Spring 2001

2001 MEETING NEWS

SSPD will sponsor two scientific meetings this year. The first will be held in conjunction with the joint meeting of the European Behavioural Pharmacology Society and European Brain and Behaviour Society (EBPS-EBBS) in Marseilles, France in September. The second meeting will occur in November at the Society for Neuroscience meeting in San Diego, California, U.S.A.

The joint EBPS-EBBS meeting will occur September 8-12. Information on this meeting may be obtained at their website: http://lncf.cnrs?mrs.fr/ EBBS?EBPS?2001/. SSPD will meet the afternoon of Saturday, Sept. 8, 1:00 - 5:30 p.m. The focus of this meeting will be on methodological issues related to the various stimulus properties of drugs, although presentations of results of other research related to the stimulus properties of drugs are also welcome. Abstracts should be received no later than July 15, 2001. Please send abstracts to Jenny Wiley (electronic copies appreciated; contact information is on the front page of the newsletter). The opening reception for EBPS-EBBS is scheduled for 6:00 p.m.

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SSPD will sponsor an evening paper session at the Society for Neuroscience meeting that is to be held in San Diego, November 10-15. Information on the SfN meeting may be obtained at their website: http://www.sfn.org/. The SSPD session has not yet been scheduled, but, due to restrictions imposed by SfN, it is typically on Tuesday or Wednesday evening. The annual business meeting will be held prior to oral presentations of current research.

For SSPD members who are current on their dues (we thank you), there is no fee for attending the session. (Members who are not current on their dues can pay them at the session.) Non-members will be charged a nominal fee. Food and drink will be provided, and there will be a cash bar for extra drinks.

The deadline for receipt of abstracts is September 30, 2001. We particularly encourage students and new members to present their research on the stimulus properties of drugs at this informal forum. The time allotted for each presentation will depend on how many presentations are accepted; in any event, no less than 15 min will be allowed for each speaker. Please send abstracts to Jenny Wiley (electronic format is appreciated).