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11 May 2009
11 May, 2009 in FENS News EJN Special Issues EJN published a special issue devoted to the "Functions of Sleep" (volume 29/9, pages 1739-1841). This special issue features nine review articles, written by leaders in the field and summarizing recent advances discussed during a satellite meeting of the 6th FENS Forum in Geneva. How is [...] Read More
05 May 2009
05 May, 2009 in FENS News Training program in European laboratories for young investigators from countries with limited resources The Organizing Committee of the 8th IBRO World Congress of Neuroscience, which will be held in Florence, Italy, July 14-19, 2011, launches a Training Program for selected young investigators from countries with limited resources. The Program [...] Read More
14 January 2009
14 January, 2009 in FENS News New FENS Member Society - Lithuanian Neuroscience Society FENS welcomes the Lithuanian Neuroscience Association as a new FENS members society ! During the last FENS Council Meeting in Berlin in November 2008 the FENS Council approved the application for membership from the Lithuanian Neuroscience Association. Read More
19 December 2008
19 December, 2008 in FENS News The 4th meeting of the European Society of Neurochemistry, FENS member society The 4th Conference on Advances in Molecular Mechanisms of Neurological Disorders of the European Society for Neurochemistry will be held in July 11-14th, 2009 in Leipzig, Germany. For abstract submission and registration please connect to the meeting [...] Read More
19 December 2008
19 December, 2008 in FENS News Funding opportunity - EMBO (European Molecular Biology Organisation) The EMBO Courses & Workshops Programme funds high-quality scientific meetings, promoting collaborations and exchange in the latest molecular biology advances.The next deadline to apply for 2010 EMBO funding is: 1 February 2009. Please visit the EMBO webpages at: http://www.embo.org/courses_workshops/ for further [...] Read More
12 December 2008
12 December, 2008 in FENS News EJN Best Publication Award 2009 In collaboration with FENS and Wiley Blackwell, EJN is launching a "Best Publication Award" in 2009, awarding the best research article published in EJN over a two year period (published or accepted in years 2007 and 2008 for the 2009 award). This biennial award [...] Read More
07 November 2008
07 November, 2008 in FENS News Open letter of the PENS committee to the communities from the central and eastern European region (CEER) The PENS Committee has since its birth devoted particular attention to ensuring a balanced geographical distribution of Faculty members and students in the PENS schools, insisting on a significant participation of the [...] Read More
04 November 2008
04 November, 2008 in FENS News The 12th National Meeting of the Hungarian Neuroscience Society, FENS member society The 12th National Meeting of the Hungarian Neuroscience Society will be held in January 22-24th, 2009, in Budapest in the main building of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. The 4 plenary lectures and 5 symposia will have [...] Read More
28 August 2008
28 August, 2008 in FENS News FENS presents a new "National Neuroscience Highlight of the Year" We are pleased to publish a new "National Neuroscience Highlight of the Year". The Georgian Neuroscience Association presents: Influense of Stimulation of Substantia Nigra and Nucleus Caudatus on Postsynaptic Responses of Cortical Nociceptive Neurons (in Russian) Tkemaladze T., Labakhua [...] Read More
06 August 2008
06 August, 2008 in FENS News Challenges and opportunities for EJN - From the new Editors-in-Chief of EJN Dear Colleagues:Thanks to the superb work by Barry Everitt and Chris Henderson, EJN is an extremely well functioning, international neuroscience journal. The authors and the editors enjoy outstanding support by FENS, on the behalf of which the [...] Read More
06 August 2008
06 August, 2008 in FENS News The first FENS Featured Regional Meeting will be held in Poland FENS launched a new concept to promote regional neuroscience meetings of the FENS member societies, the FENS Featured Regional Meetings (FFRM). The purpose of this support is to increase the visibility of one regional meeting and to support [...] Read More
24 July 2008
24 July, 2008 in FENS News New FENS Officers took office in Geneva During the FENS Forum in Geneva the new FENS President Helmut Kettenmann (Germany) took office for the period of 2008 – 2010. Richard Morris (UK) stepped down, but will serve FENS for a period of another two years as Past President. Sten [...] Read More
07 July 2008
07 July, 2008 in FENS News FENS presents a new "National Neuroscience Highlight of the Year" We are pleased to publish a new "National Neuroscience Highlight of the Year". The Polish Neuroscience Society presents: Two streams of attention dependent beta activity in the striate recipient zone of cat's lateral posterior - pulvinar complex Wróbel A, [...] Read More
28 May 2008
28 May, 2008 in FENS News Seven pioneering scientists receive the Kavli Prize Seven pioneering scientists who have transformed human knowledge in the fields of nanoscience, neuroscience and astrophysics have become the first recipients of the million-dollar Kavli prizes. The President of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, Ole Didrik Lærum, announced the names [...] Read More
27 May 2008
27 May, 2008 in FENS News Letter of the European Brain Council to the European Commission concerning the revision of the European directive 86/609 on the protection of animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes The European Brain Council (EBC) is a co-ordinating council formed by European organisations in neurology, psychiatry, neurosurgery, and basic [...] Read More