Welcome to SfN’s Optogenetics Training Series, where you can advance your understanding of how to optimize optogenetics techniques in your research. We invite neuroscientists at any training and career stage, institution, and geography, with all levels of familiarity and proficiency with optogenetics, to engage with the series’ resources created for you by more than 20 global neuroscience leaders. SfN’s inaugural training series is organized in partnership with neuroscientists Kamran Khodakhah (Albert Einstein College of Medicine), Veronica Alvarez (NIH Intramural Research Program/NIAAA), and Alexandra Nelson (University of California, San Francisco).

Stay informed on conversations about publishing, tools and technologies, and the most relevant issues in the evolving neuroscience field with the scientists and innovators leading scientific discovery.

There are many opportunities to partner with SfN and other like-minded advocates, whether you’re just beginning or have years of experience. We have many materials that you can use to help you get started, continue, or bolster your advocacy activities. This video will cover: • Resources available to support your growth as an advocate. • Why it’s encouraged to tell SfN about your advocacy activities and how to get in touch. • Simple ways to get started.

Your personal story is the foundation of your advocacy and outreach efforts, regardless of your scientific background. Learn how to cater your story to this audience — elected officials — and how it differs from speaking with colleagues or the public. This video includes an example of a direct comparison between a collegial introduction to other scientists and an elevator pitch that’s used on Capitol Hill. This video will cover: • Key elements to an effective research story. • How to be memorable among many other advocates and priorities by putting a face to research funding. • Ways to update your scientific elevator pitch for a conversation with a Congressional office.

You can contribute to a large-scale effort to increase awareness about issues facing women in academia. As an SfN member, you have access to a series of Increasing Women in Neuroscience (IWiN) toolkits and related resources that are adaptable for your use at your institution or local chapter meeting. Each toolkit contains a 30-minute presentation that focuses on specific gender retention issues, such as recruitment, hiring, promotion, and evaluation. The presentations highlight critical data, real-life success stories, practical strategies for breaking the cycle, and ready-to-use tools. The toolkits were adapted from live workshops and made possible through the NSF-funded Department Chair Training to Increase Women in Neuroscience program. Explore the toolkits and related resources here.

We recently redesigned the Neuronline website - as a result, some pages were moved or changed. Try looking in the appropriate section above, or using the search box at the upper right.

We recently redesigned the Neuronline website - as a result, some pages were moved or changed. Try looking in the appropriate section above, or using the search box at the upper right.

We recently redesigned the Neuronline website - as a result, some pages were moved or changed. Try looking in the appropriate section above, or using the search box at the upper right.

We recently redesigned the Neuronline website - as a result, some pages were moved or changed. Try looking in the appropriate section above, or using the search box at the upper right.

We recently redesigned the Neuronline website - as a result, some pages were moved or changed. Try looking in the appropriate section above, or using the search box at the upper right.