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90th Annual Meeting of the Alabama Academy of Science
Samford University,
Birmingham, Alabama
March 20-22, 2013
Joint meeting with the
Alabama Junior Academy of Science,
Gorgas Scholarship Program, and
Southeast Division of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
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Program
The Final Program for the annual meeting is available now.
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Call for Papers
Please read the Call for Papers for the annual meeting.
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Title and Abstract Submission
Title submission is available now.
Titles must be submitted by: FEBRUARY 18, 2013
Abstracts must be submitted by: MARCH 6, 2013
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Registration
Online registration and mail-in registration forms are available now.
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Hotel Information
BEST WESTERN/Carlton Suites on State Farm Pkwy in Wildwood
(across Lakeshore from Walmart).
$79 for KING, $89 for two DOUBLE beds.
This rate is only guaranteed on reservations made before March 6th.
Every room is a suite with kitchenette, microwave, coffeemaker, etc. and they have a complimentary hot breakfast bar. Please
identify yourself as being part of AAS/Gorgas/AJAS to get the rate listed above.
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Friday Symposium Schedule
A Symposium on "A Beautiful Mind, Brain, Consciousness..."
Friday, March 22, 8:00 - Noon Brock Recital Hall, Samford University
8:00 - 8:10 Introduction - Symposium Chair, Ronald N. Hunsinger, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department Biological
and Environmental Sciences, Samford University, President, Alabama Academy of Science
8:10 - 8:40 "Philosophical Approaches to Consciousness," Dennis Sansom, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Philosophy, Samford University, Birmingham, AL
8:40 - 9:20 "Is There Room for a Soul in the Physical Brain?" George Keller, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Assistant Dean, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Samford University
9:20 - 10:20 "The Brain and the Consciousness of the Self," Jeanette Norden, Ph.D., Professor of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Vanderbilt School of Medicine, Nashville, TN
10:20 - 10:45 Break
10:45 - 11:15 "Senility and the Aging Brain" Andrew Lampkins, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Pharmacy, Samford University
11:15 - Noon "Artificial Intelligence" Franklin Amthor, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Alabama at Birmingham
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