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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">UCSD and the University of Chicago present:</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:26.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://biocircuits.ucsd.edu/special/winterschool2015" target="_blank">MURI WINTER SCHOOL 2015</a></span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif;color:#7D0519">Dynamics of Multifunction Brain Networks</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Organizers: Henry Abarbanel (UCSD), Timothy Gentner (UCSD), and Daniel Margoliash (Univ. of Chicago)</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:6.0pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:17.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://maps.ucsd.edu/mapping/viewer/default.htm?mkey=1&lc=open&km=open&rc=closed&zoom=5&X=0.39&Y=0.19&layers=None&background=2&label=0&overlays=Bldg-833%251&selectedTab=1" target="_blank">15th
Floor, Building 1, Village West</a>, UC</span></b><b><span style="font-size:17.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:17.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">San Diego</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:17.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">January 7-9, 2015 </span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Registration deadline: Friday, December 5, 2014</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Abstract submission deadline: Friday, November 7, 2014</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.0pt"><b><i><u><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Lecturers:</span></u></i></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://people.bu.edu/timothyg/Home.html" target="_blank">Tim Gardner</a>
<i>(Boston University</i>)</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#993366">
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<i>“High density neural recordings in singing birds: methods and observations”</i></span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://longlab.med.nyu.edu/" target="_blank">Michael Long</a>
<i>(New York University</i>)</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#7D0519"> –
<i>“How does the brain generate behavioral sequences?”</i></span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://www.lsd.df.uba.ar/" target="_blank">Gabriel Mindlin</a>
<i>(University of Buenos Aires</i>)</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#7D0519"> –
<i>“The biomechanics of birdsong production” </i>and <i>“Low dimensional dynamics systems behind birdsong production”</i></span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.mooneylab.com/" target="_blank">Richard Mooney</a></span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
<i>(Duke</i></span></b><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">
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– <i>“Neurobiology of vocal learning”</i> and <i>“Forward mechanisms for hearing and learning”</i></span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue"><a href="http://www.bio.upenn.edu/people/marc-schmidt" target="_blank">Marc Schmidt</a></span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
(<i>University of Pennsylvania</i>)</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#7D0519"> –
<i>“Brainstem and forebrain contributions to the generation of learned motor”</i></span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://ofer.sci.ccny.cuny.edu/" target="_blank">Ofer Tchernichovski</a>
<i>(Hunter College)</i></span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#7D0519"> –
<i>“Vocal learning beyond imitation: from cultural evolution to brain dopamine” </i>
and <i>“How a song is learned: mechanisms of template matching”</i></span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">This is the third annual Winter School sponsored by the U.S. Office of Naval Research as part of its UCSD/Chicago MURI program in Dynamics of Multifunction Brain Networks.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">This year’s School presents a series of pedagogical and research oriented talks on the use of birdsong as a model system where theory
and experiment can meet productively. It includes a series of pedagogical presentations and a poster session.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">The School is intended for all researchers, including advanced graduate students, interested in the general area of understanding functional
nervous systems. Active participation during the School's lectures is strongly encouraged. All attendees are invited to submit abstracts for poster presentations. Selected contributed posters will be highlighted in an oral session.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Registration is required for attendance, but there is no fee for attending. A limited number of travel awards are available for exceptionally
qualified graduate students and postdocs, who should apply and have their supervisor send a letter of reference, via email, to
<u><a href="mailto:muri.winter.school@gmail.com" target="_blank">muri.winter.school@gmail.com</a></u>. Please visit us online to register and for details regarding the schedule and poster abstract submission:</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://biocircuits.ucsd.edu/special/winterschool2015" target="_blank">http://biocircuits.ucsd.edu/special/winterschool2015</a></span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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