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30 September 2020
30 September, 2020 in Neuroscience News Mark your calendars! The Neuromatch conference will take place online on 26-30 October. Organised with the support of FENS-Kavli Scholars and Alumni, the conference is open to all fields of neuroscience. Submit your abstract by 7 October! This October, FENS-Kavli Scholars and Alumni, Yiota Poirazi, Tim Vogels (conference organisers), [...] Read More
25 September 2020
25 September, 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 Sonia Garel's lecture on "Early cortical wiring and neuroimmune interactions"! Today we will be revisiting Sonia Garel's lecture on "Early cortical wiring and [...] Read More
22 September 2020
22 September, 2020 in FENS News The first call for NENS Education and Training clusters is open with funding opportunities of up to EUR 7,000. Submission deadline: 5 December 2020 To stimulate and strengthen the cooperation among the NENS school programmes, the FENS Committee for Higher Education and Training (CHET) is launching the first call for [...] Read More
18 September 2020
18 September, 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 Jan Born's lecture on "Sleep's role in memory consolidation"! It's #FENSFriday! Today, we will be revisiting Jan Born's lecture on "Sleep's role in [...] Read More
11 September 2020
11 September, 2020 in FENS News How can we, together, improve the future of neuroscience? Let us know your thoughts by 30 September. Many ideas were expressed during #FENS2020 on how we can together improve the way we do neuroscience. For this week's #FENSFriday, we are calling our community to let us know their ideas [...] Read More
10 September 2020
10 September, 2020 in FENS News Registration are open to the webinar "How to publish in the European Journal of Neuroscience", dedicated to neuroscientists based in China. Chaired by Prof. Chan (Section Editor at EJN) and Xiaolin Li (Wiley), the webinar will take place on 18 September 2020. Registration are open to the webinar "How [...] Read More
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