Dear Members and Colleagues,

Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy 2012!

We are looking forward to seeing you in Newcastle – please keep this date (11-13th April) free in your diary!

It will be a very special occasion as this is our first meeting in the Northeast where we will benefit from the excellence of the Institute of Neuroscience at Newcastle University. Not to mention the spectacular venue in the magnificent Victorian Great Hall at the Discovery Museum. And finally … as the meeting will take place north of Hadrian’s Wall, we will finish it off in traditional BACN-style - with a ceilidh!

Call for symposia extended until January 13th 2012!

Re: Annual meeting of the British Association for Cognitive Neuroscience (BACN)

We would like to invite you to submit proposals for symposia for our 2012 meeting!

Please submit your symposium proposals by the 13th January 2012 directly to us (T.Baldeweg@ucl.ac.uk or Miles.Whittington@ncl.ac.uk). Please include a provisional list of speakers and titles. Symposia usually last from 1.5h to 2.5h. Free registration for participants and contributions towards travel expenses are available.

The deadline for abstract submission will be March 3rd 2012.

We are a keen to support scientists at the beginning of their career. We therefore provide several bursaries for graduate students and a poster prize for exceptional undergraduate projects.

We look forward to hearing from you soon.

Torsten Baldeweg, Chairman BACN

Miles Whittington, Professor of Neuroscience

PS: One theme of this year’s meeting will be ‘Cortical Dynamics – from Neurons to Network Oscillations’, a major research theme at the Neuroscience Institute. We will explore the cognitive functions of cortical oscillations from experimental and computational models to human electrophysiology.