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YREP stipends available for training courses or exchange training stays

28 January 2015

28 January, 2015 in FENS News Young researchers from Europe and Australasia or Japan: YREP stipends available for training courses or exchange training stays The Australasian Neuroscience Society (ANS), the Japan Neuroscience Society (JNS) and the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) support under the Young Researchers Exchange Programme (YREP) travel and/or accommodation costs associated [...] Read More

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European Society for Neurochemistry’s Conference 2015: registration now open

26 January 2015

26 January, 2015 in Neuroscience News The ESN Conference on Molecular Mechanisms of Regulation in the Nervous System to be held 14 – 17 June 2015 in the Dorpat Conference Center in Tartu, Estonia has now open its registration process. The international program committee aims to generate a highly interesting and attractive program for the [...] Read More

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Kavli Scientist-Writer Workshops open for selection

23 January 2015

23 January, 2015 in Societies & Partner News The Kavli Foundation has announced the second annual Kavli Scientist-Writer Workshops, 5-day writer's workshops for professional scientists and engineers, which are sponsored by The Kavli Foundation with additional support from New York University. These intense workshops aim to help scientists move beyond technical writing, so that they [...] Read More

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Larry Swanson Elected Next Secretary-General of IBRO

19 January 2015

19 January, 2015 in Societies & Partner News Larry Swanson, University Professor and Appleman Professor of Biological Sciences, Neurology & Psychology, at the University of Southern California (USC), has been elected Secretary-General-elect of IBRO by its Governing Council. Professor Swanson will officially succeed current Secretary-General Sten Grillner, distinguished Professor at Karolinska Institutet, in January 2016 and [...] Read More

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Brain Awareness Week 2015

17 January 2015

48 applications from 23 different European countries were submitted, 29 projects in 18 different European countries were selected and could be supported by the Dana Foundation Grants. [...] Read More

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“How a Habit Becomes an Addiction”

16 January 2015

16 January, 2015 in Neuroscience News A comprehensive review in the European Journal of Neuroscience, where Barry Everitt outlines the neural correlates and learning-based processes associated with the transition from drug use, to abuse, to addiction.     Neural and psychological mechanisms underlying compulsive drug seeking habits and drug memories – indications for novel treatments [...] Read More

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FENS and The Kavli Foundation announce the first group of FENS-Kavli Scholars

19 December 2014

19 December, 2014 in FENS News The Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) and The Kavli Foundation have announced the first FENS-Kavli Scholars – 20 young European neuroscience researchers chosen for the excellence of their research, as well as promise to be among the field’s newest generation of extraordinary pioneers. Launched this year, the FENS-Kavli [...] Read More

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Brain Awareness Week 2015

15 December 2014

15 December, 2014 in FENS News Grants of 1,000 EUR available for the financial support of the partners who organise an event during the Brain Awareness Week 2015 (16-22 March) The Brain Awareness Week (BAW) is the global campaign to increase public awareness of the progress and benefits of brain research; it is a worldwide [...] Read More

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FFRM 2015: call for IBRO alumni Lecturer Award

11 December 2014

11 December, 2014 in FENS News IBRO is pleased to announce a call for IBRO alumni Lecturer Award for the FENS Regional Meeting 2015 in Thessaloniki, Greece. The applicant should be someone of excellent scientific achievement, who has attended a FENS/IBRO school in Europe, or who has received IBRO funding in the form of a [...] Read More

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Mind the Gap Newsletter – New issue is out

01 December 2014

01 December, 2014 in Neuroscience News Read the latest Mind the Gap Newsletter - November 2014   We're delighted to be able to share news of over £2.3million of funding MQ has awarded for eight exciting new research projects. We believe mental health research can change lives - that's why we're investing in the best.  [...] Read More

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FENS EJN Award 2016 – Call for Nominations is Open

17 November 2014

17 November, 2014 in FENS News This award is donated by the EJN publisher Wiley and is given in recognition of an outstanding scientific work in any area of neuroscience. This is a personal prize of 10,000 GBP.Candidates should be nominated by fellow neuroscientists (i.e. no self-nomination) and must either be working in a European [...] Read More

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New Elsevier report maps the landscape of global brain research

14 November 2014

14 November, 2014 in Neuroscience News Elsevier’s analysis reveals emerging trends, funding and collaboration patterns, top-publishing nations and more... Elsevier's Analytical Services and Global Academic Relations teams worked to examine trends in brain and neuroscience research from 2009 - 2013. The report focuses on brain science research output on a national level, levels of collaboration [...] Read More

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Change in EJN Editorial Leadership

06 November 2014

06 November, 2014 in FENS News Press announcement from FENS: New Editors in Chief appointed for EJN from January 2015. In a press release on November 6, FENS president Monica Di Luca announces the appointment of Professor Paul Bolam (University of Oxford) and Professor John Foxe (Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York) as new [...] Read More

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Findings of the International Brain Research Report

27 October 2014

27 October, 2014 in Neuroscience News In conjunction with its partners, U.S. and EU researchers and funders involved in brain and neuroscience research, Elsevier will present the findings and insight from the international Brain Research Report. Symposia Meeting Date & Time: Saturday, November 15, 2014 6:30pm - 8:30pm Location: Marriott Marquis, Georgetown Room Sponsor Category: CommercialSponsored By: Elsevier Organizer/Moderator: Holly J Falk-Krzesinski, [...] Read More