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15 October 2018
15 October, 2018 in Neuroscience News Call for Nominations open in the field of Cosmology, Genetics, or Neuroscience. The Gruber Foundation invites nominations on behalf of individuals whose achievements in Cosmology, Genetics, or Neuroscience would make them suitable candidates for recognition through the 2019 Gruber International Prize Program. Each prize, which is accompanied by a [...] Read More
17 September 2018
17 September, 2018 in Neuroscience News The European Animal Research Association (EARA) with the support of the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) and the Society for Neuroscience (SfN), invite to you to discuss improving openness in communications with the general public, political decision makers and opinion formers in Germany on animal research. There is [...] Read More
05 September 2018
05 September, 2018 in Neuroscience News The Japanese Neuroscience Society will open the call for the 2019 Joseph Altman Award in Developmental Neuroscience on 1st November 2018. Scope of the Award: Research in developmental neuroscience at the tissue and cellular levels. The scope of the Award is not limited to phenomena during fetal or developmental stages; [...] Read More
30 August 2018
30 August, 2018 in Neuroscience News The Human Brain Project is opening its expertise and skills to researchers and groups around the world through a new voucher programme. The Call invites researchers to apply for free access to the HBP Platform's services and engineering support to advance their research. Each voucher provides the winner with [...] Read More
22 August 2018
22 August, 2018 in Neuroscience News The website for registration and abstract submission for the 13th Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society (20 - 23 March 2019) will open on 27 August 2018. The Meeting offers 9 plenary lectures, 36 symposia and extended poster sessions. The German Neuroscience Society will provides travel grants for young qualified researchers. [...] Read More
10 July 2018
10 July, 2018 in Neuroscience News (Berlin, July 8 2018) Eighteen-year-old Piotr Oleksy from Krakow (Poland) has won today (July 8) the international Brain Bee Competition at Europe’s biggest brain research conference in Berlin. (Berlin, July 8 2018) Eighteen-year-old Piotr Oleksy from Krakow (Poland) has won today (July 8) the international Brain Bee Competition at [...] Read More
10 April 2018
10 April, 2018 in Neuroscience News The 8th annual Art of Neuroscience competition is now open for submissions. This is an international competition open to scientists and artists worldwide. We are looking for striking artworks related to the field of Neuroscience in the broadest sense. Submissions can include images or videos representing actual neural data [...] Read More
23 March 2018
23 March, 2018 in Neuroscience News Serving a three-year appointment, the next Editor-in-Chief (EiC) for BrainFacts.org will be the third Editor-in-Chief, following John Morrison and Nicholas Spitzer. The EiC’s term will begin 1 January 2019, after a period of transition with Dr. Morrison. SfN solicit nominations from its members for the BrainFacts.org EiC position.Nominations, or [...] Read More
22 March 2018
22 March, 2018 in Neuroscience News Dr. Cristina García Cáceres, awarded with the prize, will be the ERA-NET Neuron/Excellent Paper in Neuroscience Award Special Lecturer at the FENS Forum 2018. Her presentation entitled "Astrocytic Insulin Signaling Couples Brain Glucose Uptake with Nutrient Availability", will be held on Wednesday 11 July. A research team headed by [...] Read More
19 March 2018
19 March, 2018 in Neuroscience News The USA Nationals of the World's Largest Neuroscience Competition for Teenagers was held this week. Chapter winners from 54 cities and 37 states competed. USA Brain Bee Championship The Eleventh USA National Brain Bee Championship was held in Baltimore on March 16 to 18, 2018. The Brain Bee is [...] Read More
12 March 2018
12 March, 2018 in Neuroscience News Congratulations to the 4 winners of the 2018 FENS travel grants offered by Proteintech. Congratulations to the 4 winners of the 2018 FENS travel grant: Monique Marylin, University of Portsmouth Raquel Real, Imperial College London Stefano Espinoza, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia Irene Busti, University of Florence All our winners have been awarded €500 [...] Read More
01 February 2018
01 February, 2018 in Neuroscience News Under the management of the Executive Director, the role holder will oversee the planning, implementation, and delivery of specific short-term and long-term EARA advocacy and public engagement projects in Germany, Belgium, Portugal and other countries as directed. EARA STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT OFFICER Contract: Permanent, full-time (35 hours a week) Salary: [...] Read More
01 February 2018
01 February, 2018 in Neuroscience News Larry Weiskrantz, the pre-eminent neuropsychologist, founding member and twice President of EBBS which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year and former chair of the Department of Psychology in Oxford died recently. Larry Weiskrantz, the pre-eminent neuropsychologist, founding member and twice President of EBBS which celebrates its 50th anniversary this [...] Read More
09 January 2018
09 January, 2018 in Neuroscience News At its Christmas symposium in London, the British Neuroscience Association (BNA) awarded its 2017 Public Engagement of Neuroscience prize to Dervila Glynn, Coordinator of Cambridge Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge. Dr Glynn supports the scientific activities of the university’s many neuroscientists, for example in the organization of of [...] Read More
22 November 2017
22 November, 2017 in Neuroscience News The Gruber Foundation invites nominations on behalf of individuals whose achievements in Cosmology, Genetics, or Neuroscience would make them suitable candidates for recognition through the 2018 Gruber International Prize Program. Each prize, which is accompanied by a $500,000 unrestricted monetary award, is designed both to recognize groundbreaking work in [...] Read More