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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
16 June 2009
16 June, 2009 in FENS News FENS presents a new "National Neuroscience Highlight of the Year" We are pleased to announce a new "National Neuroscience Highlight of the Year" The Polish Neuroscience Society presents: Interleukin-1alpha has antiallodynic and antihyperalgesic activities in a rat neuropathis pain model by Joanna Mika, Michal Korostynski, Dorota Kaminska, Agnieszka Wawrzczak-Bargiela, [...] Read More
24 May 2009
24 May, 2009 in FENS News 2009 EJN Best Publication Award awarded The winner of the 2009 EJN Best Publication Award is a predoctoral student at McGill University, Ji Huyn Ko. His article, co-authored by O. Monchi, A. Ptito, P. Bloomfield, S. Houle and A. P. Strafella, was selected by the EJN Best Publication Award [...] Read More
14 May 2009
14 May, 2009 in FENS News News from the EJN Editors-in-chief The change of year is a convenient opportunity to inform the FENS community about new developments and the increasing impact of EJN. During the last 6 months of 2008, the acceptance rate for new manuscripts was 20%. This figure reflects the increasing attractiveness of [...] Read More
11 May 2009
11 May, 2009 in FENS News EJN Special Issues EJN published a special issue devoted to the "Functions of Sleep" (volume 29/9, pages 1739-1841). This special issue features nine review articles, written by leaders in the field and summarizing recent advances discussed during a satellite meeting of the 6th FENS Forum in Geneva. How is [...] Read More
05 May 2009
05 May, 2009 in FENS News Training program in European laboratories for young investigators from countries with limited resources The Organizing Committee of the 8th IBRO World Congress of Neuroscience, which will be held in Florence, Italy, July 14-19, 2011, launches a Training Program for selected young investigators from countries with limited resources. The Program [...] Read More
14 January 2009
14 January, 2009 in FENS News New FENS Member Society - Lithuanian Neuroscience Society FENS welcomes the Lithuanian Neuroscience Association as a new FENS members society ! During the last FENS Council Meeting in Berlin in November 2008 the FENS Council approved the application for membership from the Lithuanian Neuroscience Association. Read More
19 December 2008
19 December, 2008 in FENS News The 4th meeting of the European Society of Neurochemistry, FENS member society The 4th Conference on Advances in Molecular Mechanisms of Neurological Disorders of the European Society for Neurochemistry will be held in July 11-14th, 2009 in Leipzig, Germany. For abstract submission and registration please connect to the meeting [...] Read More
19 December 2008
19 December, 2008 in FENS News Funding opportunity - EMBO (European Molecular Biology Organisation) The EMBO Courses & Workshops Programme funds high-quality scientific meetings, promoting collaborations and exchange in the latest molecular biology advances.The next deadline to apply for 2010 EMBO funding is: 1 February 2009. Please visit the EMBO webpages at: http://www.embo.org/courses_workshops/ for further [...] Read More
12 December 2008
12 December, 2008 in FENS News EJN Best Publication Award 2009 In collaboration with FENS and Wiley Blackwell, EJN is launching a "Best Publication Award" in 2009, awarding the best research article published in EJN over a two year period (published or accepted in years 2007 and 2008 for the 2009 award). This biennial award [...] Read More
07 November 2008
07 November, 2008 in FENS News Open letter of the PENS committee to the communities from the central and eastern European region (CEER) The PENS Committee has since its birth devoted particular attention to ensuring a balanced geographical distribution of Faculty members and students in the PENS schools, insisting on a significant participation of the [...] Read More