The 6th annual New York City NEURON conference will be held Saturday, April 24th, 2010 at CUNY-Hunter.  This year's keynote address will be given by Dr. Eric Nestler, from Mt. Sinai Medical School on, "New Insight into the Neurobiology of Depression".  Students are further encouraged to submit abstracts to present posters  during the poster session and/or give short presentations of their research.  Additional workshops will be offered, which are geared towards providing students with professional development skills such as applying to graduate school, grant writing, minority outreach, mentoring, and career panels.  The day will conclude with the presentation of Tieman Awards in recognition of outstanding presentations given by a undergraduate and graduate student, and exemplary mentoring by a young faculty member.  Anyone interested in submitting a research abstract (150 word maximum) can go to the following website www.albany.edu/neuron/register/submit-individuals.html and register, the deadline for submission is March 19th, 2010.  Additional information about NEURON can be found on its webpage http://www.albany.edu/neuron/conference/index.html, or by contacting Dr. Cheryl Frye (cafrye@albany.edu) or Dr. Jason Young (jason.young@hunter.cuny.edu).