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06 March 2008
06 March, 2008 in FENS News FENS launched a new activity, the "National Neuroscience Highlights of the Year" We invite all national member societies to present once a year a national neuroscience highlight. We are happy to present the first contributions: The Dutch Neurofederation presents:Rescue of neurological deficits in a mouse model for Angelman syndrome [...] Read More
13 February 2008
13 February, 2008 in FENS News NEURON calls for "European research projects on neurodegenerative diseases The current Coordination Action (CA) is funded under the ERA-Net scheme in FP6 2007-2010 by the European Commission. The aim of the Network of European Funding for Neuroscience Research (NEURON) project is to link 13 European national research funding programmes [...] Read More
13 February 2008
13 February, 2008 in FENS News The Neurological Foundation of New Zealand Repatriation Fellowship Repatriation Fellowships are intended to support the repatriation of outstanding young researchers who have recently completed post doctoral studies outside New Zealand and who propose to return to New Zealand and conduct research in scientific fields of relevance to the Neurological [...] Read More
07 February 2008
07 February, 2008 in FENS News FENS Award winners 2008 selected FENS is pleased to announce this years FENS Award winners: FENS EJN Award 2008: John O’Keefe, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London (UK) FENS EJN Young Investigator Prize: Thomas Klausberger, Senior Scientist at the Anatomical Neuropharmacology Unit of the Medical Research Council [...] Read More
20 December 2007
20 December, 2007 in FENS News Special offer for FENS members for The International Journal of Neuroscience Informa Healthcare offers the International Journal of Neuroscience at more than 50% off the personal subscription list rate. The regular personal subscription rate is $4015 and we will be offering it to FENS members for $2000. For further [...] Read More
27 November 2007
27 November, 2007 in FENS News FENS created a Neuroscience Award Directory There is a significant number of neuroscience awards all over Europe. We at FENS felt that it was time to gather all information on these various awards and make it available to FENS members. Therefore, we created a new "Award-Directory" on the FENS [...] Read More
21 November 2007
21 November, 2007 in FENS News Popular neuroscience papers from EJN The FENS Journal, EJN, is a multidisciplinary journal of broad scope publishing experimental and theoretical studies of nerve cells and nervous systems, including a range of approaches from molecular to behavioural and cognitive. Some of the journal's most popular papers are highlighted below. Click [...] Read More
20 November 2007
20 November, 2007 in FENS News SfN Travel Awards for the FENS Forum The Society for Neuroscience is pleased to offer 15 special travel awards in the amount of USD 1500 to support the participation of US, Canadian, and Mexican graduate students at the FENS Forum.The travel awards are based on the scientific merit of [...] Read More
30 October 2007
30 October, 2007 in FENS News Mary Ann Liebert Press is pleased to offer to FENS members a special discounted rate for the Journal of Neurotrauma Journal of Neurotrauma publishes peer-reviewed papers on the latest advances in both the clinical and laboratory investigation of traumatic brain and spinal cord injury. For further information please the [...] Read More
20 October 2007
20 October, 2007 in FENS News FENS Social at SfN Meeting in San Diego FENS had invited all European and non-European scientists to attend the FENS social during Society for Neuroscience's 37th Annual Meeting. While offering drinks and European snacks, FENS presented and discussed opportunities on educational programmes, postdoctoral, and job facilities in Europe.More than [...] Read More
12 October 2007
12 October, 2007 in FENS News A Focus on Parkinson's Disease and the European Society - EBC launches 1st European Brain Policy Forum (EBPF) The European Brain Council launches a series of Annual Multidisciplinary Forums designed to involve all those with a stake in brain research in the building of a European research strategy towards [...] Read More
12 October 2007
12 October, 2007 in FENS News Special offer from IASP Press IASP Press offers a discount for FENS members for the book Immune and Glial Regulation of Pain.Immune and Glial Regulation of Pain Editors: Joyce A. DeLeo, Linda S. Sorkin, Linda R. Watkins Hardcover with CD-ROM 443 pages ISBN: 978-0-931092-67- For further information please see: [...] Read More
03 October 2007
03 October, 2007 in FENS News Submit your research to EJN! As you know, EJN (European Journal of Neuroscience) is published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies. EJN is a multidisciplinary journal of broad scope publishing experimental and theoretical studies of nerve cells and nervous systems, including a range of [...] Read More
31 August 2007
31 August, 2007 in FENS News President of the Slovak Society of Neuroscience deceased Prof. Jozef Mar?ala M.D., D.Sc., founder and acting head of Slovak Society of Neuroscience, one of the pillars of neurosciences in Slovakia, suddenly and unexpectedly passed away on August 26, 2007. Professor Mar?ala was born in 1929 in a small mountain [...] Read More
31 August 2007
31 August, 2007 in FENS News Access to the Royal Society Digital Journal Archive The Royal Society Digital Journal Archive, dating back to 1665 and containing in excess of 60,000 articles, will be free online from September 1 to November 30, 2007. During this three month period, librarians and academics will be able to access [...] Read More