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In the latest issue of the Communications from the European Neurological Society you will find information on: – Inauguration of Professor Claudio Bassetti as President of ENS
– ENS Barcelona Congress
– 5th European Board Examination in Neurology
http://www.ensinfo.org/newsletter/index_201302.html#10 Communications… Continue Reading

by Eva Bartels, Susanne Bartels, Holger Poppert, Editors, Elsevier Publisher This 500 paged book is based on scientific contributions to the 16th Meeting of the European Society of Neurosonology and Cerebral Hemodynamics (ESNCH) in Munich 2011. Additionally, written by international… Continue Reading

The European Commission has today launched a call asking experts from all fields to participate in shaping the agenda of Horizon 2020, the European Union’s future funding programme for research and innovation. This marks the first time that the Commission… Continue Reading

The ECNP Media Prize is for any media-related activity (journalism, fiction, TV, theatre, dance – i.e. in any medium) that contributes to the de-stigmatisation of disorders of the brain. It comes with a € 5,000 prize. The key determinant is… Continue Reading

A task force of the European Association of Young Neurologists and Trainees (EAYNT) headed by Dr. Laszlo K. Sztriha (London, UK) completed a survey on e-learning preferences of European Junior Neurologists. Interested readers are referred to following link:
http://www.frontiersin.org/Neurology_Education/10.3389/fneur.2012.00167/full  … Continue Reading

http://ec.europa.eu/research/brainmonth2013 Within the Month of the Brain, two major conferences are planned for 14 May (Brussels, Belgium) and 27&28 May (Dublin, Ireland). 14 May 2013 (Brussels, Belgium): This first conference will be dedicated to “European Brain Research: Successes and Next… Continue Reading

EBC – External Environment Reports and EU Research updates As you are aware, times change so quickly that we must think, work, step out of the box we are in. In order to help to better understand the environment in… Continue Reading

The 5th European Board Examination will be held on Friday June 7, 2013 in conjunction with the 23rd Meeting of the European Neurological Society in Barcelona, Spain. Until 2012 the EBN Examination has been restricted to countries of the EU… Continue Reading

by Svein Ivar Mellgren and Wolfgang Grisold The 4th European Board Examination in Neurology was generously hosted by the European Federation of Neurological Societies at the venue of the 16th EFNS Congress at Stockholmmässan in Stockholm, Sweden on September 7,… Continue Reading

by Edina Timea Varga The European Association of Young Neurologists and Trainees (EAYNT) is the independent representative of 800 junior European neurologists. EAYNT was founded in 1999 in Brussels.
The aim of the society is to advocate young neurologists interests… Continue Reading

by Orsolya Györfi The close collaboration between the Italian Association of Neuroepidemiology, the EFNS and the Moldovan Neurological Society led to a great initiative: the organisation of the 1st International Course of Neuroepidemiology in Eastern Europe from 24-28 September 2012,… Continue Reading

EBC – External Environment Reports and EU Research updates As you are aware, times change so quickly that we must think, work, step out of the box we are in.
In order to help better understand the environment in which… Continue Reading

Sunday, 9 September 2012
The Movement Disorder Society European Basal Ganglia Club:
The C. David Marsden Invited Lecture 2012
14.30-17.00 – Hall A2 EFNS-EFNA Special Session “The Good Life”
15.00-17.00 – Hall T2 EAYNT Session: European harmonisation of neurology education… Continue Reading

The Editors of Neuropenews would like to know your opinion on the – now 8-month-old – magazine.
Please go to the EFNS website and fill in the questionnaire.
LINK TO THE QUESTIONNAIRE
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Nominations are open again for The Grete Lundbeck European Brain Research Prize 2013 (http://www.thebrainprize.org/). The Brain Prize is awarded to one or more scientists who have distinguished themselves by an outstanding contribution to European neuroscience. The Prize recognizes a highly… Continue Reading