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| InEurope application now open, for intra-Europe short stays |
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| The InEurope application is now open for travel anytime between January and March 2011. The aim of the programme is to increase intra-European mobility of young researchers by providing grants for short, goal-directed exchanges within European laboratories. Application deadline: September 30, 2010. |
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8/23/2010 10:49:19 AM
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| APRC announces Neuroimaging School in Manesar, India |
| 11/29/2010
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| The IBRO Asian-Pacific Regional Committee (APRC) announces an IBRO School to be held at the National Brain Research Centre, in Manesar, India, from November 29 – December 10, 2010, covering the theme: "Study of Human Brain Structure and Function using Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy." Application deadline: September 15, 2010. The School follows the Federation of Asian and Oceanian Neuroscience Societies (FAONS) meeting, to be held in Lucknow, India, from November 25-28. |
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8/19/2010 6:49:12 AM
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| LARC accepting applications for Travel Fellowships & Short Stays |
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| IBRO’s Latin America Regional Committee (LARC) will evaluate possible funding to attend courses/workshops and/or present results at meetings within the region (up to 1200 euros) and for doing short research/training lab visits within the region (up to 1200 euros) taking place between January 1 & June 30, 2011. Apply online by September 15, 2010. |
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8/31/2010 3:46:36 PM
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| LARC accepting applications for funding of Regional Courses & Workshops |
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| IBRO’s Latin America Regional Committee (LARC) will evaluate possible funding for basic Neuroscience schools (up to 15,000 euros) and for basic Neuroscience courses, workshops or symposia (up to 3,500 euros) to take place between January 1 and June 30, 2011. Apply online by September 15, 2010. |
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8/31/2010 3:47:25 PM
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| The 5th Congress of Federation of Asian and Oceanian Neuroscience Societies |
| 11/25/2010
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The 5th FAONS Congress will be held jointly with the XXVIII Annual Meeting of the Indian Academy of Neurosciences in Lucknow from November 25 to 28th, 2010. An IBRO School will also be held at the National Brain Research Centre (NBRC) at Manesar, near Delhi from November 30 to December 10, 2010. Early registration and abstract submission deadlines for the Congress are August 15 and September 30, 2010, respectively. For details, visit www.faons2010.org.in.
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8/2/2010 10:45:09 AM
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| SfN-IBRO Travel Grant winners announced |
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| Twenty-nine young investigators will receive travel grants to present their poster at the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) Annual Meeting in San Diego, USA, and two will receive funding from the IBRO-NIDA Travel Grants Programme. |
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6/21/2010 11:00:06 AM
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| Events |
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| CEERC Sponsored Symposium: 100 Years of Ivan Djaja's Belgrade School of Physiology |
| 9/10/2010
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| One hundred years have passed since one of the Serbian greatest and most respected scientists, Prof. Dr. Ivan Djaja. (Jean Giaja) laid
the foundations for the development of Experimental Physiology at the
Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, the first not only in
Serbia but also in the Balkans. |
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5/9/2010 8:13:37 AM
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| Third Teaching Tools Workshop |
| 9/11/2010
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Nairobi, Kenya. The intent of the organizers is to provide tools and a framework for teaching Neuroscience in African countries.
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7/24/2010 6:46:58 PM
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| "Small Brains Big Ideas" course offered in Santiago-Valparaiso, Chile |
| 10/25/2010
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| This lecture and laboratory course will expose
Latin-American students/faculty to recent advances and modern
techniques in neurosciences, using invertebrates as model systems. The
course will primarily focus on Drosophila melanogaster and Caenorhabditis elegans, and the use of these animal models both in basic neuroscience and biomedical research. Partially funded by IBRO's LARC. |
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7/30/2010 9:21:49 PM
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| 2nd IBRO-LARC Advanced School of Neuroscience |
| 10/26/2010
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Mexico City. Topic of the school is Signal Transduction in the Central Nervous
System: Facts and Principles. Deadline for applications: August 13, 2010.
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6/26/2010 5:01:32 AM
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| Federation of Asian-Oceanean Neuroscience Societies (FAONS): 2010 Congress in India |
| 11/25/2010
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| The 5th FAONS Congress will be held jointly with the XXVIII Annual Meeting of the Indian Academy of Neurosciences in Lucknow. An IBRO School will also be held at the National Brain Research Centre (NBRC) Manesar, near Delhi. Early registration and abstract deadlines are Aug 15 and Sept 30, 2010 respectively. |
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8/2/2010 10:58:44 AM
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| People in the News |
| Robert H Wurtz receives the Gruber Neuroscience Prize |
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| Robert H Wurtz recognized for his pioneering work in the neurophysiology of visual cognition. Dr Wurtz was formerly the National Academy of Sciences representative to the IBRO Governing Council. |
| 6/17/2010 11:22:40 AM |
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| Platon G Kostyuk (1924-2010) |
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| Longtime Ukraine representative to the Governing Council succombed to cancer in his 87th year. He created the scientific school of Ukrainian neuro- physiologists. |
| 5/13/2010 11:49:55 AM |
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| Neuroscience Societies of France and Argentina Organize Joint Symposium |
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| The Argentine and French societies will jointly organize the first international Franco-Argentine Neuroscience Symposium with the theme, “Synapse and synaptic plasticity, both intrinsic and functional”. The binational symposium will include a tribute to Professor Hersch Gerschenfeld who greatly contributed to the development of neuroscience in both countries, particularly in the field of the synaptic neurobiology. |
| 6/3/2010 10:20:02 AM |
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| IBRO Member wins 2010 L’ORÉAL-UNESCO Life Sciences Award |
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Lourdes Cruz is named as one of the five
exceptional women scientists from around the world to receive the Award
in the Life Sciences by the L’ORÉAL-UNESCO For Women in Science
partnership. Dr Cruz has served on the IBRO Symposia & Workshops Committee. Interview.
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| 4/25/2010 5:28:29 AM |
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The official journal of IBRO. Consult the
Table of Contents.
IBRO Congress 2011
Florence, Italy
The European Neuroscience Schools Programme celebrates ten years
 The Visiting Lecture Team Programme (VLTP) gave four courses over the past year at the following sites: Qingdao, China; La Paz, Bolivia; Guatemala City, Guatemala; and Yaoundé, Cameroon
Brain Awareness Week 2010
The Brain Campaign awards funds to 26 projects from Australia to Zimbabwe
IBRO/Kemali School inaugurates new Inter-Regional Schools Programme
Recent Alumni Events
Helena Lobo Borges, Return Home funding recipient reports on past two years in Brazil 
FALAN, the Federation of Neuroscience Societies of Latin America and the Caribbean, is born
Capacity Building in Africa: 2nd “Teaching Tools School and Workshop – The Special Senses,” held in Al-Fayoum, Egypt
John Fulton, just one biography in our History of Neuroscience Series
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