17 October 2019: Heading to Chicago

The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) meeting gets underway on Saturday morning in Chicago, Illinois.

This year marks a special anniversary: The Society for Neuroscience is turning 50. To celebrate, the conference will feature a preview of an art installation by ARTECHOUSE and artist Refik Anadol. The exhibit uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to highlight the intersection of art and science.

For five days, some 30,000 neuroscientists will gather to present or listen to thousands of abstracts for symposia, digital posters and more. Combined with social events and casual catch-ups with colleagues, it can be tough to get to everything of interest at SfN.

That’s where Spectrum comes in. Our news writers will be reporting on the hottest autism-related findings from the conference floor. I will also update this blog with attendees’ reactions to the autism research presented each day.

You can keep up with our SfN news coverage here. You can also get a roundup of each day’s stories by subscribing to our newsletter — which comes out at the close of each day of the conference. Don’t want to wait for a newsletter? Follow Spectrum on Facebook and Twitter for breaking news updates.

If you’ll be at the meeting, please join us at two special events.

Spectrum’s social: Meet the Spectrum team and fellow autism researchers for food and drinks at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, 20 October at the Marriot Marquis Chicago, Water Tower A. RSVP here.

Live Twitter chat: Tap out your take on the autism research at SfN at 12:30 p.m. on Monday, 21 October. We will be tweeting using the handle @Spectrum and the hashtag #SFNChat.

We hope to see you in person or online.

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