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<p class="" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">I International Workshop on Synaptic Plasticity -
IWSYP'14</span></b></p>

<p class="" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial"> September 8-9,
2014</span></b></p>

<p class="" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil</span></b></p>

<p class="" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial"><a href="http://iwsyp14.thiagomatospinto.com">iwsyp14.thiagomatospinto.com</a></span></p>

<p class="" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">University of São Paulo</span></p><p class="" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:Arial"> </span></p>


<p class="" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">The I International Workshop on Synaptic
Plasticity - IWSYP'14 will bring together <b>experimentalists and theoreticians</b>
who have contributed significantly to understanding the biological mechanisms
underlying <b>synaptic plasticity</b>. The
aim of this workshop is to facilitate discussions and interactions in the
effort towards increasing our understanding on synaptic plasticity in the
brain. </span></p>

<p class="" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">The IWSYP'14 will take place in the campus
of <b>Ribeirão Preto</b> at the University
of São Paulo in <b>Brazil</b> on September 8 and 9, 2014. You are welcome to
join this workshop that focuses on the discussion of fresh ideas, the
presentation of work in progress, and the establishment of a scientific network
between young researchers. The workshop will be held in English.</span></p>

<p class="" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">Participation is <b>free of charge</b>!</span></p>

<p class="" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">This workshop is a satellite event of the
XXXVIII Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Society for Neuroscience and Behavior
(SBNeC), which will be held on September 10-13 in Búzios, Rio de Janeiro. The
SBNeC meeting will also feature big names in Neuroscience, and will be a
preparatory event for the 9th World Congress of the International Brain
Research Organization (IBRO), which will take place in Rio de Janeiro in 2015. </span></p>

<p class="" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial"> </span></p>

<p class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">Organizers:</span></p>

<p class=""><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">Thiago Matos Pinto </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">(Univesity of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto,
Brazil)</span></p>

<p class=""><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">Antonio Roque </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">(University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto,
Brazil)</span></p>

<p class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial"> </span></p>

<p class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">Speakers:</span></p>

<p class=""><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">Chris De Zeeuw</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial"> (Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The
Netherlands & Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The
Netherlands)</span></p>

<p class=""><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">Freek Hoebeek</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial"> (Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The
Netherlands)</span></p>

<p class=""><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">Reinoud Maex</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial"> (École Normale Supérieure, Paris, France)</span></p>

<p class=""><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">Ricardo Leão </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">(University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto,
Brazil)</span></p>

<p class=""><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">Thiago Matos Pinto </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">(University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto,
Brazil)</span></p>

<p class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial"> </span></p>

<p class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">Abstracts:</span></p>

<p class=""><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">Submission of abstracts
for poster and oral presentations are due by May 16, 2014</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">. We welcome both experimental and
theoretical contributions addressing novel findings on topics related to
synaptic plasticity. Please see <span class=""><a href="http://iwsyp14.thiagomatospinto.com/abstracts">iwsyp14.thiagomatospinto.com/abstracts</a></span>
for details.</span></p>

<p class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial"> </span></p>

<p class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">Important dates:</span></p>

<p class=""><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">Abstract submission deadline: May 16, 2014</span></b></p>

<p class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">Notification of
acceptance: June 13, 2014</span></p>

<p class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">Notification of
oral/poster selection: June 30, 2014</span></p>

<p class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">Workshop dates:
September 8-9, 2014</span></p>

<p class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial"> </span></p>

<p class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">Please visit the
IWSYP'14 website for program and further details: iwsyp14.<span class="">thiagomatospinto</span>.com</span></p>

<p class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">You will also find us
on Facebook at <a href="http://facebook.com/iwsyp14">facebook.com/iwsyp14</a></span></p>

<p class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">We look forward to seeing
you in Ribeirão Preto.</span></p>

<p class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial"> </span></p>

<p class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">With best wishes,</span></p>

<p class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">Thiago Matos Pinto,
IWSYP'14 Organizer</span></p>

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