FENS forum 2012 - Abstract and Early Registration deadline extended!

05 Feb 2012 - The Abstract Submission and Early Registration Deadline has been Extended to February 12! Read More

AstraZeneca slashes 7300 jobs, but is staying in neuroscience...virtually.

02 Feb 2012 - Drug maker AstraZeneca PLC said it will cut another 7,300 jobs as it warned Thursday of a tough year ahead, due to government spending cuts on healthcare and stiff competition, even as it reported a 24 percent increase in 2011 profits. Its need to cut costs had driven the difficult decision to carry out further restructuring -- a move which will see the drug maker reduce its financial exposure to research into disorders of the brain. Read More

FENS Young Invesigator Training Programme

01 Feb 2012 - FENS and the Sociedad Española de Neurociencia have organized, for graduate students and post-doctorate investigators, the Young Investigator Training Programme (YITP), a series of exciting events for those attending the FENS Forum in Barcelona! Read More

NENS activities at the FENS Forum in Barcelona, July 14-18th 2012

30 Jan 2012 - NENS (Network for European Neuroscience Schools) will be hosting a variety of activities at the FENS Forum in July 2012 including a 'Professional Development' satellite symposium and a 'Building your career' workshop. Read on for registration information and deadlines. Read More

Alzheimer's Disease - new study sheds light on how brain cells die

27 Jan 2012 - A new study challenges conventional thinking about how brain cells die in Alzheimer’s disease. The findings demonstrate a previously unknown mechanism by which the cells die and will help lead researchers in new directions for treating the degenerative brain disease. The study by scientists at the University of Calgary’s Hotchkiss Brain Institute is published this week in the prestigious journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Read More