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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
06 September 2016
06 September, 2016 in Neuroscience News On 6 September the German Alliance of Science Organisations launched an internet platform for education and discussion about research with animals. The website allows interactive discussion and provides a service to journalists seeking scientific experts. It includes extensive information – also via a youtube channel - on the legal [...] 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
01 September 2016
01 September, 2016 in Neuroscience News Professor Zeta Papadopoulou-Daifoti, Emeritus Professor of Pharmacology at the Medical School of Athens, passed away the 18 March 2016, leaving the European neuroscience community without a dedicated researcher, mentor and friend. Professor Zeta Papadopoulou-Daifoti, Emeritus Professor of Pharmacology at the Medical School of Athens, passed away on 18 March 2016. With her [...] 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
25 July 2016
25 July, 2016 in Neuroscience News New research published in the European Journal of Neuroscience from the lab of Natalie Gardener and Rasmus Peterson at the University of Manchester, UK, has discovered that the brain plays a big role in abnormal sensory processing that develops as a complication of diabetes. Carolyn Lacey, Scientific Outreach Manager [...] Read More
22 July 2016
22 July, 2016 in FENS News FENS provides travel grants to help young investigators, PhD or MS students to attend FALAN Congress 2016 in Buenos Aires. These grants - of up to € 1.200 each - are intended to cover the FALAN Congress 2016 registration fee and the associated travel expenses. Candidates must be young [...] Read More
16 July 2016
16 July, 2016 in FENS News A new article from the FENS-KAVLI Scholars has been published in the European Journal of Neuroscience. It discusses how mobility of researchers is fundamental to develop a knowledge-based society that fosters innovativeness and competitiveness. Moving on: mobility for early-career neuroscientistsMatthew S. Grubb, Casper C. Hoogenraad, Lars Schwabe and Guillermina López-Bendito. Eur J [...] Read More
15 July 2016
15 July, 2016 in FENS News ERROR FENS congratulates those who have been selected for the ten days of hands on in the lab, networking and social events, as part of the Young Investigator Programme at the FENS Forum 2016 in Copenhagen. Read More
14 July 2016
14 July, 2016 in FENS News FENS welcomes the new leadership for the years 2016 -2018, elected at the 10th FENS Forum of Neuroscience in Copenhagen. FENS welcomes the new leadership for the years 2016 -2018, elected at the 10th FENS Forum of Neuroscience in Copenhagen. New president of FENS is Professor Barry Everitt FRS, [...] Read More
11 July 2016
11 July, 2016 in FENS News Call for Nominations: Eric Kandel Prize 2017. The Hertie Foundation (Germany), in cooperation with the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS), announces the opening of nominations for the Eric Kandel Young Neuroscientists Prize 2017. The prize was established in order to recognise outstanding work by young researchers in any field of neuroscience [...] Read More
07 July 2016
07 July, 2016 in FENS News The FENS Kavli Network of Excellence Mentoring and PhD Thesis Prizes 2016 have been awarded at the FENS Forum 2016 in Copenhagen. Prof. David Attwell,Fellow of the Royal Society (University College London) has been awarded the inaugural FENS-KAVLI Network of Excellence Mentoring Prize for his outstanding contributions to mentoring [...] Read More
06 July 2016
06 July, 2016 in FENS News At the FENS Forum 2016 in Copenhagen, 15 new outstanding FENS-Kavli Scholars were elected from an extraordinarily strong pool of talented neuroscientists from across Europe. The new Scholars were announced by Monica Di Luca during her welcome to the FENS Forum in Copenhagen and further introduced during a ceremony [...] Read More