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25 February 2015
25 February, 2015 in Neuroscience News Nobel prize-winners, including John O’Keefe, May-Britt Moser and Edvard Ingjald Moser, have written to the President of the European Commission urging him to reverse his plan to slash EU spending on research and innovation by €2.7bn. Jean-Claude Juncker wants to transfer the €2.7bn into a new pot intended to [...] Read More
16 February 2015
16 February, 2015 in FENS News Don't miss the opportunity to take part in the Spring Brain Conference 2015 on Bridging Neural Mechanisms and Cognition. The application deadline is exceptionally extended to 23 February 2015. The Spring Brain Conference on Bridging Neural Mechanisms and Cognition (19-22 April 2015, Copenhagen) aims to bring together some of the [...] Read More
13 February 2015
13 February, 2015 in FENS News A new initiative for providing advanced training in neuroscience has been launched by FENS and IBRO. Applications are now open! The Cajal Advanced Neuroscience Training Programme is a new initiative launched by FENS and IBRO, in collaboration with Bordeaux Neurocampus and the Champalimaud Foundation to offer international high-level courses [...] Read More
12 February 2015
12 February, 2015 in Neuroscience News Eppendorf and the journal Science are now accepting applications for the 2015 Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology. This annual international research prize of US$ 25,000 is awarded to young scientists for their outstanding contributions to neurobiology research based on methods of molecular and cell biology. Researchers who are [...] Read More
04 February 2015
04 February, 2015 in FENS News Professor Paul Bolam (University of Oxford) and Professor John Foxe (Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York), new Editors-in-Chief of the European Journal of Neuroscience (EJN), gives their welcome message to EJN readers, as they started their appointment on 1st of January 2015. Taking over the Edititorial leadership from [...] Read More
29 January 2015
29 January, 2015 in Neuroscience News The 5th annual Art of Neuroscience competition is now accepting submissions from neuroscientists worldwide. Art of Neuroscience comprises a yearly competition and seminar, which acts to stimulate the dialogue between neuroscientists, artists and the creative sector with as common goal to explore their role in shaping and improving the [...] Read More
28 January 2015
28 January, 2015 in FENS News Young researchers from Europe and Australasia or Japan: YREP stipends available for training courses or exchange training stays The Australasian Neuroscience Society (ANS), the Japan Neuroscience Society (JNS) and the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) support under the Young Researchers Exchange Programme (YREP) travel and/or accommodation costs associated [...] Read More
26 January 2015
26 January, 2015 in Neuroscience News The ESN Conference on Molecular Mechanisms of Regulation in the Nervous System to be held 14 – 17 June 2015 in the Dorpat Conference Center in Tartu, Estonia has now open its registration process. The international program committee aims to generate a highly interesting and attractive program for the [...] Read More
23 January 2015
23 January, 2015 in Societies & Partner News The Kavli Foundation has announced the second annual Kavli Scientist-Writer Workshops, 5-day writer's workshops for professional scientists and engineers, which are sponsored by The Kavli Foundation with additional support from New York University. These intense workshops aim to help scientists move beyond technical writing, so that they [...] Read More
19 January 2015
19 January, 2015 in Societies & Partner News Larry Swanson, University Professor and Appleman Professor of Biological Sciences, Neurology & Psychology, at the University of Southern California (USC), has been elected Secretary-General-elect of IBRO by its Governing Council. Professor Swanson will officially succeed current Secretary-General Sten Grillner, distinguished Professor at Karolinska Institutet, in January 2016 and [...] Read More
17 January 2015
48 applications from 23 different European countries were submitted, 29 projects in 18 different European countries were selected and could be supported by the Dana Foundation Grants. [...] Read More
16 January 2015
16 January, 2015 in Neuroscience News A comprehensive review in the European Journal of Neuroscience, where Barry Everitt outlines the neural correlates and learning-based processes associated with the transition from drug use, to abuse, to addiction. Neural and psychological mechanisms underlying compulsive drug seeking habits and drug memories – indications for novel treatments [...] Read More
19 December 2014
19 December, 2014 in FENS News The Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) and The Kavli Foundation have announced the first FENS-Kavli Scholars – 20 young European neuroscience researchers chosen for the excellence of their research, as well as promise to be among the field’s newest generation of extraordinary pioneers. Launched this year, the FENS-Kavli [...] Read More
15 December 2014
15 December, 2014 in FENS News Grants of 1,000 EUR available for the financial support of the partners who organise an event during the Brain Awareness Week 2015 (16-22 March) The Brain Awareness Week (BAW) is the global campaign to increase public awareness of the progress and benefits of brain research; it is a worldwide [...] Read More
11 December 2014
11 December, 2014 in FENS News IBRO is pleased to announce a call for IBRO alumni Lecturer Award for the FENS Regional Meeting 2015 in Thessaloniki, Greece. The applicant should be someone of excellent scientific achievement, who has attended a FENS/IBRO school in Europe, or who has received IBRO funding in the form of a [...] Read More