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| News |
| Organization of Symposia at the FALAN 2012 Congress |
| 11/4/2012
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| The Latin American Regional Committee (LARC) is providing financial support for the organization of 4-6 symposia at the First Congress of the Federation of Neuroscience Societies in Latin America, the Caribbean and the Iberian Peninsula (FALAN) to be held in Cancun, Mexico. Deadline for online applications June 7, 2012. |
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5/16/2012 2:13:23 PM
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| IBRO LARC Travel Grants are available for the FALAN 2012 Congress |
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| The Latin American Regional Committee (LARC)
is providing financial assistance to attend the First Congress of the Federation of Neuroscience Societies in Latin America, the Caribbean and the Iberian Peninsula (FALAN) to be held in Cancun, Mexico. Applicants must first submit abstracts for approval to the Scientific Committee. Deadline for applications June 7, 2012. |
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5/16/2012 2:14:59 PM
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| Fifth Teaching Tools School & Workshop in Neuroscience |
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 Durban, South Africa. The African Regional Committee (IBRO), Society for Neuroscience, and the National Academy of Sciences (USA) are inviting applications for a workshop to be held in association with the University of KwaZulu Natal. Deadline for applications June 22, 2012. |
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5/9/2012 10:22:44 AM
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| BrainFacts.org - new website explores the wonders of the brain and mind |
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 IBRO joins the Canadian Institutes of Health Research; Dana Foundation; NINDS; NIMH; the Foundation for Biomedical Research; and the Wellcome Trust as an inaugural Content Partner in the newly launched www.BrainFacts.org. Initiated by the Society for Neuroscience, the Gatsby Charitable Foundation and the Kavli Foundation, the site will be a major step forward in presenting the brain and neuroscience in an accessible way to the public, organized to reflect the deep interconnections between topics in the field. We can imagine that there will be many ideas and possibilities imagined for the future, including ways to leverage this powerful technology and strategy platform to pursue new activities and partnerships that take advantage of Web-based communications. |
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5/10/2012 5:40:18 AM
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| IBRO creates MENA (Middle East/Northern Africa) Sub-Region |
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 IBRO has formalized its support of neuroscience in the Middle East and Northern Africa (MENA) by creating a MENA sub-region, furthering its commitment to nurturing the development of neuroscience infrastructure and training in this underserved region. The launch of this new sub-region is the culmination of efforts by a group of MENA region-based neuroscientists of Arab descent – working both locally and abroad – and the leadership of IBRO to identify actions that could be taken to provide enhanced opportunities within the Arab-speaking world for young investigators pursuing a career in neuroscience research. |
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5/10/2012 5:40:51 AM
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| Events |
| ARC: 1st Tropical Neurology Awareness and Training Week |
| 5/26/2012
-> 5/30/2012 |
 Kinshasa, DRC. A two-day workshop on research methodology for young neuroscientists in training, followed by three days of a formal meeting that will focus on recent advances in tropical neuroendemics, particularly those occurring in Africa. |
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5/8/2012 1:29:22 PM
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| APRC: Advanced School of Neuroscience |
| 5/30/2012
-> 6/12/2012 |
Hong Kong. "Molecular, Electrophysiological & Imaging Techniques in Neuroscience Research". The purpose of the School is to provide a platform for senior PhD students and junior post-doctoral fellows in the Asia-Pacific region to meet in an environment where they can acquire knowledge of both theoretical and technological advances in key areas of neuroscience research. |
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4/16/2012 5:50:29 AM
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| FENS-IBRO Partially Supported School: Evolution of Concepts on Pain |
| 6/3/2012
-> 6/10/2012 |
Siena, Italy. The school will present in detail the recent status and advances in functional neuroanatomy, electrophysiology, neuroimaging, molecular cell biology, pharmacology, genetics, psychology and sociology of pain, including an astonishing new role for the placebo-effect. The many different scientific facets are beginning to form a new integrative bio-psycho-social concept that will lead to novel therapeutic and preventive approaches to pain in health care. |
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3/6/2012 8:43:19 AM
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| FENS-IBRO SfN School: "Chemical Senses: Neurobiology and Behavior" |
| 6/3/2012
-> 6/8/2012 |
Bertinoro, Italy. This School we will cover the basics of the Chemical Senses, the latest
developments, and we will highlight open questions for future research,
so that participants will learn the state of the art of olfactory and
taste systems.
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2/4/2012 4:35:30 PM
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| Second Annual Neurosciences Meeting in East Africa |
| 6/5/2012
-> 6/6/2012 |
 Nairobi, Kenya. The organizers C. Newton (Kenya) and R. Kalaria (UK-Kenya) intend to make this event an important Annual forum for the Neuroscience Community in east Africa. They will attract IBRO alumni among others to contribute to a thematic scientific programme and build up the Neurosciences. It is expected that IBRO alumni will set the lead and bring their best research for presentation and discussion to encourage more research output and publication. |
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3/9/2012 7:34:46 AM
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| Interregional School of Neuroscience |
| 6/11/2012
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Maputo, Mozambique. "From nutrition to zoonosis". The aim of this Interregional School is to bring together professionals and students from various backgrounds into the understanding and discussion of neuroscience-related diseases of concern not only in Africa but throughout the world. |
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3/6/2012 8:44:14 AM
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| APRC: RIKEN BSI Summer Program 2012 |
| 6/13/2012
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Hirosawa Wako City, Japan. With partial financial support from the IBRO APRC, the RIKEN Brain Science Institute (RIKEN BSI) is offering a summer program to train advanced students interested in brain function, who may attend either a two-month laboratory internship or an intensive 7-day lecture course. |
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3/6/2012 8:45:36 AM
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| Nairobi International Symposium |
| 6/20/2012 |
Nairobi, Kenya. A multidisciplinary approach to Neuro-Pediatrics and Neuro-Epidemiology in Sub-Saharan Africa. An IBRO/WFN collaboration. |
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5/9/2012 9:13:22 AM
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| WERC: Cortical Interneurons in Health and Disease |
| 6/24/2012
-> 6/27/2012 |
Mallorca, Spain. The specific aim of the Workshop is to bring together world-class experts on very different aspects of the biology of cortical interneurons. This meeting may contribute to bridging the gap between different fields, leading to a better understanding of cortical interneurons in health and disease. The IBRO-WERC will partially fund travel grants to this conference. |
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2/15/2012 1:19:19 AM
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| 8th FENS Forum of Neuroscience |
| 7/14/2012
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 The FENS Forum is a biennial neuroscience conference organised by FENS (the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies).
With nearly 7000 participants, it has become the largest neuroscience
meeting in Europe. More >>>
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2/13/2012 8:10:02 AM
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| FENS-IBRO Training Center: Advanced Course in Computational Neuroscience |
| 7/30/2012
-> 8/24/2012 |
Bedlewo, Poland. A very important aspect of the ACCN is that the students develop into a
cohesive, tight-knit group, and so provide support, networking and
scientific advice to each other long after the course is over. These
bonds are extremely important for building successful scientific
careers, and so we make every effort to ensure that they are formed
early and strengthened throughout the course.
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2/2/2012 10:24:11 AM
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| ARC: 1st IBRO School on Insect Neuroscience and Drosophila Neurogenetics |
| 8/20/2012
-> 9/7/2012 |
 Bushenyi, Uganda. With their comparatively simple nervous systems, tractable genetic access and low maintenance costs, Drosophila and other insects have rapidly consolidated their status as key model systems in scientific research. This course aims to introduce key concepts in insect neuroscience to junior scientists at African institutions to promote the use of such model systems in their research. On-line application open. Application deadline: 15 July 2012. |
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5/12/2012 2:57:24 PM
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| FENS-IBRO Training Center: Imaging Neural Function |
| 8/26/2012
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 Lausanne/Geneva. The 3-week course in neuroscience will consist of lectures that will progress from the principles of imaging techniques to important recent advanced applications such as voltage-sensitive dye imaging, intrinsic optical signal imaging, in vivo 2-photon imaging, optogenetics and others. In the afternoon the students will work on a scientific project allowing them to gain hands-on experience with most of the aforementioned imaging techniques. |
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5/2/2012 3:32:38 AM
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| Fifth Teaching Tools School & Workshop in Neuroscience |
| 9/8/2012
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Durban, South Africa. The African Regional Committee (IBRO), Society for Neuroscience, and the National Academy of Sciences (USA) are inviting applications for a workshop to be held in association with the University of KwaZulu Natal. The intent of the organizers is to provide tools and a framework for teaching Neuroscience in African countries. Deadline for applications June 22, 2012. |
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5/10/2012 2:02:39 AM
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| APRC: 3rd School of Neuroscience, Monash University |
| 11/19/2012
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 Sunway, Malaysia. Cutting-edge sessions will keep senior PhD students and junior post-doctoral fellows abreast with advances in key areas of neuroscience research, providing a platform for young neuroscientists to meet and access high-profile minds in neuroscience research. There will also be a two-day Neuroscience Symposium co-organised by the NeuroMalaysia Society held at the end of the workshop with lectures delivered by internationally renowned speakers from the Asia-Pacific region. Application deadline: August 15, 2012. |
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4/30/2012 8:44:12 AM
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| Interregional School of Computational Neuroscience |
| 12/5/2012
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 Hyderabad, India. The aim of this course is to escalate efforts to bridge the wide gap between experimental data and conceptual understanding of brain phenomena. To achieve this, the Inter-regional Committee proposes to bring together professionals and students from various regions and backgrounds to share knowledge, expertise and ideas and, in the process, train participants for a career in computational and theoretical neuroscience. Deadline for applications: June 29, 2012. |
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5/15/2012 4:14:08 AM
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| People in the News |
| The Grete Lundbeck European Brain Research Foundation |
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The Brain Prize 2012 is jointly awarded to Christine Petit and Karen Steel. Colin Blakemore, Chairman of the Selection Committee (and former Chair of the IBRO Nominating Committee) said: ‘Together, the work of these two European scientists illustrates the value and power of interdisciplinary approaches in neuroscience, and the way in which cutting-edge fundamental research is needed to understand complex clinical problems and to accelerate benefit for patients’. |
| 5/9/2012 6:40:34 AM |
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| Hilal Lashuel, WEF Young Global Leader |
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 Hilal Lashuel, Director of the Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology and Neuroproteomics at the Brain Mind Institute (Lausanne, Switzerland) is named to the Forum of Young Global Leaders at the 2012 World Economic Forum. Pr Lashuel is active in the IBRO Middle East Initiative. |
| 4/2/2012 7:34:16 AM |
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| Rick Hansen Foundation Difference Maker Award |
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| Kwok Fai So, former Chair of the Fellowships Committee, has received the Difference Maker Award from the Rick Hansen Foundation for his work related to a cure for spinal cord injury. |
| 2/4/2012 6:51:50 AM |
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| Louise Hanson Marshall Special Recognition Award |
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| Judy Illes, former Chair of the Women in World Neuroscience Committee, is honored for her work to promote the professional advancement of women in the field through organizational leadership, teaching, and public
advocacy. |
| 2/4/2012 7:42:03 AM |
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| Sten Grillner elected as IBRO’s next Secretary-General |
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| The IBRO Governing Council has just elected its next Secretary-General: Sten Grillner, Professor and Director of the Nobel Institute for Neurophysiology, Department of Neuroscience, at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden. Professor Grillner will serve as IBRO’s Secretary-General Elect in 2012, and will begin his three-year term as IBRO Secretary-General in 2013. |
| 2/4/2012 6:56:53 AM |
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| Bruce McEwen wins the 2011 Scolnick Prize |
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| The 2011 Scolnick Prize has been awarded to Bruce McEwen of The Rockefeller University for his contributions to understanding how hormones affect the brain. Bruce is a former Chair of the IBRO US/Canada Regional Committee. |
| 2/4/2012 7:44:02 AM |
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