<div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><p 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 align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial"> </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial"> September 8-9, 2014</span></b></p><p align="center" style="text-align:center">
<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial"> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial"> </span></p><p align="center" style="text-align:center">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial"><a href="http://iwsyp14.thiagomatospinto.com/" target="_blank">http://iwsyp14.thiagomatospinto.com</a></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial">University of São Paulo</span><span style="font-family:Arial"> </span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:Arial"><br></span></p><p 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 style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial">The IWSYP'14 will take place in the campus of </span><b style="font-family:Arial">Ribeirão Preto</b><span style="font-family:Arial"> at the University of São Paulo in </span><b style="font-family:Arial">Brazil</b><span style="font-family:Arial"> 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 style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">Participation is <b>free of charge</b>!</span></p><p 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><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial"><br></span></p><p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">Organizers:</span></p><p><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><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><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial"><br>
</span></p><p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">Speakers:</span></p><p><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><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><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><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><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><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial"><br></span></p><p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">Abstracts:</span></p></div><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><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 <a href="http://iwsyp14.thiagomatospinto.com/abstracts" target="_blank">http://iwsyp14.thiagomatospinto.com/abstracts</a> for details.</span></p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial"> </span></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:Arial">Important dates:</span></p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:Arial"><b>Abstract submission deadline: May 16, 2014</b></span></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">Notification of acceptance: June 13, 2014</span></p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">Notification of oral/poster selection: June 30, 2014</span></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">Workshop dates: September 8-9, 2014</span></p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial"> </span></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:Arial">Please visit the IWSYP'14 website for program and further details: </span><a href="http://iwsyp14.thiagomatospinto.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family:Arial">http://iwsyp14.thiagomatospinto.com</a></p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial"> </span></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">We look forward to seeing you in Ribeirão Preto.</span></p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial"><br></span></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">With best wishes,</span><span style="font-family:Arial"> </span></p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">Thiago Matos Pinto, IWSYP'14 Organizer</span></p></div>