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02 February 2016
02 February, 2016 in FENS News FENS announces the extraordinary extension of early registration and abstract submission for the 10th FENS Forum of Neuroscience. Registration rates during the last hours before the deadline for early registration today has greatly exceeded the expected level leading to longer than usual server response times. FENS President Monica Di [...] Read More
01 February 2016
01 February, 2016 in FENS News FENS is proud to announce that the next FENS Regional Meeting (FRM) 2017 will take place in the picturesque city of Pécs, Hungary, on 20 - 23 September 2017. The FENS Governing Council made the host-city selection at its meeting last November. Monica Di Luca, FENS President, commented: "The Hungarian Society of [...] Read More
28 January 2016
28 January, 2016 in FENS News The statement in support of Directive 2010/63/EU has been now signed by 213 organisations, including FENS. On the 10 November the European Animal Research Association (EARA) published a Statement on behalf of leading biomedical research organisations, learned societies, industry representatives, universities and patient groups in Europe in support of the Directive 2010/63/EU. The [...] Read More
20 January 2016
20 January, 2016 in Societies & Partner News Published in the European Journal of Neuroscience, a new study in rats may provide significant insights into the long-term impacts of over-consumption of sugary foods during adolescence. The study shows that the enjoyment of such foods later in adulthood is reduced in those who over-consumed early in [...] Read More
19 January 2016
19 January, 2016 in Neuroscience News The Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Societies is one of the largest multi-disciplinary neuroscience meetings in Europe with around 1.700 participants. The meeting covers a wide range of research fields in the neurosciences including vertebrate and invertebrate systems, molecular, cellular and systemic neurobiology, neuropharmacology, developmental, computational, behavioral, cognitive [...] Read More
18 January 2016
18 January, 2016 in FENS News FENS President, Monica Di Luca, participated to the kick off meeting of ERA-NET Neuron which took place this 12 January in Berlin. At the meeting, priorities on brain research have been discussed with European policy makers and stakeholders. Monica Di Luca strongly made the point of the importance of [...] Read More
17 January 2016
36 projects across 23 different European countries were selected and supported by the Dana Foundation Grants. [...] Read More
15 January 2016
15 January, 2016 in FENS News This month, the Malta Neuroscience Network (MNS) joins FENS as the 43rd member organisation. FENS now represents neuroscience societies across 33 countries in Europe. FENS President, Monica Di Luca, says: “Our mission is to promote all aspects of neuroscience and to be at the service of the European neuroscience [...] Read More
11 January 2016
11 January, 2016 in Neuroscience News The ECNP Neuropsychopharmacology Award recognises exceptional research achievements in applied and translational neuroscience. The award is granted each year, alternating between basic science and clinical research. The 2016 award will be in clinical science research. The award winner receives a prize of EUR 10,000, a commemorative statuette and certificate, and is [...] Read More
10 January 2016
10 January, 2016 in FENS News A new opinion article from the FENS-KAVLI Scholars has been published on the European Journal of Neuroscience. This article focuses on the funding opportunities for young principal investigators (PI) working in Europe and ways to maximize the possibility of funding neuroscience research projects. The road to independence: how to [...] Read More
14 December 2015
14 December, 2015 in FENS News The DANA Foundation has approved a grant to FENS to finance events during the 2016 Brain Awareness Week (14-20 March). The annual worldwide Brain Awareness Week is a campaign to increase public awareness of the progress and benefits of brain research, as well as progress in the diagnosis, treatment [...] Read More
07 December 2015
07 December, 2015 in FENS News The San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) has been initiated by the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) together with a group of editors and publishers of scholarly journals. The FENS-KAVLI Network of Excellence welcomes, supports and signed the San Francisco Declaration in Research Assessment (DORA) whose aim is to improve the ways [...] Read More
04 December 2015
04 December, 2015 in FENS News FENS warmly congratulates the awardees of the 2015 Call for History of European Neuroscience Projects. The creation of a virtual platform dedicated to the History of Neuroscience aims to make available to the wide public autobiographies, videos, pictures and other electronic materials about illustrious neuroscientists of Europe and their distinguished work. [...] Read More
03 December 2015
03 December, 2015 in FENS News A healthy brain is Europe's platform for national wealth, argues Professor David Nutt, President of the European Brain Council. We do not have to search the far reaches of space or the depths of the Earth to find the whereabouts of the most complex structure in the universe. It [...] Read More
24 November 2015
24 November, 2015 in FENS News In collaboration with the Kavli Foundation, FENS set up a prestigious network of excellent young neuroscientists, with the goal of fostering exchange between excellent junior/mid-career neuroscientists. Two calls for nomination are now open to honor a scientist who has demonstrated leadership in fostering the careers of neuroscientists and a young [...] Read More