Generously supported by Eli Lilly & Co. and the SfN Memorial Fund, the annual SfN Graduate Student Travel Award and SfN Postdoctoral Trainee Travel Award are designed to recognize the promising work of trainees who have been nominated by their local chapters for excellence in neuroscience. Awardees are chosen based on the scientific merit of the abstract, evidence of outreach activities, and letters of nomination from the principal investigator or mentor and the local nominating chapter. The trainees receive the award at a special reception at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting.
2010-2011:
Lauren Arms
5th year, Neuroscience Graduate Program,
University of Vermont
"Regulation and function of phosphorylated AKT in rat urinary bladder after cyclophosphamide (CYP) - induced cystitis"
Megan Doczi, PhD
Postdoc, Anatomy and Neurobiology Department ,
University of Vermont
“Developmental Changes in Ionic Current and Leptin Response in the Avian Embryonic Arcuate Nucleus”
Issei Shimada , PhD
Postdoc, Department of Medicine ,
University of Vermont
“Isolation of reactive astrocyte-derived neural stem/progenitor cells from the peri-infarct area following stroke”
Sarah Corey
5th year, Neuroscience Graduate Program,
University of Vermont (not pictured)
“Inflammation model of body-based treatment for chronic musculoskeletal pain”
2009 - 2010:
Issei Shimada
Anatomy and Neurobiology Graduate Program,
University of Vermont
"Radial glial-like cells control immune cell invasion into the penumbra and reduce stroke injury"
C-WIN* Travel Award: Rachael Hannah
Anatomy and Neurobiology Graduate Program,
University of Vermont
"Regulation of brain parenchymal arteriolar diameter by the vascular endothelium: Roles of calcium-sensitive potassium channels"
*The Committee on Women in Neuroscience (C-WIN) awards travel grants to men and women chosen on the basis of the scientific merit of their abstracts, a letter of nomination from a principal investigator or adviser, research and career goals, and an essay.
2008 - 2009:
Yone Jung Yoon
Biology Graduate Program
University of Vermont
"Age-dependent changes in motoneuron survival and dendritic outgrowth caused by pharmacological blockade of synaptic activity in the chick spinal cord"
2007 - 2008:
Mary Beth Klinger
Anatomy and Neurobiology Graduate Program
University of Vermont
