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12 March 2018
12 March, 2018 in Neuroscience News Congratulations to the 4 winners of the 2018 FENS travel grants offered by Proteintech. Congratulations to the 4 winners of the 2018 FENS travel grant: Monique Marylin, University of Portsmouth Raquel Real, Imperial College London Stefano Espinoza, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia Irene Busti, University of Florence All our winners have been awarded €500 [...] Read More
06 March 2018
06 March, 2018 in Societies & Partner News Four neuroscientists working in the UK, Belgium and Germany have today (6 March) won the world’s most valuable prize for brain research. The 2018 Brain Prize is awarded to Bart De Strooper (London and Leuven), Michel Goedert (Cambridge), Christian Haass (Munich) and John Hardy (London) for their [...] Read More
05 March 2018
05 March, 2018 in FENS News FENS warmly congratulates the fifteen applicants, members of the Society for Neuroscience, who have been awarded a travel grant by SfN to attend the FENS Forum 2018 (7-11 July, Berlin, Germany). FENS wholeheartedly congratulates the following winners: Georgia Balsevich Lauren Reynolds Yannick Mullie Sarah Ruediger Brendan Hare Marc Meadows Eric Petersen Jared Kopelman Gavin Petrie Fernando Caravaggio Carmen Wong Salma Omer [...] Read More
21 February 2018
21 February, 2018 in FENS News EJN editors will attend several conferences this year. Have a look and get the chance to meet them. Paul Bolam and John Foxe will both be at the FENS Forum 7-11 July, at the Mobile Brain/Body Imaging Conference 11-14 July, and at the SfN Meeting 3-7 November. Paul will be at the [...] Read More
13 February 2018
13 February, 2018 in FENS News The deadline for early registration and abstracts for presentations at the FENS Forum looms, and we find ourselves in the midst of a surge of submissions. This is no surprise - the 20th Anniversary of FENS at the Berlin Forum (7-11 July 2018) is destined to be a wonderful [...] Read More
01 February 2018
01 February, 2018 in Neuroscience News Larry Weiskrantz, the pre-eminent neuropsychologist, founding member and twice President of EBBS which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year and former chair of the Department of Psychology in Oxford died recently. Larry Weiskrantz, the pre-eminent neuropsychologist, founding member and twice President of EBBS which celebrates its 50th anniversary this [...] Read More
01 February 2018
01 February, 2018 in Neuroscience News Under the management of the Executive Director, the role holder will oversee the planning, implementation, and delivery of specific short-term and long-term EARA advocacy and public engagement projects in Germany, Belgium, Portugal and other countries as directed. EARA STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT OFFICER Contract: Permanent, full-time (35 hours a week) Salary: [...] Read More
26 January 2018
26 January, 2018 in FENS News FENS provided four travel grants to help young investigators, PhD or MSc students to attend the 41th Annual Meeting of Japan Neuroscience Society (New Horizon of Neuroscience, 26-29 July 2018, Kobe Convention Center, Japan). Warm congratulations to the four grant recipients! The FENS travel grants awardees (listed in the [...] Read More
17 January 2018
FENS is happy to announce that, thanks to the Dana Foundation grant, 35 BAW projects held in 22 countries are funded in 2018. [...] Read More
12 January 2018
12 January, 2018 in FENS News The International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility funded the recording of lectures during the CAJAL Course in Computational Neuroscience (CCCN) 2017, held at the Champalimaud Center For The Unknown. The Cajal partner, International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility (INCF), funded the recording of keynote lectures during the first part of the Cajal Course in Computational Neuroscience [...] Read More
09 January 2018
09 January, 2018 in FENS News Read an important perspective on Neurogenomics by EJN Section Editor Kevin Mitchell. “The field of neurogenomics is coming of age, but not without some teething problems. To make real progress, the field will have to learn from these mistakes and adopt more rigorous standards.” Read more about this [...] Read More
09 January 2018
09 January, 2018 in Neuroscience News At its Christmas symposium in London, the British Neuroscience Association (BNA) awarded its 2017 Public Engagement of Neuroscience prize to Dervila Glynn, Coordinator of Cambridge Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge. Dr Glynn supports the scientific activities of the university’s many neuroscientists, for example in the organization of of [...] Read More
08 January 2018
08 January, 2018 in FENS News FENS members can register for the Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society in 2018 at special rates. If you are a FENS member intending to attend the 41st Annual Meeting of JNS (26-29 July 2018, Kobe Convention Center, Japan) and you would like to benefit from the same registration rates as [...] Read More
21 December 2017
21 December, 2017 in Societies & Partner News Proposals for symposia and minisymposia should be submitted by Monday, 8 January 2018, 5 p.m. EST. Symposia and Minisymposia help shape the scientific direction of Neuroscience 2018 by focusing on leading-edge research across the field. Junior faculty members/investigators and senior postdoctoral fellows are especially encouraged to submit minisymposium proposals for [...] Read More
20 December 2017
20 December, 2017 in FENS News FENS supports the mission of the International Brain Bee (IBB) to inspire school-age students to pursue careers in basic and clinical neuroscience. FENS supports the mission of the International Brain Bee (IBB) to inspire school-age students to pursue careers in basic and clinical neuroscience. National Brain Bee initiatives under the umbrella [...] Read More