Manifestations scientifiques
ISFTD – Lille – Paris – 2022
The International Society for FrontoTemporal Dementias (ISFTD) has selected Lille to host the 12th biennial congress on frontotemporal dementia (FTD), after Sydney in 2018, Munich in 2016 and Vancouver in 2014.
FENS Regional Meeting 2023 (FRM2023) – Call for Symposia
Organised by the Portuguese Society for Neuroscience, the FENS Regional Meeting 2023 will take place in person on 3-5 May 2023 in Algarve, Portugal.
Call for symposia
On behalf of the Organising Committee of the FRM2023 and the Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurociências (SPN, Portuguese Society for Neuroscience), we invite all members of FENS, members of associate societies and non-FENS members to submit proposals for scientific symposia.
Proposals should be submitted until 4 September 2022.
Take this opportunity to present your recent findings, get feedback from your peers and engage with the Neuroscience community.
Further information on the call for symposia
10th Anniversary Institut de Neurosciences de la Timone – A decade’s Perspective on Integrative Neuroscience
This 5th edition of the international conference of the Institute de Neurosciences de la Timone also marks the 10th anniversary of the INT.
The conference program illustrates the scientific approach pursued since 2012. First, our goal was to promote scientific exchanges between the different levels of approach to the nervous system, from the molecule to behavior, in animals and in humans. Second, our strategy was to put at the heart of these cross-fertilization the functional role of large and small networks, in order to better understand the relationships between the brain and cognition. Finally, our ambition was to put these relationships, with their diversity and variability, into a physiological perspective in order to always remember that neurons do not function alone, that the brain is best understood as being part of an organism and that behavior is always a part of a natural repertoire. These three pillars are at the core of our basic research projects but also our clinical research, as the pathologies of the nervous system keep challenging each of our a priori ideas about how the brain works. The four sessions of the Conference illustrate these different questionings.
Registrations are opened at https://xint.sciencesconf.org
Women in Neuroscience Symposium 2022
The Women in Neuroscience Symposium 2022, held virtually from 12-14 August 2022 in Georgia. This symposium will be held simultaneously with the Women’s Neuroscience Festival and supported by the International Brain Research Organization (IBRO).
We have considered some special facilities for national neuroscience associations; our center offers a 50% discount on the registration fees to all members of the Société des Neurosciences.
Conférence Jacques Monod – Protein phase transitions in ageing and age-related diseases: from atomic resolution to cellular solutions
Cells and organisms maintain protein homeostasis in several cooperating ways, which include protein folding, degradation, and sequestration. During aging, the capacity to maintain protein homeostasis declines, which leads to the accumulation of aggregation-prone proteins. These aggregation-prone proteins can accelerate aging and cause age-related diseases like Parkinson’s disease, tauopathies, Alzheimer’s, and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. How they do so is still not fully understood. Understanding the underlying mechanisms will be important for the development of therapeutic strategies. Recent groundbreaking discoveries have revealed new aspects of protein homeostatic and pathological mechanisms. These include the phenomena of protein phase transitions in membrane-less organelles and the existence of amyloid polymorphisms that are associated with protein toxicity. These phenomena are shared by a range of stress and age-related conditions. This Jacques Monod meeting will highlight these phenomenon, including the biological mechanisms and structural features involved. New findings will be presented by scientists that pioneered the research in these areas. Regulation of both physiological and disease-related transitions will be addressed as well as perspectives on biomedical applications.
The meeting will bring together leading experts in the fields of structural biology, cell biology, physiology and medical biology. It aims to foster exchange of knowledge across these fields and to stimulate interdisciplinary collaboration to further advance the filed.
Registration request and abstract submission deadline: JUNE 13th 2022 (might be postponed)
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Glial Social event at FENS 2022
The Spanish, Portuguese and French Glial Cell Clubs invite you to the Glial Social to gather the European glia community during the FENS meeting. This event will take place at the Institut du Cerveau (ICM) in Paris, and is sponsored by Networkglia and the GLIA Journal.
An interactive historical lecture on myelin will be given by Dr. Boris ZALC (ICM) and followed by glial interactions (games). There will be a buffet with organic, and veggie-friendly food, drinks, and music!
EBRAINS Research Infrastructure symposium FENS satellite Meeting
The EBRAINS FENS satellite event, “EBRAINS Research Infrastructure Symposium: addressing grand challenges in brain research”, aims to bring together experimental, clinical and computational neuroscientists.
We will highlight the connections between basic and clinical neuroscience and computational neuroscience. The program is be structured around four sessions on why, what, how and where to integrate multi-resolution and multi-scale data for neuroscience research.
The symposium will be held on Friday July 8, from 8:30 to 17:30 (standing lunch included).
Registration is free but mandatory (REGISTER NOW).
FENS 2022 Satellite meeting – The Neuroarcheology of brain disorders and GABA signals
The core of the program of this satellite meeting is the concept of neuro-archeology that Yéhézkel BEN-ARI developed some years ago and the implications this has on treating brain disorders and of course the GABA polarity shift that is fundamental in brain development and altered by a large variety of brain disorders.
The meeting include speakers from a large range of expertise extending from drug development to clinicians and basic scientists.
Developing neurons generate unique Ionic currents and patterns, these validate the formation of functional brain networks. Early insults deviate these processes leading to misplaced/misconnected neurons that remain immature as extensively shown with the depolarizing/excitatory actions of GABA in immature neurons and many neurodevelopmental (Autism, Rett, FRX, etc.) and neurodegenerative disorders (Huntington’s or Parkinson disease).
This satellite meeting is aimed at bringing together basic scientists, clinicians and experts of drug development to illustrate why understanding brain development is required to treat brain disorders. Undergraduate and postdoctoral researchers are encouraged to submit a 1- page summary of their research. 1 PhD student and 1 Postdoc amongst the proposals will be selected by the scientific committee to present their project during a 10min talk, and receive 2K€ and 3K€ respectively.
Registration is mandatory and a maximum of 150 places are available.
Le Congrès du Sommeil
Printemps de l’interdisciplinarité – 1ère édition
Promouvoir le dialogue entre les sciences et sociales et les sciences expérimentales et formelles est l’un des objectifs prioritaires retenu par le Collège des sociétés savantes académiques de France.
Dans ce cadre, le Printemps de l’interdisciplinarité “Sapiens interdisciplinaris : engagé.e.s pour l’avenir” vise à mettre en lumière des expériences de pratiques interdisciplinaires entre champs traditionnellement éloignés. Cette manifestation, en lien avec l’Année internationale des sciences fondamentales pour le développement durable, est organisée du 7 au 9 juin 2022 à Paris, sur le campus Jussieu avec le soutien de Sorbonne Université.
Chaque demi-journée est l’occasion d’explorer la genèse et la mise en œuvre de projets interdisciplinaires. Dans chaque cas, un binôme de chercheuses et chercheurs issus de disciplines éloignées et travaillant ensemble présentera à deux voix les ressorts, les complexités et les apports des projets développés.
Archéologie, écologie, philosophie, science-fiction, environnement, physique, climat, santé, patrimoine scientifique, etc., de grands enjeux de notre époque seront abordés tour à tour au fil des sessions. Les organisateurs ont souhaité conclure ces journées par une table-ronde intitulée « Comment former à l’interdisciplinarité ? »
Ces journées sont destinées aux membres de la communauté de recherche et d’enseignement supérieur ainsi qu’aux étudiant•e•s en Master. L’inscription, obligatoire, est gratuite.