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23 December 2019
23 December, 2019 in FENS News Carmen Sandi, FENS President, and all the FENS team would like to wish you a wonderful Holiday and a Happy New Year! As the holiday season falls upon us, I would like to thank you for your continued support and partnership in 2019. I hope the holidays and the [...] Read More
19 December 2019
19 December, 2019 in FENS News The International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility (INCF) has been welcomed as a FENS new member. INCF members can benefit from the services of the FENS membership. FENS now counts 44 neuroscience member societies across 33 European countries. The Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) is delighted to announce that the [...] Read More
18 December 2019
18 December, 2019 in FENS News Do you have an idea for a project promoting brain research? The call for Brain Awareness Week projects is now open and financial support is available. Submit your event before 16 January 2020. The call for Brain Awareness Week project proposals is now open! FENS, on behalf of the Dana [...] Read More
16 December 2019
16 December, 2019 in FENS News The laureates of the 2019 call for History Online Projects, celebrating for the first time the global history of neuroscience, have been announced. Find out more about the selected projects here and make sure to see them on display at the FENS Forum 2020. FENS has the pleasure to [...] Read More
05 December 2019
05 December, 2019 in FENS News Carmen Sandi, FENS President, is interviewed in the December issue of the online journal SciTech Europa. Learn more about FENS, our activities and our vision for the future. "As the voice of European neuroscience, FENS promotes collaboration, networking and career development for the neuroscience community at large, with a [...] Read More
25 November 2019
25 November, 2019 in FENS News This webinar will take place on 10 December 2019 and will discuss the high individual variability of early life stress and its impact on coping abilities and cognitive functions later in life. Open for SfN and FENS members only. Early Life Stress: Impact on Brain and Psychopathology Webinar - [...] Read More
21 November 2019
21 November, 2019 in FENS News The latest in the series of EARA science communications events, supported by the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) and the Society for Neuroscience (SfN), will take place in Maastricht, the Netherlands, on 11 December 2019. Improving Openness in Animal Research in the Netherlands is a free event (register here) [...] Read More
06 November 2019
06 November, 2019 in FENS News New Grants for Parkinson’s Research: Apply Now for ASAP Funding. Pre-proposal deadline is 8 January 2020. Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s (ASAP), a new global basic research funding initiative, is accepting applications to support international, multidisciplinary, and multi-institutional research teams to investigate the underlying causes of Parkinson’s disease.Teams have the opportunity [...] Read More
05 November 2019
05 November, 2019 in FENS News The Brain Conference "Brain Stroke: Why, how, and hope" (19-22 April 2020, Rungstedgaard, north of Copenhagen, Denmark) is now open for early registration (deadline: 17 January 2020). The Brain Conference "Brain Stroke: Why, how, and hope" (19-22 April 2020, Rungstedgaard, north of Copenhagen, Denmark) is now open for early [...] Read More
01 November 2019
01 November, 2019 in FENS News Application now open to the CAJAL course on "Advanced imaging techniques for cellular and systems neuroscience" (23 March – 10 April 2020 in Bordeaux School of Neuroscience, France). Application deadline: 16 December 2019 Application to the CAJAL course on "Advanced imaging techniques for cellular and systems neuroscience" which will [...] Read More
28 October 2019
28 October, 2019 in FENS News FENS provides travel grants to help young investigators, PhD or MSc students to attend the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society (Kobe Convention Center, Japan, 29 July - 1 August 2020). These grants - of up to € 1.200 each - are intended to cover the associated travel expenses [...] Read More
09 October 2019
09 October, 2019 in FENS News FENS signs petition for the inclusion of research in the title of the new Commissioner for Youth and Innovation. FENS strongly supports an open letter signed by leading European scientific organisations and prominent scientists calling on the European Commission to revise the new title of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel to [...] Read More
09 October 2019
09 October, 2019 in FENS News The FENS Forum 2020 is looking for Social Media Ambassadors. Deadline to express your interest: Wednesday 6 November 2019. The FENS Forum 2020, taking place on 11-15 July 2020 in Glasgow (United Kindgom) is looking for Social Media Ambassadors, on Twitter and/or Instagram. This initiative aims to create a [...] Read More
01 October 2019
01 October, 2019 in FENS News The scientific community is calling for a better balance between scientific progress and animal protection in Italian legislation. The petition “Save Italian Biomedical Research” has been signed by more than 15,000 people. The scientific community is calling for a better balance between scientific progress and animal protection in Italian [...] Read More
30 September 2019
30 September, 2019 in FENS News The Rapid Response Network is calling on members of the United States’ scientific community to sign onto an open letter denouncing the Environmental Protection Agency's decision to reduce and eventually eliminate animal research. The Rapid Response Network is calling on members of the United States’ scientific community to sign onto [...] Read More