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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=170 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="12c800aa0dvldtc.jpg"> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=155 style="border-right: 5px solid #FFFFFF;" BGCOLOR="#DDDDDD" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Silvalab"><B><U>Silvalab Home</U></B></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=310 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="12cb00c00egerdp.jpg"> <div> <B>Goal</B>   |   <A HREF="program.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Program">Program</A>   |   <A HREF="directions.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Directions">Directions</A></div> <div> Goal<FONT SIZE="7" COLOR="#555555" FACE="Verdana" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>This one-day, small and informal workshop (</B><A HREF="directions.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Directions"><B>Rockville, Maryland</B></A><B>, November 13th, 2008, from 9AM-6PM) is sponsored by </B><B>the </B></div> <div> <A HREF="cpm.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CPM"><B>NIMH Silvio O. Conte Center for Plasticity and Memory </B></A><B>, and the </B><A HREF="http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/ResearchInformation/IntramuralResearch/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/ResearchInforma"><B>Intramural Research Program of the NIAAA</B></A><B>. The goals are </B></div> <div> <B>to review and exchange findings in this fast evolving area of research, as well as to discuss the often difficult experimental </B></div> <div> <B>complexities of merging in vivo imaging and cellular manipulation techniques with behavior.  </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>This meeting was organized by Alcino J. Silva, Joshua Trachtenberg,  </B><B>Karl Deisseroth, </B><B>Karl Svoboda and </B><B>Rui Costa.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Participation in the workshop is by invitation only and we have carefully selected the number of people involved to </B></div> <div> <B>insure a frank and open exchange of ideas in this fascinating but complex area of research. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>T</B><B>he emphasis is not on </B><I><B>in vivo</B></I><B> cell imaging and manipulation technologies but on using these technologies to understand </B></div> <div> <B>behavior and its disorders in animal models. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Atendance to the workshop is by invitation only</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="program.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Program"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f055555500.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Program</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="directions.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Directions"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f055555500.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Directions</B></A></div> </td> </tr></table></body>