SfN Events

Please come join us as we show off our local talent and engage with our amazing line up of speakers for the 13th Annual North Central Chapter Society for Neuroscience Regional Conference. Festivities will start with poster sessions! There are so many poster presentations that two separate sessions had to…

The North Central Florida chapter of the Society for Neuroscience will be hosting a virtual fall general body meeting on Thursday, September 9th at 4pm. Come and learn about how to get involved with the professional development and outreach events we have planned for the upcoming…

This year, Brain Awareness Week was held March 15-19th through an entirely virtual format. Working with the Alachua County school system, lessons incorporated age-appropriate brain information with accompanying activities. These include making a pipe cleaner neuron or brain hat for the younger students, 5 brain tricks and the 5 senses,…

The NCF SFN chapter has created an end of the year newsletter, including summaries from various events held this past year. Membership, National SFN news, NCF SFN 11th Annual Conference, Outreach Events, Brain Awareness Week, and Brain Bee are all included. Read newsletter here.

University of Florida neuroscience students sparked excitement and intrigue among over 1,200 public school students across Alachua County through interactive brain activities during Brain Awareness Week, which began March 15.

We wanted to take a moment to thank Dr. Steven F. Maier, our diverse group of presenters, judges, and participants for making the 11th annual North Central Florida Society for Neuroscience chapter meeting such a great success! The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) is a nonprofit membership organization of scientists and physicians…

Please consider getting involved. Faculty, staff, post-docs and undergrad, graduate and dual-enrollment students are welcome to join!

Meeting link for 2/19/21:https://ufl.zoom.us/j/98937911002?pwd=ZTRIQ05NVWhqSTIwKzdaWUxQRy84dz09 Password: SFN2021 Meeting Schedule: 10:45am – Opening Remarks Sara Pickernell, Chapter President  11:00am – Introduction: Courtney Wilkinson, Chapter Conference Co-Chair  Keynote Lecture: Dr. Steven Maier–  Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychology & the Center for Neuroscience; University of Colorado at Boulder  12:00pm – Student Lunch with Dr. Maier Trainees (undergraduate, graduate, post-docs,…

Join us for our upcoming NCF SFN spring general body meeting! The meeting will be held via zoom on Feb. 3, 2021. Click here for the zoom link, and check out the flyer below for more details. Hope to see you all there!…