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11 July 2016
11 July, 2016 in FENS News Call for Nominations: Eric Kandel Prize 2017. The Hertie Foundation (Germany), in cooperation with the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS), announces the opening of nominations for the Eric Kandel Young Neuroscientists Prize 2017. The prize was established in order to recognise outstanding work by young researchers in any field of neuroscience [...] Read More
07 July 2016
07 July, 2016 in FENS News The FENS Kavli Network of Excellence Mentoring and PhD Thesis Prizes 2016 have been awarded at the FENS Forum 2016 in Copenhagen. Prof. David Attwell,Fellow of the Royal Society (University College London) has been awarded the inaugural FENS-KAVLI Network of Excellence Mentoring Prize for his outstanding contributions to mentoring [...] Read More
06 July 2016
06 July, 2016 in FENS News At the FENS Forum 2016 in Copenhagen, 15 new outstanding FENS-Kavli Scholars were elected from an extraordinarily strong pool of talented neuroscientists from across Europe. The new Scholars were announced by Monica Di Luca during her welcome to the FENS Forum in Copenhagen and further introduced during a ceremony [...] Read More
05 July 2016
05 July, 2016 in FENS News To celebrate neuroscientists’ commitment to outreach, the two Neuroscience Outreach Awards 2016 are awarded at the FENS Forum 2016, Europe’s pre-eminent neuroscience meeting, on 4 July in Copenhagen. The Dana Foundation and the European Dana Alliance for the Brain (EDAB), in collaboration with the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies [...] Read More
02 July 2016
02 July, 2016 in FENS News Professor Monica Di Luca, FENS president and professor Barry Everitt, FENS President-Elect, express their views on BREXIT and neuroscience. FEDERATION OF EUROPEAN NEUROSCIENCE SOCIETIES 10th FENS Forum of Neuroscience 2-6 July 2016 – Copenhagen, Denmark forum2016.fens.org/ "As a European scientist and as President of FENS, I am deeply concerned [...] Read More
28 June 2016
28 June, 2016 in FENS News Editorial of Professor Barry J. Everitt, who talked about EJN, as third Editor-in-Chief of the Journal. The European Journal of Neuroscience from 1997 to 2008Barry J. Everitt. Eur J Neurosci.First published: 12 May 2016DOI: 10.1111/ejn.13262 "I was the third Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal of Neuroscience (EJN) to be appointed, [...] Read More
24 June 2016
24 June, 2016 in FENS News The Danish Host Society is very excited to be welcoming you soon to the FENS Forum here in wonderful Copenhagen! We have prepared a range of great events and offers for you while visiting here in Copenhagen. Visit the Host Society website (www.cph2016.dk) before your travel to Denmark. Likewise, you are [...] Read More
23 June 2016
23 June, 2016 in Societies & Partner News Are you qualified to provide advice on effective ways on investing in health? Apply to be a member of an independent expert panel. Call for expression of interest now open! The European Commission seeks experts, covering a wide range of disciplines, to join an independent expert panel, [...] Read More
21 June 2016
21 June, 2016 in FENS News Join us in Copenhagen to celebrate the best of neuroscience, with over 6,000 researchers sharing your own passion! Check the exciting scientific programme on the FENS Forum website and do not miss the list of special interest events, satellite events and networking events. Download the app to create your own programme, and bookmark the sessions you wish to attend. Still time to register online until 30 June.www.fens.org/2016Looking forward to meeting you in Copenhagen!Monica Di Luca, FENS PresidentRui Costa, Chair, Programme Committee - FENS Forum 2016 Read More
07 June 2016
07 June, 2016 in Societies & Partner News The International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) has partnered with the International Bureau of Education (IBE) of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to offer a set of 3 new fellowships in 2016, The IBRO/IBE-UNESCO Science of Learning Fellowships. This is part of the IBRO [...] Read More
02 June 2016
02 June, 2016 in Societies & Partner News Nine pioneering scientists from Germany, Switzerland, the UK and the USA have been named this year’s recipients of the Kavli Prizes – prizes that recognize scientists for their seminal advances in astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience. This year’s laureates were selected for the direct detection of gravitational waves, [...] Read More
01 June 2016
01 June, 2016 in FENS News FENS is very pleased to announce its agreement with ENCODS, the European Neuroscience Conference for Doctoral Students to collaborate on early career training initiatives for PhD students in Europe. “FENS has been impressed by the development of ENCODS over the past years and the enthousiasm of the involved young [...] Read More
23 May 2016
23 May, 2016 in Societies & Partner News On 2 June the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters announces the 2016 Kavli Prize Laureates in Astrophysics, Nanoscience, and Neuroscience. Live Webcast from the Norwegian Academy of Science & Letters, Oslo, and the World Science Festival, New York, June 2, 8:15-10:00am EDT / 2:15-4:00pm CEST.Follow on Twitter: #Kavli2016. Keynote Speaker: [...] Read More
18 May 2016
18 May, 2016 in Societies & Partner News Call for nominations are open for The Brain Prize: € 1 million prize awarded by Lundbeckfonden, a prominent Danish foundation. The Prize recognizes highly original and influential advances in research on the nervous system. If several researchers have contributed significantly to this achievement, more than one individual [...] Read More
16 May 2016
16 May, 2016 in FENS News A new opinion article from the FENS-KAVLI Scholars has been published on the European Journal of Neuroscience. It discusses the challenge to balance a successful career with a happy family life, which is not a trivial one. Balancing family with a successful career in neuroscienceP Poirazi, D Belin, J [...] Read More