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23 June 2010
23 June, 2010 in FENS News The Brain Prize - Call for Nominations The Brain Prize is a newly installed personal prize of 1 mio. Euros to be awarded by a private Danish foundation, the Grete Lundbeck European Brain Research Foundation. The Brain Prize will recognize a highly original and influential advance in brain research. [...] Read More
17 June 2010
17 June, 2010 in FENS News A Decade of Education in Neuroscience: 1999-2010 Together with Alois Saria, Roberto Caminiti has documented the history and development of the FENS-IBRO European Neuroscience Schools Programme. Contents: the launch and aims of the programme, the joint venture with IBRO, the character of the different schools as well as recently [...] Read More
04 June 2010
04 June, 2010 in FENS News Names of the 2010 Kavli Prize Winners Announced The Kavli Prize was awarded to eight scientists whose discoveries have dramatically expanded human understanding in the fields of astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience. Three US-based scientists - Thomas Südhof , of Stanford University School of Medicine, Richard Scheller, of the biotech [...] Read More
19 May 2010
19 May, 2010 in FENS News New FENS Initiative: History of European Neuroscience FENS has launched a new initiative to fund projects aiming to support the interest in the history of European neuroscience. In order to promote this initiative the FENS President Prof. Dr. Helmut Kettenmann addressed the presidents of the FENS member societies with [...] Read More
17 May 2010
17 May, 2010 in FENS News Platon Gregorievich Kostyuk (1924-2010) in memoriam With sadness the Ukrainian Society for Neuroscience announced that Platon Gregorievich Kostyuk died. FENS is deeply saddened by the death of Platon G. Kostyuk. FENS and Ukrainian Neuroscience Community have joined forces not to long ago to promote neuroscience research and to establish [...] Read More
19 April 2010
19 April, 2010 in FENS News Article on FENS in PS Review Prof. Di Luca and Prof. Kettenmann discuss the role of FENS, and the need for greater investments to promote neuroscience in Europe. Read the full article. It was published in Public Service Review - european union 19, ISSN 1472-3395, page 202-203. Read More
07 April 2010
07 April, 2010 in FENS News 43rd Meeting of the European Brain and Behaviour Society ? Call for Symposium Proposals The 43rd meeting of the Brain and Behaviour Society (EBBS) will take place in Sevilla, Spain from September 9 - 12, 2011. The deadline for proposals is June 10, 2010. For details please go to [...] Read More
23 March 2010
23 March, 2010 in FENS News NEW feature: Database for Training Courses FENS has established a new database for training courses courses in neuroscience on the FENS website. You can search for existing training courses or add and promote a training course yourself. The Database for Training Courses serves the purpose of informing and promoting [...] Read More
18 February 2010
18 February, 2010 in FENS News Scientific Highlight of the year from the Neuroscience Society of Turkey A new scientific highlight from the Neuroscience Society of Turkey published in Nature in 2009 is now available on the FENS website. The title of the new scientific highlight is "Pericyte contraction induced by oxidative-nitrativestress impairs capillary reflow [...] Read More
18 February 2010
18 February, 2010 in FENS News IBRO congress 2011: Call for Symposia/Workshops - Deadline extended The Call for symposia for the next IBRO congress is now open and the deadline is May 31, 2010. The 8th IBRO World Congress 2011 takes places in Italy, Florence from July 15 - 19, 2011. For more information please [...] Read More
17 February 2010
17 February, 2010 in FENS News Brain Awareness Week funds 2010: Final report now available In 2010, the directors of the Dana Foundation again approved a grant to FENS. This money together with an additional allowance from the Federation enabled the funding of small grants to several European Brain Awareness Week partner organisations for public [...] Read More
20 January 2010
20 January, 2010 in FENS News FENS Treasurer-elect Hans-Joachim Pflüger new member of IBRO's Western Europe Regional Committee (WERC) The Governing Council of the International Brain Research Organisation (IBRO) has elected new members to the Western European Regional Chapter (WERC). The purpose of the IBRO WERC committee is to foster neuroscience in Western European countries, [...] Read More
04 January 2010
04 January, 2010 in FENS News FENS Committee on Animals in Research FENS has established a new committee, the "Committee on Animals in Research" (CARE). Members of the committee are Roberto Caminiti (Chair, Italy) Carmen Cavada (Spain) Klaus-Peter Hoffmann (Germany) Roger Lemon (UK) Guy Orban (Belgium) Stefan Treue (Germany) Krzysztof Turlejski (Poland) The Committee on [...] Read More
09 December 2009
09 December, 2009 in FENS News Boehringer-Ingelheim FENS Research Award Winner for 2010 selected FENS is pleased to announce this years' Boehringer-Ingelheim FENS Research Award winner. The 2010 Boehringer-Ingelheim FENS Research Award will be given to Fekrije Selimi (CNRS). FENS would like to congratulate Fekrije Selimi for winning the 2010 Boehringer-Ingelheim FENS Research Award. The [...] Read More
12 November 2009
12 November, 2009 in FENS News FENS EJN Young Investigator Award Winner for 2010 selected FENS is pleased to announce this years' FENS EJN Young Investigator Award winner. The 2010 FENS EJN Young Investigator Award will be given to Pierre Paoletti (Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris). FENS would like to congratulate Mr. Pierre Paoletti for winning [...] Read More