Human Developmental Neuroscience Initiative
The Human Developmental Neuroscience Initiative at Penn State is swinging into full gear. The Human Developmental Neuroscience Initiative (HDNI) fosters a collaborative intellectual climate for cross-disciplinary research in human developmental neuroscience. Current members are in human development, prevention science, developmental and clinical psychology, genetics, and cognitive, computational, and behavioral neuroscience. Faculty members study perception, memory, movement, emotion, social interaction, language, attention, and school readiness using a variety of techniques and methods. Rick Gilmore, Associate Professor of Psychology, is the lead faculty member.
The Human Developmental Neuroscience Initiative will hold its first face-to-face meeting on Monday, April 9, 2007 at the Penn Stater Hotel. A reception will begin at 5:30 pm, with dinner to follow at 6:30 pm. RSVP to Diane Plummer at dlp12@psu.edu by March 30, 2007.
The NIH has issued a request (below) for information concerning new initiatives in neuroplasticity. If there is interest in developing a coordinated response among Penn State investigators, Rick Gilmore (rog1@psu.edu) would be happy to help organize it. Please contact Rick if you have ideas you would like to pursue.
Grantees, Applicants, Colleagues and other interested parties:
This is to alert you to a new Request for Information (RFI) in the NIH Guide, titled "Tools and Resources for Research in Neuronal Plasticity (Neuroscience Blueprint)", which is of particular interest to researchers working on neuronal plasticity.
I would like to encourage you to respond to this request prior to April 15 to npilotte@mail.nih.gov. I will also be happy to respond to any related questions that you might have.
The NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research provides a cooperative framework through which 15 participating NIH Institutes, including NIMH, support research and development of tools and resources of broad utility for advancing neuroscience research. For further information, including ongoing and planned Blueprint initiatives, please see http://neuroscienceblueprint.nih.gov/.
In Fiscal Year 2009, the Blueprint will focus on the scientific challenges and opportunities facing the field of Neuronal Plasticity. Please note that this Blueprint effort will emphasize the identification and development of tools and resources that are needed to catalyze advances in basic, translational and clinical research on neuronal plasticity.
Responses from the research community will be extremely valuable to us, both in our initial planning process and as we move forward with proposed initiatives for 2009.
I hope that this information is of interest to you. Please feel free to share this request with colleagues.
Michael D. Oberdorfer, Ph.D.
Div. of Extramural Research
National Eye Institute NIH/HHS
Suite 1300
5635 Fishers LN., MSC 9300
Bethesda, MD 20892-9300
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use Rockville, MD 20852)
PH: 301.451.2020
FX: 301.402.0528
oberdorfer@nei.nih.gov
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