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17 July 2014
17 July, 2014 in FENS News The Spanish Government launched a program called “Centres of Excellence Severo Ochoa” to distinguish research centres with a trajectory of excellence in any field of knowledge in Spain. The Director of the Instituto de Neurociencias at Alicante, Juan Lerma, with the Spanish Secretary of State for Research, Development and [...] Read More
01 July 2014
01 July, 2014 in FENS News Who is FENS? What do we offer? Learn all about our mission and activities in this video. The role of the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) Interview with Dr. Marian Joels (FENS President, 2012-2014) and Dr. Monica Di Luca (FENS President, 2014-2016). Part 1: 00:00:54 Who is FENS? [...] Read More
01 July 2014
01 July, 2014 in FENS News The FFRM 2015 Scientific Committee welcomes and strongly encourages symposium proposals from both European and International neuroscience communities. The FFRM 2015 - Call for Symposia is Open The FFRM 2015 Scientific Committee announced the opening of a call for symposium proposals. European and International neuroscientists are encouraged to submit [...] Read More
20 June 2014
20 June, 2014 in FENS News Sten Grillner has recently published a paper discussing about the recent megascale neuroscience efforts in the U.S. and Europe. Megascience Efforts and the Brain Grillner SNeuron, Volume 82, Issue 6, p1209–121118 June 2014 Several recent megascale neuroscience efforts in the U.S. and Europe are concerned with developing infrastructure for [...] Read More
19 June 2014
19 June, 2014 in FENS News Monica Di Luca, together with Jes Olesen, recently published a paper about brain diseases and the social and economic costs they entail for Europe. The Cost of Brain Diseases: A Burden or a Challenge? Di Luca M, Olesen JNeuron, Volume 82, Issue 6, p1205–120818 June 2014 Brain diseases [...] Read More
18 June 2014
18 June, 2014 in FENS News FENS past President Marian Joëls, together with SfN President Carol Mason, published a paper about the challenges that women face in moving through the ranks of academia and propose ways to increase women's representation in the field. A Tale of Two Sexes Joëls M, Mason CNeuron, Volume 82, Issue [...] Read More
09 June 2014
09 June, 2014 in FENS News In order to celebrate neuroscience outreach, The Dana/EDAB in collaboration with FENS reward projects and special contributions by individuals and organisations during the FENS Forum every second year. Based on the assessment of received applications following a call for proposals and nominations launched in March 2014, three prestigious prizes [...] Read More
06 June 2014
06 June, 2014 in FENS News Read the latest news on the Election of the Board of the European Academy of Neurology Today, during the first General Assembly of the European Academy of Neurology (EAN), the officers of the Board were elected by 72 institutional and individual delegates from 45 member countries of the Society. [...] Read More
06 June 2014
06 June, 2014 in FENS News ERROR The final report summarizing the 27 awarded Brain Awareness Week projects in 2014 is available for download here. Visit the Brain Awarenes Week page, where you can read and download the final reports summarising awarded projects in previous years. Read More
19 May 2014
19 May, 2014 in FENS News Grants for job interviews covering travel costs up to a maximum of 1,500 EUR to and from Europe to Japan and China for postdoctoral and Ph.D. student positions are available through the Young Researchers Exchange Support Programme (YREP). Deadline for applications: 15 June 2014 For further information, please visit: [...] Read More
15 May 2014
15 May, 2014 in FENS News The stipends are intended for Master and PhD students registered within NENS member schools or programmes. The successful applicants are expected to spend a period of one to three months at a NENS member school of their choice in a different European country for the purpose of methodological training. [...] Read More
14 May 2014
14 May, 2014 in FENS News The Social Brain conference will focus on how the brain implements social interactions and how these affect the brain, in humans and in animals. The Brain Conferences are organised by FENS in partnership with The Brain Prize.They bring together outstanding researchers in key broadly defined areas of contemporary neuroscience [...] Read More
05 May 2014
05 May, 2014 in FENS News FENS President Marian Joëls and President-elect Monica Di Luca set out the current landscape of brain disease research in Europe and call for greater attention in Horizon 2020. Both research and innovation are at the core of the Europe 2020 agenda, which aims at pulling all EU member states [...] Read More
28 April 2014
28 April, 2014 in FENS News The contest is open to individual neuroscientists or teams of neuroscientists, who include at least one PhD student or postdoctoral fellow registered to the FENS Forum 2014. Up to three (3) prizes will be awarded €750 each. For videos produced by teams, prizes will be equally divided between the [...] Read More
28 April 2014
28 April, 2014 in FENS News We are happy to announce the call for applications for the 1st Human Brain Project Education (HBP) Workshop, 18th - 20th June, 2014, Tel Aviv University, Israel. THe first Human Brain Project Education Workshop will present new horizons in neuroscience research and education. The workshop will bring together key [...] Read More