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02 June 2016
02 June, 2016 in Societies & Partner News Nine pioneering scientists from Germany, Switzerland, the UK and the USA have been named this year’s recipients of the Kavli Prizes – prizes that recognize scientists for their seminal advances in astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience. This year’s laureates were selected for the direct detection of gravitational waves, [...] Read More
23 May 2016
23 May, 2016 in Societies & Partner News On 2 June the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters announces the 2016 Kavli Prize Laureates in Astrophysics, Nanoscience, and Neuroscience. Live Webcast from the Norwegian Academy of Science & Letters, Oslo, and the World Science Festival, New York, June 2, 8:15-10:00am EDT / 2:15-4:00pm CEST.Follow on Twitter: #Kavli2016. Keynote Speaker: [...] Read More
18 May 2016
18 May, 2016 in Societies & Partner News Call for nominations are open for The Brain Prize: € 1 million prize awarded by Lundbeckfonden, a prominent Danish foundation. The Prize recognizes highly original and influential advances in research on the nervous system. If several researchers have contributed significantly to this achievement, more than one individual [...] Read More
15 April 2016
15 April, 2016 in Societies & Partner News Are you planning to attend the SfN in San Diego? Request an ISM slot to register and present your abstract as a FENS member. The abstract submission period for Neuroscience 2016 officially opens 14 April and ends at 5 p.m. (EDT) on Thursday, 5 May. FENS members can register and present an [...] Read More
01 March 2016
01 March, 2016 in Societies & Partner News Ground-breaking research into memory honoured with the world’s largest prize for brain research. The Brain Prize for 2016 is awarded to Timothy Bliss, Graham Collingridge and Richard Morris for their ground-breaking research on the cellular and molecular basis of Long-Term Potentiation and the demonstration that this form of synaptic plasticity underpins spatial memory and [...] Read More
20 January 2016
20 January, 2016 in Societies & Partner News Published in the European Journal of Neuroscience, a new study in rats may provide significant insights into the long-term impacts of over-consumption of sugary foods during adolescence. The study shows that the enjoyment of such foods later in adulthood is reduced in those who over-consumed early in [...] Read More
17 January 2016
36 projects across 23 different European countries were selected and supported by the Dana Foundation Grants. [...] Read More
18 November 2015
18 November, 2015 in Societies & Partner News The Master Class is an ECNP and Grete Lundbeck European Brain Research Foundation (The Brain Prize) initiative. The first Master Class will take place 10-12 April 2016 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The Brain Prize Master Class is a high-level small audience meeting where twenty talented European junior neuroscientists [...] Read More
05 November 2015
05 November, 2015 in Societies & Partner News Ronald Hanson and Renato Renner discuss the strongest proof to date that quantum theory explains the true nature of the universe. WHAT KIND OF UNIVERSE DO WE LIVE IN? Dutch physicist Ronald Hanson has given us the best answer to that question to date. And Albert Einstein [...] Read More
29 October 2015
29 October, 2015 in Societies & Partner News On Friday, 30 October at 1 pm EDT (10 am PDT), join The Kavli Foundation for a live webcast with Miyoung Chun, Michael Roukes and Rafael Yuste on this proposed new way to catalyze the BRAIN Initiative. Spotlight Live: A Call for 'Brain Observatories' Six researchers essential [...] Read More
03 September 2015
03 September, 2015 in Societies & Partner News The call for nominations for the 2016 Kavli Prizes is open from 1 September through 1 December 2015. The winners of the 2016 Kavli Prizes will be announced 2 June 2016 and the award ceremony will take place in Oslo, Norway the 6 September 2016. The Kavli [...] Read More
19 June 2015
19 June, 2015 in Societies & Partner News The award is sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim and is announced by the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS). It is given in recognition of outstanding and innovative scientific contributions in any area of neuroscience research. This is a personal prize of 25.000 €. Applications can either be [...] Read More
20 May 2015
20 May, 2015 in Societies & Partner News Call for nominations have been announced to identify candidates for the € 1 million prize, The Brain Prize, which has been established by a private Danish foundation, the Grete Lundbeck European Brain Research Foundation. The Brain Prize recognizes highly original and influential advances in research on the [...] Read More
10 March 2015
10 March, 2015 in Societies & Partner News Just a week away from the 20th anniversary celebration of Brain Awareness Week, taking place on the 16-22 March 2015. To mark the occasion, the Dana Foundation has produced a wonderful video that looks back on BAW's 20 years of education and outreach about the brain. The video features [...] Read More
09 March 2015
09 March, 2015 in Societies & Partner News Neuroscience’s answer to the Nobel Prize - The Brain Prize - goes to four brain researchers for the invention, development and application of the revolutionary technique two-photon microscopy. Copenhagen, 9 March 2015: The world’s most valuable (€1m) neuroscience prize, The Brain Prize has been awarded, to four [...] Read More