The Cajal Centenary Conference on the Cerebral Cortex
25th-29th April, 2006
Barcelona, Spain
The year 2006 will be 100 years after the famous Santiago Ramón y Cajal and Camillo Golgi were awarded the Nobel prize in medicine or physiology for their ground breaking discoveries of the detailed anatomical structure of the brain. Cajal's work in particular has profoundly influenced all of Brain Research.
The Cosmociaxa Museum, the Spanish Science Council and the International Brain Research Organization and the Ministerio de Cultura are collaborating to organize two major events.
Neuroscapes2006 The Cosmociaxa Museum, the Spanish Science Council and the International Brain Research Organization and the Ministerio de Cultura are collaborating to organize two major events.
In honor of the artistic genius that Cajal brought forth in his drawings of the microarchitecture of the brain (http://www.neuroart2006.com).
The Cajal Centenary ConferenceImmediately following the opening of the Neuroscapes2006 exhibition, about 300 scientists will gather to celebrate Cajal's century of influencing brain research by presenting a series of lectures and posters. The following speakers are invited and we will be honored if you would accept to speak at the meeting. The meeting is also open to participation by researchers and students and we are planning for about 300 participants. The meeting is also open to participation by researchers and students.
Both events, which will take place from the 25th-29th April 2006 at the Cosmocaixa Science Museum in Barcelona, one of the most visionary science museums in the world.
We wish to thank the following for their contribution to the success of this conference: European Office of Aerospace Research and Development, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, United States Air Force Research Laboratory (www.london.af.mil).
