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09 July 2018
09 July, 2018 in FENS News Three Neuroscience Outreach Awards were announced on Monday, 9 July at the FENS Forum 2018, in Berlin. Dr. Roland Pochet (Belgium), Dr. Laura López-Mascaraque (Spain), and Université Côte d'Azur (France) have been awarded prestigious prizes for their contribution to advancing public education and awareness about the progress and promise [...] Read More
19 June 2018
19 June, 2018 in FENS News We invite you to submit your proposals for symposia for the FENS Regional Meeting 2019 (FRM2019) which will take place in Belgrade, Serbia, July 10-13, 2019. The FRM2019 Scientific Committee welcomes and strongly encourages symposium proposals from neuroscience communities around the world. These symposia make the foundation of our [...] Read More
18 June 2018
18 June, 2018 in FENS News We are in the final days in the run up to the 11th FENS Forum, which is also FENS’ 20th Anniversary Forum, in Berlin. It’s already clear there will be more attendees than at any previous Forum. This is no surprise given the excellence of the programme and the [...] Read More
14 June 2018
14 June, 2018 in FENS News A 3-year agreement recently signed with the Cajal Advanced Neuroscience Training Programme and Bordeaux Imaging Center formally establishes this partnership. This MOU lays the foundation to support training courses under the Cajal Programme that will take place during the years 2018, 2019 and 2020 at the Bordeaux School of [...] Read More
13 June 2018
13 June, 2018 in FENS News Barry Everitt, FENS President, has been selected as President-Elect of the Society for Neuroscience. FENS warmly congratulates its president on this achievement and wishes him the best for his pivotal role in the Society for Neuroscience.Secretary General of FENS, Professor Juan Lerma expressed his great pleasure with the election [...] Read More
24 May 2018
24 May, 2018 in FENS News FENS is currently implementing procedures to ensure that we conform to the newly approved General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). In this context, we have been reaching out to members and regular contacts in order to obtain explicit consent to continue storing their data and sending relevant FENS news. If [...] Read More
15 May 2018
15 May, 2018 in FENS News Current FENS president, Prof. Barry Everitt from the University of Cambridge, UK, has been announced as a candidate for the position of president-elect of the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) in elections that started on Monday 14th May 2018. Prof. Everitt, who will be replaced as FENS president by Prof. [...] Read More
11 April 2018
11 April, 2018 in FENS News FENS and IBRO/PERC are happy to announce the successful travel grants applicants to attend the FENS Forum 2018 in Berlin. FENS and IBRO/PERC warmly congratulate the successful travel grants awardees in 2018. List of FENS IBRO/PERC travel grants awardees 2018. More information on the FENS Forum 2018 website. Looking forward [...] Read More
06 April 2018
06 April, 2018 in FENS News Are you planning to attend SfN 2018? Request your ISM slot to present your abstract and register at member rates. FENS members can present an abstract and register for the SfN annual meeting under the same conditions as regular members of SfN. Register for an ISM slot with FENS [...] Read More
05 April 2018
05 April, 2018 in FENS News Read the editorial on "Explorations and perspectives on the neurobiological bases of autism spectrum disorder", by John J. Foxe Sophie Molholm Stephane J. Baudouin Mark T. Wallace. The work spans almost the entirety of approaches represented in the neurosciences, reporting on molecular neurogenetics, synaptic physiology, neuronal pathology, animal models, [...] Read More
23 March 2018
23 March, 2018 in FENS News Spring is with us, the evenings are lighter and our optimism about the 20th Anniversary FENS Forum in Berlin has been fully justified. More neuroscientists than at any previous Forum have registered to attend and there are 4000 abstract submissions. There is undoubted enthusiasm for gathering in Berlin to [...] Read More
20 March 2018
20 March, 2018 in FENS News FENS warmly congratulates the recipients of the FENS Forum travel grants from the German Neuroscience Society. The German Neuroscience Society has selected the stipend awardees for the GNS grants (500 Euro), which will allow the winners to attend the FENS Forum 2018 in Berlin. Here the names of the [...] Read More
05 March 2018
05 March, 2018 in FENS News FENS warmly congratulates the fifteen applicants, members of the Society for Neuroscience, who have been awarded a travel grant by SfN to attend the FENS Forum 2018 (7-11 July, Berlin, Germany). FENS wholeheartedly congratulates the following winners: Georgia Balsevich Lauren Reynolds Yannick Mullie Sarah Ruediger Brendan Hare Marc Meadows Eric Petersen Jared Kopelman Gavin Petrie Fernando Caravaggio Carmen Wong Salma Omer [...] Read More
21 February 2018
21 February, 2018 in FENS News EJN editors will attend several conferences this year. Have a look and get the chance to meet them. Paul Bolam and John Foxe will both be at the FENS Forum 7-11 July, at the Mobile Brain/Body Imaging Conference 11-14 July, and at the SfN Meeting 3-7 November. Paul will be at the [...] Read More
13 February 2018
13 February, 2018 in FENS News The deadline for early registration and abstracts for presentations at the FENS Forum looms, and we find ourselves in the midst of a surge of submissions. This is no surprise - the 20th Anniversary of FENS at the Berlin Forum (7-11 July 2018) is destined to be a wonderful [...] Read More