ADVANCED COURSE IN COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE, 17th Edition
(A FENS-IBRO Training Center)
http://www.neuroinf.pl/accn

July 30 - August 24, 2012
Będlewo, Poland

Applications accepted: January 9, 2012 - April 2, 2012

The Seventeenth Advanced Course in Computational Neuroscience (ACCN)
will be held at the Mathematical Research and Conference Center (MRCC)
in the village Bedlewo in Poland. The ACCN is for advanced graduate
students and postdoctoral fellows who are interested in learning the
essentials of the field of computational neuroscience.

In the mornings distinguished international faculty lectures on topics
across the breadth of experimental and computational neuroscience. During
the rest of the day, students pursue a project of their choosing under
close supervision of expert tutors.

The course is designed for students from a variety of disciplines,
including neuroscience, physics, electrical engineering, computer
science, mathematics and psychology. Students are expected to have a
keen interest and basic background in neurobiology as well as some
computer experience.

Postdoctoral position available
Circadian control of immune functions
Laboratory of Molecular Chronobiology
Douglas Mental Health University Institute
McGill University, Montreal

Description
A postdoctoral fellow position is available. Research projects in the
laboratory aim at defining the molecular mechanisms underlying circadian
clocks and their links with physiology. This research is crucial to better
understand circadian rhythms, and the numerous health issues that can
arise following their dysregulation (such as in shift workers): sleep and
mood disorders, cancer, metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular problems... The
selected candidate will join our ongoing efforts to study the circadian
regulation of the immune response in mice (see Fortier et al., J.
Immunol., 2011).

The selected candidate will work under the co-supervision of Dr. Nicolas
Cermakian, Director of the Laboratory of Molecular Chronobiology, at the
Douglas Mental Health University Institute and McGill University, and Dr.
Nathalie Labrecque, immunologist at the Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont
Research Centre. The Douglas Institute is one of the leading mental health
research institutions in Canada, while McGill University is a
world-renowned university. More information about the laboratory can be
found at: http://ncermakianlab.mcgill.ca.

Expected background of candidates
Candidates should hold a Ph.D. in basic biological sciences (e.g.
Immunology, Biochemistry...) at the time of taking up the position, and
are expected to have strong background in:
Chronobiology and/or Immunology
Mouse work
Molecular/cellular approaches and/or flow cytometry

How to apply
To apply for a position, the following documents should be sent by email
to Dr. Nicolas Cermakian (nicolas.cermakian@mcgill.ca):
* Letter of presentation/motivation
* CV (including list of several reference persons)

The Sociedad Española de NeuroCiencia (SENC) announces the celebration of the Eighth Cajal Winter Conference, Neural plasticity mechanisms in CNS diseases, taking place in Benasque, Huesca, Spain. The aim of this series of Conferences is to bring together specialists in a Neuroscience area to present their recent data and discuss with international leaders in the field on common interests in an open, informal atmosphere.

The Eighth Cajal Winter Conference will be held on March 19-23, 2012.

Invited speakers who have confirmed their assistance, so far, are Christian Luscher (Geneva), Roger Lemon (London) and Mark Mallett (NIH, Bethesda). The IBRO-WERC will partially fund travel grants to this conference. Originally restricted to Spanish neuroscientists, the SENC is now opening the conference to scientists from European countries and those from the Mediterranean Neuroscience Society.

For more information or to apply for a travel grant, please visit the Conference web site: http://www.cajalwinterconference.es/. The deadline for abstract submissions is February 15, 2012.

The Chemical Senses: Neurobiology and Behavior School will cover the basics of the Chemical Senses, the latest developments, and will highlight open questions for future research, so that participants will learn the state of the art of olfactory and taste systems. The school will be held in Bertinoro, Italy, June 03 - 08, 2012.

Registration and stipends: 300 EUR registration fee covering tuition, accomodation and meals.
Deadline for applications: February 2, 2012

Visit the schools' website for further information.

   The Neuroscience School of Advanced Studies is home of residential, intensive Courses, where leading investigators from around the world discuss upcoming research challenges with a small, highly selected number of participants in the unique atmosphere of the fortified medieval village of San Quirico d'Orcia, all within the most idyllic Tuscan countryside.
   Participants are selected on merit only and the small course size, with attendance limited to a maximum of 50 participants, ensures effective communication.

Synucleinopathies April 14 - 22

Translating CNS Research into Therapy April 28 - May 6

Addictive Disorders May 12 - 20

Neurogenetics May 26 - June 3

Neuroinflammation June 23 - July 1

Neuronal Synaptic Damage and Neuroprotection July 7 - 15

Deep Brain Stimulation: The Motor System and Beyond July 21 - 29

Basal Ganglia: Learning, Habit Formation and Reward August 4 - 12

Imaging in Psychiatric Disorders August 25 - September 2

Emerging Therapeutic Targets in Schizophrenia September 8 - 16

Molecular Pathogenesis of Depression: Neuroplasticity and Epigenetic Mechanisms September 22 - 30

Neurobiology of Autism Spectrum Disorders November 10 - 18

OKINAWA COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE COURSE 2012
 Methods, Neurons, Networks and Behaviors
June 11 - June 29, 2012. Okinawa, Japan
 http://www.irp.oist.jp/ocnc/2012

The aim of the Okinawa Computational Neuroscience Course is to provide opportunities for young researchers with theoretical backgrounds to learn the latest advances in neuroscience, and for those with experimental backgrounds to have hands-on experience in computational modeling.

We invite graduate students and postgraduate researchers to participate in the course, held from June 11th through June 29th, 2012 at an oceanfront seminar house of the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology.
Applications are through the course web page only; they will open January 9th and close February 12th, 2012. Applicants are required to propose a project at the time of application. Applicants will receive confirmation of acceptance in March.

The 15th International Symposium "Signal Transduction in the Blood-Brain Barriers" will be held in Potsdam-Sanssouci (near Berlin, Germany) on September 13-16, 2012. Further information is available at

http://symposium.fmp-berlin.de/bbb2012/bbb_main.htm

The links for on-line registration and abstract submission will be opened on March 15, 2012, the deadlines will be on June 15, 2012.

TIMELY Training School on the DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL TIMING AND TIMING IN SPEECH PROCESSING will be held in Vietri sul Mare, Salerno, Italy on May 2nd - 4th 2012. The main focus of the school will be on importance of time processing for modelling dynamic systems in general and speech in particular. Delails of the meeting contenta and schedule may be found here

 http://timely-cost.eu/training-school-4

For full consideration applications should be submitted before February 15th.

Najbliższy, 11-sty zjazd PTBUN odbędzie się w dniach 22-24 września 2013 w Poznaniu.

Prosimy o zgłaszanie propozycji sympozjów!

więcej informacji

Prosimy o przesyłanie do sekretarza PTBUN (secretary@ptbun.org.pl)
informacji o zmianach danych, takich jak, zmiana nazwiska, miejsca
zatrudnienia lub adresu e-mail.
W związku z koniecznością aktualizacji danych członków PTBUN w bazie FENS,
jesli powyższe dane uległy zmianie w od czasu przyjęcia w poczet członków
PTBUN, prosimy o niezwłoczną wiadomość do 12 stycznia 2012.

Zarząd Polskiego Towarzystwa Badań Układu Nerwowego (PTBUN) zwraca się z uprzejmą prośbą o zapłacenie zaległych składek członkowskich.

więcej informacji

Rozpoczęła się już rejestracja uczestników FENS Forum w Barcelonie (http://forum.fens.org/2012). Wszyscy uczestnicy - członkowie PTBUN opłacają zredukowane wpisowe. Aby z tego skorzystać zostaniecie Państwo poproszeni przy rejestracji o podanie adresu e-mail (musi być identyczny z tym w bazie PTBUN) i numeru członkowskiego w PTBUN. Jeżeli ktoś nie pamięta swojego numeru członkowskiego lub ma wątpliwości dotyczące adresu e-mail, proszę o kontakt (Sekretarz PTBUN: w.waleszczyk@nencki.gov.pl).

W związku z trwającą obecnie weryfikacją członków PTBUN, bardzo proszę o wstrzymanie się z rejestracją na FENS Forum do 16 stycznia 2012. Przypominam, że ostateczny termin wczesnej rejestracji na konferencję w Barcelonie upływa 5 lutego.

pozdrawiam,
Wioletta Waleszczyk
Sekretarz PTBUN

PTBUN oferuje 4 stypendia po 500 EURO na pokrycie kosztów związanych z udziałem w FENS Forum 2012, które odbędzie się w Barcelonie w dniach 14-18 lipca, 2012 (http://forum.fens.org/2012).
Wiecej informacji

Measuring Behavior 2012  The Scientific Program Committee now invites you to submit extended abstracts for Measuring Behavior 2012. These can be for oral presentations for special or general sessions, posters, demonstrations or tutorials. It is also still possible to submit proposals for workshops or special sessions.

The online applications for the following three funding programmes are now open, with a deadline of February 1, 2012:

1. IBRO Research Fellowships 2013
2. The IBRO International Travel Grants Programme
3. The SfN-IBRO Travel Grants Programme

For more information on the above funding programmes - and to apply online - please visit the IBRO Website Funding page at http://funding.ibro.info.

We would like to inform you, that the call for student applications for the FENS-IBRO Summer School Drugs and the Brain: an update in Psychopharmacology from experimental to clinic is open.
Braga, Portugal --- April 15 - 20, 2012
Deadline for applications: February 17, 2012
Visit the schools' website for further information.

Zawiadamiamy, że w tegorocznej edycji konkursu o nagrodę im. Jerzego Konorskiego, przyznawaną corocznie przez Polskie Towarzystwo Badań Układu Nerwowego i Komitet Neurobiologii PAN za najlepszą polską pracę badawczą z dziedziny neurobiologii, rozpatrzono siedem prac.
Komisja, pod przewodnictwem prof. dr hab. Mariana Lewandowskiego, postanowiła przyznać Nagrodę zespołowi:
Marta B. Wiśniewska, Katarzyna Misztal, Wojciech Michowski, Marcin Szczot ,Elżbieta Purta, Wiesława Leśniak, Monika E. Klejman, Michal Dąbrowski, Robert K. Filipkowski, Andrzej Nagalski, Jerzy W. Mozrzymas i Jacek Kuźnicki,
za pracę:
LEF1/ß - Catenin Complex Regulates Transcription of the Cav3.1 Calcium Channel Gene (Cacna1g) in Thalamic Neurons of the Adult Brain, opublikowaną w Journal of neuroscience 2010 (30) 14: 4957-4969. (IF=8.238).
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