Welcome
On Sunday, October 18, 2009 from 6:45 – 9:00 p.m. Registration will be open at 6:00 p.m. The 3rd Annual Julius Axelrod Lecture will be held in Rooms E450 A/B at the Lakeside Center at McCormick Place. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) will co-sponsor a lecture celebrating the career of Dr. Julius Axelrod, one of the founders of modern neuropharmacology. Dr. Nora Volkow, M.D., Director of NIDA, will give a brief commemoration of Dr. Axelrod’s achievements and contributions to neuroscience and introduce this year’s prize winner. The keynote address will be given by the winner of the 3rd Annual Julius Axelrod Prize, awarded by the Society for Neuroscience and endowed by the Eli Lilly Foundation. A reception and early career investigator poster session to honor the dedication of Dr. Axelrod to neuropharmacology research and to the mentoring of young investigators will follow the keynote presentation.