[visionlist] NEI's Vision and the Brain" symposium - November 10, 2017, celebrating Robert Wurtz

[Cumming, Bruce (NIH/NEI) [E]]

The National Eye Institute invites you to join us for "Vision and the Brain," the opening symposium celebrating NEI's 50th anniversary in 2018. This event celebrates the contributions of NIH Distinguished Scientist Robert H. Wurtz, Ph.D.



Date: Friday, November 10, 2017, 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. at the Washington, D.C., Marriott Marquis hotel. The symposium will address the contribution of visual systems neuroscience to action, perception and cognition.



A reception will immediately follow the symposium. Registrants are also invited to join a dinner honoring Bob Wurtz, whose research over 50 years at NIH has explored the organization of the brain underlying visual perception and the control of eye movement.



Speakers include:



Michael Goldberg<http://neuroscience.columbia.edu/profile/michaelgoldberg>,  Columbia University

Dora <https://www.bcm.edu/people/view/dora-angelaki-ph-d/b15a5f58-ffed-11e2-be68-080027880ca6> Angelaki<https://www.bcm.edu/people/view/dora-angelaki-ph-d/b15a5f58-ffed-11e2-be68-080027880ca6>, Baylor College of Medicine

Michele Basso<http://www.bri.ucla.edu/people/michele-basso-phd>,  University of California Los Angeles

Okihide Hikosaka, National Eye Institute

William Newsome<https://profiles.stanford.edu/william-newsome>, Stanford University

Marlene Cohen<http://cohenlab.com/>, University of Pittsburgh

Nicole Rust<https://psychology.sas.upenn.edu/people/nicole-rust>, University of Pennsylvania

Tony <http://www.cns.nyu.edu/corefaculty/Movshon.php> Movshon<http://www.cns.nyu.edu/corefaculty/Movshon.php>, New York University

Eric Kandel<http://kavli.columbia.edu/leadership/kandel>, Columbia University



For the complete program and registration, go to https://nei.nih.gov/50th-anniversary-symposium-vision-and-brain .


Bruce Cumming

Chief, Laboratory of Sensorimotor Research
National Eye Institute
Bldg 49 Room 2A50
NIH, Bethesda
MD 20892-4435
Phone 301 402 8097<tel:(301)%20402-8097>
Fax 301 402 0511<tel:(301)%20402-0511>
Email: bgc at mail.nih.gov

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