[Neuropostdocs] And the winner is...

[Christian Beaulé]

Phil Haydon, with 53 points.

We now have a good list to work with. Hopefully, we will be able to 
invite the top 2 speakers for the NSP seminar series. I will e-mail 
them ASAP. As soon as I  know, I will let you know. As we discussed 
during last friday meeting, I will try as hard as I can to invite the 
#1 speaker. Then, I will go down the list until we have a positive 
answer.

Thanks to everyone who voted, the scores were tight. Just to make 
things clear, a first place nomination was worth 9 points and a ninth 
place was worth 1 point. There was 2 voters that didn't vote all the 
way to ninth place (they ranked the first 5 speakers). I took the 
liberty of randomizing the "unclassified" and assigning them points. 
And to be fair, I casted my votes before seeing everyone else's votes.

Here is the breakdown of the points

Phil Haydon: 53
Larry Young: 47
Stephen Strittmatter: 44
John Hildebrand: 40
Janis Weeks: 39
Martin Heisenberg: 38
Uwe Homberg: 36
Bruce McEwen: 35
Larry Abbott: 28

Given the fact that Phil Haydon is working on glial cells (and assuming 
that he will agree to come for a seminar), I think that the second 
speaker could be anyone from 2-9. Their work will be significantly 
different from our #1 speaker.

Once again, I want to thank everyone who submitted candidates and 
everyone who voted. The choices were very exciting and I believe that 
we will be able to offer some very high quality speakers to the NSP 
community.

Christian


Christian Beaulé, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Cell and Structural Biology
B107 Chemical and Life Sciences Laboratory
601 South Goodwin Avenue
Urbana, IL, 61801. USA
Work Phone: (217) 244-1842
Work Fax: (217) 333-4651
http://www.life.uiuc.edu/clockworks/
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