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16 May 2017
16 May, 2017 in FENS News An interview with Prof Judy Illes, President of the International Neuroethics Society It is 15 years since neuroethics emerged as a discipline and this year the International Neuroethics Society (INS) has become an associate member of FENS. Professor Judy Illes, president of INS talks to Dr Jane Haley (FENS [...] Read More
02 May 2017
02 May, 2017 in FENS News FENS offers 10 travel grants of € 1.500 each to attend the annual meeting of the SfN (Washington, 11-15 November 2017). Stipends are earmarked for FENS members only. Online application via the FENS website is open from 2 May to 31 May 2017 (midnight CEST). All applicants will be informed about the outcome [...] Read More
21 April 2017
21 April, 2017 in FENS News On Wednesday, 19 April 2017, the FENS Forum of Neuroscience 2016 was awarded ‘Congress of the Year 2016’ at the annual Congress and Event Award celebrated at the Copenhagen City Hall. In the award statement, the Forum’s unique way of presenting a strong academic and highly international programme in [...] Read More
14 April 2017
14 April, 2017 in FENS News FENS and ANS provide travel grants to help young investigators, PhD or MSc students to attend the 37th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australasian Neuroscience Society. FENS and ANS provide travel grants to help young investigators, PhD or MSc students to attend the 37th Annual Scientific Meeting of the [...] Read More
13 April 2017
13 April, 2017 in FENS News FENS provides travel grants to help young investigators, PhD or MS students to attend SONA conference 2017 (11-14 June) in Entebbe, Uganda The support is intended to support young investigators (MSc to Postdoc level) to attend SONA conference 2017 in Entebbe, Uganda. These grants - of up to € [...] Read More
05 April 2017
05 April, 2017 in FENS News The award is given in recognition of outstanding and innovative scientific work from all areas of neuroscience research. The personal prize amounts to 25,000 EUR. This award is sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim and is announced by the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies. Candidates may either apply themselves or be [...] Read More
04 April 2017
04 April, 2017 in FENS News Are you planning to attend the SfN meeting in Washington DC? Request your ISM slot to register and present your abstract on member terms. FENS members can register and present an abstract at the SfN annual meeting on the same conditions as regular members of SfN. Register for an [...] Read More
04 April 2017
04 April, 2017 in FENS News FENS congratulates Prof. Monica Di Luca on her title of "Doctor Honoris Causa" awarded by the University of Mons, recognising her contribution to European brain research and advocacy. Prof. Monica Di Luca, President of FENS from 2014 – 2016, works on the brain and its capability to modulate synaptic [...] Read More
03 April 2017
03 April, 2017 in FENS News IBRO, FENS, and SfN Support March for Science, Encourage Neuroscientists Around the World to Participate in Affiliated Local Events. International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) President Pierre J. Magistretti and Secretary-General Larry W. Swanson, Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) President Barry J. Everitt, and Society for Neuroscience (SfN) President [...] Read More
03 April 2017
03 April, 2017 in FENS News FENS and EJN announce the winners of the FENS EJN Award 2018 and the FENS EJN Young Investigator Prize 2018 The Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) and EJN in partnership with the Wiley are pleased to announce the winners of the prestigious 2018 FENS EJN Award and FENS [...] Read More
26 March 2017
26 March, 2017 in FENS News A frequently occurring theme in many of the papers and reviews of EJN is the basal ganglia. These papers include basic studies on the cellular and molecular organization of the basal ganglia in animals, functions of the basal ganglia in animals and humans, and studies of basal ganglia diseases [...] Read More
16 March 2017
16 March, 2017 in FENS News Society for Neuroscience (SfN) President Eric J. Nestler and Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) President Barry Everitt released the following statement addressing the new White House executive order on immigration, scheduled to take effect March 16. "The Society for Neuroscience stands with the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies [...] Read More
14 March 2017
14 March, 2017 in FENS News The Hertie Foundation and the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) have announced the winner of their prize for young neuroscientists: Marta Zlatic, a Croatian/British neurobiologist, will receive the Eric Kandel Young Neuroscientists Prize worth EUR 100,000 for her research into decision-making processes in the brain. It is the [...] Read More
08 March 2017
08 March, 2017 in FENS News The opinion article based on the FENS-Kavli Network of Excellence’s survey, led by Tim Vogels, Matt Grubb, Carlos Ribeiro and Yiota Poirazi (chair of the Network) has been published in the 9th March issue of Nature. The article summarises the work of the FENS-Kavli Scholars who asked more than [...] Read More
07 March 2017
07 March, 2017 in FENS News Save the date: 22 April 2017. Join our colleagues in the United States to ‘March for Science’. On 22 April 2017, neuroscientists in Europe have the opportunity to join with our colleagues in the United States to ‘March for Science’ and to show the strength of our feelings about [...] Read More