FENS facilitates the dissemination of scientific information through a series of online resources, available to all.

Browse the directory below and access a vast array of online materials, including position papers, training and career development materials, outreach and advocacy resources.

Title Description Type Year
100 Years of Microglia

The symposium, 100 Years of Microglia tooks place as a webinar. It celebrated one century of microglial research through a series of plenary lectures on selected topics in brain physiology and pathology.

Event sponsored by the FENS Committee for Higher Education and Training (CHET).

Video 2019

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Animal experimentation and the search for alternatives

The “Three Rs” continue to shape scientific research across the EU and beyond. In this context, the search for alternatives to animal models increasingly influences the development of research projects. At the same time, the importance of employing the correct model remains key to the reliability and utility of any results.
This event was organised by the CARE Committee at the FENS 2020 Virtual Forum.

Video 2020 Animal experimentation and the search for alternatives
Creating Clear and Informative Figures for Scientific Publications

Learn how to identify and fix common problems with figures in scientific publications with this FENS Friday webinar organised by the FENS Committee for Higher Education and Training (CHET) and the Communication Committee.

Video 2021 Creating Clear and Informative Figures for Scientific Publications
Credibility in Neuroscience

In this special event, we will hear about credibility initiatives that have the potential to increase the reproducibility, replicability, and reliability neuroscience research, which will not only benefit scientific progress in the long-run, but also address a major cause for the poor mental health of research. Organised at FENS Forum 2020 by the British Neuroscience Association and FENS Committee for Higher Education and Training (CHET).

Video 2020 PLAY VIDEO
Crisis of Reproducibility

This workshop covers the wide-ranging issues that contribute to irreproducibility. It focuses on the bias in dissemination of experimental data from the point of view of journals, funding agencies, and the general media.

Organised by the FENS Committee for Higher Education and Training (CHET).

Video 2018

Members only

Dealing with gender-bias in neuroscience: FKNE special event at the FENS Forum 2018

This FENS Forum 2018 event discussed current situation of women and men in science, including gender statistics related to research funding, ways of combining career progress with family and parenting, and ongoing initiatives to support women and men in science. Event organised by the FKNE and the FENS Committee for Higher Education and Training (CHET).

Video 2018 Dealing with gender-bias in neuroscience: FKNE special event at the FENS Forum 2018
Engage with FENS: FENS outreach & advocacy activities

FENS is the voice of European neuroscience and aims to increase public awareness about the benefits of brain research. Discover FENS’ outreach and advocacy activities with this videos.

Video 2021 Engage with FENS: FENS outreach & advocacy activities
Exercise in Brain Health and Disease

Sedentary behavior is on the rise, resulting in an increased prevalence of preventable life-limiting diseases, including those affecting the brain. This is despite evidence showing that physical activity is one of the most important modifiable lifestyle factors that supports good brain health throughout life and improves quality of life in old age. In this webinar, speakers will discuss different mechanisms by which exercise positively influences brain health and function across the lifespan, from modulation of inflammation to regulation of adult neurogenesis.

Webinar organised by the FENS Committee for Higher Education and Training on the SfN digital platform, Neuronline.

Video 2022 Open URL
FENS Friday webinar “Functional dissection of the neural circuits controlling innate behaviours: focus on parental behaviour”

This webinar focuses on how neural circuits underlying innate behaviours develop and how they modulate parental behaviour in adulthood.

Organised by the FENS Committee for Higher Education and Training (CHET).

Video, Website 2021 FENS Friday webinar “Functional dissection of the neural circuits controlling innate behaviours: focus on parental behaviour”
FENS Friday webinar “Handling, review and publication of EJN manuscripts”

Whether a first-time or long-time submitter, the FENS Friday webinar “Handling, review and publication of EJN manuscripts” will provide you with all the necessary information to publish in the European Journal of Neuroscience (EJN).

Video 2021 FENS Friday webinar “Handling, review and publication of EJN manuscripts”
FENS Friday webinar “The microbiome, immunity, and neurodevelopment trialogue: from womb to adulthood”

This FENS Friday live webinar provided state-of-the-art knowledge on the microbiome and its influence on immunity and the nervous system from gestation until adulthood.

Video 2022 FENS Friday webinar “The microbiome, immunity, and neurodevelopment trialogue: from womb to adulthood”
FENS Friday webinar on “Neuroanatomical tract-tracing methods: classic techniques currently going viral”

This FENS Friday webinar provided a landscape perspective overclassical and modern tools for tract-tracing purposes. The goal is to provide young trainees with the best tips, ideas and background information required for selecting the neuroanatomical tracer or the best combination for a given experimental paradigm.

Video 2022 FENS Friday webinar on “Neuroanatomical tract-tracing methods: classic techniques currently going viral”
FENS Friday webinar: Brain development and neuropsychiatric disorders

The FENS Friday webinar “Brain development and neuropsychiatric disorders” presented the state-of-the-art knowledge on the brain’s development and how genetic disturbances and/or environmental influences are thought to underlie several neuropsychiatric disorders. Organised by the FENS Committee for Higher Education and Training (CHET).

Video 2021 FENS Friday webinar: Brain development and neuropsychiatric disorders
FENS Friday webinar: Communicating your science to non-scientists

This FENS Friday webinar is aimed for neuroscientists at any stage who wish to engage the wider audience with their research, particularly for those who are new to science communication. Organised by the Communication Committee with the support of the Dana Foundation.

Video 2021 FENS Friday webinar: Communicating your science to non-scientists
FENS Friday webinar: New avenues for understanding and treating epilepsy

Epilepsy is not only a common, often devastating disease but also a comorbidity of many neurological disorders, in which control of seizures may significantly improve quality of life and even prognosis. Recent years have witnessed major advancements in the identification of the mechanisms of disease that hold the promise to lead to new treatments. Organised by the FENS Committee for Higher Education and Training (CHET), this FENS Friday webinar provided an overview of these findings and of their potential implications not only for epilepsy but also for other neurological diseases.

Video 2022 FENS Friday webinar: New avenues for understanding and treating epilepsy
FENS Friday webinar: The importance of coordination and collaboration in brain research

Organised by the European Brain Council (EBC), the European Brain Research Area project (EBRA) and chaired by FENS President, Prof. Jean-Antoine Girault, this FENS Friday webinar focused on the importance of coordination and collaboration in the brain space highlighting the Shared European Brain Research Agenda (SEBRA).

Video 2021 FENS Friday webinar: The importance of coordination and collaboration in brain research
FENS Hertie Winter School 2015 on Neurobiology of language and communication

This playlist contains lectures given during the FENS SfN Winter School 2015 on Neurobiology of language and communication (held in Austria). The interview with the School’s scientific organisers provides an introduction.

Video 2015 FENS Hertie Winter School 2015 on Neurobiology of language and communication
FENS Hertie Winter School 2016 on Memory mechanisms in humans

This playlist contains lectures given during the FENS Hertie Winter School 2016 on Memory mechanisms in humans: from physiology to behavior and computational models (held in Austria). The interview with the School’s scientific organisers provides an introduction.

Video 2016 FENS Hertie Winter School 2016 on Memory mechanisms in humans
FENS Hertie Winter School 2017 on Neural Control of Behaviour – Series 1: Navigation

This playlist contains lectures given during the FENS Hertie Winter School 2017 on Neural Control of Behaviour – Series 1: Navigation (held in Austria). The interview with the School’s scientific organisers provides an introduction.

Video 2017 FENS Hertie Winter School 2017 on Neural Control of Behaviour – Series 1: Navigation
FENS membership: discover your member benefits

FENS provides its members with a full package of services to facilitate the exchange of information and enhance networking activities among neuroscientists at the European level and beyond.

Video 2021 FENS membership: discover your member benefits
FENS SfN Summer School 2014 on Neurodevelopmental Psychiatric Disorders

This playlist contains lectures given during the FENS SfN Summer School 2014 on Neurodevelopmental Psychiatric Disorders (held in Italy). The interview with the School’s scientific organisers provides an introduction.

Video 2014 FENS SfN Summer School 2014 on Neurodevelopmental Psychiatric Disorders
FENS SfN Summer School 2015 on Shared mechanisms and specificity in neurodegenerative diseases

This playlist contains lectures and interviews taken at the FENS SfN Summer School 2015 on Shared mechanisms and specificity in neurodegenerative diseases (held in Italy). The interview with the School’s scientific organisers provides an introduction.

Video 2015 FENS SfN Summer School 2015 on Shared mechanisms and specificity in neurodegenerative diseases
FENS SfN Summer School 2017 on Chemical Neuromodulation

This playlist contains lectures given during the FENS SfN Summer School on Chemical Neuromodulation: Neurobiological, Neurocomputational, Behavioural and Clinical Aspects (held in Italy). The interview with the School’s scientific organisers provides an introduction.

Video 2017 FENS SfN Summer School 2017 on Chemical Neuromodulation
FENS supports you and your career: higher education and training at FENS

Through its activities, grants and awards, FENS supports the education and continued training of neuroscientists, with a particular focus on early career neuroscientists. Learn more with this video

Video 2021 FENS supports you and your career: higher education and training at FENS
FENS Virtual Forum 2020 Daily Highlights Podcast: Monday 13 July

This episode of the FENS 2020 Daily Highlights Podcast features interviews of speakers at the FENS 2020 Virtual Forum: Angela Roberts (UK), Carla Shatz (US), Johannes Gräff (CH), Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg (DE), Erin Schuman (laureate of the ALBA-FKNE Diversity Prize 2020, DE) and Dervila Glynn (Chair of the FENS Communication Committee, UK).
Produced by Malcolm Love – Interviewers: Anders Jespersen, Harry Potter, Shruti Muralidhar
Made with the support of the Dana Foundation

Video 2020 FENS Virtual Forum 2020 Daily Highlights Podcast: Monday 13 July
FENS Virtual Forum 2020 Daily Highlights Podcast: Saturday 11 July

This episode of the FENS 2020 Daily Highlights Podcast features interviews of speakers at the FENS 2020 Virtual Forum: Anita Luthi (CH), Trevor Robbins and Irene Tracey (UK), Eve Marder (US), Deepak Srivastava (UK) and Fritjof Helmchen (CH), Chair of the FENS 2020 Programme Committee.
Produced by Malcolm Love – Interviewers: Anders Jespersen, Harry Potter, Shruti Muralidhar
Made with the support of the Dana Foundation

Video 2020 FENS Virtual Forum 2020 Daily Highlights Podcast: Saturday 11 July
FENS Virtual Forum 2020 Daily Highlights Podcast: Sunday 12 July

This episode of the FENS 2020 Daily Highlights Podcast features interviews of speakers at the FENS 2020 Virtual Forum: Erin Schuman (DE), Sheena Josselyn (US), Kate Jeffery (NZ), Avishai Henik (laureate of the FKNE Mentoring Prize 2020, IL) and John Foxe (EJN Editor-in-Chief, US).

Produced by Malcolm Love – Interviewers: Anders Jespersen, Harry Potter, Shruti Muralidhar
Made with the support of the Dana Foundation

Video 2020 FENS Virtual Forum 2020 Daily Highlights Podcast: Sunday 12 July
FENS Virtual Forum 2020 Daily Highlights Podcast: Tuesday 14 July

This episode of the FENS 2020 Daily Highlights Podcast features interviews of speakers at the FENS 2020 Virtual Forum: Sonia Garel (FR), Rui Costa (US), Tara Spires-Jones (UK), Lisa Traunmüller (FKNE PhD Thesis Prize 2020, DE) and Lars Kristiansen (FENS Executive Director, BE).
Produced by Malcolm Love – Interviewers: Anders Jespersen, Harry Potter, Shruti Muralidhar
Made with the support of the Dana Foundation

Video 2020 FENS Virtual Forum 2020 Daily Highlights Podcast: Tuesday 14 July
FENS Virtual Forum 2020 Daily Highlights Podcast: Wednesday 15 July

This episode of the FENS 2020 Daily Highlights Podcast features interviews of speakers at the FENS 2020 Virtual Forum: Jan Born (US), Seth Grant (UK), Carmen Sandi (FENS President 2018-2020, CH) and Jean-Antoine Girault (FENS President 2020-2022, FR).
Produced by Malcolm Love – Interviewers: Anders Jespersen, Harry Potter, Shruti Muralidhar
Made with the support of the Dana Foundation

Video 2020 FENS Virtual Forum 2020 Daily Highlights Podcast: Wednesday 15 July
FENS webinar on “Empowering future neuroscience with modern computing paradigms: the training perspective”

In this FENS webinar, four speakers discussed aspects of computing that are particularly relevant for neuroscience, as well as different ways we should teach them to the new generation of neuroscientists.

Video 2022 FENS webinar on “Empowering future neuroscience with modern computing paradigms: the training perspective”
FENS webinar: “Running a Brain Awareness Week event in 2023”

This FENS live webinar aims to provide participants with useful tips on how to write a successful FENS-Dana Brain Awareness Week 2023 Grants application and how to run an engaging outreach event. The webinar will include an interactive Q&A session with the speakers to provide hands-on tips to the audience.

Video 2022 FENS webinar: “Running a Brain Awareness Week event in 2023”
FENS-SfN Summer School 2016 on Cellular mechanisms and networks in addiction

This playlist contains lectures given during the FENS SfN Summer School 2016 on Cellular mechanisms and networks in addiction (held in Italy). The interview with the School’s scientific organisers provides an introduction.

Video 2016 FENS-SfN Summer School 2016 on Cellular mechanisms and networks in addiction
FENS-SfN Summer School 2018 on Neural stem cells, brain orgaoids and brain repair

This playlist contains lectures given during the FENS SfN Summer School 2018 on Neural stem cells, brain orga0ids and brain repair (held in Italy). The interview with the School’s scientific organisers provides an introduction.

Video 2018 FENS-SfN Summer School 2018 on Neural stem cells, brain orgaoids and brain repair
FENS, the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies

FENS brings together 20,000+ neuroscientists, 44 member societies across 33 European countries. FENS aims to advance research and education in neuroscience, through training and facilitating scientific exchange and interaction. Learn more about FENS and our mission with this video

Video 2020 FENS, the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies
Join us at the FENS Forum 2022 in Paris, France!

The FENS Forum 2022 will take place on 9-13 July 2022 in Paris, France. Further info: www.fens.org/2022

Video 2020 Join us at the FENS Forum 2022 in Paris, France!
NENS Exchange Grants online session

Are you a Master or PhD student located in Europe? Do you know about the NENS Exchange Grants? This funding opportunity of EUR 3,000 allows you to spend 1 to 3 months in another European lab to learn a new technique. Learn everything you need to know by watching this flash webinar. Organised by the FENS Committee for Higher Education and Training (CHET).

Video 2021 NENS Exchange Grants online session
Neuroscience Career Paths

Special interest event organised by the FENS Committee for Higher Education and Training (CHET) at FENS Forum 2020.

Video 2020 PLAY VIDEO
Online workshop: Running a Brain Awareness Week event in 2021

This workshop aims to provide neuroscientists with useful tips to plan an event for Brain Awareness Week 2021, from writing a successful proposal for Brain Awareness Week to running an engaging outreach event, both online and in-person.

Workshop organised by the FENS Communication Committee with the support of the Dana Foundation.

Video 2020 Online workshop: Running a Brain Awareness Week event in 2021
Science & Society: Parkinson’s Disease

This video “Parkinson’s Disease” explores Parkinson’s disease, a complex, progressive nervous system disorder that affects movement.This educational video is part of the ‘Science & Society’ series developed by EBC in partnership with FENS.

Video 2020 Science & Society: Parkinson’s Disease
Start your lab

A webinar focusing on topics relevant for senior postdocs and newly appointed PIs who want to start their own lab. Organised by the FKNE and the FENS Committee for Higher Education and Training (CHET) at FENS Forum 2018.

Video 2018

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