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19 December 2014
19 December, 2014 in FENS News The Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) and The Kavli Foundation have announced the first FENS-Kavli Scholars – 20 young European neuroscience researchers chosen for the excellence of their research, as well as promise to be among the field’s newest generation of extraordinary pioneers. Launched this year, the FENS-Kavli [...] Read More
15 December 2014
15 December, 2014 in FENS News Grants of 1,000 EUR available for the financial support of the partners who organise an event during the Brain Awareness Week 2015 (16-22 March) The Brain Awareness Week (BAW) is the global campaign to increase public awareness of the progress and benefits of brain research; it is a worldwide [...] Read More
11 December 2014
11 December, 2014 in FENS News IBRO is pleased to announce a call for IBRO alumni Lecturer Award for the FENS Regional Meeting 2015 in Thessaloniki, Greece. The applicant should be someone of excellent scientific achievement, who has attended a FENS/IBRO school in Europe, or who has received IBRO funding in the form of a [...] Read More
17 November 2014
17 November, 2014 in FENS News This award is donated by the EJN publisher Wiley and is given in recognition of an outstanding scientific work in any area of neuroscience. This is a personal prize of 10,000 GBP.Candidates should be nominated by fellow neuroscientists (i.e. no self-nomination) and must either be working in a European [...] Read More
06 November 2014
06 November, 2014 in FENS News Press announcement from FENS: New Editors in Chief appointed for EJN from January 2015. In a press release on November 6, FENS president Monica Di Luca announces the appointment of Professor Paul Bolam (University of Oxford) and Professor John Foxe (Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York) as new [...] Read More
11 October 2014
11 October, 2014 in FENS News FENS and the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) issue a joint statement on the importance of non-human primates in biomedical research Our stance The Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) and the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) strongly advocate the responsible use of animals in biomedical research. Animal models including (but [...] Read More
08 October 2014
08 October, 2014 in FENS News The EJN Associate Managing Editor position is open. The EJN Associate Managing Editor position is open. This role will take sole responsibility for the running of the EJN editorial office. The successful candidate will work with the Journal Publishing Manager and Editors-in-Chief to identify appropriate opportunities and formulate strategic [...] Read More
08 October 2014
08 October, 2014 in FENS News FENS-SfN Advocacy Grants Programme was recently awarded a “Power of A” Gold Award FENS-SfN Advocacy Grants Programme was recently awarded a “Power of A” Gold Award by the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE). ASAE is a society of association and professional society leaders, representing more than 10,000 organisations [...] Read More
06 October 2014
06 October, 2014 in FENS News FENS wholeheartedly congratulates the 2014 Nobel Prize winners in Physiology or Medicine The 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been announced on Monday 6 October in Stockholm. One half of this Prize was awarded to John O'Keefe and other half to May-Britt Moser and Edvard I. Moser [...] Read More
03 October 2014
03 October, 2014 in FENS News Input to the 2016 European educational programmes FENS and its partners under the CAJAL programme hereby invite scientists - students and established researchers - from all domains in neuroscience, to support the FENS educational and training programme taking place in 2016, by providing their input in the form of [...] Read More
01 October 2014
01 October, 2014 in FENS News The stipends are intended for Master and PhD students registered within NENS member schools or programmes. The successful applicants are expected to spend a period of one to three months at a NENS member school of their choice in a different European country for the purpose of methodological training. [...] Read More
03 August 2014
03 August, 2014 in FENS News A series of articles by Monica Di Luca, Marian Joëls and Sten Grillner in a June issue of Neuron addresses some big questions. The following articles appeared in Neuron 82, June 18, 2014. The Cost of Brain Diseases: A Burden or a Challenge? Brain diseases represent a considerable social and [...] Read More
01 August 2014
01 August, 2014 in FENS News FENS would like to welcome our new FENS leadership for 2014-2016. The elections took place in Milan on 4 July 2014 at the FENS Forum. The following candidates were elected: Executive leadership 2014 - 2016 President-Elect Barry Everitt Cambridge, UK Secretary General-Elect Juan Lerma Alicante, Spain Treasurer-Elect Andreas Draguhn Heidelberg, Germany [...] Read More
17 July 2014
17 July, 2014 in FENS News The Spanish Government launched a program called “Centres of Excellence Severo Ochoa” to distinguish research centres with a trajectory of excellence in any field of knowledge in Spain. The Director of the Instituto de Neurociencias at Alicante, Juan Lerma, with the Spanish Secretary of State for Research, Development and [...] Read More
01 July 2014
01 July, 2014 in FENS News Who is FENS? What do we offer? Learn all about our mission and activities in this video. The role of the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) Interview with Dr. Marian Joels (FENS President, 2012-2014) and Dr. Monica Di Luca (FENS President, 2014-2016). Part 1: 00:00:54 Who is FENS? [...] Read More