, Vice-President; Brian Powers, Treasurer; Jonathan House, Web Design and Alumni Database; Peder Lindberg, Diana Thomas and Maritz Alvarado, Social/Student Concerns and Retreat Committee; Jenny Kim and Patty Kandalepas, Seminar Committee Postdoctoral Associates Association Ricardo Zayas, Coordinator THANKS! And on behalf of the entire program, I also wish to thank the following individuals who served in 2002-03: Executive Committee Lee Beverly; Jim Campanelli; David Clayton; Paul Gold; Bill Greenough; Joe Malpeli; Sue Schantz Admissions Committee Akira Chiba, Chair; Wendy Heller; Huey Hing; Donna Korol; Mark Nelson Open House Tom Anastasio, Chair; Rudi Scharnweber, abstracts and party; housing, Kevin Christie Brain Awareness Week Sam Beshers; Donna Korol; Phil Newmark; students and postdocs TBN Grievance Committee Gary Iwamoto Seminars Tzumin Lee, Chair; Refreshments Fall and Spring, Laura Pace?; Clean-up Fall, Jason Ebaugh; Clean-up Spring, Sen-Lin Lai; Lunch with Speaker Fall, Nyla Ismail; Lunch with Speaker Spring, Lilia Zurkovsky; AV Fall and Spring, Amanda Tinkelman? Grass Lecture Essie Meisami SFN Reception Janice Juraska, Rhanor Gillette Ad Hoc Course Strategic Planning Committee Lee Cox, David Clayton, Janice Juraska, Fred Delcomyn Enjoy the rest of the summer, Gene Gene E. Robinson G. William Arends Professor of Integrative Biology Director, Neuroscience Program Department of Entomology University of Illinois 505 S. Goodwin Ave. Urbana, IL 61801 Tel. 217-265-0309 Fax 217-244-3499 Website: http://www.life.uiuc.edu/robinson/ --=====================_649500==.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Dear Faculty, Students and Postdocs,

I hope your summer has been productive and enjoyable.  This email is to announce a few special events this coming semester and to notify you of committee assignments for '03-04.

Hold these dates!  (more info on each will follow)
1) Sept 14  NSP Retreat (again kindly organized by Big Brain Club)

2) Oct 21   SfN at NSP.  This will involve a combination of: 1) a town meeting with Bill Greenough to discuss the new SfN Strategic Plan and what it might mean for us, 2) a "pre-poster" session so students and postdocs planning to present a poster at Neuroscience can share their latest results locally as well as get friendly feedback before the bright lights of SfN; and 3) dinner.

3) Dec 2 and 9.  Our first First Year Student Presentations (at the regular seminar time)


Committee Assignments
The following individuals have kindly agreed to serve NSP for 2003-04.  Thank you in advance for your service! 

Executive Committee
Tom Anastasio, Akira Chiba, David Clayton, Paul Gold, Janice Juraska, Donna Korol, Sue Schantz

Admissions Committee
Mark Nelson, Chair; Julie George, Tzumin Lee, Ed Roy, Shelly Tischkau

Open House
Sam Beshers, Coordinator; Justin Cobb, Student-Co-coordinator; Diana Thomas, housing; Maritza Alvarado, party

Brain Awareness Week
Sam Beshers; Donna Korol; Phil Newmark; students and postdocs TBN

Grievance Committee
Gary Iwamoto

Seminars
Sam Beshers, Coordinator; Refreshments Fall, Jia-Min Bai; Refreshments Spring, Hyomin Kim; Clean-up Fall, Brian Powers; Clean-up Spring, Jungsik Yoo; Lunch with Speaker Fall, Jenny Kim; Lunch with Speaker Spring, Ying Wang; AV Fall Jonathan House; AV Spring, Patty Kandelepas

Prosser Award Committee
Susan Fahrbach and Bill Greenough

Grass Lecture
Essie Meisami

Big Brain Club
Nyla Ismail, President; Lily Zukovsky, Vice-President; Brian Powers, Treasurer; Jonathan House, Web Design and Alumni Database; Peder Lindberg, Diana Thomas and Maritz Alvarado, Social/Student Concerns and Retreat Committee; Jenny Kim and Patty Kandalepas, Seminar Committee

Postdoctoral Associates Association
Ricardo Zayas, Coordinator


THANKS!
And on behalf of the entire program, I also wish to thank the following individuals who served in 2002-03:
Executive Committee
Lee Beverly; Jim Campanelli; David Clayton; Paul Gold; Bill Greenough; Joe Malpeli; Sue Schantz

Admissions Committee
Akira Chiba, Chair; Wendy Heller; Huey Hing; Donna Korol; Mark Nelson

 Open House
Tom Anastasio, Chair; Rudi Scharnweber, abstracts and party; housing, Kevin Christie

Brain Awareness Week
Sam Beshers; Donna Korol; Phil Newmark; students and postdocs TBN

Grievance Committee
Gary Iwamoto

Seminars
Tzumin Lee, Chair; Refreshments Fall and Spring, Laura Pace?; Clean-up Fall, Jason Ebaugh; Clean-up Spring, Sen-Lin Lai; Lunch with Speaker Fall, Nyla Ismail; Lunch with Speaker Spring, Lilia Zurkovsky; AV Fall and Spring, Amanda Tinkelman?

Grass Lecture
Essie Meisami

SFN Reception
Janice Juraska, Rhanor Gillette

 Ad Hoc Course Strategic Planning Committee
Lee Cox, David Clayton, Janice Juraska, Fred Delcomyn

 
Enjoy the rest of the summer,
Gene


Gene E. Robinson
G. William Arends Professor of Integrative Biology
Director, Neuroscience Program
Department of Entomology
University of Illinois
505 S. Goodwin Ave.
Urbana, IL  61801
Tel. 217-265-0309
Fax 217-244-3499
Website: http://www.life.uiuc.edu/robinson/ --=====================_649500==.ALT-- From generobi@life.uiuc.edu Thu, 21 Aug 2003 15:31:29 -0500 Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 15:31:29 -0500 From: Gene Robinson generobi@life.uiuc.edu Subject: [Neuropostdocs] new year-omissions --=====================_15178406==.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Please note the following additions to the committee roster: Representative of the Central Illinois Chapter for the Society for Neuroscience Essie Meisami Executive Committee Nyla Ismail, Student representative Admissions Committee Nyla Ismail, Student representative Sorry about the omissions. Gene --=====================_15178406==.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Please note the following additions to the committee roster:

Representative of the Central Illinois Chapter for the Society for Neuroscience
Essie Meisami

Executive Committee
Nyla Ismail, Student representative

Admissions Committee
Nyla Ismail, Student representative


Sorry about the omissions.
Gene --=====================_15178406==.ALT--