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22 December 2022
The companies Eisai (JP) and Biogen (USA) recently announced promising results from their Phase 3 clinical study of lecanemab, an investigational anti-amyloid beta (Aβ) protofibril antibody, for the treatment of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) due to Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and mild AD. [...] Read More
21 December 2022
As we approach the end of an outstanding year, I would like to wish everyone a joyous holiday season. Since assuming the role of FENS President in July, it has been a privilege and enjoyable experience to have observed and participated in the federation's service to the neuroscience community. Read the full Season's Greetings from the FENS President. [...] Read More
20 December 2022
FENS talked this week to Dr Mahmoud Bukar Maina, a FENS member who is passionate about inspiring and training the next generation of scientists, while also enhancing the overall public understanding of science. Read the full interview below. [...] Read More
25 November 2022
FENS is delighted to talk with Ugne Beatrice Birstonaite, a student in grade 12 at Vilnius Vytautas Magnus Gymnasium in Lithuania, who won 3rd place in the International Brain Bee competition. Her curiosity and interest in lucid dreaming developed into a passion for brain research. After going to university, she plans to work in academia and to pursue her own research. Read the full interview below. [...] Read More
15 November 2022
FENS and SPN (Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurociências) are delighted to announce that early registration and abstract submission are now open for the FENS Regional Meeting 2023, taking place on 3-5 May next year in Algarve, Portugal. [...] Read More
10 November 2022
Helene Li, a Grade 10 student in the International Baccalaureate program at Merivale High School in Ottawa, Canada, became the 2022 world champion of the International Brain Bee (IBB). Read the full interview below. [...] Read More
10 November 2022
Are you attending Neuroscience 2022, SfN annual meeting? FENS is inviting the neuroscience community to participate in the scavenger hunt taking place from 13 to 15 November 2022. [...] Read More
08 November 2022
FENS is delighted to announce the opening of registration for the Brain Conference “Establishment and Maintenance of Brain Cell States”, taking place on 23-26 April 2023 in Rungsted Kyst, Denmark. Early registration deadline on 12 January 2022. [...] Read More
07 November 2022
The Japanese Neuroscience Society is calling for the 2022 Joseph Altman Award in Developmental Neuroscience. [...] Read More
31 October 2022
The European Brain Research Area (EBRA) promotes cooperation and exchange between brain research projects and networks through the formation of research clusters. Learn about the EBRA clusters in these interviews. [...] Read More
14 October 2022
We caught up with FENS member Dr Rui Rodrigues from Portugal, to find out about his research endeavours after he was awarded a FENS Brain Awareness Week 2022 grant. He started as a researcher in Dr Ana Sebastião’s lab, at Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal, but is currently moving to Bordeaux, France, as a postdoctoral fellow in Giovanni Marsicano’s lab at Neurocentre Magendie. Read the full interview below. [...] Read More
12 October 2022
The FENS-Dana Brain Awareness Week 2023 Grants are now open! [...] Read More
10 October 2022
FENS is exhibiting at Neuroscience 2022, the SfN annual meeting in San Diego. [...] Read More
07 October 2022
The Gruber Foundation invites nominations on behalf of individuals whose achievements in Cosmology, Genetics or Neuroscience. [...] Read More
05 October 2022
FENS is exhibiting at Brain Innovation Days 2022 from 11-12 October. [...] Read More