The European Brain and Behaviour Society (EBBS), European Behavioural Pharmacology Society (EBPS), European Molecular and Cellular Cognition Society (EMCCS) and International Behavioural and Neural Genetics Society (IBANGS) invite you to our jointly organised Mini Conference. A variety of topics will be covered focusing on the role of behaviour in Neuroscience and the translatability of animal models to human traits and psychiatric disorders.
In order to attend the 12th FENS Forum 2020 which will be held in Glasgow, UK, 11-15 July 2020, EBBS offers 5 travel awards: 1 for a post-doc and 4 for PhD students.
Awardees will receive € 500 via Bank Transfer after the end of the meeting.
Applicants must be EBBS members at the time of application and in good standing with their membership fees.
Applications for the Travel Fellowship should include:
Members are invited to submit proposals to support an EBBS sponsored International Lecturer at meetings, workshops or summer/winter schools. Applications for small, local meetings are discouraged.
A travel grant of € 700 will be awarded to defray the additional costs of a lecturer from another country.
Applicants (who must be EBBS members at the time of application and in good standing with their membership fees) should provide sufficient details to satisfy the following points:
A brief report on the meeting and the lecture should be submitted after the meeting.
Applications should include a one-page CV of the nominated lecturer. They should be made at least 6 months before the meeting and addressed to the Secretary Antonis Stamatakis (astam@nurs.uoa.gr).
"Brain stroke: why, how and hope"
19-22 April 2020, Rungstedgaard, Denmark
Co-chairs: Costantino Iadecola (Weill Cornell Medicine, United States) and Timothy Murphy (The University of British Columbia, Canada)
Stipends are available (1,000 EUR for international students or early career scientists)
Early application timeframe: 31 October 2019 - 17 January 2020
Regular application timeframe: 18 January 2020 - 12 February 2020
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FENS members societies and partners are offering travel grants and stipends for students and early career investigators to support their attendance of the FENS Forum 2020, each organisation has different eligibility criteria and application deadlines
FENS-IBRO/PERC Travel Grants (200 grants available)
Deadline 18 February 2020
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FENS members can register for the Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society in 2020 at special rates.
Abstract submission deadline: 26 January 2020
Early bird registration deadline: 26 March 2020
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"Artificial and natural computations for sensory perception: what is the link?" 7-13 June 2020, Bertinoro, Italy
Scientific chairs: Brice Bathellier (Paris-Saclay Institute of Neuroscience, France), Andrew King (Centre for Integrative Neuroscience, Oxford University, UK) and Andreas Tolias (Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA)
Application deadline: 3 February 2020 (Midnight, Brussels time/CET)
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Our biennial meeting in Prague is already a number of weeks ago, but I still have very fond memories of this event. We again were able to experience a wonderful mixture of excellent science and fruitful discussions among colleagues and friends, and I am very grateful to everybody that worked very hard to make this meeting a success. EBBS meetings are always very special, as particularly at these meetings I have the feeling of belonging to a scientific family, a growing community that does not consist of strangers and competitors, but rather collaborators and friends. I am therefore thrilled and thankful to be leading this great society for the next 2 years.
Looking to the future of EBBS, I first want to announce two events. First, EBBS is co-organizing a one-day symposium immediately prior to the FENS Forum of Neuroscience in Glasgow (see more information below). This will be an outstanding event, where the most exciting concepts and recent findings in behavioural neuroscience will be discussed, and will certainly be a highlight of the FENS meeting. Secondly, I am very happy that Carmen Sandi, past president of EBBS and current president of FENS, agreed to host the next EBBS meeting in 2021 in Lausanne. The preparations for this meeting are already well underway, and the EBBS committee together with the local organizing committee will work very hard to make this meeting a success.
The EBBS as a society and we as its members have the opportunity, but also the obligation, to shape the future of neuroscience and to contribute actively in steering it to the right direction. In this regard there are a number of topics that are especially important to me and that I will emphasize on during my term as President of this society. I am very proud that EBBS has for many years already been a pioneer in equality and gender balance, long before this topic caught more international attention. It is therefore only natural that we continue on this path and fight any sort of bias and inequality in our community. We therefore became an official partner of the ALBA network (http://www.alba.network/) and will further heavily support all initiatives to promote equality and diversity in the brain sciences and beyond.
A second major focus of my term as EBBS president will be the support of young scientists, thereby continuing the efforts of my predecessors Most of us became scientists because of our curiosity and will to understand basic biological processes. However, to be successful in a scientific career is becoming more and more difficult and scientific excellence is often not sufficient to achieve this goal. Especially for a young scientist there are numerous obstacles on the way to a tenured position, and EBBS will do what it can to offer support and guidance to the next generation of behavioural neuroscientists.
Finally, we are all aware of the major challenges that lie ahead of us as society. Societies are changing, the climate is changing, and we cannot ignore these problems and carry on our lives as usually. Is it still appropriate that scientists jet from one small meeting to another across Europe and the world? How can we organize our meetings in the most eco-friendly way and reduce our carbon footprint? What new avenues can we take to promote behavioural neuroscience, break down scientific boundaries, while keeping our identity as society? These are pressing issues and I invite all of you to actively contribute to this discussion by reaching out to me and the other EBBS committee members. Together, I am confident that we will find the best possible solutions.
Kind regards,
EBBS President
The European Brain and Behaviour Society (EBBS), European Behavioural Pharmacology Society (EBPS), European Molecular and Cellular Cognition Society (EMCCS) and International Behavioural and Neural Genetics Society (IBANGS) invite you to our jointly organised mini conference. A variety of topics will be covered, focusing on the role of behaviour in Neuroscience and the translatability of animal models to human traits and psychiatric disorders.
Registration is open!
Visit the websiteIn order to attend the 12th FENS Forum 2020 which will be held in Glasgow, UK, 11-15 July 2020, EBBS offers 5 travel awards: 1 for a post-doc and 4 for PhD students.
Award winners will receive a cash award of € 500 (after the end of the meeting via Bank Transfer).
All applicants must be EBBS members at the time of application and in good standing with their membership fees.
Applications for the Travel Fellowship should include:
Members are invited to submit proposals for support of an EBBS sponsored International Lecturer at meetings, workshops or summer/winter schools. Applications for small, local meetings are discouraged.
Deadline January 31st, 2019
A travel grant of 700 Euros will be awarded to defray the additional costs of a lecturer from another country.
Applicants (who have to be members of EBBS) should provide sufficient details to satisfy the following points:
Please note that a brief report on the meeting and lecture should be submitted after the meeting.
Applications should include a one-page C.V. of the nominated lecturer. They should be made at least 6 months before the meeting and addressed to the Secretary AntonisStamatakis (astam@nurs.uoa.gr).
You can follow EBBS in Facebook and Twitter for scientific news, meeting announcements and funding opportunities.
Facebook: EBBS.science
Twitter: EBBStweets
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