Cajal Club In the pursuit of Brain Structure and Function    The Cajal Club The Cajal Club is an organization of neuroscientists. The Club now meets every year at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. The goals of the Cajal Club are to 1) revere Cajal, 2) provide an opportunity for neuroscientists with special interests in the structure and function of the nervous system to confraternize, and 3) contribute to the welfare of neuroanatomy and neuroanatomists. BREAKING NEWS ABOUT CLUB BIG Congratulations go to Dr. Pasko Rakic, one of our current Board Members, who was awarded on May 28th, the 2008 Kavli Prize in Neuroscience to be presented in Oslo, Norway. Pasko has served the Cajal Club as President, Pinckney J. Harman Memorial Lecturer and Krieg Cortical Kudos Discoverer Awardee. We are all very proud of you and your accomplishments. For more information about the Kavli Prize and Fred Kavli, its founder, go to: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/crime/la-me-kavli27-2008may27,0,7066445.story One of our Krieg Cortical Kudos Discoverers, Harvey Karten, was elected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Congratulations! President Ted Jones has organized a one day meeting at UC Davis on September 25, 2008. More details can be found on the Upcoming Meetings page of this web site. Nominations for the 2008 Krieg Cortical Kudos are now open. Please submit your nominations prior to August 31, 2008. Nominations for 2008 should follow the following guidelines: Cajal Club Krieg Cortical Kudos for 2008 The Cajal Club is pleased to announce the call for nominations for the twenty-second annual KRIEG CORTICAL KUDOS. These awards are given to recognize outstanding Neuroscientists and doctoral students who are investigating the cerebral cortex and/or its connections. The Awards are funded by generous donations from Dr. Wendell J. Krieg, a distinguished neuroanatomist and the first President of the Cajal Club. The following categories of prizes will be awarded at the Socializer sponsored by the Cajal Club at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in Washington, DC in November, 2008. I. The Cortical Discoverer prize will be awarded to a senior Neuroscientist who has contributed significantly to our knowledge of the cerebral cortex and/or its connections. The Award includes receipt of the Cajal medal, an inscribed certificate and $5,000, plus $250 in support of travel expenses ($500 for trans-Atlantic travel) to the Cajal Club meeting. The winner is invited to submit an account of his/her research for publication in Cerebral Cortex. Nominations of candidates for the Cortical Discoverer Award should be submitted electronically and should include the following: (1) A letter of nomination. (2) A copy of the candidate’s curriculum vitae. (3) PDF files of up to five publications of the candidate’s research on the cerebral cortex and/or its connections. Additional letters of support of the nomination are also welcome. II. The Cortical Explorer prize will be awarded to an outstanding Neuroscientist investigating the cerebral cortex and/or its connections. The candidate should have received an advanced professional degree within the six year period prior to the time of nomination. The Award is an inscribed certificate and $3,000, plus support for travel expenses to the Cajal Club meeting. Nominations of candidates for the Cortical Explorer Award should be submitted electronically and should include the following: (1) A letter of nomination. (2) A copy of the candidate’s curriculum vitae that includes the date on which the candidate received an advanced professional degree. (3) PDF files of up to three publications of the candidate’s research on the cerebral cortex and/or its connections. Additional letters of support of the nomination are also welcome. III. The Cortical Scholar prize will be awarded to an outstanding predoctoral neuroscientist or one who has received the doctoral degree no later than 12 months prior to the closing date for nominations (August 31, 2008). The candidate should have conducted exemplary research on the cerebral cortex and/or its connections. The Award is an inscribed certificate and $1,000, plus support for travel to the Cajal Club meeting. Nominations of candidates for the Cortical Scholar Award should be submitted electronically and should include the following: (1) A letter of nomination. (2) A copy of the candidate’s curriculum vitae that includes the date of receipt of the doctoral degree (or the anticipated date, in the case of predoctoral candidates). (3) PDF files of two publications, or manuscripts being prepared for publication, of the candidate’s research on the cerebral cortex and/or its connections. The candidate should be the primary author of these articles. Additional letters of support of the nomination are also welcome. Nominations should be submitted electronically no later than midnight, August 31, 2008 to: Dr. Charles E. Ribak, Cajal Club Secretary/Treasurer, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-1275 e-mail: ribak@uci.edu Send your suggestions to improve this site to the Web Master Charles Ribak at: ribak@uci.edu