Category Archive: Announcements
ESF-FENS The Brain Conferences – The Neurobiology of Action
20-24 October 2012, Hotel La Palma, Stresa, Italy This conference is organised by the European Science Foundation (ESF) in partnership with the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) Chairs: Sten Grillner (Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden) Ann Graybiel (MIT, Cambridge, US) Deadline for application: 21. July 2013 Preliminary programme and confirmed speakers: The Neural Underpinnings …
ESF-FENS The Brain Conferences – The Neurobiology of Synapses and their Dysfunction
13-17 October 2012, Hotel La Palma, Stresa, Italy The focus of this conference will be on the molecular and cell biological mechanisms of synapse formation and function, and on the pathological aberrations of these processes that lead to neurological and psychiatric disorders. This conference is part of a series of high-level meetings on the …
Call for applications: Boehringer Ingelheim FENS Research Award 2014
Call for applications: Boehringer Ingelheim FENS Research Award 2014 Money prize of 25,000 Euro given in recognition of outstanding and innovative scientific contributions in any area of neuroscience research. Applications can either be submitted by candidates themselves, or candidates can be proposed. Applicants must be <40 yrs of age & either working in a European institution …
Emre Yaksi is the Winner of the FENS EJN Young Investigator Award 2014
The FENS EJN Young Investigator Prize is a biennial prize and given in recognition of outstanding scientific work in any area of neuroscience to a researcher under 40 years of age at the time of application. The award is a personal prize of £7,000, sponsored by Wiley-Blackwell (publishers of EJN). We are pleased …
Lisa Schnell is the Winner of the EJN Best Publication Award for her Report on a New Experimental Treatment to Improve Functional Recovery of the Spinal Cord After Injury
In collaboration with FENS and Wiley-Blackwell, EJN is proud to announce the winner of the “Best Publication Award 2013″: “Combined delivery of Nogo-A antibody, Neurotrophin-3 and NMDA-NR2D subunits establishes a functional detour in the hemisected spinal cord.” (by Lisa Schnell, Arsen S. Hunanyan William J. Bowers, Philip J. Horner, Howard J. Federoff, Miriam …
Alexander Borst is the Winner of the FENS EJN Award 2014
The FENS EJN Award is given in recognition of outstanding scientific work in any area of neuroscience. The award is a personal prize of £10,000, sponsored by Wiley-Blackwell (publishers of EJN). This prize is awarded once every two years and is presented to the recipient at the occasion of the FENS forums of Neuroscience. We …
Are you a Grad Student in Europe looking for international experience? Next deadline for NENS Travel Stipends – June 15, 2013
NENS The Network of European Neuroscience Schools (NENS) represents over 150 graduate schools and programs across 30 European countries that offer Masters, MD and PhD degrees in neuroscience. To access the NENS program directory, click here. Are you a student in a NENS program who would like to gain international experience? The …
Virtual Issue – Disorders of the Nervous System
This virtual issue of EJN on “Disorders of the Nervous System”, freely available for download from the journal’s website*, is a compilation of articles describing clinical and translational neuroscience research published in 2012 (EJN volumes 35-36). This virtual issue highlights the superb quality and range of research on disease processes published by EJN. …
FENS Forum 2014: Call for Symposium and Technical Workshop Proposals is Open
The FENS Forum is the largest neuroscience meeting in Europe. It is a must for neuroscientists from all over the world. The next FENS Forum will be held in Milan, Italy, July 5-9, 2014. >>> Online submission <<< for symposium and technical workshop proposals is now open. Deadline: March 9th, 2013 …