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Call for Nominations for the Krieg Cortical Kudos for 2013

The Cajal Club is pleased to announce the call for nominations for the twenty-seventh annual KRIEG CORTICAL KUDOS. These awards are given to recognize outstanding Neuroscientists and doctoral students who are investigating the cerebral cortex and/or its connections. The Awards are funded by generous donations from Dr. Wendell J. Krieg, a distinguished neuroanatomist and the first President of the Cajal Club, and his wife, Roberta Krieg. The following categories of prizes will be awarded at the Cajal Club Social at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in San Diego, CA in November, 2013.

I. The Cortical Discoverer prize will be awarded to a senior Neuroscientist who has contributed significantly to our knowledge of the cerebral cortex and/or its connections. The Award includes receipt of the Cajal medal, an inscribed certificate and $5,000, plus $250 in support of travel expenses ($500 for trans-Atlantic travel) to the Cajal Club Social. The winner is invited to submit an account of his/her research for publication in Cerebral Cortex.

Nominations of candidates for the Cortical Discoverer Award should be submitted by e-mail and should include the following: (1) A letter of nomination. (2) A copy of the candidate¹s curriculum vitae. (3) PDF files of up to three publications of the candidate¹s research on the cerebral cortex and/or its connections. Additional letters of support of the nomination are also welcome. Nominations made in 2011 and 2012 can be re-submitted if they were not submitted in 2010.

II. The Cortical Explorer prize will be awarded to an outstanding Neuroscientist investigating the cerebral cortex and/or its connections. The candidate should have received an advanced professional degree within the ten year period prior to the time of nomination. The Award is an inscribed certificate and $3,000, plus support for travel expenses to the Cajal Club Social.

Nominations of candidates for the Cortical Explorer Award should be submitted by e-mail and should include the following: (1) A letter of nomination. (2) A copy of the candidate¹s curriculum vitae that includes the date on which the candidate received an advanced professional degree. (3) PDF files of two publications of the candidate¹s research on the cerebral cortex and/or its connections. Additional letters of support of the nomination are also welcome.

III. The Cortical Scholar prize will be awarded to an outstanding predoctoral neuroscientist or one who has received the doctoral degree no later than 2 years prior to the closing date for nominations (August 1, 2013). The candidate should have conducted exemplary research on the cerebral cortex and/or its connections. The Award is an inscribed certificate and $1,500, plus support for travel to the Cajal Club Social.

Nominations of candidates for the Cortical Scholar Award should be submitted by e-mail and should include the following: (1) A letter of nomination. (2) A copy of the candidate¹s curriculum vitae that includes the date of receipt of the doctoral degree (or the anticipated date, in the case of predoctoral candidates). (3) PDF files of two publications, or manuscripts being prepared for publication, of the candidate¹s research on the cerebral cortex and/or its connections. The candidate should be the primary author of these articles. Additional letters of support of the nomination are also welcome.

Nominations should be submitted by email no later than midnight, August 1, 2013 to:

Dr. Charles E. Ribak, Cajal Club Secretary/Treasurer

e-mail: ribak@uci.edu

 

 

Other Cajal Club News
 
 
The nominating comittee under the direction of Dennis O'Leary nominated
Chris Walsh to be the next Nissl Body (President-elect).
Chris was elected unanimously at the Business Meeting on October 13, 2012
in New Orleans.
 

 

The Cajal Club enjoyed another successful international meeting at FENS Forum 2012 in Barcelona! Click here to view images from The Cajal Club in Barcelona


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Image from the 1952 Cajal Club Meeting
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Enlargement of the above picture showing (at center, from left to right) Wendell J. Krieg, Rafael Lorente De No and Pinckney J. Harman

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The Cajal Club is an organization of neuroscientists. The Club now meets every year at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. The goals of the Cajal Club are to 1) revere Cajal, 2) provide an opportunity for neuroscientists with special interests in the structure and function of the nervous system to confraternize, and 3) contribute to the welfare of neuroanatomy and neuroanatomists.

 

                                                  
                                   Past International Meetings  
2011 - The Cajal Club sponsored the always popular Cortical Development meeting in Crete.

2009 -The Cajal Club held a very successful International Meeting, entitled "Camillo Golgi and Modern Neuroscience". The meeting took place at the Department of Experimental Medicine, Section of General Pathology “Camillo Golgi”, Palazzo Botta, University of Pavia, Italy, from September 29 – October 1, 2009. The symposium featured several talks on Golgi's great discoveries. In addition the Krieg Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Nobel Prize Laureate Rita Levi-Montalcini by our former President, Larry Swanson.
Special thanks go to Marina Bentivoglio, Paolo Mazzarello, Gordon Shepherd and Edward Jones. Please see the Pavia 2009 link for pictures from the meeting in Pavia.
 
                             Past Meetings in the United States

Click here to see photos from SFN 2010 in San Diego

Click here to view pictures from the Seattle meeting.

Click here to see photos from the SFN 2009 Cajal Club Social

Click here for discounted publications from Cajal Club members.

                                                             
                                                                             
                                                   
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