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Date of birth: July, 2004Place of birth: Lisbon (FENS Forum)Participants: : Date of birth: July, 2004 Place of birth: Lisbon (FENS Forum) Participants: PENS Curriculum Vitae FENS-IBRO ACTION COORDINATED BY PENS Aim: increase cooperation in European neuroscience education


FENS-IBRO ACTION COORDINATED BY PENS: THE ACTORS of PENS SCHOOLS Graduate students (intermediate/advanced) Post-doctoral students The selection criteria have been set to encourage the participation of young students FENS-IBRO ACTION COORDINATED BY PENS


Slide4: Israele Tadjikistan FENS-IBRO ACTION COORDINATED BY PENS PENS TERRITORY OF ACTION


IBRO WERC: IBRO WERC Andorra Liechtenstein Austria Luxembourg Belgium Malta Cyprus Monaco Denmark Netherlands Finland Norway France Portugal Germany San Marino Gibraltar Spain Greece Sweden Holy See Switzerland Iceland United Kingdom Ireland Israel Italy FENS-IBRO ACTION COORDINATED BY PENS


IBRO CEERC: IBRO CEERC Bulgaria Russia Ukraina Chekh Republic Slovakia Slovenia Serbia Macedonia Montenegro Croatia Romania Poland Hungary Georgia Armenia Azerbaidjan Latvia Lietuva Estonia Belorussia Moldavia Kazakhstan Uzbekistan Tadjikistan Turkmenistan Kyrgyzstan (not in PENS) FENS – IBRO ACTION COORDINATED BY PENS


Slide7: FENS represents a large number of national European neuroscience societies and several monodisciplinary societies. 27 national member societies: Armenian Neuroscience Society Austrian Neuroscience Association Belgium Society of Neuroscience Brain Research Society of Finland British Neuroscience Association Croatian Society for Neuroscience Czech Neuroscience Society Danish Society for Neuroscience Dutch Neurofederation Georgian Neuroscience Association German Neuroscience Society Hellenic Society for Neuroscience Hungarian Neuroscience Society Israel Society for Neurosciences National Neuroscience Society of Romania Norwegian Neuroscience Society Polish Neuroscience Society Russian Physiological Society Slovak Society for Neuroscience Slovenian Neuroscience Association Sociedad Española de Neurociencia Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurosciências Società Italiana di Neuroscienze Societé des Neurosciences Swedish Neuroscience Network Swiss Society for Neuroscience Turkish Neuroscience Association FENS-IBRO ACTION COORDINATED BY PENS


FENS NEUROSCIENCE SCHOOLS: FENS NEUROSCIENCE SCHOOLS FENS has funded: 3 summer schools in 2001 5 summer schools in 2003 5 winter schools from 2001- 2004 2007 NENS GENERAL MEETING TOT = 13 schools FENS-IBRO ACTION COORDINATED BY PENS


HISTORY OF FENS/IBRO COLLABORATION : HISTORY OF FENS/IBRO COLLABORATION 2003 5/7 schools supported by IBRO in Europe were also financed by FENS 2004 3/6 schools were organized jointly 2001-2004 IBRO has sponsored 21 schools in Europe (East and West) 2001-2003 330 students have attended the IBRO schools in Europe, a large proportion of these schools were organized in conjunction with FENS FENS-IBRO ACTION COORDINATED BY PENS


FENS educational mandate: FENS educational mandate goal: to ensure the development of core schools that are repeated in the same place as summer or winter schools every other year duration: 1-2 weeks subject: depending on the proposal received and selected students accepted: 30 - 40 FENS-IBRO ACTION COORDINATED BY PENS


IBRO educational mandate: IBRO educational mandate IBRO supports high quality schools worldwide allowing several of them, but not all, to repeat themselves annually or every 2 years to support new schools that change venue, organizers and the faculty in a way that suits the needs of the membership in the various countries and regions of the world. to support the travel and lodging of the school students, mostly from the Central and Eastern Europe. FENS-IBRO ACTION COORDINATED BY PENS


OVERALL GOALS OF PENS: OVERALL GOALS OF PENS Increase the quality and visibility of neuroscience education in Europe Decrease gaps between different European neuroscience curricula Increase the mixing and collaboration of young European neuroscientists Create a network of alumni and teachers capable of enhancing scientific collaboration and the establishment of international research projects within Europe (e.g. The Alumni Programme) Alert young scientists to the research possibilities offered by laboratories in Europe and outside (eg: publicizing the Network of European Neuroscience Schools (NENS) and IBRO’s International Registry of Neuroscience Programme Assist the development of Neuroscience outside of Europe by providing opportunities in Europe for the training of promising students who intend to return to their home countries (e.g. the present IBRO-FENS Fellowships programme, as well as the travel grants offered to students accepted to the European schools) FENS-IBRO ACTION COORDINATED BY PENS


PENS Committee: PENS Committee 1 is the Chair of the FENS School Committee 1 is the Chair of NENS 3 other members of the FENS School Ctt 2007 NENS GENERAL MEETING Coordinating Committee: 5 FENS members 5 IBRO members + 5 IBRO 2 representatives from WERC 2 from CEERC 1 proposed by the IBRO School Board : 5 FENS : FENS-IBRO ACTION COORDINATED BY PENS


PENS: PENS 2007 NENS GENERAL MEETING The PENS Committee is responsible for: selection funding ensuring a reasonable geographic distribution of the activities running of the schools providing travel funds and lodging for students from the less privileged regions in Europe and from outside the continent FENS-IBRO ACTION COORDINATED BY PENS


TYPES OF ACTIVITY: TYPES OF ACTIVITY stable location experienced local organization supported on a prolonged basis faculty and the curriculum of these schools are selected on the basis of proposals should aim to fulfil the requirements for the awarding of credits by the National European Neuroscience Graduate Programs 2007 NENS GENERAL MEETING Schools with stable location FENS-IBRO ACTION COORDINATED BY PENS


Slide16: 2007 NENS GENERAL MEETING TYPES OF ACTIVITY Temporary Schools with shifting locations FENS-IBRO ACTION COORDINATED BY PENS


FENS-IBRO ACTION COORDINATED BY PENS: retain the capacity to organize new single-event allow students and faculties in different places to tailor their school to local needs and resources these schools are essential to build science capacity through education these temporary schools should allow FENS and IBRO to respond better to the needs of their member organizations 2007 NENS GENERAL MEETING Temporary Schools with shifting locations FENS-IBRO ACTION COORDINATED BY PENS FENS-IBRO ACTION COORDINATED BY PENS


TYPES OF ACTIVITY: 2007 NENS GENERAL MEETING a mobile small Faculty capable of giving series of lectures or organizing workshops the goal is to enhance Neuroscience education by responding to local needs the “core” schools might contribute members of their faculty and resources to these travelling teams these activities could be held in conjunctions with the IBRO Visiting Lecture Programme (VLTP) TYPES OF ACTIVITY Travelling teaching programmes FENS-IBRO ACTION COORDINATED BY PENS FENS-IBRO ACTION COORDINATED BY PENS


FENS-IBRO ACTION COORDINATED BY PENS: European Synapse Summer School Bordeaux, September 9-24, 2006 Imaging Brain Function: From Molecules to Mind Lausanne-Geneva, September 4-24, 2006 Summer School The Brain as a Target for Inflammatory Processes Berlin, May 14 - 20, 2006 Summer School Advanced Course in Computational Neuroscience Arcachon, August 7 - September 1, 2006 Summer School Brain basis of Social interaction: From Concepts to Imaging Kitzbuehel, December 10-17, 2006 Winter School 2006 PENS SCHOOLS FENS-IBRO ACTION COORDINATED BY PENS


FENS-IBRO ACTION COORDINATED BY PENS: 2007 PENS SCHOOLS European Synapse Summer School: From Receptors to Behaviour, Bordeaux, September 9-24, 2007 Imaging Brain Function: From Behaviour to Diseases, Lausanne, September 9-29, 2007 Advanced Course in Computational Neuroscience, Arcachon, August 6 - 31, 2007 Molecular mechanisms of synaptic plasticity, Kazan, Russia, September 10-24, 2007 Novel Molecular Strategies to Treat Neurodegenerative Diseases, Ofir, July 8-15 Advanced Courses in Neuroplasticity, Rome, September 1-9, 2007 Mechano-transduction and Nociception, Bucharest, August 25-30, 2007 The Design of Neuronal Networks: Contributions from Invertebrates. Obergurgl, 6-13 January, 2008 FENS-IBRO ACTION COORDINATED BY PENS


PENS SUPPORTERS: PENS SUPPORTERS Hertie Foundation Novartis Blackwell GlaxoSmithKline 2007 NENS GENERAL MEETING FENS-IBRO ACTION COORDINATED BY PENS


The future of PENS: The future of PENS Capacity in fundraising Creation of a small number (3-4) of training centers of excellence Dynamic and constantly updated school programs Reaching an equilibrium-point between excellence and affirmative action toward less favourite countries 2007 NENS GENERAL MEETING FENS-IBRO ACTION COORDINATED BY PENS