Project funded under the FENS call for history of neuroscience projects.

Biography of Huxley, Andrew – UK
Via SfN

Professor Zoltán Molnár talks to author and historian Iain Pears to better understand “a time and place of great intellectual, religious, scientific and political ferment” in which Thomas Willis lived and worked.

As part of an effort to provide scientists with strategies to openly communicate about animal research with the wider public, the European Animal Research Association, a communications and advocacy organisation promoting biomedical research across Europe, hosted a workshop series, supported by FENS and SfN, on Improving Openness in Animal Research in Germany.

An insight into well-k0wn Greek doctors that had a major impact in the field of Neuroscience.

Photo and video materials related to I. Beritashvili and his experiments.

Biography of Iversen, Leslie L. – UK
Via SfN

Biography of of Já0s Szentágothai, a former president of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and a groundbreaker in his field.

Joint statement supporting the European Directive 2010/63/EU on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes (2015)

Statement regarding the Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals’ Meetings of 13 September 2018 on the use of animals in neuroscience research.

Biography of Katz, Sir Bernard – Germany/UK
Via SfN

A letter on the importance of animal research in neuroscience (2016)

A series of video lectures given by living legends of Spanish neuroscience (in Spanish, with English subtitles).

Biography of Luciani, Luigi – Italy
Via IBRO

Biography of Lugaro, Ernesto – Italy
Via IBRO

Biography of Menzel, Randolf – Germany
Via SfN

Biography of Nansen, Fridtjof – 0rway
Via Bock O. & Helle K.B.

Website documenting the history of medicine and neurological knowledge among the aboriginal nations of Canada. Project funded under the FENS call for history of neuroscience projects.

Website examining the history of Romanian neurology and psychiatry: understanding the connection between science, political ideals and national contexts, both at a regional and international level.

Project funded under the FENS call for history of neuroscience projects.

Project funded under the FENS call for history of neuroscience projects.

Online exhibition exploring the intersection of neuroscience and British literature.

Full information regarding past and present Neuroscience research in Georgia.

Online audio-visual display of the Spanish Society of Neurology’s museum and historical archive (MAH SEN).

Interactive website in which the visual representation of Galvanism in the late 18th and early 19th century illustrations allow to navigate the history of this practice.

Biography of Newport Langley, John – UK
Via IBRO

Collection of all the scientific achievements of Olga Vi0gradova and coverage of the facts of her biography.

This workshop aims to provide neuroscientists with useful tips to plan an event for Brain Awareness Week 2021, from writing a successful proposal for Brain Awareness Week to running an engaging outreach event, both online and in-person.

Workshop organised by the FENS Communication Committee with the support of the Dana Foundation.

An open letter from FENS on recent developments in science in the US

Most of us take movement and balance for granted, and it’s only when something goes wrong that we realise how complicated it is. In the early 1900s, an Oxford researcher called Charles Sherrington examined microscope slides of muscles, nerves, the spine and the brain and traced the connections between them. Using this box of slides, he built up a picture of how muscles are controlled. Some diseases can damage nerve cells and affect muscle control. Researchers today still use the basic principles established by Sherrington to investigate how to fix these problems.

Short documentary movie on Jerzy Koorski, well-known Polish neuroscientist.

Biography of Peters, Alan – UK
Via IBRO

Biographies of pioneers of Polish neurology and neuroscience living in the 19th century and early 20th century

Project funded under the FENS call for history of neuroscience projects.

Professor Colin Blakemore (Professor of Neuroscience & Philosophy, Director of the Centre for the Study of the Senses School of Advanced Study, University of London) on “Two Eyes, One World: A Brief History of Binocular Vision”, at the FENS History Seminar on “History of Understanding of the Cerebral Cortex”, organised at St John’s College, University of Oxford, on 12 May 2015, by Prof. Zoltan Molnar.

Professor Marco Piccolino (Italian Institute of Neurosciences University of Ferrara, Italy) on “Vision and the senses in the work of Galileo Galilei”, at the FENS History Seminar on “History of Understanding of the Cerebral Cortex”, organised at St John’s College, University of Oxford, on 12 May 2015, by Prof. Zoltan Molnar.

Professor Richard Brown (Department of Psychology & Neuroscience, Dalhousie, University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada) on “Le Gros Clark versus Zuckerman: what were their disagreements?”, at the FENS History Seminar on “History of Understanding of the Cerebral Cortex”, organised at St John’s College, University of Oxford, on 12 May 2015, by Prof. Zoltan Molnar.

Biography of Ranvier, Louis – France
Via IBRO

Biography of the Sorbone graduate and member of several national academies of sciences, the Serbian scientist, Professor Jean Giaja (Ivan Djaja).