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09 January 2018
09 January, 2018 in Neuroscience News At its Christmas symposium in London, the British Neuroscience Association (BNA) awarded its 2017 Public Engagement of Neuroscience prize to Dervila Glynn, Coordinator of Cambridge Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge. Dr Glynn supports the scientific activities of the university’s many neuroscientists, for example in the organization of of [...] Read More
09 January 2018
09 January, 2018 in FENS News Read an important perspective on Neurogenomics by EJN Section Editor Kevin Mitchell. “The field of neurogenomics is coming of age, but not without some teething problems. To make real progress, the field will have to learn from these mistakes and adopt more rigorous standards.” Read more about this [...] Read More
08 January 2018
08 January, 2018 in FENS News FENS members can register for the Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society in 2018 at special rates. If you are a FENS member intending to attend the 41st Annual Meeting of JNS (26-29 July 2018, Kobe Convention Center, Japan) and you would like to benefit from the same registration rates as [...] Read More
21 December 2017
21 December, 2017 in Societies & Partner News Proposals for symposia and minisymposia should be submitted by Monday, 8 January 2018, 5 p.m. EST. Symposia and Minisymposia help shape the scientific direction of Neuroscience 2018 by focusing on leading-edge research across the field. Junior faculty members/investigators and senior postdoctoral fellows are especially encouraged to submit minisymposium proposals for [...] Read More
20 December 2017
20 December, 2017 in FENS News FENS supports the mission of the International Brain Bee (IBB) to inspire school-age students to pursue careers in basic and clinical neuroscience. FENS supports the mission of the International Brain Bee (IBB) to inspire school-age students to pursue careers in basic and clinical neuroscience. National Brain Bee initiatives under the umbrella [...] Read More
18 December 2017
18 December, 2017 in FENS News New History project now online. FENS is proud to announce that the History project "Untold Stories: the Women Pioneers of Neuroscience in Europe" is now online and accessible. To know more about the project, please visit the website http://wineurope.eu/ And here the officel video on YouTube. You can access the [...] Read More
14 December 2017
14 December, 2017 in FENS News The New Year approaches and it is a very significant one for us: 2018 is the 20th anniversary year of the founding of FENS. The Founding Charter was signed at the first FENS Forum in Berlin in 1998 by the presidents of national neuroscience societies and the European Brain [...] Read More
13 December 2017
13 December, 2017 in FENS News It is our great pleasure to announce that the next FENS Regional Meeting, FRM2019, will be in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. The meeting will be jointly organised by the Neuroscience Societies of Serbia, Romania and Turkey. These three societies come together for the first time with the aim [...] Read More
08 December 2017
08 December, 2017 in FENS News FENS congratulates the History online project grant winners for the year 2017. Congratulations to the 2017 History Online Project Grant Awardees! The FENS History Committee organises annual calls for European History of Neuroscience Projects, to document the history and development of neuroscience in Europe. The best projects are selected for support of up [...] Read More
07 December 2017
07 December, 2017 in FENS News FENS joins the European health community to call on the European Union and the UK to prioritise patients as the Article 50 decision approaches. Today a group of organisations representing patients, healthcare professionals and the healthcare industry have called on the European Union and the UK to prioritise patients [...] Read More
30 November 2017
30 November, 2017 in FENS News FENS held its Governing Council on 27-28 November 2017 at the University Foundation in Brussels. Among other issues, the outcomes of the FENS Regional Meeting held from 20-23 September 2017 in Pécs, Hungary were presented and members also discussed preparations for the FENS Forum 2018 which will take place [...] Read More
23 November 2017
23 November, 2017 in Societies & Partner News FENS warmly congratulates the newly elected Executive Board of the European Brain Council (EBC). Starting from 2018, the new EBC President is Prof Monica Di Luca (FENS Past President), Vice-Presidents Profs Wolfgang Oertel (European Academy of Neurology), Patrice Boyer (from European Psychiatry - EPA) and Treasurer Joke Jaarsma (European [...] Read More
22 November 2017
22 November, 2017 in Neuroscience News The Gruber Foundation invites nominations on behalf of individuals whose achievements in Cosmology, Genetics, or Neuroscience would make them suitable candidates for recognition through the 2018 Gruber International Prize Program. Each prize, which is accompanied by a $500,000 unrestricted monetary award, is designed both to recognize groundbreaking work in [...] Read More
17 November 2017
17 November, 2017 in Neuroscience News Executive Director of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP), Alexander Schubert looks at how science is unravelling the complexity of the human brain. Read the article by Alexander Schubert, PhD about the importance of brain research, especially when it comes to mental illness. It is mentioned "Brain research is one [...] Read More
15 November 2017
15 November, 2017 in FENS News FENS provides travel grants to help young investigators, PhD or MSc students to attend the 41st Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society (New Horizon of Neuroscience: Kobe Convention Center, Japan, 26-29 July 2018). These grants - of up to € 1.200 each - are intended to cover the associated travel [...] Read More