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04 September 2020
04 September, 2020 in FENS News The call for symposia and abstracts for SONA 2021 (25-28 April 2021, Accra, Ghana) is now open. Submission deadline: 1 December 2020 The 15th Biennial Conference of the Society of Neuroscientists of Africa (SONA) & 4th Meeting of Ghana Neuroscience Society will take place on 25-28 April 2021 in [...] Read More
04 September 2020
04 September, 2020 in FENS News Every week, on #FENSFriday, we revisit some of the FENS 2020 Virtual Forum content. Today, we are focusing on science communication: make sure to download the 'How to use Twitter in your science life' guide! For this #FENSFriday, we are focusing on science communication, through Special Interest Event 06 organised by [...] Read More
03 September 2020
03 September, 2020 in FENS News Due to the development of the COVID-19 crisis in Europe, the FENS-Hertie Winter School 2020 has been rescheduled to January 2022. After carefully considering the current developments of the coronavirus crisis in Europe, and worldwide, FENS has decided to reschedule the FENS Hertie Winter School on Multiscale approaches to [...] Read More
01 September 2020
01 September, 2020 in FENS News FENS is recruiting a Training and Meetings Coordinator. Full time position in Brussels (permanent contract). Application deadline: 10 September 2020 Are you looking for an interesting job in a stimulating work environment within the scientific non-profit sector? Do you have the appropriate background and are you service minded and [...] Read More
28 August 2020
28 August, 2020 in FENS News Every week, on #FENSFriday, we revisit some of the FENS 2020 Virtual Forum content. Find out our plans for today and check out the graphic recording of Rui Costa's plenary! For this #FENSFriday, we will be revisiting Rui Costa's plenary on "Discovering, reinforcing and refining actions". We are also exploring [...] Read More
21 August 2020
21 August, 2020 in FENS News Every week, on #FENSFriday, we revisit some of the FENS 2020 Virtual Forum content. Find out our plans for today and check out the graphic recording of Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg's plenary! For this #FENSFriday, we will be revisiting Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg's plenary on "Neural mechanisms of environmental risk for psychiatric disorders" and [...] Read More
14 August 2020
14 August, 2020 in FENS News Every week, on Friday, we revisit some of the FENS 2020 Virtual Forum content. Download this week's graphic recording on Rosa Cossart's plenary! For this #FENSFriday, we will be revisiting Rosa Cossart's plenary on "How development scaffolds adult hippocampal dynamics" and catch up on the society-owned journals sessions: Special Interest [...] Read More
06 August 2020
06 August, 2020 in FENS News FENS is compiling a list of online resources intended to help the neuroscience community cope with the global situation in the best way. This is a collaborative list: please send us any educational materials, online events, platforms and other tools that you think useful. (Last update: 6 August 2020) [...] Read More
05 August 2020
05 August, 2020 in FENS News Global Engagement Seed Grants support neuroscience societies, groups and organizations in the Asia/Pacific, African, Latin American, Middle Eastern and Pan-European regions that would like to conduct outreach events and activities in their local areas in 2021. Extended application deadline: 9 August 2020 Global Engagement Seed Grants support neuroscience societies, [...] Read More
29 July 2020
29 July, 2020 in FENS News FENS is alarmed by the insufficient support for research and innovation in Europe in the budget proposal and calls for continued strong investment in research and innovation is the only way for Europe to remain strong in the face of immense societal challenges linked to the environment and health. [...] Read More
24 July 2020
24 July, 2020 in FENS News Join us for #FENSFriday: we are looking forward to hearing your highlights from the FENS 2020 Virtual Forum. Download the graphics recording from FENSFriday 24 July, 31 July and 7 August. Every Friday during the Forum extended access (end 15 October), we will be sharing our highlights from the [...] Read More
22 July 2020
22 July, 2020 in FENS News The FENS 2020 Virtual Forum took place on 11-15 July 2020 and brought together more than 5,000 participants, 472 speakers and 58 exhibitors. Registered delegates can now benefit from the 3-month extended access, until 15 October 2020. The FENS 2020 Virtual Forum in figures The FENS 2020 Virtual Forum [...] Read More
22 July 2020
22 July, 2020 in FENS News Meet Seth Grant (UK), laureate of the FENS EJN Award, and Laurence Hunt (UK), FENS EJN Young Investigator Award. Both laureates gave a lecture at the FENS 2020 Virtual Forum. Meet Seth Grant (UK) and Laurence Hunt (UK), laureates of the FENS EJN Award and FENS EJN Young Investigator [...] Read More
21 July 2020
21 July, 2020 in FENS News The FENS Regional Meeting 2021 will take place on 25-27 August in Krakow, Poland. The call for symposia is now open - deadline 20 October 2020. The call for symposia for the FRM 2021 is now open. The FENS Regional Meeting in Kraków has two goals: to bring together presentations [...] Read More
16 July 2020
16 July, 2020 in FENS News The FENS 2020 Virtual Forum is over but there are many ways to prolong the experience - from playing the sessions you missed to listening to the Forum podcasts or downloading some lectures's graphic recordings. The FENS 2020 Virtual Forum brought together more than 5,000 attendees from 88 countries for a new [...] Read More