Gordon conferences are among the very best venues for exchanging scientific information, developing collaborations, and thinking. The GRC on Catecholamines (GRC) has traditionally embraced young scientists like graduate students and postdoctoral fellows and former chairs and vice-chairs made it a top priority to create an engaging atmosphere at all levels. In an attempt to further enhance the GRC experience for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows we will organize for the first time a two-day Gordon Research Seminar on Catecholamines (GRS) that will commence on Friday evening (August 3, 2007) and continue through Sunday morning.

The 2007 GRS has an expected participation of up to 55 graduate students and postdoctoral fellows and will follow a similar schedule (below). The GRS will be loosely focused on the same theme as the formal GRC (from molecular to behavioral research issues). Oral presentations will be given exclusively by students and postdoctoral fellows. These presentations will follow the general GRC philosophy of encouraging extensive discussion. Student speakers will be chosen by the GRS organizing committee on the basis of abstracts submitted prior to the meeting. The remainder of postdoctoral fellows and students will present posters. All participants in the GRS will also be invited to attend the formal GRC during the following week.