FENS Friday webinar: The importance of coordination and collaboration in brain research

17 November 2021

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Registration is now open for the FENS Friday webinar “The importance of coordination and collaboration in brain research”.

Organised by the European Brain Council (EBC), the European Brain Research Area project (EBRA) and chaired by FENS President, Prof. Jean-Antoine Girault, this webinar will focus on the importance of coordination and collaboration in the brain space highlighting the Shared European Brain Research Agenda (SEBRA). In addition, two EBRA clusters, the Predictive Models Systems (PREMOS) cluster and the European Cluster for Imaging Biomarkers (ECIB), will be showcased as examples of how coordination and collaboration can increase the impact of the neuroscience community. They will shortly share the objectives and activities with the audience.

These talks will be followed by a panel discussion with all the speakers on collaboration and coordination in brain research. The FENS president, Prof. Jean-Antoine Girault, will moderate the discussion.

The live event will take place on Friday 10 December 2021, 11:00 am –12:15 pm CET

For registration, please go directly to the webinar page.

Programme:

Chair: Jean-Antoine Girault, FENS President

  • The importance of coordination and collaboration in brain research: The European Brain Council and the European Brain Research Area. (M. Di Luca)
  • Two examples of coordination and collaboration in brain research:
  • Introduction to the Predictive Models Systems (PREMOS) cluster. (S. Holter-Koech)
  • Introduction to the European Cluster for Imaging Biomarkers (ECIB). (Thilo Van Eimeren)
  • Panel discussion on collaboration and coordination in brain research.

Speakers:

Jean-Antoine Girault, FENS President – Chair

Monica Di Luca, European Brain Council President – speaker

Sabine Hölter-Koch, Coordinator of the EBRA cluster PREMOS – speaker

Thilo van Eimeren, European Cluster for Imaging Biomarkers – speaker

 FENS Friday webinars are a series of free events open to the whole neuroscientist community and organised by FENS Committees. Find out more about past and upcoming events.