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[ Received from Jolanda Janson, 07/07/2010]
MSc Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience at the Carl von Ossietzky University in Oldenburg Germany
The MSc Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience degree is a research based international graduate programme which offers systematic coverage of the major fields in psychology as well as an in-depth training in cognitive neuroscience.
The programme takes 2 years to complete and is offered through the Department of Psychology. Graduate students will be able to choose from a variety of applied and/or research modules. The department's research spans cutting-edge topics such as multisensory integration, brain oscillations and behaviour, cortical plasticity, computational neuroscience and pharmaco-neuroimaging, to name a few. Different state-of-the-art neuroscience tools and psychology labs are available to gain hands-on experience in magnetic resonace imaging, mageneoencephalography, high-density electroencephalography, eye tracking, transcranial magnetic and electrical stimulation and phychophysics. Clinical experience is provided in several of our applied modules in collaboration with local hospitals and rehab centres.
For more information see our website:
http://www.psychologie.uni-oldenburg.de/46632.html
[ Received from Britta Hansen-van Stuivenberg, 17/05/2010]
CELSE 2010: extended deadline for submitting abstracts to 31st May
The 5th Conference of Epidemiological Longitudinal Studies in Europe (CELSE 2010)
13 - 15 October 2010, Paphos, Cyprus
Dear colleagues,
CELSE2010 has received an overwhelming demand for extending their abstract submission deadline, so they have decided to extend the deadline to 31st May. CELSE2010 has already received great interest and response with over 300 abstract submissions for symposiums, oral presentations and posters from all corners of the globe.
Therefore, any longitudinal scientists interested in attending CELSE2010 still have time to submit their research abstracts. Submitted abstracts which are accepted after peer-review will have the opportunity to be included in the international journal 'Longitudinal and Life Course Studies (LLCS)', currently the only journal worldwide that has longitudinal research as its main focus. The LLCS journal will have a 2011 issue devoted to abstracts presented at CELSE2010.
The CELSE2010 conference, scheduled to be held from 13th to 15th October 2010 in Paphos, Cyprus, will focus on medical, psychological, educational and social research derived from longitudinal data.
CELSE2010 has already confirmed the attendance of some of the world's top scientists using longitudinal methods who will deliver keynote speeches, including a Nobel Laureate - Professor James Heckman.
For more information on abstract submission, registration, and additional details regarding the conference please visit the conference website at: www.celse.eu
[ Received from Britta Hansen-van Stuivenberg, 28/04/2010]
FENS reminder "Deadline on Friday, April 30, 2010 for applying von a Society sponsored Abstract Slots for the SfN Annual Meeting"
FENS is happy to announce that, again, for 2010 FENS was appointed as the unique distributor for slots for entire Europe.
For the past several years the Society for Neuroscience has provided FENS with a number of unique ID numbers (so-called "slots") which allowed some of the FENS members who are not also members of SfN to submit abstracts to the SfN annual meeting and register for the meeting at the member rate. The total number of slots that FENS can distribute in 2010 is 419.
As in the past, FENS will distribute these slots on a first come - first served basis, but also observing geographical distribution and the size of societies.
- Only FENS memberscan apply for a slot. The system will automatically check your FENS membership status on the basis of your email address. In order to avoid problems, please make sure that the email address you use for the slot application will be the one that is saved in the membership directory. Please check the membership directory before starting the slot application.
- The slot is not transmittable i.e. the slot-holder him/herself only is entitled to submit an abstract as first author.
- In order to be eligible for registration at the SfN member rate, you must submit an abstract.
- You will be required to pay a $90 abstract submission fee to SfN.
- Submission of an abstract does not automatically register you for the meeting, you must still register and pay to attend Neuroscience 2010.
The deadline for application is April 30, 2010, 8.00 p.m. CEST
Abstract submission to SfN opens Thursday, April 22, 2010, and closes Thursday, May 13, 5:00 p.m. EDT.
Please note that in the past you may have been able to register at the member rate without submitting an abstract; however, under the recent policy in order to be eligible for registration at the SfN member rate, you must submit an abstract.
[ Received from Britta Hansen-van Stuivenberg, 28/04/2010]
9th Dutch Endo-Neuro-Psycho Meeting 2011
The 9th Dutch Endo-Neuro-Psycho Meeting 2011 will take place from May 30-June 1 2011 at congrescentrum "De Werelt" in Lunteren.
[ Received from Britta Hansen-van Stuivenberg, 11/04/2010]
Scientific Highlight 2009
The Neurofederation has picked again a Scientific Highlight of the Year. This year’s winner is a paper by Jacek Jaworski et al (Neuron 2009; 61:85-100), and concerns the role of microtubules in dendritic spine morphology. More information can soon be found on the FENS website <http://fens.mdc-berlin.de/shoty/?action=show&id=26>.
The applications this year were of exceptionally high quality. Therefore we would also like to mention the runners-up, in alphabetic order: Michael van Es et al. (Nature Genetics 2009; 41: 1083-1087); Merel Kindt et al. (Nature Neuroscience 2009; 12: 256-258); Vasily Klucharev et al. (Neuron 2009, 61: 140-151); Ysbrand v.d. Werf et al. (Nature Neuroscience 2009; 12: 122-123); and Geeske van Woerden (Nature Neuroscience 2009; 12: 823-825).
[ Received from Britta Hansen-van Stuivenberg, 10/04/2010]
Jump the Fens
On the Jump the Fens website (http://jumpthefens.eu) an interactive forum is available for al FENS forum visitors. Here you can interactively get in touch with other neuroscientists visiting the forum, get advice from locals about the nicest places to visit and the best places to stay, and even find a roommate to reduce accommodation costs. Altogether a great possibility to enjoy your visit to the forum in Amsterdam even more!!
Also note that a limited number of tickets for the Jump the Fens party can still be purchased by logging in to your FENS Forum registration account.
[ Received from Britta Hansen-van Stuivenberg, 10/04/2010]
Brain Awareness Week
This years Brain Awareness week was successful as ever. The main initiative was this time coordinated by the Hersenstichting, but the Neurofederatie participated in two main events.
Firstly, 26 schools were visited by Dutch neuroscientists who taught 5th and 6st graders about their research. This years event was especially challenging because school that we could not visit last year were given priority. Obviously, these schools are not located at the most convenient locations, but nonetheless we were able to serve them all. A big thank you to those who participated in this event.
A quite different event was organized in Sittard where "Phrenology" was performed."Phrenology" is a composition of neuroscientist Tim Leufkens. The music is inspired by the function of some neural circuits. The performance, by the Philharmonie of Sittard was complemented by graphical work. A small fragment can be found here .
[ Received from Britta Hansen-van Stuivenberg, 10/04/2010]
FENS Forum 2010
The upcoming 7th FENS Forum of European Neuroscience in the RAI Convention Center in Amsterdam from 3-7 July, for which the Neurofederation acts as host, received over 5500 registrations and more than 3800 poster abstracts. About 750 Dutch neuroscientists will join the Forum.
The final poster program will be available mid-May on the website http://forum.fens.org/2010.
[ Received from Britta Hansen-van Stuivenberg, 10/04/2010]
NENS Jobs fair
During the FENS Forum 2010 you can sticker yourself as “job seeker” or “job giver”. Job givers can moreover reserve an interview room at the meeting on the FENS forum website.
[ Received from Britta Hansen-van Stuivenberg, 09/04/2010]
NENS Newsletter April 2010
[ Received from Britta Hansen-van Stuivenberg, 09/04/2010]
NENS Stipends for Training Stays
Since its successful launch in 2007 NENS in cooperation with FENS offers stipends for graduate students that would like to gain methodological or practical experience in the laboratory of another NENS member school.
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 May 15th, 2010.
http://fens.mdc-berlin.de/media/nens/NENS_Poster_StipendsCall2010.pdf
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[ Received from Britta Hansen-van Stuivenberg, 27/06/2010]
Donders Discussions for PhD students in Cognition and Neuroscience
Nijmegen
21-22 Oct 2010
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Website
[ Received from Freek van Ede, 09/07/2010]
Donders Discussions
Nijmegen
21-22 Oct 2010
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Website
Flyer/Programme
[—, 12/02/2010]
The Embodied Mind: Perspectives and Limitations
Nijmegen
27-28 Oct 2010
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Website
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13th International Conference on In Vivo Methods: Monitoring Molecules in Neuroscience
Brussels, Belgium
12-16 Sep 2010
Website
[ Received from Britta Hansen-van Stuivenberg, 20/06/2010]
Third bid-brains in dialogue workshop "Brains in dialogue on deep brain stimulation"
Warsaw, Poland
20-21 Sep 2010
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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
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24th ECNP Congress
Paris, France
03-07 Sep 2011
Website
[ Received from Britta Hansen-van Stuivenberg, 20/06/2010]
10th European Meeting on Glial Cells in Health and Disease
Prague, Czech Republic
13-17 Sep 2011
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Website
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25th ECNP Congress
Vienna, Austria
13-17 Oct 2012
Website
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26th ECNP Congress
Barcelona, Spain
05-09 Oct 2013
Website
[—, 11/02/2010]
Swammerdam Lecture by Michael Hausser (University College London, UK) on "Dendritic computation"
Amsterdam
17 Sep 2010
Website
[ Received from Britta Hansen-van Stuivenberg, 28/04/2010]
Erasmus MC Neuroscience Seminar "Making an effort to listen: mechanical amplification by myosin molecules and ion channels in hair cells of the inner ear" by Jim Hudspeth (Rockefeller Univ New York)
Rotterdam
04 Oct 2010 - 16:00
Contact e-mail
Website
[ Received from Britta Hansen-van Stuivenberg, 25/04/2010]
Donders Lecture by Matthew Rushworth "The role of the prefrontal cortex in changing behaviour"
Nijmegen
07 Oct 2010 - 16:15
Contact e-mail
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
[ Received from Britta Hansen-van Stuivenberg, 28/04/2010]
Erasmus MC Neuroscience Seminar "Biophysical characterization of the outer hair cell from Corti’s organ" by Joseph Santos-Sacchi (Yale Univ New Haven)
Rotterdam
01 Nov 2010 - 16:00
Contact e-mail
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 Britta Hansen-van Stuivenberg, 25/04/2010]
Donders Lecture by Tobias Bonhoeffer "How experience changes the circuitry of the brain"
Nijmegen
02 Dec 2010 - 16:15
Contact e-mail
Website
[ Received from Britta Hansen-van Stuivenberg, 28/04/2010]
Erasmus MC Neuroscience Seminar "Fast calcium imaging of neurons in the cerebellar cortex: new insights into cellular and network functions" by Stéphane Dieudonné (CNRS Paris)
Rotterdam
06 Dec 2010 - 16:00
Contact e-mail
Website
[ Received from de Groot, 12/08/2010]
PhD student
Open University
Job description
Doel van dit project is te onderzoeken welke biologische condities cognitief functioneren en leren/schoolprestatie van adolescenten beïnvloeden en hoe deze factoren onderling gerelateerd zijn. Een nieuwe grootschalige observationele dataverzameling zal worden opgestart op middelbare scholen in Zuid-Limburg.
Deadline: 2010-09-13
(PDF)
[ Received from Gerard Borst, 09/08/2010]
PhD student
Department of Neuroscience, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam
Job description
The project involves making in vivo whole-cell recordings to study the cellular mechanisms of sound localization in rodents.
Deadline: 2010-08-31 (PDF)
[ Received from Britta Hansen-van Stuivenberg, 16/07/2010]
PhD-student in Neuroscience
VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam
Job description
The Department of Anatomy & Neurosciences of the VU University Medical Center in Amsterdam together with the Department of Cell Biology of the University Medical Center Groningen is seeking applications for a
PhD-student in Neuroscience
Project Title
Tissue Transglutaminase in astrogliosis and oligodendrocyte differentiation: towards improved remyelination
Project outline
Key neuropathological processes in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) are inflammation, demyelination and subsequent axonal damage. When MS progresses, astrogliosis and failure of remyelination are two intermingled neuropathological features that become more evident resulting in neurodegeneration and long-lasting neurological deficits. Astrogliosis is considered asa major mechanical impediment to remyelination and axonal regeneration in MS. Firm interaction of the astrocytes with extracellular matrix proteins is likely to be involved in astrogliosis. Interestingly, tissue Transglutaminase (TG2), a multifunctional, Ca2+dependent enzyme with pleiotropic effects can possibly mediate interactions between astrocytes and the extracellular matrix e.g. fibronectin, and facilitate aggregation of fibronectin. If so, this may impair oligodendrocyte migration and remyelination. Additionally, TG2 can enhance cell differentiation and may possibly play a role in oligodendrocyte differentiation thereby promoting remyelination.
This project aims at better understanding the role of TG2 in astrogliosis and remyelination which we consider is of great importance to improve the pathological and clinical outcome of MS.
Research groups
The vacancy is in the Cellular Neuroscience group, VUmc (dr. A.M.W. van Dam), and the project will be performed in close collaboration with the Membrane Cell Biology group, UMCG (dr. W. Baron). The project forms part of the research program of the Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam.
Suitable candidates
We are looking for candidates with a master degree in Neuroscience, (Medical) Biology or Cell Biology. Experience with molecular and cellular techniques is a prerequisite. Animal experience (art. 9) is an advantage. We expect a strong motivation to pursue a scientific career.
Employment conditions
The project provides for a temporary full-time (36 h/week) position for up to four (4) years. The salary and other benefits are according to those of the "promovendus" scale of the Dutch Collective Labour Agreement for Academic Hospitals (CAO-UMC). The candidate will be hosted at the VUmc, but will perform part of the project at the UMCG.
Applications and information
Applications should include a CV, a cover letter and suggested references and should be send by e-mail before September 1stto dr. A.M.W. van Dam: amw.vandam@vumc.nl. Further information about the vacancy can be obtained from dr. A.M.W. van Dam or dr. W. Baron: w.baron@med.umcg.nl.
Deadline: 2010-09-01 (PDF)
[ Received from Elly Hol, 16/07/2010]
Postdoc
Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience
Job description
A post-doc position is available to investigate the astrocyte dysfunction in AGS - Aicardi Goutieres syndrome. AGS is a rare autosomal recessive disorder affecting newborns and manifesting as microencephaly, fever, feeding difficulties and severe developmental delay. Neuropathological investigation reveals astrogliosis accompanied by calcifications of the basal ganglia and white matter destruction. Interferon-alpha (IFN-α) production in astrocytes is likely to be involved in the neuropathogenesis of AGS. To further explore the role of astrocytes we will engineer human astrocytes to over-express IFN-α by transfection with expression plasmids or transduction with lentiviral vectors to mimic increased IFN-α production of astrocytes in AGS patients.
Deadline: 2010-09-01 (PDF)
[ Received from Britta Hansen-van Stuivenberg, 20/06/2010]
PhD student for 'Clinical Neuroscience in Anesthesia' (0,9 - 1,0 fte)
Nijmegen
Job description
The Department of Anesthesiology at the RUNMC has funding available for a PhD student position in the context of a project focused on advanced EEG analysis for measuring depth of anesthesia and preventing intraoperative awareness.
Deadline: 2010-11-30 (PDF)
[ Received from Maarten van der Smagt, 16/06/2010]
PhD Studentship
Experimental Psychology Div, Utrecht University
Job description
The applicant will investigate how different types of optic flow (i.e. visual motion information) affect our postural control and navigation. Whether a conscious experience of visual motion is a prerequisite for its influence will be investigated as well in both healthy observers and clinical population.
Deadline: 2010-08-09 (PDF)
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