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18 April 2013
18 April, 2013 in FENS News “The Prospects of Brain Research within Horizon 2020: responding efficiently to Europe’s societal needs“ conference - a European Month of the Brain joint initiative taking place on 30 May, at the European Parliament Jointly organised by FENS, the European Brain Council and the European Science Foundation, the meeting brings [...] Read More
15 April 2013
15 April, 2013 in FENS News Following the initiative of the European Commission, May 2013 has been declared European Month of the Brain (EMoB): be part of this initiative and place your brain research event under EMoB umbrella! More information on the Month of the Brain 2013 and how to join in and be a [...] Read More
11 April 2013
11 April, 2013 in FENS News Lisa Schnell receives EJN Best Publication Award 2013 In collaboration with FENS and Wiley-Blackwell, EJN awarded the "Best Publication Award 2013" to Lisa Schnell. This award recognizes the best research article published in EJN over the preceding two-year period and is bestowed to the first author of the selected [...] Read More
10 April 2013
10 April, 2013 in FENS News Emre Yaksi receives FENS EJN Young Investigator Prize 2014 The FENS EJN Young Investigator Prize is given in recognition of outstanding scientific work in any area of neuroscience. This is a personal prize of 7,000 GBP. In 2014, the award will be presented to Emre Yaksi. What are the [...] Read More
27 March 2013
27 March, 2013 in FENS News ISN School in cooperation with FENS on "Local protein synthesis in axons and dendrites" We are inviting student applications for the ISN School on "Local protein synthesis in axons and dendrites" in cooperation with FENS to be held in Crete in September 2013. The school will be held in [...] Read More
20 March 2013
20 March, 2013 in FENS News Golgi Revealed - The inventory of historical slides of the Golgi's Institute: a new history of European neuroscience project available online The building which in the past housed the Institute of General Pathology of the University of Pavia, where Camillo Golgi settled his school and his laboratory, has recently [...] Read More
14 March 2013
14 March, 2013 in FENS News Neuroscience by Caricature in Europe through the Ages: a new history of neuroscience project has been finalised The project examines the chronological development of European Neuroscience through the representations portrayed by the caricaturists. Explore this online project here. Read More
14 March 2013
14 March, 2013 in FENS News FENS Trimestrial Newsletter – Winter Issue 2013 The Winter 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: The FENS-IBRO Connection:Joining Forces to Promote Neuroscience - Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology at the University of [...] Read More
13 March 2013
13 March, 2013 in FENS News Stipends awarded for the Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) 2013 in San Diego FENS offers 15 travel grants for the participation in the annual meeting of the SfN (San Diego, November 9 – 13, 2013). The successful applicants have been selected. Congratulations to the following stipend [...] Read More
11 March 2013
11 March, 2013 in FENS News Six eminent scientists share the world’s largest brain research prize The names of the prize winners, Austrian Gero Miesenböck, Germans Ernst Bamberg, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel, and Americans Ed Boyden and Karl Deisseroth, were announced on 11 March in Copenhagen. Together these scientists laid the foundations for a [...] Read More
08 March 2013
08 March, 2013 in FENS News Alexander Borst receives FENS-EJN Award 2014 The FENS EJN Award is given in recognition of outstanding scientific work in any area of neuroscience. This is a personal prize of 10,000 GBP. In 2014, the award will be presented to Alexander Borst. How do nerve cells compute? This is the [...] Read More
06 March 2013
06 March, 2013 in FENS News World Research and Innovation Congress: Pioneers in Healthcare (5-6 June 2013, Brussels) The World Research and Innovation Congress aims to bring together key stakeholders in healthcare research to discuss the most important issues impacting our efforts to address the Grand Challenges' of tomorrow. The first World Research and Innovation [...] Read More
01 February 2013
01 February, 2013 in FENS News Brain Awareness Week Funds 2013: the grant awardees announced n 2013, the directors of the Dana Foundationonce more approved a grant to FENS. This money enables funding of several small grants to various European Brain Awareness Week partner organisations for public presentation during the campaign. FENS warmly congratulates the [...] Read More
29 January 2013
29 January, 2013 in FENS News Europe gives 2bn euros to science: The human brain project is one of the two main winning initiatives Research projects investigating the "miracle material" graphene and the human brain have won the largest research excellence award in history, as battle for sustained science funding continues. The European Commission announced [...] Read More
28 January 2013
28 January, 2013 in FENS News Research and Innovation: Commission widens search for expert advisors for Horizon 2020 The European Commission has launched a call asking experts from all fields to participate in shaping the agenda of Horizon 2020. Deadline for registering: 6 March 2013. This marks the first time that the Commission has launched [...] Read More