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Agenda
[ Received from Maarten Frens, 03/03/2010]
Accreditation for FENS Forum 2010
Both the Nederlandse Vereniging voor Neurologie (NVvN) and the Nederlandse Vereniging voor Psychiatrie (NVvP) have accredited the FENS Forum 2010 in Amsterdam with 20 points.
[—, 26/01/2010]
NENS Newsletter January 2010
[—, 12/01/2010]
The Dutch Neurofederation's new website is officially launched
Don't hesitate to contact us at webmaster@neurofederatie.org
[—, 07/12/2009]
Brain Awareness Week · "Neurowetenschappers op school" 15-21 maart 2010
De Brain Awareness Week is een initiatief van de Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives. In 2010 wordt de Brain Awareness Week voor de 12de keer georganiseerd, en in Nederland voor de derde maal op initiatief van de Neurofederatie en in samenwerking met de Hersenstichting Nederland.
Brain Awareness Week in Nederland
In de week van 15-21 maart organiseren de Neurofederatie en de Hersenstichting Nederland het initiatief "Neurowetenschappers op school" in het kader van de Brain Awareness Week Nederland "Denk aan je hersenen!" (15-21 maart 2010). Deze activiteit was in 2008 en 2009 een doorslaand succes dat met veel enthousiasme werd ontvangen door zowel de scholen als de neurowetenschappers. De Neurofederatie vraagt daarom zijn leden ook voor 2010 in die week op de bovenbouw van HAVO/VWO scholen een presentatie, les, demonstratie of “masterclass” te geven en mensen kennis te laten maken over de hersenen en de fascinatie van zijn of haar onderzoek.
Hersenwetenschappen attractief maken
De Neurofederatie hoopt met deze landelijke activiteit de nieuwsgierigheid over het functioneren van de hersenen en het belang en de aandacht van hersenonderzoek bij de leerlingen in de hogere klassen van het Voortgezet Onderwijs te verhogen. Op deze wijze kunnen neurowetenschappers een heel directe bijdrage leveren aan publieksinformatie.
Voordrachten in Nederland?
Het zou geweldig zijn als hoogleraren, universitair (hoofd)docenten, senioronderzoekers, postdocs en gevorderde AIO’s ook in de komende Brain Awareness Week 2010 een bijdrage op HAVO/VWO niveau willen geven in het kader van dit landelijke initiatief. De organisatie zal dan proberen neurowetenschapper en school te koppelen kort na de inschrijvingsdeadline van 20 februari. We mikken op minstens 50 lessen landelijk. U bent dus nodig!!
Ervaringen van onderzoekers
Onderzoekers die de afgelopen jaren hebben meegedaan op de scholen spreken zijn zeer positief; men vindt het erg stimulerend om zo veel enthousiasme reacties te krijgen van leerlingen bij het vertellen over eigen hersenonderzoek.
Programma van overige activiteiten
Er worden ook verschillende andere publiekelijke activiteiten gepland in de week van 15-21 maart 2010 en deze zullen worden aangekondigd via de website en via persberichten. De Neurofederatie hoopt op uw inzet om de neurowetenschappen in Nederland nog beter voor het voetlicht te brengen.
Doe mee en schrijf je in via http://aanmelden.brainawarenessweek.nl
[—, 07/12/2009]
NENS Stipends for Training Stays
The NENS Stipends cover accommodation and travel costs of up to 1000 Euro and are awarded to Master and early PhD students registered within NENS member schools. The deadline for the new round of application is February 26th, 2010.
Call for Applications
[—, 02/12/2009]
Ron de Kloet in Rode Hoed-Wetenschapscafé · "Stress in de hersenen"
‘Stress is the spice of life’ en essentieel voor gezondheid. Maar te veel of te weinig stressreacties leiden tot ziekte. Of je hier last van krijgt hangt samen met genetische aanleg, maar ook vroege levenservaringen met de moeder laten blijvende sporen na.
Ron de Kloet, academiehoogleraar in de neurofarmacologie aan de Universiteit van Leiden, zal de rol van cortisol bij stressregulering toelichten. Cortisol, een stresshormoon uit de bijnier, stuurt emotie en motivatie, en beïnvloedt de functie en het ontstaan van nieuwe zenuwcellen in de hippocampus, een hersenstructuur waar emoties in het geheugen vastgelegd worden.
Sinds kort weten we hoe cortisol kan veranderen van een beschermend in een beschadigend hormoon. Deze ontdekking is van belang voor meer inzicht in het ontstaan van ziektes als depressie, posttraumatisch stress-syndroom en psychoses. En, nog belangrijker, levert nieuwe aanknopingspunten voor de behandeling van deze aandoeningen.
Moderator: Simon Rozendaal (wetenschapsjournalist Elsevier).
Het Wetenschapscafé is een initiatief van De Rode Hoed, i.s.m. prof.dr. G.J.B. van Ommen (CMSB), artsenwebsite Care4Cure, VU medisch centrum-VUconnected, en wordt mede mogelijk gemaakt door GlaxoSmithKline, AMC-UvA, Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum, Centre for Society and Genomics, Netherlands Genomics Initiative, BIOKÉ, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Schering-Plough.
Datum: maandag 14 december 2009
Plaats: De Rode Hoed, Keizersgracht 102, 1015 CV Amsterdam
Aanvang: 20.00 uur, café open om 19.30 uur
Toegang: Kaarten € 3,- online via www.rodehoed.nl / € 4,- aan de zaal
Alleen bij binnenkomst gratis kopje koffie of thee op vertoon van uw kaartje.
Informatie: www.rodehoed.nl of telefonisch (020) 638 56 06
[—, 12/10/2009]
Prix Scientifique 2010
La Fondation NRJ was created in May 1999, under the aegis of the Institut de France, in order to promote medical research, particularly in neurosciences.
Each year, the Fondation will award a prize of 100,000 euros to honor and encourage scientific work within the framework of its objectives. The Prize will be attributed to an individual or a group of individuals working in a public or private institution.
A jury composed of renowned scientists and chaired by le Secrétaire perpetuel de l’Académie des Sciences, will select the winner among the applications received.
The theme for 2010 is "Alzheimer’s disease"
Preparation of the application:
1 CV of the director of the research group
2 CV of all members of the research group
3 Summary of scientific accomplishments (maximum three pages)
4 The list of publications of the last five years
5 Reprints of the three most important publications
6 Research project of the group for the next three-year period (maximum fives pages)
7 Supporting letters by distinguished scientists
8 Prizes previously received by the Principal Investigator will be mentioned.
Applications must be submitted in eight copies, by December 14, 2009, to :
Fondation NRJ-Institut de France
Institut de France
23, quai de Conti 75270 PARIS cedex 06
For further information: www.institut-de-france.fr
Phone : 33 1 44 41 43 35
Fax 33 1 44 41 45 11
E-mail : vallette.viallard@institut-de-france.fr
Any application received after December 14, 2009 will not be considered.
[—, 13/09/2009]
Dutch Nite - Neuroscience Social SfN Meeting Chicago, October 18 2009
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Just like last year, the Dutch Neurofederation will organize a social during the SfN Meeting. This will give Dutch neuroscientists, employed around the world, the possibility to meet each other in an informal setting. This year the social will start with some small presentations for education and of course entertainment. Afterwards drinks and snacks are served. Early arrivers will be offered some drinks and snacks for free, later it will be for your own account. We certainly hope to welcome you, together with a lot of other scientists. Be there and have fun!
[ Received from Ilja Huang, 28/01/2010]
2nd European Course in Basic Neuropathology
Aachen, Germany
22-26 Mar 2010
Course description
This second European Course in Basic Neuropathology is organized under the auspices of the European
Confederation of Neuropathological Societies (Euro-CNS), and supported by the European Graduate School
of Neuroscience (EURON). The course is intended for trainees in general pathology, neuropathology,
neurology or neurosurgery but also for neurobiologists and PhD students in neurological sciences. The
program (in English) will consist of teaching sessions in the mornings, and sessions with gross
neuropathology and histology (slide viewing and case discussions) in the afternoons. Topics to be covered
are: general pathology of the central nervous system, muscle, nerve, tumours, neurodegenerative diseases,
vascular pathology, infections of the CNS, human prion diseases, white matter diseases, metabolic
diseases, developmental neuropathology and epilepsy. On one of the evenings there is a possibility to bring
up intriguing or puzzling clinicopathological cases.
Flyer/Programme
Website
[ Received from Paul Lucassen, 19/01/2010]
Final meeting of the EU-funded Alzheimer consortium NEURAD
Amsterdam
15-16 Mar 2010
Contact e-mail
Website
[—, 19/01/2010]
5th M-Bic fMRI workshop
Maastricht
31 May-03 Jun 2010
Website
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CSCA Symposium "Neuroeconomics"
Amsterdam
18 Jun 2010
Website
[—, 18/02/2010]
The Synapse Symposium
Amsterdam
01-03 Jul 2010 -
Contact e-mail
Website
Flyer/Programme
[—, —]
EuroHaptics 2010 conference
Amsterdam
08-10 Jul 2010
Website
[—, 02/02/2010]
7th World Congress on Stress
Leiden
25-27 Aug 2010
Website
[—, —]
23rd ECNP Congress
Amsterdam
28 Aug-01 Sep 2010
Website
[—, 12/02/2010]
The Embodied Mind: Perspectives and Limitations
Nijmegen
27-28 Oct 2010
Contact e-mail
Website
[—, —]
The ninth biennial Tucson conference - "Toward a Science of Consciousness"
Tucson, Arizona, USA
13-17 Apr 2010
Website
[—, 19/01/2010]
ISDN2010 : Understanding the basic mechanisms of neurodevelopmental disorders
Estoril, Portugal
06-09 Jun 2010
Contact e-mail
Website
[—, —]
IBNS 19th Annual Meeting
Villasimius, Sardinia, Italy
08-13 Jun 2010
Website
[ Received from Maarten Frens, 03/03/2010]
7th International Congress of Neuroendocrinology
Rouen, France
11 Jul 2010
Contact e-mail
Website
[—, 05/02/2010]
The Parental Brain: Neurobiology, Behaviour and the Next Generation
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
01-04 Sep 2010
Contact e-mail
Website
[—, —]
13th International Conference on In Vivo Methods: Monitoring Molecules in Neuroscience
Brussels, Belgium
12-16 Sep 2010
Website
[—, 08/02/2010]
The 5th Conference of Epidemiological Longitudinal Studies in Europe (CELSE 2010)
Paphos, Cyprus
13-15 Oct 2010
Contact e-mail
Website
Flyer/Programme
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Annual Meeting American Society for Peripheral Nerve (ASPN)
Cancun, Mexico
15-16 Jan 2011
Website
[—, 24/01/2010]
9th Quadrennial Congress of the EANN
Blankenberge, Belgium
04-07 May 2011
Website
Flyer/Programme
[—, —]
24th ECNP Congress
Paris, France
03-07 Sep 2011
Website
[—, —]
25th ECNP Congress
Vienna, Austria
13-17 Oct 2012
Website
[—, —]
26th ECNP Congress
Barcelona, Spain
05-09 Oct 2013
Website
[—, —]
CSCA Lecture by Prof. dr. Anne Cutler (Radboud University) on "Listening to speech"
Amsterdam
17 Mar 2010
Website
[ Received from Marian Joëls, 02/03/2010]
Launch of Neuroscience & Cognition Utrecht
Utrecht
23 Apr 2010 - 14:00
Contact e-mail
Flyer/Programme
[—, 11/02/2010]
Swammerdam Lecture by Karim Nader (McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada) on "Exploiting the dynamic nature of memory for therapeutic purposes"
Amsterdam
27 Apr 2010
Website
[—, 11/02/2010]
Swammerdam Lecture by Bart de Strooper (KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium) on "The secretases as targets for drug development in Alzheimer's Disease"
Amsterdam
18 May 2010
Website
[—, 11/02/2010]
Swammerdam Lecture by Ed Callaway (the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California, USA) on "Unraveling cortical circuits with photostimulation and Rabies Virus"
Amsterdam
18 May 2010
Website
[—, 11/02/2010]
Swammerdam Lecture by Michael Hausser (University College London, UK) on "Dendritic computation"
Amsterdam
17 Sep 2010
Website
[—, 11/02/2010]
Swammerdam Lecture by Alfonso Araque (CSIC, Madrid, Spain) on "Tripartite synapses: astrocytes process and control synaptic information"
Amsterdam
15 Oct 2010
Website
[—, 11/02/2010]
Swammerdam Lecture by Karl Deisseroth (Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA) on "Optogenetics: technology for controlling the brain with light"
Amsterdam
25 Nov 2010
Website
[ Received from Renske van Dijk, 23/02/2010]
Post-doc in Neuroimaging
AMC, University of Amsterdam, Department of Psychiatry
Job description
A Postdoc position is available at the AMC, University of Amsterdam, Department of Psychiatry neuroimaging research area, developing, conducting, and analyzing neuroimaging research. Areas of research include Deep Brain Stimulation, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, PTSS, substance abuse, mood disorders, schizophrenia, using a variety of imaging modalities, including DTI, fMRI and structural MRI.
Deadline: 2010-03-15
(PDF)
[ Received from Elly Hol, 17/02/2010]
PhD position Astrocyte Biology
Netherlands Institute Neuroscience, Amsterdam
Job description
The goal of the current project is to determine the molecular and cellular responses of astrocytes and neural stem cells to mechanical force. We are looking for an excellent and highly motivated candidate with an MSc degree in cell biology with an interest in physics or an MSc degree in physics with a solid background in cell biology. The study is performed in a multidisciplinary team within a larger scientific program: see www.mechanobiology.nl.
Deadline: 2010-04-01 (PDF)
[ Received from Inge Huitinga, 17/02/2010]
Post-doctoral fellow in Multiple Sclerosis
Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Amsterdam
Job description
The aim of the project is to investigate a unique collection of multiple sclerosis (MS) lesions of more than 175 brain donors of the Netherlands Brain Bank (NBB).
Deadline: 2010-03-15 (PDF)
[ Received from Tini Eikelboom, 03/02/2010]
PhD (or postdoc) position Cognitive Neuroscience
Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Amsterdam
Job description
A PhD (or post-doc) position is available to study how the visual system groups together the various fragments of the visual scene that belong to a single perceptual objects in the Vision & Cognition group (head Pieter Roelfsema) at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience in Amsterdam.
Deadline: 2010-04-01 (PDF)
[ Received from Mark Verheijen, 02/02/2010]
PhD position Neuron-Glia Biology
Twinning project University of Bordeaux (France) - Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam (the Netherlands)
Job description
We seek a candidate for a PhD project focusing on Neuron-Glia interactions. The PhD student will work on in the identification of astrocyte-expressed genes involved in adult neuronal plasticity. For this purpose, neuron-glia interactions will be studies both in vitro culture models as in mice, using molecular, cellular and physiological methods.
Deadline: 2010-04-01 (PDF)
[ Received from Mark Verheijen, 29/01/2010]
PhD student Neuroscience
Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, VU/VUmc
Job description
We are looking for a candidate for a PhD project on white matter disorders that will be carried out as part of a collaboration between three departments within the Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam.
Deadline: 2010-04-01 (PDF)
[ Received from Mark Verheijen, 29/01/2010]
Technician in Cellular Neurobiology
Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, VU/VUmc
Job description
Wij zoeken een gemotiveerde cellulair biologisch analist(e) die zal participeren in onderzoek aan myeline afwijkingen, waarbij samengewerkt wordt tussen onderzoeksgroepen van de Vrije Universiteit (VU) en het VU medisch centrum (VUmc).
Deadline: 2010-04-01 (PDF)
[ Received from Armaz Aschrafi, 25/01/2010]
4 year PhD position in molecular neurobiology
Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre (RUNMC)
Job description
The project is in the research field of Molecular Neurobiology of Learning and memory, and aims to define the role of microRNAs in synaptic plasticity and memory storage. The studies will take place at the Donders Centre for Neuroscience, Dept. Cognitive Neuroscience with Dr. Armaz Aschrafi and Prof. Hans v. Bokhoven.
Deadline: 2010-03-01 (PDF)
[ Received from Michiel de Ruiter, 22/01/2010]
PhD position neuroimaging
AMC, Amsterdam
Job description
Met 3 Tesla MRI zullen cross-sectioneel effecten van chemotherapie op het brein worden onderzocht met state-of-the-art imaging technieken (DTI, fMRI) bij testis carcinoom en mamma carcinoom patiënten
Deadline: 2010-02-25 (PDF)
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