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16 April 2015
16 April, 2015 in Neuroscience News MQ: Transforming Mental Health has been formed to harness the power of a community of researchers, doctors, service users, families, advocates and funders to tackle mental illness. On the 2nd of April the MQ's new landscape analysis of mental health research funding has been published. MQ intends to produce this analysis [...] Read More
15 April 2015
15 April, 2015 in FENS News The Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) and EJN, in partnership with the publisher Wiley, hereby announce the winners of their prestigious 2016 awards. The awardees were selected for their excellent contributions to neuroscience by a committee comprising FENS leadership representatives and the EJN co-Editors-in-Chief. Antonello Bonci, the seventh [...] Read More
01 April 2015
01 April, 2015 in FENS News FENS members can register and present an abstract for the SfN annual meeting on the same conditions as regular members of SfN. Are you going to attend the SfN meeting in Chicago? If so, ensure your ISM slot in order to register on regular member terms. Register now for an ISM slot [...] Read More
25 March 2015
25 March, 2015 in FENS News FENS congratulates all PERC-FENS travel grant winners for their successful applications. FENS is glad to announce the list of PERC-FENS travel grants winners who will have the chance to attend the 9th IBRO World Congress on Neuroscience (7 - 11 July 2015, Rio de Janeiro) thanks to their successful applications. [...] Read More
24 March 2015
24 March, 2015 in FENS News An international conference on neuroscience organised by the National Hellenic, Israeli and Serbian Neuroscience Societies. 2014 Nobel Prize Laureate of Physiology or Medicine to open FFRM 2015 in Greece The Federation of European Neurosciences Societies (FENS) and the National Hellenic, Israeli and Serbian Neuroscience Societies are honoured to announce [...] Read More
17 March 2015
17 March, 2015 in FENS News On the 22nd of January 2015 FENS joined forces with the European Animal Research Association (EARA), a communication and advocacy organisation whose mission is to uphold the interests of basic and biomedical research and healthcare development across Europe. “Knowledge generated by neuroscience research using experimental animals, besides providing fundamental [...] 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
10 March 2015
10 March, 2015 in Neuroscience News The first Nordic Neuroscience conference will take place in Trondheim, Norway, the 10 - 12 June 2015. The objectives of the conference are to open more interactions with neighboring countries and establish networks for future collaborations. This meeting has been organised so to achieve greater knowledge about the work [...] 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
06 March 2015
06 March, 2015 in FENS News On 3 March 2015 the European Commission registered a Citizen Initiative called “Stop Vivisection”. The aim of this initiative is to obtain the immediate abolition of animal research in Europe. FENS signed a joint statement together with other 122 research institutions, organisations and societies which is an appeal to oppose [...] Read More
05 March 2015
05 March, 2015 in FENS News The European Journal of Neuroscience Special issue (March 2015) is now out: Auditory cortex – towards a synthesis of human and animal research. Auditory cortex – towards a synthesis of human and animal research How does the brain detect and select relevant stimuli from the seemingly endless array of [...] Read More
02 March 2015
02 March, 2015 in FENS News FENS History page aims to preserve the commemoration of European neuroscience for future generations by making available to the wide public autobiographies, videos, pictures and other electronic materials on and about illustrious neuroscientists of Europe and their distinguished work. A History of Neuroscience project on Ivane Beritashvili has recently [...] Read More
27 February 2015
27 February, 2015 in Neuroscience News The official launch of the MEP Interest Group on Brain, Mind and Pain took place at the European Parliament on 24 February 2015. The group – a joint initiative of Pain Alliance Europe (PAE) and the European Federation of Neurological Associations (EFNA) – has been co-chaired by MEPs Marian Harkin, [...] Read More
26 February 2015
26 February, 2015 in Societies & Partner News Prof. Kastner, Renowned Physicist and MIT Dean, will head group of funders aiming to build U.S. philanthropic support for basic science research. Prof. Kastner is a distinguished physicist who recently served for over six years as Dean of Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). As [...] Read More
25 February 2015
25 February, 2015 in Neuroscience News Nobel prize-winners, including John O’Keefe, May-Britt Moser and Edvard Ingjald Moser, have written to the President of the European Commission urging him to reverse his plan to slash EU spending on research and innovation by €2.7bn. Jean-Claude Juncker wants to transfer the €2.7bn into a new pot intended to [...] Read More