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| IBRO Young Investigators publish article in BioEssays |
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 An article by Jitendra Kumar Sinha, Shampa Ghosh and Manchala Raghunath will appear in the January 2012 edition of BioEssays, summarizing the experience of those who benefitted from the Young Investigators Programme this summer in connection with the IBRO World Congress of Neuroscience in Florence, Italy, and calling for future initiatives of this kind. |
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12/20/2011 6:17:27 AM
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| IBRO calls for applications for three funding programmes |
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| Online applications are now open for three IBRO Funding Programmes, with an application deadline of February 1, 2012: IBRO Research Fellowships , IBRO International Travel Grants (July-December 2012), and SfN-IBRO Travel Grants. |
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12/7/2011 12:24:55 PM
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| Events |
| The 32nd Annual Meeting of the Australian NS Society |
| 1/29/2012
-> 2/1/2012 |
 Gold Coast, Queensland. This will be one of the largest ANS meetings ever. The four plenary speakers: Karl Deisseroth (Stanford), Janusz Lipski (Auckland), Marcus Stoodley (Macquarie) and Heather Young (Melbourne). More >>> |
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1/27/2012 9:32:51 AM
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| LARC: VI Latin-American Summer School on Epilepsy (LASSE) |
| 2/24/2012
-> 3/3/2012 |
 São Paulo, Brazil. Starting in 2007, LASSE has served as the educational arm of the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) for Latin America. As in the previous five editions, LASSE gives the opportunity to young health professionals from throughout Latin America to live a unique experience both in professional and educational terms. |
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12/20/2011 4:11:58 AM
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| LARC: Ricard Miledi NS Training Program: Synapses, circuits and behaviour |
| 3/5/2012
-> 3/30/2012 |
Buenos Aires. The aim of this 4-week course is to provide a comprehensive view of relevant concepts and current techniques in neuroscience. The primary audience is graduate students (PhD candidates) and postdoctoral fellows from universities in the Latin American and the Caribbean region. |
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1/10/2012 1:13:47 AM
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| ARC: School on Evolution of the Visual System |
| 3/11/2012
-> 3/21/2012 |
Limpopo, South Africa. Lectures will address the fundamentals of the visual system and how these can be applied to
designing research projects of importance in an African context. Practicals will combine aspects of demonstration and hands-on experience of techniques
that can be readily used in the most basic of laboratories. Funding partner UNESCO IBSP. |
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1/11/2012 7:39:52 AM
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| 8th Cajal Winter Conference |
| 3/19/2012
-> 3/23/2012 |
 Benasque, Huesca, Spain. The Sociedad Española de NeuroCiencia (SENC) announces the celebration of the Eighth Cajal Winter Conference, "Neural plasticity mechanisms in CNS diseases. The IBRO-WERC will partially fund travel grants to this conference. |
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1/17/2012 7:57:30 AM
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| FENS-IBRO Summer School: International Astrocyte School |
| 3/25/2012
-> 3/30/2012 |
Bartinoro, Italy. Students will enhance their knowledge through faculty lectures,
participate in organized debates, present their research projects to
receive inputs from the faculty and their peers, and discuss ideas of
current and future trends in the field. |
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12/16/2011 1:54:29 PM
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| FENS-IBRO Open Format School: Drugs and the Brain |
| 4/15/2012
-> 4/20/2012 |
Braga, Portugal. This School forms part of a series on psychopharmacology and
psychopathology of brain diseases that were organized in the last years
in the Netherlands, Germany and Portugal by the European Graduate School
of Neuroscience (EURON) with great success. As with all our teaching
courses emphasis is placed on the translational aspects i.e. from the
laboratory bench to the patient’s bedside. Deadline for applications: 1 March, 2012. |
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1/26/2012 9:59:53 AM
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| Neuronus 2012, IBRO & IRUN Neuroscience Forum |
| 4/20/2012
-> 4/22/2012 |
 Krakow, Poland. This Conference is aimed at creating space for European neuroscience
students to share thoughts and research results, as well as to develop a
sense of community that will lead to future cooperation. Contact with
people who work in the same field but have a different background is a
powerful catalyst for one’s intellectual development. Our philosophy is
that the earlier it happens, the better it is for the student.
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12/16/2011 3:19:06 PM
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| WERC: CNS Myelination and Remyelination |
| 4/28/2012
-> 4/29/2012 |
 Lucca (Barga), Italy.
The Gordon Research Seminar on Myelin is a unique forum for graduate
students, post-docs, and other scientists with comparable levels of
experience and education to present and exchange new data and cutting
edge ideas. |
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12/15/2011 7:28:51 AM
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| APRC: 2nd Tehran IBRO School of Neuroscience |
| 5/12/2012
-> 5/23/2012 |
 Tehran, Iran. "Molecular, Electrophysiological & Behavioral Approaches". The purpose of this school is to provide an opportunity for senior PhD students and post-doctoral fellows in the Asian/Pacific region to acquire knowledge of both theoretical and technical advances in key areas of neuroscience research in a setting that encourages personal interactions and exchanges. Deadline for online application: February 15, 2012 |
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1/17/2012 4:27:51 PM
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| USCRC: 6th Canadian IBRO School of Neuroscience |
| 5/13/2012
-> 5/23/2012 |
Vancouver, Canada. This Advanced School of Neuroscience on "Neuroplasticity in development, learning and disease" is offered to IBRO Alumni and other young investigators residing in Africa and Latin America. As in previous Canadian schools, students will have a chance to participate in the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association for Neuroscience. Online application deadline: Wednesday, February 15, 2012
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1/19/2012 4:54:24 PM
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| Interregional School of Neuroscience: From nutrition to zoonosis |
| 6/11/2012
-> 6/15/2012 |
Maputo, Mozambique. 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. Online application deadline: March 2, 2012 |
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12/20/2011 4:19:43 AM
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| APRC: RIKEN BSI Summer Program 2012 |
| 6/13/2012
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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. The application deadline for both is February 29, 2012. |
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1/13/2012 6:53:23 AM
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| 8th FENS Forum of Neuroscience |
| 7/14/2012
-> 7/18/2012 |
 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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12/15/2011 7:33:02 AM
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| FENS-IBRO Partially Supported School: Cellular Biology of Addiction |
| 7/19/2012
-> 7/25/2012 |
Barcelona, Spain. The school will provide the opportunity for established researchers to learn the most recent concepts and advances in the cell and molecular underpinnings of addiction and neuroadaptation. Deadline for applications 31 March, 2012. |
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1/26/2012 10:01:45 AM
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| People in the News |
| 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. |
| 1/5/2012 4:03:47 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. |
| 11/24/2011 10:59:46 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. |
| 12/10/2011 5:25:17 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. |
| 9/12/2011 6:25:56 AM |
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