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21 January 2013
21 January, 2013 in FENS News European Brain and Behaviour Society (EBBS) Meeting 2013: Deadline for Abstract Submission: 15 May 2013 The registration and abstract submission for the 45th EBBS Meeting (Munich, 6-9 September 2013) are now open. Further information and the preliminary programme are available here Read More
21 December 2012
21 December, 2012 in FENS News FENS-SfN Advocacy Grants 2012 awarded - FENS warmly congratulates the grant receivers! On FENS-SfN Advocacy Section you can discover who are the awardees, alongside with a brief description of the granted proposals. The second advocacy funding round has been carried out and FENS warmly congratulates the grant receivers! Read More
20 December 2012
20 December, 2012 in FENS News 11th French Neuroscience Society meeting in Lyon, May 21-24, 2013 - Call for abstracts is now open! News archive Read More
12 December 2012
12 December, 2012 in FENS News The boon and bane of the impact factor The editorial "Impacting our Young" by Eve Marder (Past President of the American Society for Neuroscience), Helmut Kettenmann (Past President of FENS) and Sten Grillner (President of FENS) has been published in the most recent issue of PNAS (PNAS 2010 107 [...] Read More
12 December 2012
12 December, 2012 in FENS News Pan-European organisations call for an advanced understanding of the human brain A new strategic report, The Human Brain – From Cells to Society, Toward Better Mental Health in Europe, has been published today by the European Science Foundation (ESF). The aim of the report is to provide a framework [...] Read More
21 November 2012
21 November, 2012 in FENS News Help us support the Horizon 2020 budget! The European Brain Council (EBC) needs your help, your support and your brains! EBC urges for your support in ensuring that the European Commission's proposals and budget are approved without any reduction in the health spend. The EC has put an ambitious [...] Read More
14 November 2012
14 November, 2012 in FENS News Sign the petition to protect the EU research budget FENS supports the ise petition against cuts in the EU budget for research. Make your voice heard, take action and sign the petition. To protect research funding from cuts, the scientific community must stand up to make its case. On [...] Read More
18 October 2012
18 October, 2012 in FENS News FENS History Funds 2012 Awarded The FENS History funding round has been carried out and 4 projects were awarded. FENS warmly congratulates the awardees! Please visit FENS History page to see who are the awardees, as well as the titles of their projects. Read More
01 October 2012
01 October, 2012 in FENS News The rise and fall of phrenology in Scotland: online history project recently launched News archive Read More
18 September 2012
18 September, 2012 in FENS News FENS Trimestrial Newsletter – Summer Issue 2012 The Summer Issue of the FENS Trimestrial Newsletter is now available online. Enjoy your reading! Content Message from the FENS President Editorial from the Communication Committee: Past and Future An Update to the FENS Strategy Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Poland UCL [...] Read More
03 September 2012
03 September, 2012 in FENS News New FENS Officers During the FENS Forum 2012 in Barcelona new FENS officers took over their reins of office. The new FENS President Marian Joëls (Netherlands) took over the reins of office for the period 2012 – 2014 at the FENS Forum in Barcelona. The previous President, Sten Grillner [...] Read More
03 September 2012
03 September, 2012 in FENS News Jan Bures (1926 - 2012) in memoriam On August 24, 2012, the renowned Czeck neuroscientist Jan Bures passed away. With great sadness we would like to inform the international neuroscience community that on August 24, 2012, one of the most distinguished and renowned neuroscientists, Jan Bureš, left us forever [...] Read More
16 August 2012
16 August, 2012 in FENS News BNA2013: Festival of Neuroscience 7th-10th April 2013, London, UK Eight plenary lectures will be given by world-renowned speakers. There will be 56 scientific sessions involving more than 240 British and international speakers, and around 1000 poster presentations representing all aspects of brain research. Hosted by the British Neuroscience Association, [...] Read More
14 August 2012
14 August, 2012 in FENS News FENS Forum 2012 Photo Contest Winners Announced entific Photography contest under "Scientific Phenomena" and "The Lab Through Your Eyes" categories was launched by the students' committee for the first time at the FENS Forum in Barcelona. The winners of this first edition of the contest together with the winning [...] Read More
31 July 2012
31 July, 2012 in FENS News FENS Forum 2012 Video Contest Winners Announced Three videos were awarded the amount of 1.000 Euros at the FENS Forum in Barcelona. The contest tasked Forum attendees with creating a video about neuroscience. At the occasion of the FENS Forum, July 17, 2012, Flavio Moroni, member of the FENS [...] Read More