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05 April 2017
05 April, 2017 in FENS News The award is given in recognition of outstanding and innovative scientific work from all areas of neuroscience research. The personal prize amounts to 25,000 EUR. This award is sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim and is announced by the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies. Candidates may either apply themselves or be [...] Read More
04 April 2017
04 April, 2017 in FENS News Are you planning to attend the SfN meeting in Washington DC? Request your ISM slot to register and present your abstract on member terms. FENS members can register and present an abstract at the SfN annual meeting on the same conditions as regular members of SfN. Register for an [...] Read More
04 April 2017
04 April, 2017 in Neuroscience News The 19th Annual Genes, Brain & Behavior Meeting will be held in Madrid, Spain, May 15-18, 2017. The meeting will include exciting scientific lectures, research presentations and opportunities to share your work with your fellow scientists and mentors. The 19th Annual IBANGS Meeting will be held in Madrid, SPAIN [...] Read More
04 April 2017
04 April, 2017 in FENS News FENS congratulates Prof. Monica Di Luca on her title of "Doctor Honoris Causa" awarded by the University of Mons, recognising her contribution to European brain research and advocacy. Prof. Monica Di Luca, President of FENS from 2014 – 2016, works on the brain and its capability to modulate synaptic [...] Read More
03 April 2017
03 April, 2017 in FENS News IBRO, FENS, and SfN Support March for Science, Encourage Neuroscientists Around the World to Participate in Affiliated Local Events. International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) President Pierre J. Magistretti and Secretary-General Larry W. Swanson, Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) President Barry J. Everitt, and Society for Neuroscience (SfN) President [...] Read More
03 April 2017
03 April, 2017 in FENS News FENS and EJN announce the winners of the FENS EJN Award 2018 and the FENS EJN Young Investigator Prize 2018 The Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) and EJN in partnership with the Wiley are pleased to announce the winners of the prestigious 2018 FENS EJN Award and FENS [...] Read More
26 March 2017
26 March, 2017 in FENS News A frequently occurring theme in many of the papers and reviews of EJN is the basal ganglia. These papers include basic studies on the cellular and molecular organization of the basal ganglia in animals, functions of the basal ganglia in animals and humans, and studies of basal ganglia diseases [...] Read More
20 March 2017
20 March, 2017 in Neuroscience News "Cambridge Neuroscience Public Lecture - Robinson College, Cambridge at 6pm - Featuring a Cambridge Neurologist and a patient that has been involved in MS trials. Tuesday 21 March: 6:00pm - 7:00pm Robinson College, Grange Road, CB3 9AN Cambridge Neuroscience Public Lecture People with multiple sclerosis will describe how they [...] Read More
16 March 2017
16 March, 2017 in FENS News Society for Neuroscience (SfN) President Eric J. Nestler and Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) President Barry Everitt released the following statement addressing the new White House executive order on immigration, scheduled to take effect March 16. "The Society for Neuroscience stands with the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies [...] Read More
14 March 2017
14 March, 2017 in FENS News The Hertie Foundation and the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) have announced the winner of their prize for young neuroscientists: Marta Zlatic, a Croatian/British neurobiologist, will receive the Eric Kandel Young Neuroscientists Prize worth EUR 100,000 for her research into decision-making processes in the brain. It is the [...] Read More
10 March 2017
10 March, 2017 in Neuroscience News The secret life of your brain is revealed in new exhibition at the Museum of Natural History. New exhibition "Brain Diaries" is opening on the 10th of March at the Museum of Natural History in Oxford. "Brain Diaries", unlocks the mysteries of the brain’s development at each stage of life, [...] Read More
08 March 2017
08 March, 2017 in FENS News The opinion article based on the FENS-Kavli Network of Excellence’s survey, led by Tim Vogels, Matt Grubb, Carlos Ribeiro and Yiota Poirazi (chair of the Network) has been published in the 9th March issue of Nature. The article summarises the work of the FENS-Kavli Scholars who asked more than [...] Read More
07 March 2017
07 March, 2017 in FENS News Save the date: 22 April 2017. Join our colleagues in the United States to ‘March for Science’. On 22 April 2017, neuroscientists in Europe have the opportunity to join with our colleagues in the United States to ‘March for Science’ and to show the strength of our feelings about [...] Read More
07 March 2017
07 March, 2017 in Neuroscience News On 22 April the scientific community will march in the US as a call to support and safeguard science and research to the recent policy change. The main mission of the march is to publicly communicate science as a pillar of human freedom and prosperity: the most effective way [...] Read More
06 March 2017
06 March, 2017 in Neuroscience News Three UK-based neuroscientists have won this year’s prestigious Brain Prize. Peter Dayan, Ray Dolan and Wolfram Schultz share the €1 million euro prize for their analysis of how the brain recognises and processes reward. Thirty years ago, German-born Wolfram Schultz, now professor of neuroscience and Wellcome Trust Principal Research [...] Read More