Brain research

A personal award recognises outstanding brain research alongside contributions to mentorship, equity, diversity and inclusion. The recipient presents a Special Lecture at the FENS Forum in July 2028. The nomination package includes a CV, proposed lecture, personal statement, outreach and inclusion activities, and an endorsement letter. The extended nomination deadline is 28 October 2026 at 17:00 CET.

Support public engagement with brain research through community outreach, schools, advocacy or policy and media activities. Interdisciplinary projects may address ethical, legal and social questions. Apply through the IBRO portal by 15 October 2026, 23:59 CEST. Proposals need an event plan, host information, organisers’ CVs, budget, visibility plans and inclusion measures. Activities can occur outside Brain Awareness Week but must support its campaign.

…IDG/McGovern Institute of Brain Research, and Peking Union Medical College. Dr. Randal Koene will guide us through an engaging discussion on these exciting findi

…to discuss connections between AI and brain research.

Progress in brain research is widely based on experimental approaches having the potential to advance the knowledge on fundamental biology. In particular, the increasing availability of data obtained by experimental techniques has boosted the development of data-driven mathematical models reproducing neuronal circuits. While cellular and subcellular resolution data have been extensively collected in animal models, experimental constraints have limited the acquisition of information about human neuronal cytoarchitectures and morphologies. In this context, high resolution data can be efficiently

…the ivory tower of ableism among the brain research community, one extraordinary neuroscientist at a time. These webinars give a platform to scientists with disabilities across the globe and neuroscience disciplines, while reflecting on how to promote inclusive working environments and accessibility to research. For this 4th episode, Dr. Maria José Diógenes (iMM - ULisboa, PT) will talk about how her personal story changed her professional life: from the pharmacy to the laboratory bench and from agei

…Roxanne Lofredi, MD, is a research fellow in the Movement Disorders and Neuromodulation Unit at Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin. Hagai Bergman, MD, PhD, is a Professor of Physiology in the Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Research and Faculty of Medicine at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and is Simone and Bernard Guttman Chair in Brain Research. Beside his scientific presentation on “Beta oscillations in the basal ganglia: Past, Present and Future”, he will also give us a glimpse at

In April 2021, in partnership with the UK Dementia Research Institute, the British Neuroscience Association will host its fifth Festival of Neuroscience. Due to the ongoing uncertainty around COVID19, our 2021 event will be the first ever online Festival of Neuroscience. Although we are sorry to miss meeting in person, we're excited to create a whole new Festival experience! The ambition and scope of the BNA Festivals make them unparalleled across neuroscience. Being online will not change how the BNA2021 event will: - bring together multiple organisations with an interest in brain research at

…to be black in Europe while working in brain research. We will also discuss potential actions ALBA and BiN could take to provide better visibility to the community. This is a time to get to know each other, share, network and relate. Please register to receive the link to the zoom meeting.

The ‘Hunt the Sex Difference’ agenda has informed brain research for decades, if not centuries. This talk aims to demonstrate how a fixed belief in differences between ‘male’ and ‘female’ brains can narrow and even distort the research process. This can include the questions that are asked, the methodology selected and the analytical pipeline. It can also powerfully inform the interpretation of results and the ‘spin’ used in the public communication of such research.

…faced by underrepresented groups in brain research around the world. In this first webinar, ALBA focus on issues linked to diversity and faced by underrepresented groups in brain research in Latin America.

Jan Bjaalie and Hans Ekkehard Plesser discuss computational approaches to brain research and the Human Brain Project. Conversation in Norwegian.

Understanding the function and dysfunction of the brain remains one of the key challenges of our time. However, an overwhelming majority of brain research is carried out in the Global North, by a minority of well-funded and intimately interconnected labs. In contrast, with an estimated one neuroscientist per million people in Africa, news about neuroscience research from the Global South remains sparse. Clearly, devising new policies to boost Africa’s neuroscience landscape is imperative. However, the policy must be based on accurate data, which is largely lacking. Such data must reflect the e

Hilde Østby discusses creativity, how new ideas emerge and what brain research can tell us about imaginative thinking. Conversation in Norwegian.

…behind it and its relationship with brain research. Conversation in English.