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SfN Announces the 2022 ECPA Class
The 2022 class of Early Career Policy Ambassadors (ECPAs) has been announced! We welcome 15 early-career scientists representing a variety of backgrounds and geographic locations, including Canada. Ambassadors gain the necessary skills to advocate for science and to encourage those in their personal networks to join the conversation, kicking off by participating in SfN’s annual Capitol Hill Day.
Be Prepared to Defend Against Animal Rights Oppositional Efforts
Following SfN's Animals in Research Panel webinar titled How to Prepare for, Defend Against, and Recover from Animal Rights Oppositional Efforts, an article was published on Neuronline detailing the stories of panelists, Dr. Eric Nestler, Dr. Sharon Juliano, and Matthew Bailey about how their work, reputation and, at times, their life, were threatened by these groups, and the individual and institutional steps that can be taken to combat these efforts.
President Biden Names Top Science Officials
Following the resignation of OSTP director Eric Lander, President Biden has named current Deputy Director for Science and Society at OSTP, Dr. Alondra Nelson, as the director of OSTP and former NIH Director, Dr. Francis Collins, as his top science advisor and co-chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. Both individuals will hold these positions until permanent leadership is nominated and confirmed.
Journals
The Importance of Accounting for Movement When Relating Neuronal Activity to Sensory and Cognitive Processes
In this recent JNeurosci TechSights, Zagha and colleagues propose that neural signals related to movement are ubiquitous and therefore should be considered first and foremost when attempting to correlate neuronal activity with task-related processes.
Fallacies in Neuroscience: The Alzheimer's Edition
In Karl Herrup’s eNeuroCommentary, he discusses how the field of Alzheimer’s disease research has fallen into fallacy traps and asks what can be done to reduce the burden that these fallacies place on the field.
JNeurosci Editor-in-Chief Search
The Society for Neuroscience’s Council has appointed a Search Committee to recommend a candidate to serve as Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Neuroscience, the most-cited journal in the field of neuroscience. The Editor will be appointed for a five-year term beginning January 1, 2023, after a period of transition with the current Editor. The process launches next month with the Call for Nominations taking place March 16–30.
New From Neuronline
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Advice to Underrepresented Trainees on Building Better Mentor/Mentee Relationships
Andrea Morgan outlines three key steps that underrepresented trainees can take to overcome challenges in building mentor/mentee relationships.
A Dean of Students on How to Strengthen Trainees’ Skills for Diverse Careers
Read this Q&A with Victoria Prince to learn how she works to ensure that trainees are well-equipped to pursue academic and nonacademic careers.
Scientific Training
Listen Now to FRN's Limited-Series Podcast
SfN's Foundations of Rigorous Neuroscience Research (FRN) program has published a limited-series podcast, "Pathways to Enhance Rigor: A Collection of Conversations," bringing together neuroscientists to discuss ways to better embed rigor into every part of the scientific process and create a culture of rigor in the lab and beyond.
Virtual Conference Lightning Talks
As a part of SfN’s virtual conferences, researchers from around the world presented the models, methods, and research they perform in their labs in a collection of 5-minute videos. These lightning talks are now available as posters, covering a variety of topics from non-traditional animal models to stem cells and organoids.
Making Neuroanatomy Approachable
Register now for Teaching Neuroscience: Reviving Neuroanatomy, an April 13 webinar with Kaitlyn Casimo, Erika Fanselow, William Grisham, and Marc Nahmani. Registration is complimentary for SfN members or $15 for nonmembers.
Awards & Prizes
2022 Named Awards and Prizes
Seeburg Prize nominations close March 10, and the nomination period for SfN’s many other awards opens March 29. Plan to nominate an exceptional trainee, colleague, or mentor!
JNS and FENS Award Applications Open March 1
North America-based PhD candidates and postdoctoral fellows who submitted an abstract for the 2022 JNS Meeting or FENS Forum can apply for a travel award during the March 1–29 application period.
Nominations for Einstein Foundation Award Now Open
Researchers working to increase the transparency and robustness of scientific results, for example through replication studies and open science approaches, can apply for the Einstein Foundation Award 2022. The international price is awarded in three categories: to individual researchers, to institutions (each €200K), and to early career researchers (€100K). Read about the requirements, the winners in 2021, and the jury at einsteinfoundation.de/award. Deadline for applications and nominations is April 30, 2022.
The world's largest brain research prize — The Brain Prize — awards 10 million DKK (approx. €1.3 million or $1.5 million) each year to one or more brain researchers who have had a ground-breaking impact on brain research. Tune in March 3, 2022 at 4 p.m. CET to watch the live video announcing the winners of the 2022 Brain Prize.
The FENS Forum Awards: Abstract Deadline has been extended to March 1
Share your research at the FENS 2022 Forum in Paris, July 9–13! North America-based PhD candidates and postdoctoral fellows who submit an abstract to FENS by the final deadline of next Tuesday, March 1, 5:59 p.m. EST, are eligible to apply for one of SfN’s FENS Forum Awards, also opening March 1.
The 8th annual BRAIN Initiative Meeting: Open Science, New Tools is being held from June 21 – 22, 2022. Attend to continue to build the BRAIN community and provide a forum for discussing exciting scientific developments and potential new directions and identifying areas for collaboration and research coordination. Registration is now open.
Submissions are now open for the 2022 Society for the Neuroscience of Creativity (SfNC) annual meeting, which will be held on May 12 – 13 as an interactive online event, including live talks, live poster presentations, special events, and networking/social gatherings.
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