Dear All,

I want to thank all participants for making the 2012 Manitoba Neuroscience Network meeting another success.  A poster competition was held. All submitted abstracts were ranked by a panel of 4 principal investigators.  The top 6 in each of the student and postdoc categories were chosen for in-person judging in poster form at the meeting yesterday.  I am pleased to announce that the winners are as follows:

STUDENT CATEGORY WINNER:                  Esteli Vasquez-Dominguez, Spinal Cord Research Centre

STUDENT CATEGORY RUNNER-UP:          Amrit Boese, Public Health Agency of Canada

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW CATEGORY WINNER:                   Dr. Amit Kamboj, St. Boniface Hospital Research

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW CATEGORY RUNNER-UP            Dr. Ali Saleh, St. Boniface Hospital Research

Thanks to all judges and participants.

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Chris M. Anderson, Ph.D.

President, Winnipeg Chapter, Society for Neuroscience

Director, Manitoba Neuroscience Network

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