[visionlist] Eye Movements GRC

[Basso, Michele]

Registration is now open for the 2013 Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Eye Movements: The Motor System that Sees the World. The meeting will be held July 7-12, 2013 at Stonehill College, in Easton, Massachusetts. New this year, the GRC will be preceded by a Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) on Eye Movements: Looking in all the Right Places for trainees from July 6-7 2013, at the same location. Registration is also now open for the GRS.

The 2013 GRC on Eye Movements: The Motor System that Sees the World will feature keynote addresses by Eric Knudsen and Kathleen Cullen, and a session on intrinsic oculomotor circuits in honor of Bill Hall. Other sessions will explore a set of interconnected themes that address how the brain combines information from multiple senses to make decisions on where to look, how the eyes and hands are coordinated, the interplay between vision and action, and how emerging optogenetic, imaging, and computational techniques continue to advance our understanding of this system. An improved understanding of the oculomotor system promises new perspectives on oculomotor dysfunction, and clinical issues following cortical or subcortical damage will feature prominently throughout the meeting.

The 2013 GRS on "Eye Movements: Looking in all the Right Places" is a satellite conference designed by and for the benefit of trainees. The GRS provides a unique forum for graduate students, post-docs, and other scientists with comparable levels of experience to present and exchange new data and cutting-edge ideas.  Its 4 scientific sessions and poster session overlap thematically with those of the GRC. It also includes a panel discussion, led by young and established independent investigators, on issues and challenges facing young scientists preparing to look for a permanent position in academia or industry in a competitive job environment.

Stonehill College provides a relaxed and collegial setting for the GRC and GRS, and is only ~30 minutes from Boston's Logan airport. The schedule is designed to facilitate discussions during and after scheduled talks, and during highly interactive poster sessions. All attendees, including invited speakers, are urged to stay for the duration of the meeting.
Together, the GRC and GRS provide a superb environment for scientists at all career stages to share their most novel and exciting findings, and learn about the ongoing work of others.

For more information on the GRC and GRS, including the process for registration and a preliminary program, please see the following websites.
For the GRC: http://www.grc.org/programs.aspx?year=2013&program=eyemove
For the GRS: http://www.grc.org/programs.aspx?year=2013&program=grs_eye

We look forward to seeing you at Stonehill College.
Michele A. Basso (mbasso at mednet.ucla.edu<mailto:mbasso at mednet.ucla.edu>) and Brian Corneil (bcorneil at uwo.ca<mailto:bcorneil at uwo.ca>), Co-chairs for 2013 GRC on Eye movements
Terry Stanford and John Van Opstal, co-vice chairs for 2013 GRC on Eye movements
Matt Phillips, Chair and Jaime Kaminer, Associate Chair for 2013 GRS on Eye Movements


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