Complete session recordings, descriptions, and biographies available here:
OCTOBER 12-15, 2021
Our annual event is taking place October 12 to 15, 2021. This year, our event will once again be virtual, and we have added many new features you will love!
NEW – Beer and greet: hop in as you would do if not virtual
NEW – Revised format of theme networking meetings
NEW – CCNA Trainee Synapse Challenge (formerly iTRIC)
NEW – Poster abstracts published in a scientific journal
NEW – Partners invitation to a Happy Hour!
- Consult our Final Program here (PDF): 2021 PFSD – FINAL PROGRAM
Featuring International Keynote Speakers
Noninvasive sensory stimulation to induce gamma entrainment and neuroprotection
With Li-Huei Tsai, Ph.D. Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Does innate immunity contribute to neurodegenerative disease?
With Prof. Michael Heneka, MD, Director Department for Neurodegenerative Diseases – Neurology at the University Hospital Bonn DZNE Cooperation Unit Leader: Neuroinflammation
NEW – Simplified registration
CCNA Members and Trainees, no need to register. You will automatically receive an email the week before the event asking you to create your attendee profile in our online conference platform.
If you are not a CCNA member, we will be glad to count you in: a registration form is available here.
REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED. FOR LATE REGISTRANTS, PLEASE SEND A REQUEST AT ccna.central@gmail.com
TRAINEES: Here are two exciting competitions for you
*You’re a CCNA trainee if you’re a graduate student (Master’s or PhD) or a Postdoctoral Fellow working under the supervision of a CCNA investigator and engaged in CCNA-related work.
- 2021 POSTER SESSION AND COMPETITION (click here for more)
Are you a CCNA trainee*? If so, you are eligible for the 2021 Trainee Poster Session and Competition. A total of five prizes of $500 each will be attributed in the following categories:
- Master’s
- PhD & PhD/MD
- Post-doctoral
- Indigenous focused: community engagement project
- People’s Choice Award
Start preparing now. Your material (including a video of your poster presentation) must be received no later than September 23, 2021, 23:59 PST.
- CCNA Trainee Synapse Challenge
Presented as the Interdisciplinary Trainee Research Innovation Challenge (iTRIC) in 2020, this updated trainee competition will fund up to six projects with $10,000 each. Don’t miss this opportunity to support trainees as they present their projects to the review panel in this Training and Capacity Building Program conference session. Complete details available here.