Volume 19 - Issue 3

December 2015

In This Issue...

  1. IBNS @ SfN2015 in Chicago
  2. Interested in Editing?
  3. Budapest - SAVE THE DATES!
  4. Insights on IBNS2016 in Budapest
  5. Featured Speaker
  6. What do you think, Megan?
  7. Tending Science
  8. More from IBNS!
  9. Member News

IBNS @ SfN2015 in Chicago
By Davide Amato

IBNS members meet up with each other at other neuroscience meetings, such as SfN. These are professional scientists who try to catch up the upmost neuroscientific results and paradigms worldwide. They are also fantastic networkers who want you to take part and look forward to your contribution. Therefore, if you want to join the IBNS, don´t wait the forthcoming IBNS meeting, do it now!  We want you!

Here are the photo highlights of the IBNS 25th Anniversary Celebration @ SfN2015...


Interested in Editing?

Are you interested in being a guest editor for the IBNS News? We are looking for several editors to help with 2016 editions. If you are interested and are a member of IBNS, please email [email protected] for more info!


Budapest - SAVE THE DATES!


IBNS Annual Meeting,
June 7-12, 2016, Kempinski Hotel, Budapest, Hungary. Hear from the best in our various fields of study, network with scientists and researchers from all over the world, present your work and enjoy the historic surroundings that Budapest, Hungary, and the Kempinski Hotel have to offer. More info at: http://www.ibnsconnect.org/meetings

Jan 25, 2016 Travel Award Applications Due
Feb 08, 2016 Notification of Travel Awards
Feb 15, 2016
Abstract PRIORITY Deadline
Mar 25, 2016 Abstract Deadline (Posters Only)


Email the event flyer to your friends and colleagues, inviting them to attend HERE.


Insights on IBNS2016 in Budapest
By Davide Amato

Dear IBNS members, newcomers, and veterans; you are on the verge of experiencing yet another great IBNS meeting next year on June 7-12, 2016, in Budapest, Hungary. Taking on the long-lasting IBNS commitments to broadcast the latest behavioural neuroscience contributions to clinical psychiatry, a number of world-class keynote speakers were selected.  Renown preclinical and clinical researchers will come togehter at the next IBNS meeting to talk about new advances in neuroinflamation genetics, epigenetics and neurodevelopmental aspects of psychiatric disorders both from the preclinical and clinical points of view. There is going to be a lot to learn for everybody!

The keynote speaker sessions head up the breathtaking scientific program selected by the IBNS program committee, covering a wide-range of topics from basic behavoiur to applied research. Many world nations are respresented, highlighting the international relevance the IBNS has been gaining over the course of its historical presence in the field of Neuroscience. This is happening thanks to the tireless and careful society choices to keep the meeting’s scientific program at the highest scientific standards.

All of this is going to happen next year in one of the best cities in the world – Budapest. In fact, if you were thinking that you live in the world’s best city already, your were simply wrong, according to cntraveler.com, who named the eastern European city, indeed, the world’s best! But we have little reason to complain. In fact, we all have the opportunity to visit beautiful Budapest next June 2016, as it will be the stage of the approaching IBNS meeting!


Featured Speaker
By Davide Amato

The featured speaker of the current newsletter is Prof. Urs Meyer, PhD., from the Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology of the University of Zurich – Vetsuisse, who will deliver the Presidential Lecture at IBNS 2016.

On this occasion his talk is on the Developmental Neuroinflammation and Long-Term Brain Pathology: From Models and Mechanisms to Transgenerational Effects.

Dr. Meyer earned his PhD in behavioral neurobiology from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, Switzerland, in 2007. He then spent post-doctoral fellowships at the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany, and at the Behavioral Neurobiology Laboratory, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. Between 2011 and 2014, he was a Group Leader and Lecturer at the Physiology and Behavior Laboratory, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. In 2015, he was appointed as Professor of Pharmacology at the Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zurich – Vetsuisse, Switzerland. Dr. Meyer’s main research interests are centered upon the question of how early-life environmental adversities such as prenatal infection and pubertal stress can influence brain development and shape the risk of long-term brain abnormalities. His work combines behavioral/cognitive, immunological and neuromolecular techniques in rodent models of early-life adversities, including models of gene-environment and environment-environment interactions relevant to neurodevelopmental disorders. His work has been displayed by high impact factor journals such as science.


What do you think, Megan?

In this column, we highlight a number of participants’ impressions of the last IBNS Annual Meeting in Victoria, BC, Canada.

“IBNS is like a family!” and “You will have a great time” were the most common phrases I heard prior to attending the IBNS meeting in Victoria. At the time, I didn't fully realize how true those statements were. From the student social on the first night to the banquet on the final night, the community of IBNS was welcoming, enthusiastic about science, and eager to learn about the research and the people. In addition to the social aspects, IBNS also provided a meeting rich in scientific merit. The symposia were relevant, engaging, and covered a broad range of behavioral neuroscience topics. I especially enjoyed the symposium on reward-related learning within the prefrontal cortex because it featured cutting-edge research by some of the top researchers in the field. IBNS quickly became one of my favorite meetings; it does feel like family and I had a great time!"


Tending Science

In this column, we will share the latest research, interesting scientific articles and news you can use.

Abstract: Oscillatory serotonin function in depression

5HT induced oscillations may be key to understanding the etiology of depression. Read the full abstract HERE.


More from IBNS!

Watch interviews, lectures and more via IBNS on YouTube. Watch now!


Member News

In this column, we share news of our members' accomplishments, career advancement, awards and honors. Submit your member news to [email protected] for our next issue.

We congratulate Dr. Robert Gerlai, recipient of the prestigious Research Excellence Award made available by University of Toronto Mississauga.

The Research Excellence Award recognizes outstanding achievement in research and scholarly activity by faculty members of the University of Toronto Mississauga.

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