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12 December 2012
12 December, 2012 in FENS News The boon and bane of the impact factor The editorial "Impacting our Young" by Eve Marder (Past President of the American Society for Neuroscience), Helmut Kettenmann (Past President of FENS) and Sten Grillner (President of FENS) has been published in the most recent issue of PNAS (PNAS 2010 107 [...] Read More
21 November 2012
21 November, 2012 in FENS News Help us support the Horizon 2020 budget! The European Brain Council (EBC) needs your help, your support and your brains! EBC urges for your support in ensuring that the European Commission's proposals and budget are approved without any reduction in the health spend. The EC has put an ambitious [...] Read More
14 November 2012
14 November, 2012 in FENS News Sign the petition to protect the EU research budget FENS supports the ise petition against cuts in the EU budget for research. Make your voice heard, take action and sign the petition. To protect research funding from cuts, the scientific community must stand up to make its case. On [...] Read More
18 October 2012
18 October, 2012 in FENS News FENS History Funds 2012 Awarded The FENS History funding round has been carried out and 4 projects were awarded. FENS warmly congratulates the awardees! Please visit FENS History page to see who are the awardees, as well as the titles of their projects. Read More
01 October 2012
01 October, 2012 in FENS News The rise and fall of phrenology in Scotland: online history project recently launched News archive Read More
18 September 2012
18 September, 2012 in FENS News FENS Trimestrial Newsletter – Summer Issue 2012 The Summer Issue of the FENS Trimestrial Newsletter is now available online. Enjoy your reading! Content Message from the FENS President Editorial from the Communication Committee: Past and Future An Update to the FENS Strategy Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Poland UCL [...] Read More
03 September 2012
03 September, 2012 in FENS News Jan Bures (1926 - 2012) in memoriam On August 24, 2012, the renowned Czeck neuroscientist Jan Bures passed away. With great sadness we would like to inform the international neuroscience community that on August 24, 2012, one of the most distinguished and renowned neuroscientists, Jan Bureš, left us forever [...] Read More
03 September 2012
03 September, 2012 in FENS News New FENS Officers During the FENS Forum 2012 in Barcelona new FENS officers took over their reins of office. The new FENS President Marian Joëls (Netherlands) took over the reins of office for the period 2012 – 2014 at the FENS Forum in Barcelona. The previous President, Sten Grillner [...] Read More
16 August 2012
16 August, 2012 in FENS News BNA2013: Festival of Neuroscience 7th-10th April 2013, London, UK Eight plenary lectures will be given by world-renowned speakers. There will be 56 scientific sessions involving more than 240 British and international speakers, and around 1000 poster presentations representing all aspects of brain research. Hosted by the British Neuroscience Association, [...] Read More
14 August 2012
14 August, 2012 in FENS News FENS Forum 2012 Photo Contest Winners Announced entific Photography contest under "Scientific Phenomena" and "The Lab Through Your Eyes" categories was launched by the students' committee for the first time at the FENS Forum in Barcelona. The winners of this first edition of the contest together with the winning [...] Read More
31 July 2012
31 July, 2012 in FENS News FENS Forum 2012 Video Contest Winners Announced Three videos were awarded the amount of 1.000 Euros at the FENS Forum in Barcelona. The contest tasked Forum attendees with creating a video about neuroscience. At the occasion of the FENS Forum, July 17, 2012, Flavio Moroni, member of the FENS [...] Read More
22 May 2012
22 May, 2012 in FENS News Kavli Prizes 2012 awarded ven pioneers who have made giant strides in the fields of astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience will share a prize fund of $3 million as recipients of the Kavli Prizes. The Kavli Prize in Neuroscience is shared between Cornelia Isabella Bargmann, Rockefeller University (New York, USA) [...] Read More
18 April 2012
18 April, 2012 in FENS News Visit the New Web Portal for Neuroscience Educators The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) recently launched the Educational Resources in Neuroscience (ERIN) Web portal which contains an edited and reviewed database of teaching resources across the spectrum of neuroscience that are searchable by topics, media types, educational levels, and other [...] Read More
13 March 2012
13 March, 2012 in FENS News Two European neuroscientists awarded the 1 million Euro BRAIN PRIZE 2012 Brain Prize 2012 is jointly awarded to Christine Petit (France) and Karen Steel (UK) for their pioneering work on the genetics of hearing and deafness. Karen Steel and Christine Petit are at the forefront of efforts to understand [...] Read More
27 February 2012
27 February, 2012 in FENS News The EJN App: available through the iTunes App Store for free an now keep up with the latest research and news from the European Journal of Neuroscience with the new EJN App for iPhones and iPads! Browse the latest EJN articles (ahead-of-prints) and blog posts directly on your device [...] Read More