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Meetings
FENS Meetings

FENS Meetings
FENS offers a range of state of the art platforms for interacting international researchers from the entire spectrum of neuroscience disciplines.

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Training
New Framework

New Framework for FENS Schools and Training.
In collaboration with prominent and long-standing partners of FENS, new programmes for European higher education – schools and training – will be offered every year.

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EJN
EJN

The FENS Journal
Check out the latest articles and news of EJN. All FENS members have FREE access to EJN!

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Outreach
CARE

FENS supports the EU Directive on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes.
FENS calls on the European Parliament and Commission to reaffirm their commitment to the Directive.

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Societies
FENS Membership

What are the benefits of FENS membership?
FENS provides its members with a full package of services to facilitate the exchange of information and enhance networking activities among neuroscientists.

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About FENS
News & Activities

Latest News

FENS member societies gathered in Brussels for the annual Governing Council

FENS held its Governing Council on 27-28 November 2017 at the University Foundation in Brussels.

November 30, 2017 in FENS News

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New Executive Board of EBC elected

FENS warmly congratulates the newly elected Executive Board of the European Brain Council (EBC).

November 23, 2017 in Societies & Partner News

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2018 Gruber International Prize Program in Neuroscience

The Gruber Foundation invites nominations on behalf of individuals whose achievements in Cosmology, Genetics, or Neuroscience would make them suitable candidates for recognition through the 2018 Gruber International Prize Program.

November 22, 2017 in Neuroscience News

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The challenge of mental disorders: European neuroscience answers the call

Executive Director of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP), Alexander Schubert looks at how science is unravelling the complexity of the human brain.

November 17, 2017 in Neuroscience News

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FENS offers travel grants for the Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society in 2018

FENS provides travel grants to help young investigators, PhD or MSc students to attend the 41st Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society (New Horizon of Neuroscience: Kobe Convention Center, Japan, 26-29 July 2018).

November 15, 2017 in FENS News

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100th anniversary of the Russian Physiological Society

The Russian Physiological Society created by Ivan .P. Pavlov organised a scientific forum on the occasion of its 100th anniversary on 17-19 April 2017 in St Petersburg.

November 14, 2017 in Neuroscience News

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FENS welcomes the review of the European Directive for the protection of animals used in research

On 10 November the European Commission issued the report that reviews the requirements of Directive 2010/63/EU – all uses of live animals for research or education and testing must be carried out in compliance with the Directive.

November 10, 2017 in FENS News

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Message from Professor Barry Everitt, President of FENS, about the Federation’s journal, EJN

New initiatives by editors John Foxe and Paul Bolam ensure that EJN publishes papers of the highest quality in all fields of neuroscience and provides rapid, rigorous, fair and totally transparent peer review.

November 07, 2017 in FENS News

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EJN Call for Papers for Special Issue on Addiction

Submit your papers to The European Journal of Neuroscience. Submission Deadline: 1 March 2018.

October 24, 2017 in FENS News

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New history project available online

"Neuroscience in British literature" by Roni Tibon, Ph.D is now available on the History online platform.

October 19, 2017 in FENS News

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Altman Award in Developmental Neuroscience

The Award was established to commemorate the outstanding achievements in developmental neuroscience of the late Dr. Joseph Altman, who discovered adult neurogenesis in the cerebral cortex.

October 17, 2017 in Neuroscience News

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The 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly awarded to Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young

FENS congratulates the 2017 Nobel Prize Winners in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm.

October 11, 2017 in Neuroscience News

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2018 Grass Fellowships

The Grass Foundation: 2018 Grass Fellowship Program.

September 25, 2017 in Neuroscience News

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Vacancy: Communications and Media Manager with the European Animal Research Association (EARA)

The application deadline is Friday 29 September, 17.00 BST. Interviews will take place in London on 5 and 9 October.

September 20, 2017 in Neuroscience News

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Boehringer Ingelheim FENS Research Award 2018 announced

The Boehringer Ingelheim FENS Research Award 2018 has been awarded to Dr. David Dupret for his research on the dynamics of neuronal assemblies during memory processes.

September 11, 2017 in FENS News

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The EJN Special Issue on the Neurological Basis of Autism Spectrum Disorders is coming soon!

Edited by Stephane Boudoin, John Foxe, Sophie Molholm, and Mark Wallace.

August 25, 2017 in FENS News

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The Brain Prize - Call for Nominations 2018

Nominations open for The Brain Prize, awarded by the Lundbeck Foundation. It is € 1 million prize.

August 22, 2017 in Neuroscience News

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Obituary for Rainer (Ray) W. Guillery (28 August 1929–7 April 2017)

Obituary: Ray Guillery, friend, colleague and founding editor of European Journal of Neuroscience.

August 10, 2017 in Neuroscience News

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2017 World Brain Bee Champion announced

FENS warmly congratulates the 2017 World Brain Bee Champion, Sojas Wagle, a sophomore from Har-Ber High School in Arkansas, USA.

August 09, 2017 in Neuroscience News

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World Brain Bee Championship: A neuroscience competition for teenagers

Press release: Future neuroscientists from around the world will be meeting in Washington, DC USA to compete in the nineteenth World Brain Bee Championship from August 2 to 7 in the Washington Convention Center.

July 31, 2017 in Neuroscience News

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