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17 July 2018
17 July, 2018 in FENS News FENS is pleased to present a series of video-interviews that were produced on the occasion of the 20th anniversary celebration of FENS in 2018. In interviews with past and current presidents of FENS, the videos focus on key events and activities from FENS history. The videos, that are now [...] Read More
17 July 2018
17 July, 2018 in Societies & Partner News The launch of the European Brain Council (EBC) statement “Counting down to zero: Towards a future with underfunded health research?” calls on the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council to increase the budget of the “Horizon Europe” programme to at least €120 billion. The European [...] Read More
16 July 2018
16 July, 2018 in FENS News "During my term, I would like to ensure representation of all neuroscientific disciplines at our meetings, applying special actions to incorporate underrepresented fields. Another important focus will be promoting gender equality and reinforcing networks and activities for young investigators." I am thrilled to be presiding over FENS for the [...] Read More
12 July 2018
12 July, 2018 in FENS News The European Journal of Neuroscience organised a special interest event at the FENS Forum 2018 in Berlin entitled: 'Publishing Workshop: What happens to your paper when submitted to a journal?' Topics covered by the EJN workshop included: 1. How a paper is handled once submitted to a journal 2. [...] Read More
10 July 2018
10 July, 2018 in Neuroscience News (Berlin, July 8 2018) Eighteen-year-old Piotr Oleksy from Krakow (Poland) has won today (July 8) the international Brain Bee Competition at Europe’s biggest brain research conference in Berlin. (Berlin, July 8 2018) Eighteen-year-old Piotr Oleksy from Krakow (Poland) has won today (July 8) the international Brain Bee Competition at [...] Read More
09 July 2018
09 July, 2018 in FENS News Three Neuroscience Outreach Awards were announced on Monday, 9 July at the FENS Forum 2018, in Berlin. Dr. Roland Pochet (Belgium), Dr. Laura López-Mascaraque (Spain), and Université Côte d'Azur (France) have been awarded prestigious prizes for their contribution to advancing public education and awareness about the progress and promise [...] Read More
19 June 2018
19 June, 2018 in FENS News We invite you to submit your proposals for symposia for the FENS Regional Meeting 2019 (FRM2019) which will take place in Belgrade, Serbia, July 10-13, 2019. The FRM2019 Scientific Committee welcomes and strongly encourages symposium proposals from neuroscience communities around the world. These symposia make the foundation of our [...] Read More
18 June 2018
18 June, 2018 in FENS News We are in the final days in the run up to the 11th FENS Forum, which is also FENS’ 20th Anniversary Forum, in Berlin. It’s already clear there will be more attendees than at any previous Forum. This is no surprise given the excellence of the programme and the [...] Read More
14 June 2018
14 June, 2018 in FENS News A 3-year agreement recently signed with the Cajal Advanced Neuroscience Training Programme and Bordeaux Imaging Center formally establishes this partnership. This MOU lays the foundation to support training courses under the Cajal Programme that will take place during the years 2018, 2019 and 2020 at the Bordeaux School of [...] Read More
13 June 2018
13 June, 2018 in FENS News Barry Everitt, FENS President, has been selected as President-Elect of the Society for Neuroscience. FENS warmly congratulates its president on this achievement and wishes him the best for his pivotal role in the Society for Neuroscience.Secretary General of FENS, Professor Juan Lerma expressed his great pleasure with the election [...] Read More
01 June 2018
01 June, 2018 in Societies & Partner News The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has decided to award the Kavli Prize in Neuroscience for 2018 to A. James Hudspeth, Robert Fettiplace and Christine Petit. The KavliPrize in Neuroscience is shared between A. James Hudspeth, of the The Rockefeller University, Robert Fettiplace, of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Christine Petit, of Collège [...] Read More
24 May 2018
24 May, 2018 in FENS News FENS is currently implementing procedures to ensure that we conform to the newly approved General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). In this context, we have been reaching out to members and regular contacts in order to obtain explicit consent to continue storing their data and sending relevant FENS news. If [...] Read More
16 May 2018
16 May, 2018 in Societies & Partner News The call for nominations is now open to look for candidates for the € 1 million prize, The Brain Prize, which is awarded by the Lundbeck Foundation. The Brain Prize recognizes highly original and influential advances in research on the nervous system, covering all aspects from fundamental [...] Read More
15 May 2018
15 May, 2018 in Societies & Partner News Watch the live webcast of the 2018 Kavli Prize laureate announcements by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Oslo, Norway, and live coverage of a special Prize program from the World Science Festival in New York City. The Kavli Prize recognizes scientists for pioneering advances in [...] Read More
15 May 2018
15 May, 2018 in FENS News Current FENS president, Prof. Barry Everitt from the University of Cambridge, UK, has been announced as a candidate for the position of president-elect of the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) in elections that started on Monday 14th May 2018. Prof. Everitt, who will be replaced as FENS president by Prof. [...] Read More