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23 March 2010
23 March, 2010 in FENS News NEW feature: Database for Training Courses FENS has established a new database for training courses courses in neuroscience on the FENS website. You can search for existing training courses or add and promote a training course yourself. The Database for Training Courses serves the purpose of informing and promoting [...] Read More
18 February 2010
18 February, 2010 in FENS News Scientific Highlight of the year from the Neuroscience Society of Turkey A new scientific highlight from the Neuroscience Society of Turkey published in Nature in 2009 is now available on the FENS website. The title of the new scientific highlight is "Pericyte contraction induced by oxidative-nitrativestress impairs capillary reflow [...] Read More
18 February 2010
18 February, 2010 in FENS News IBRO congress 2011: Call for Symposia/Workshops - Deadline extended The Call for symposia for the next IBRO congress is now open and the deadline is May 31, 2010. The 8th IBRO World Congress 2011 takes places in Italy, Florence from July 15 - 19, 2011. For more information please [...] Read More
17 February 2010
17 February, 2010 in FENS News Brain Awareness Week funds 2010: Final report now available In 2010, the directors of the Dana Foundation again approved a grant to FENS. This money together with an additional allowance from the Federation enabled the funding of small grants to several European Brain Awareness Week partner organisations for public [...] Read More
20 January 2010
20 January, 2010 in FENS News FENS Treasurer-elect Hans-Joachim Pflüger new member of IBRO's Western Europe Regional Committee (WERC) The Governing Council of the International Brain Research Organisation (IBRO) has elected new members to the Western European Regional Chapter (WERC). The purpose of the IBRO WERC committee is to foster neuroscience in Western European countries, [...] Read More
04 January 2010
04 January, 2010 in FENS News FENS Committee on Animals in Research FENS has established a new committee, the "Committee on Animals in Research" (CARE). Members of the committee are Roberto Caminiti (Chair, Italy) Carmen Cavada (Spain) Klaus-Peter Hoffmann (Germany) Roger Lemon (UK) Guy Orban (Belgium) Stefan Treue (Germany) Krzysztof Turlejski (Poland) The Committee on [...] Read More
09 December 2009
09 December, 2009 in FENS News Boehringer-Ingelheim FENS Research Award Winner for 2010 selected FENS is pleased to announce this years' Boehringer-Ingelheim FENS Research Award winner. The 2010 Boehringer-Ingelheim FENS Research Award will be given to Fekrije Selimi (CNRS). FENS would like to congratulate Fekrije Selimi for winning the 2010 Boehringer-Ingelheim FENS Research Award. The [...] Read More
12 November 2009
12 November, 2009 in FENS News FENS EJN Young Investigator Award Winner for 2010 selected FENS is pleased to announce this years' FENS EJN Young Investigator Award winner. The 2010 FENS EJN Young Investigator Award will be given to Pierre Paoletti (Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris). FENS would like to congratulate Mr. Pierre Paoletti for winning [...] Read More
02 November 2009
02 November, 2009 in FENS News Final Report on FENS Featured Regional Meeting The 9th International Congress of the Polish Neuroscience Society (PNS) took place in Warsaw, Poland, on September 9-12, 2009. The congress was the First FENS Featured Regional meeting. We would like to remind you that it is a new initiative of FENS [...] Read More
27 October 2009
27 October, 2009 in FENS News FENS EJN Award Winner for 2010 selected FENS is pleased to announce this years' FENS EJN Award winner. The 2010 FENS EJN Award will be given to Wolfram Schultz (University of Cambridge). FENS would like to congratulate Mr. Wolfram Schultz for winning the 2010 FENS EJN Award. The Award [...] Read More
08 October 2009
08 October, 2009 in FENS News Erasmus launches new Programme for Neuroinformatics The Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctoral Program "EuroSPIN" (European Study Programme in Neuroinformatics) is inviting applications from students having a solid background in mathematics, physics, computer sciences, biochemistry or neuroscience (on a master level or equivalent), in all cases with computer science skills. Documented [...] Read More
22 September 2009
22 September, 2009 in FENS News FENS Job Market Survey FENS has investigated one of its services - the Job Market - via email survey. The survey was emailed to employers who had posted a job offer in the Job Market. The overall result was very positive. For more information click here. FENS would like [...] Read More
19 September 2009
19 September, 2009 in FENS News Joint meeting of FEPS, FENS member society This year the joint scientific meeting of the Federation of European Physiological Societies (FEPS) will be held in Ljubljana, Slovenia on November, 12-15, 2009. As you can see from the announcement the deadline for late registration and abstract submission is October 1, [...] Read More
01 September 2009
01 September, 2009 in FENS News Kavli Prize ? Call for nominations The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters calls for nominations of candidates for the Kavli Prize 2010. The prize will be awarded for outstanding achievement in advancing knowledge and understanding in the fields of astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience. Each Kavli Prize consists of [...] Read More
15 July 2009
15 July, 2009 in FENS News SfN Stipends awarded Young qualified researchers have been awarded by FENS with a travel grant of 1.000 Euros each to participate in the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. This meeting will be held in Chicago, 17 - 21 October 2009. The Society for Neuroscience annual meeting is [...] Read More