On behalf of the Planning Committee, Staff, and the University of Kentucky Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center, we would like to invite you to attend the Eighteenth Annual Kentucky Spinal Cord and Head Injury Research Trust (KSCHIRT) Symposium in Lexington, Kentucky on Friday, May 11, 2012.

The Eighteenth Annual KSCHIRT Symposium includes an exciting mix of leading basic scientists who will present their recent neurotrauma research. The conference is largely supported by funds from the KSCHIRT, established in 1994 to promote spinal cord and brain injury research at the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville. This year’s Symposium is focused on the theme “Adaptive and Maladaptive Plasticity after Neurotrauma” and should generate abundant discussion and foster new ideas.

Attached, please find a file of this year’s Symposium Announcement, Program, Call for Posters (limit of 24) and Accommodations, and Registration Form. Registration is free, however, it is required for attendance.

Important deadlines are:
Submission of Poster Abstracts – March 23, 2012
Registration – March 30, 2012
Conference rate reservations at The Embassy Suites Hotel, the Symposium’s location – April 11, 2012

Symposium Planning Committee:
            Jonathan Lifshitz, Ph.D.
            Stephen M. Onifer, Ph.D. (Chair)
            Kathryn E. Saatman, Ph.D.
            Diane M. Snow, Ph.D.
            Joe E. Springer, Ph.D.
            Bradley K. Taylor, Ph.D.
            S. Randal Voss, Ph.D.

Symposium Staff:
            Liz Jones, KSCHIRT Symposium Coordinator, lizj@email.uky.edu, 859-323-5336 
            Zelneva Frye, KSCHIRT Financial Coordinator
            Julie Combs, KSCHIRT Accounting Clerk

Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center (SCoBIRC):
            University of Kentucky
            College of Medicine
            Biomedical and Biological Sciences Research Building (BBSRB)
            741 South Limestone Street
            Lexington, KY 40536-0509|
            http://www.mc.uky.edu/scobirc/