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<p class="MsoPlainText">The National Eye Institute invites you to join us for "Vision and the Brain," the opening symposium celebrating NEI’s 50<sup>th</sup> anniversary in 2018. This event celebrates the contributions of NIH Distinguished Scientist Robert
H. Wurtz, Ph.D. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Speakers include:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><a href="http://neuroscience.columbia.edu/profile/michaelgoldberg"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Michael Goldberg</span></a>, Columbia University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><a href="https://www.bcm.edu/people/view/dora-angelaki-ph-d/b15a5f58-ffed-11e2-be68-080027880ca6"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Dora
</span></a><a href="https://www.bcm.edu/people/view/dora-angelaki-ph-d/b15a5f58-ffed-11e2-be68-080027880ca6"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Angelaki</span></a>, Baylor College of Medicine<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><a href="http://www.bri.ucla.edu/people/michele-basso-phd"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Michele Basso</span></a>, University of California Los Angeles<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Okihide Hikosaka, National Eye Institute<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><a href="https://profiles.stanford.edu/william-newsome"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">William Newsome</span></a>, Stanford University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><a href="http://cohenlab.com/"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Marlene Cohen</span></a>, University of Pittsburgh<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><a href="https://psychology.sas.upenn.edu/people/nicole-rust"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Nicole Rust</span></a>, University of Pennsylvania <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><a href="http://www.cns.nyu.edu/corefaculty/Movshon.php"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Tony
</span></a><a href="http://www.cns.nyu.edu/corefaculty/Movshon.php"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Movshon</span></a>, New York University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><a href="http://kavli.columbia.edu/leadership/kandel"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Eric Kandel</span></a>, Columbia University
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<p class="MsoPlainText">For the complete program and registration, go to <a href="https://nei.nih.gov/50th-anniversary-symposium-vision-and-brain">
https://nei.nih.gov/50th-anniversary-symposium-vision-and-brain</a> .<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Bruce Cumming <br>
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Chief, Laboratory of Sensorimotor Research<br>
National Eye Institute<br>
Bldg 49 Room 2A50<br>
NIH, Bethesda<br>
MD 20892-4435<br>
Phone <span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="tel:(301)%20402-8097" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1F497D">301 402 8097</span></a></span><br>
Fax <span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="tel:(301)%20402-0511" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1F497D">301 402 0511</span></a></span><br>
Email: <span style="color:#1F497D">bgc@mail.nih.gov</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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