FUN at SFN

Why wait? Get your t-shirts and pins now!
Don't haul an extra suitcase through the airport this year, order from the onine FUN store now and have your merch delivered right to your door! Our online store has an exclusive collection of shirts and pins that make perfect gifts for loved ones and lab members.

FUN Mentoring Network Workshop (invitation only)

Friday November 10, 12:00-5:00 pm, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, Washington DC.
The FUN Mentoring Network is a program to support faculty who engage undergraduates in neuroscience classrooms and laboratories at all levels, and in a diversity of careers and institutions. Participants are selected through an open application process.

FUN Undergraduate Poster Session (all are welcome!)

Saturday November 11, 6:30-8:30 pm, Washington Convention Center
In conjunction with SfN's Trainee Night, the FUN Undergradaute Poster Session will feature 130 undergraduate posters on the main floor of the Washington Convention Center. Come celebrate the work of our student colleagues! CLICK HERE to download the poster session abstract book (.pdf).

FUN Social (all are welcome!)

Sunday November 12, 6:45-8:45 pm, Renaissance Rock Creek Ballroom B
Take a short walk from the convention center and mingle with your FUN colleagues! Drinks and hors d'ouvres will be served.


FUN Business Meeting (all members are welcome!)

Monday November 13, 6:30-8:30 pm, Marriott Marquis Cherry Blossom Room
Learn more about what FUN does throughout the year, and how we are making the organization better for you!

Click Here for Meeting Agenda

Can't make it to the meeting? Register to attend via Zoom by clicking here!


Professional Development Workshops at SfN

Check out these SfN workshops led by FUN members and friends:

Escape From Academia-Alternative Careers: Is There Life After the PhD?
Organizer/Moderator: Mathew Abrams
Speaker: Amy Bernard, Heather Dean, Helena Ledmyr, Vinod Venkatraman
Date & Time: Saturday November 11, 3pm - 5pm

How I Survived Graduate School: Perspectives From Black in Neuro
Organizer/Moderator: Angeline Dukes
Speaker: Paige Greenwood, ELENA Dominguez, Kelly Cliona, McCray Victoria, Christine Liu, Rackeb Tesfaye, Murray De-Shaine Date & Time: Sunday, November 12, 2023, 12pm - 2pm

Ensuring All Your Students Know They Belong In Neuroscience
Organizer/Moderator: Erin Rhinehart
Speaker: Amy Jo Stavnezer, Kimberly D'Anna, Kristen Frenzel, Monica Linden, Mays Imad
Date & Time: Monday, November 13, 2023, 9am - 11am

Teaching Neuroscience: New Approaches to Electrophysiology Labs

Organizer/Moderator: William Grisham, Richard Olivo
Speaker: Tim Marzullo, Ashley Juavinett, Bruce Johnson, Jennifer Segawa, Ilya Vilinsky
Date & Time: Monday, November 13, 12pm - 2pm
 

Inclusion in Higher Education: Designing Training Environments to Serve All Students
Organizer/Moderator: Taralyn Tan

Speaker: Alycia Mosley Austin, Melissa Wynn, Angeline Dukes, Corey Harwell
Date & Time: Monday, November 13, 2023, 3pm - 5pm
 

Neuroscience Departments and Programs Workshop: Skills and Best Practices for Transition Periods for Trainees and Junior Faculty in Academia
Organizer/Moderator: Paul Katz, Jay Bikoff, Christophe Mulle, William Grisham, Lique Coolen, Wilma Friedman, Gonzalo Torres, Elizabeth Glater, Margaret McCarthy
Speaker: Nermin Bayin, Marco Venniro, Shannon Stephens, Anne West

Date & Time: Monday, November 13, 2023, 3pm - 5pm

View other professional development workshops at SfN's Professional Develoment page

The FUN Exhibitor's Booth

Sunday November 12- Wednesday November 15, 9:30 am - 5:00 pm, Booth 3334, Convention Center Hall A
More than just t-shirt sales! We have a variety of programming throughout the week to support FUN members and friends. Come to our FUN Table Talks:

Sunday 12 November

10:00am – 12:00 noon: Pathways to education-focused careers in academia (Tari Tan, Harvard Medical School).
2:00pm – 3:00pm: Nu Rho Psi
3:00pm – 5:00pm: Joining FUN committees (Connie Kang, University of Houston-Downtown)

 

Monday 13 November

10:00am – 11:00am: BIPOC faculty meet-up (Michelle Tong, Macalester College)
11:00am – 12:00 noon: Antiracist Neuroscience (Michelle Tong, Macalester College)
2:00pm – 3:00pm: Nu Rho Psi
3:00pm – 5:00pm: Publishing in Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience (Elaine Reynolds, JUNE Editor-in-chief)

 

Tuesday 14 November

10:00am – 12:00 noon: Landing a job at a teaching-focused institution (Marc Nahmani, University of Washington-Tacoma)
1:00pm – 2:00pm: Data management made easy: online resources to help you make your data open, FAIR, and citable (Mathew Abrams, Karolinska Institutet, International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility)
2:00pm – 3:00pm: Nu Rho Psi
3:00pm – 5:00pm: Non-disposable assignments in inclusive teaching (Sally Seraphim, Trinity College)

 

Wednesday 15 November

2:00pm – 3:00pm: Nu Rho Psi

Don't wait! Get your t-shirts and pins now!
Why haul an extra suitcase through the airport? Order from the onine FUN store now and have your merch delivered right to your door! Our online store has an exclusive collection of shirts and pins that make perfect gifts for loved ones and lab members.