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30 October 2013
30 October, 2013 in FENS News ERROR Pierre J. Magistretti of Lausanne, Switzerland, has been elected as the next president of the International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) by the IBRO Governing Council, which comprises IBRO’s member societies across the world. For further information, please check theIBRO website. Read More
29 October 2013
29 October, 2013 in FENS News ERROR As a contribution to the FENS History of Neuroscience series, a new website was recently launched and made available via the FENS History webpage. For more information, please visit: Historiography of Neurosciences in Eastern Europe, Romania, 1870-1970 Read More
29 September 2013
29 September, 2013 in FENS News ERROR http://www.fens.org/about/newsletter.html Read More
03 September 2013
03 September, 2013 in FENS News ERROR The 2014 Kavli Prize call for nominations has been opened by The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. The Academy will receive nominations through December 1, 2013. Complete nomination information, including an online form, is available at http://www.kavliprize.no Read More
03 September 2013
03 September, 2013 in FENS News ERROR How do researchers work with primates? Which species do they use? What has research with primates revealed? How are the primates looked after?These are the questions answered in the new iBook, Primates in Medical Research. The iBook features recent video clips recorded in primate research and breeding facilities in [...] Read More
19 August 2013
19 August, 2013 in FENS News The ERA-NET NEURON call is open for the Excellent Paper in Neuroscience Award The ERA-NET NEURON call is open for the EXCELLENT PAPER IN NEUROSCIENCE AWARD to recognize outstanding scientific publications by young researchers in the field of disease related neurosciences. The deadline for proposal submission is September 15th, 2013. First authors [...] Read More
19 August 2013
19 August, 2013 in FENS News ERROR The HBP has reserved a portion of its ramp-up phase funding for specific research tasks to be carried out by new beneficiaries who will join the consortium in 2014. These new beneficiaries will be selected from proposals submitted in response to this Competitive Call. The Competitive Call covers the following topics of [...] Read More
29 July 2013
29 July, 2013 in FENS News János Szentágothai and his legacy for neuroscience in Hungary and worldwide A new awarded history of neuroscience project is now available online! To commemorate the life and works of János Szentágothai for the celebration of the 100th anniversary of his birth in 2012, the Hungarian Neuroscience Society assembled a website: www.szentagothai.hu Read More
12 July 2013
12 July, 2013 in FENS News ERROR The FENS Committee on Animals in Research (CARE) invites you to mail this letter to the Italian political authorities, at the address specified in the text, so as to contrast the new regulations passed by the Senate on July 8th, 2013, concerning the implementation in Italy of the EU Directive 63-2010 on [...] Read More
11 July 2013
11 July, 2013 in FENS News ERROR IntroductionThe establishment of a prominent site for state-of-the-art European neuroscience training courses is important for the sustained development of the next generation of neuroscientists. However, despite the recognized position of European neuroscience and brain research as leading in multiple fields of neuroscience, a high-level, coordinated and dedicated training facility for [...] Read More
18 June 2013
18 June, 2013 in FENS News The Spring Issue of the FENS Trimestrial Newsletter is now available online. Enjoy your reading! Content Message from the FENS President Editorial from the Communication Committee Opinion Corner:“What Counts?” by Leszek Kaczmarek“Neuroscience and Law” by Hervé Chneiweiss Featured Neuroscience Institutes The Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, IrelandThe Edmond and Lily [...] Read More
13 June 2013
13 June, 2013 in FENS News ERROR In collaboration with prominent and long-standing partners of FENS including the Hertie Foundation, a new programme for European higher education – schools and training will be started in 2014. The programme, which will be fully implemented by 2015, will build on popular features from the foregoing FENS-IBRO European Neuroscience Schools [...] Read More
11 June 2013
11 June, 2013 in FENS News ERROR With a pledge to continue its commitment to transporting animals used in biomedical research, AirFrance supports global neuroscience research and efforts to advance our knowledge and understanding of the nervous system. Two linked scientific committees on the use of animals in biomedical research under SfN and FENS coordinate an advocacy alert to [...] Read More
14 May 2013
14 May, 2013 in Neuroscience News Call for applications: Boehringer Ingelheim FENS Research Award 2014 This award is sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim and is announced by the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS). It is given in recognition of outstanding and innovative scientific contributions in any area of neuroscience research. The prize money is 25.000 [...] Read More
14 May 2013
14 May, 2013 in Neuroscience News Join "The smile of the mind" exhibition on a history of Neuroscience by artistic caricature in Pavia, Italy, at the Campus Bio-medico Santa Caterina: 16th May to 6th June 2013 The exhibition examines the historical development of Neuroscience and is divided in three sections. While the first part is [...] Read More