[AKN Admin]

The final announcement of 4^th AKN Annual Research Symposium 2023 at Salk Institute

The symposium aims to bring together Korean research groups working in the U.S., fostering discussion and collaboration to advance neuroscience research. The target audience is faculty members and senior postdocs/researchers. The highlight of the symposium is the research innovation award that recognizes the most significant research achievement in the past 18 months. The symposium also provides ample opportunities to interact with PIs and other scientists formally and informally.  We believe this will provide unique opportunities for junior and senior Korean neuroscientists to share the latest research progress and form professional and personal connections.

Please register the symposium by Jul/14/2023 using the following registration link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdtwiO1XnQwEy0GkA-M8-Crj-hPYhQijws3GRQbCi-S5T1Mgw/viewform?usp=sf_link

 Tentative schedule (it is subject to changes later).

Day 1 (Jul/28, Friday)

• 5pm – 5: 30pm: Registration
• 5:30pm – 6:30pm: Plenary lecture by Dr. Byungkook Lim (UCSD), 35min talk + 25min Q and A
• 6:30pm – 9pm: Dinner with networking activity, ice breaker games

Day2 (Jul/29, Saturday)

• 8am – 9am: Light breakfast
• 9am – 10am: Keynote speaker by the research innovation awardee (Dr. Hyunglok Chung from Houston Methodist Research Institute), Award ceremony (5min) + talk (40 min) + Q and A (15min)
• 10am – 10:20am: runner-up talk by YoungJu Jo (Deisseroth lab), Standford University, talk (15 min) + Q and A (5min)
• 10:20am – 10:35am: Coffee break
• 10:35am – 11:55am: Short talk (Neurodevelopment, learning & memory), Drs. Euiseok Kim (UC Santa Cruz), Hyun Kyoung Lee (Baylor), Yongsoo Kim (Penn State), Jun-Hyeong Cho (UC Riverside), + TBD
• 12pm – 1pm: Lunch break
• 1pm – 2:40pm: Short talk (Neurodegeneration, systems neuroscience), Drs. Daewoo Lee (Ohio State), Yoon-Seong Kim (Rutgers U.), Nam Chul Kim (U. Minnesota), Sung Han (Salk Institute), Jae Kyung Lee (U. Georgia), Sung Soo Kim (UC Santa Barbara)  + TBD
• 2:40pm – 3pm: Coffee break
• 3pm – 4pm: Subgroup discussion, Potential subgroup list: Neurodevelopment (G1), systems neuroscience (G2), neurodegeneration (G3), Non-neuronal cell types (G4)
• 4pm – 5pm: Career development, a panel discussion with senior investigators, Grant application tips/tricks, Open Q&A
• 5pm and onward: Formal dinner, networking activities, and departure.

Please feel free to ask questions regarding the symposium to organizers.

Main Organizers

• Dr. Han Sung (sunghan@salk.edu), Salk Institute, symposium co-organizer
• Dr. Yongsoo Kim (yuk17@psu.edu), Penn State University, symposium co-organizer
• Dr. Yoon-Seong Kim (yk525@rwjms.rutgers.edu), Rutgers University, AKN president