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25.01.2022 Two (2) Scholarships are open to STEM practitioners in each of the following categories: - Indigenous STEM Scholarships for Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people - STEM Pride scholarships for people who identify as LGBTQI+ - Regional STEM scholarships for STEM practitioners who work in remote or regional Australia (>150km from a major capital city)... - Technology scholarships for STEM practitioners working in the technologically based areas of engineering and information technology. Applications will close on 17 February 2021, with recipients to be contacted by 23 February and an announcement made shortly after. You will find more information and the application to apply here: https://scienceandtechnologyaustralia.org.au/scholarships-/

25.01.2022 The ANS Newsletter October 2020 is OUT! https://www.ans.org.au/resources/ans-newsletters

20.01.2022 The JNS is now announcing the call for nominations for the 5th (2021) Joseph Altman Award. World wide applications will be accepted. The Award was established with a fund donated to the Japan Neuroscience Society (JNS) by Dr. Shirley A. Bayer, a widow and long-term collaborator of late Dr. Joseph Altman. Dr. Joseph Altman, who discovered neurogenesis in the adult mammalian brain, received the International Prize for Biology from His Majesty the Emperor of Japan. Accordingly, ...the Award is to recognize up-and-coming researchers who have made remarkable achievements in the field of developmental neuroscience. Application submission now open Application deadline is on January 31st, 2021 For further information please visit https://www.jnss.org/en/joseph-altman-award

20.01.2022 ANS Developmental Neuroscience Forum (ADNF) Symposium III, Thursday Nov 26, 9 AM-11AM AEST, with 4 amazing talks: -"Make do and make new: Fast tracking neural repair using precursor neurons" with Dr Jan Kaslin, The Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute....Continue reading

19.01.2022 ADNF Symposium IV: Fundamental Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms governing Brain Development, on Thursday, Jan 28, 2021, 9AM-11AM AEST. Speakers: Helen Cooper (UQ, Australia), Jin-Wu Tsai (National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan), Dr Isabel Del Pino (Instituto Principe Felipe, Spain), Dr Hongyan Wang (Duke-NUS, Singapore) The symposium will start with Prof Cooper who will present From neural tube to neocortex: the role of adhesion in maintaining stem cell morphology and functi...on. Then, Dr Tsai will talk about In the search for new genes involved in brain development and disorders. Dr Del Pino will deal with the Regulation of intrinsic network activity during area patterning in the cerebral cortex, and Dr Wang will present Modelling Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Flies. Please register here: https://www.ans.org.au//australasian-developmental-neurosc

19.01.2022 Measuring changes in attention, not perception Attention and perception are separate brain processes. A tool commonly used to track one could actually be measuring the other.

16.01.2022 ANS2020 Online: Next Symposium, 9th November https://www.ans.org.au/meetings-even/ans2020-online-program

15.01.2022 The seventh Australian Dementia Forum is back on 31 May - 1 June 2021 as a fully virtual conference. DEADLINE EXTENSION for call for Abstracts to Monday 1st February 2021. If you are involved in dementia research, care or policy this is the conference for you.

11.01.2022 TOMORROW 19th October, 12pm AEST: ANS2020 EMCR Webinar Hosted by: Brenton Hordacre and sponsored by Illumina Please login here to Members Area for webinar details:... https://www.ans.org.au/member-login Speakers: Dr Cherry Mao, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, will present "Modelling of SCN2A encephalopathies using human stem cell-derived neurons" Sarah Broome, a PhD Candidate at the University of Technology Sydney, will present "Targeting neuroinflammation in Parkinson’s disease" Dr Stephanie Rayner, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Macquarie University, will present "Rapid, unbiased identification of protein inclusion components from patient post-mortem brain tissue using Biotinylation by Antibody Recognition (BAR)" Jessica Moretti, a PhD Candidate at the Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Sciences, will present "Concurrent LI-rTMS induces changes in c-fos expression but not behavioural effects during a progressive ratio task with adult ephrin-A2A5-/- mice"

11.01.2022 Please join us for the next ANS 2020 Online webinar to be held on 9 November at 12 - 1.30pm AEDT. Speakers Include; Amber L Alhadeff - Gut signaling engages coordinated homeostatic and reward circuitry... Chi Kin (Kenny) Ip - Transcriptomic profiling of NPYergic neurons in the central amygdala under chronic stress induced obesity Garron Dodd - Intranasal Targeting Hypothalamic PTP1B and TCPTP Reinstates Leptin and Insulin Sensitivity and Promotes Weight Loss in Obesity Sarah H Lockie - Targeting central feeding circuits to improve outcomes in cancer cachexia https://www.ans.org.au/meetings-even/ans2020-online-program

10.01.2022 ANS EMCR Webinar - 16 February 2021 12pm AEDT Join us for the first ANS webinar series of 2021! - Dr Daniel Joyce, University of Nevada: "Circadian visual sensitivity"... - Dr Robin Broersen, Australian National University: "Binocular integration in the superior colliculus" - Dr Natalie Groves, University of Queensland: "Bruton’s Tyrosine Kinase (BTK) regulates inflammasome activation and neuropathology in Parkinson’s disease" Log into the ANS members area for registration/link details: https://www.ans.org.au/

07.01.2022 Our 2020 ANS Annual General Meeting will be held on Dec 9, 3-5pm Chaired by Prof Thomas Fath The AGM will include an announcement of the ANS Award recipients and 3MT competition winners... REGISTRATION IS FREE. Please click the Zoom link and enter your name and email address to register: https://utas.zoom.us/j/96661644804 This meeting is for ANS members only, so please ensure your membership is up to date! Sponsored by ABCAM and The ARC Center of Excellence for Integrative Brain Function

06.01.2022 Movie Ticket Giveaway | OLIVER SACKS: HIS OWN LIFE Critically acclaimed documentary OLIVER SACKS: HIS OWN LIFE is releasing in Australian cinemas on December 3 and the ANS and Madman Films would like to offer Admit 2 Movie Tickets to 5 lucky winners. The first 25 members who like this post by tomorrow Thursday 19th will go into a draw and will be eligible for a random selection deciding the 5 winners. ... The 5 winners will be contacted by Messenger and will receive their tickets by postal address. Stay tuned on Facebook! Watch the official trailer here. Please see the official website here for a list of screening cinemas. Release date: December 3, 2020 Synopsis: The remarkable life and career of Dr. Oliver Sacks. Oliver Sacks: His Own Life explores the life and work of the legendary neurologist and storyteller, as he shares intimate details of his battles with drug addiction, homophobia, and a medical establishment that accepted his work only decades after the fact. Sacks was a fearless explorer of unknown mental worlds who helped redefine our understanding of the brain and mind, the diversity of human experience, and our shared humanity. Credit: Madman Films https://www.facebook.com/madmanfilms/

06.01.2022 7th December 2020 (12pm Australian EST): ANS EMCR Webinar Chair: Luke McAlary, Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute (IHMRI), University of Wollongong, NSW Speakers:TBA... Look at the ANS2020 Online Program here: https://www.ans.org.au/meetings-even/ans2020-online-program

05.01.2022 December PhD/ECR seminar blitz, December 8th(9AM AEST): ADNF symposium series be a listener and a story teller! We are looking for speakers for an ADNF PhD/ECR seminar blitz, held on December 8th. This event is open to Australian as well as international speakers that are PhD students near the completion of their theses and ECRs (1-3yrs as a postdoc), and we are pleased to let you know that we have already secured several abstracts for the event! And so, if you are inte...rested to participate or know someone that is keen, please register through our ADNF website and provide (i) your name; (ii) the name of your host lab and PhD/postdoc supervisor; (iii) the title of your talk; (iv) a brief <100 word abstract. https://www.ans.org.au//australasian-developmental-neurosc Most of you will be aware that ADNF seminars are recorded unless we are instructed not to. These videos are published online as time-stamped YouTube presentations as weblinks sent to our registrants. You might even want to mention your recorded seminar on your CV to demonstrate that you have given a talk at our international event. We think this kind of exposure could help ECRs secure a job in an increasingly competitive job market. Thank you for participating and we look forward to providing more details for this event in due course! Please register and send us the following details: Name of Speaker: Contributing authors: (typically your supervisor(s) and/or collaborator(s)) Seminar title: Abstract: (eg cut and paste an abstract from your recent poster/preprint/recently published work) This event is sponsored by BioLegend and we have 5 prizes (eVouchers for 2xPhD, 2xECR and 1xCritic's Choice) for the best presentations!