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09 December 2016
09 December, 2016 in FENS News On 29 - 30 November the FENS Governing Council met in Brussels for its annual meeting. On this occasion, FENS member societies from all over Europe also gathered to discuss and share ideas. During the meeting, representatives of the member societies selected the venue for the FENS Forum 2022: [...] Read More
08 December 2016
08 December, 2016 in FENS News FENS provides travel grants to help young investigators, PhD or MSc students to attend the 40th Annual Meeting of Japan Neuroscience Society (Neuroscience 2017: Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan, 20-23 July). These grants - of up to € 1.400 each - are intended to cover the associated travel expenses of the [...] Read More
05 December 2016
05 December, 2016 in FENS News Congratulations to our FENS-Kavli Scholar Claire Wyart who won the New-York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Robertson Award. The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) announced the 2016 class of NYSCF – Robertson Investigators, welcoming six of the most talented stem cell researchers and neuroscientists from around the world into [...] Read More
16 November 2016
16 November, 2016 in FENS News FENS history seminar on 24 November in Madrid, Spain. The Seminar, organised in partnership with the Instituto Cajal (CSIC) and Sociedad Española de Neurociencia (SENC), highlights the scientific excellence of Santiago Ramón y Cajal, internationally known as the "father of modern neuroscience". Cajal formed the “neurohistological school”, which became [...] Read More
09 November 2016
09 November, 2016 in FENS News VTA dopamine neuron plasticity – the unusual suspects: the review paper from the FENS EJN award winner 2016 is now published in Early View in EJN. In 2016, the FENS-EJN Award is presented to Dr. Antonello Bonci for his important contributions to advancing our understanding of the synaptic mechanisms and neurocircuitry [...] Read More
01 November 2016
01 November, 2016 in FENS News FENS invites nominations for the FENS EJN award 2018. The award is given in recognition of outstanding scientific contributions in neuroscience. This is a personal prize of £ 10,000. Deadline for nominations: 21 December 2016. Eligibility and requirements: Candidates must be working in a European institution or be of European origin. [...] Read More
19 October 2016
19 October, 2016 in FENS News Time to nominate: The FENS EJN Young Investigator Prize is given in recognition of outstanding scientific work in any area of neuroscience. This is a personal prize of £ 7,000. Deadline for application: 13 February 2017. Eligibility and requirements: Candidates must be working in a European institution or be of European [...] Read More
05 October 2016
05 October, 2016 in FENS News A new EJN opinion article by David Belin and Ragnhildur Thora Karadottir, from the FENS-Kavli Scholars, has been published in the European Journal of Neuroscience. It discusses how communications is fundamental to the independence of science. Writing a constructive peer-review: a young PI perspective David Belin and Ragnhildur Thora [...] Read More
22 September 2016
22 September, 2016 in FENS News FENS warmly congratulates two FENS-Kavli Scholars for their recently awarded ERC starting grants. Gaia Novarino and Hangya Balazs has recently received ERC starting grants for their research. Gaia Novarino analyses genetic and molecular basis of neurodevelopmental disorders. She received the FENS Research Award 2016 and was appointed FENS-Kavli Scholar in 2016. She has [...] Read More
21 September 2016
21 September, 2016 in FENS News Submit your symposium proposals for the next FENS regional meeting to take place in Pécs, 20-23 September 2017. FRM 2017 will focus on the most recent discoveries in neuroscience from molecules to behaviour, highlighting discoveries of translational potential. In addition to the wide range of scientific insights, a special [...] Read More
14 September 2016
14 September, 2016 in FENS News More than 400 scientists, including FENS President and members of the FENS Committee on Animals in Research, have signed a letter stating that brain experiments on primates are crucial to medical advances, in response to claims that they are cruel and no longer useful. Last week, Sir David Attenborough and [...] Read More
05 September 2016
05 September, 2016 in FENS News Meet the sixteen-year-old winner, Ana Ghenciulescu from Bucharest, Romania, who explains here what that honour has meant to her. This year, for the first time, the FENS Forum hosted International Brain Bee, a neuroscience competition for high school students. And for the first time, the competition was won by [...] Read More
03 September 2016
03 September, 2016 in FENS News The European Journal of Neuroscience has launched a call for paper for its issue on Autism. Submission deadline: 22 December 2016. The Neurobiological Bases of Autism Spectrum Disorders Editors: Sophie Molholm (Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA), Stephane Baudouin (Cardiff University, Wales), Mark T. Wallace (Vanderbilt University, Tennessee, [...] Read More
25 August 2016
25 August, 2016 in FENS News FENS and its partners invite scientists from all domains in neuroscience, to support the FENS educational and training programme in 2018, by providing their input in the form of ideas for topics and themes. Ideas for topics and themes for the following educational and training activities in 2018 are welcome [...] Read More
27 July 2016
27 July, 2016 in FENS News Share the neuroscience history of your country online. The History Committee provides small grants for outstanding projects that aim at documenting the history and development of neuroscience in Europe, by collecting autobiographies, videos, pictures and other electronic materials about illustrious neuroscientists and their distinguished work. The projects should be published [...] Read More