Society News & Member Announcements
Seminar Notice January "Biological Sex, GABAergic signaling and individual differences in alcohol’s effects"
Laverne Melón, PhD Assistant Professor Wesleyan University January 20, 12:00 PM EDT Register
Check Out Our New Office Space
Stop by for a visit. Instructions here: https://www.ibangs.org/contact-us
New Logo Competition Winners
Latest Issue of the Society Newsletter Online

Seminar Notice December "Behavioral Phenotyping of Genetic Mouse Models of Autism"

Jacqueline N. Crawley, PhD Robert E. Chason Endowed Chair in Translational Research, MIND Institute Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences University of California Davis School of Medicine December 16, 12:00 pm EDT.
Seminar Notice November "An aquatic perspective on the neural basis of vertebrate behavior"

Tod R. Thiele, PhD University of Toronto November 25, 2020 12:00 pm EDT
Seminar Notice October "Looking back on 45 years of behavior genetics: A personal perspective"
 Wim E. Crusio, PhD University of Bordeaux and CNRS October 28, 2020 12:00 pm EDT
Autumn Newsletter Online

IBANGS Newsletter Autumn
Scientists from Developing Countries-Invitation

IBANGS is offering scaled membership fees for scientists in developing countries. More here
IBANGS Virtual Trainee Symposium September 23rd, 2020 Registration and Abstract open
Details: Virtual Trainee Symposium

Latest Edition of the Society Newsletter just out!

Black Lives Matter
IBANGS stands in solidarity with the Black community to mourn the death of George Floyd and to challenge systemic racism and injustice. We are committed to being an ally and providing a diverse, inclusive, and safe society. We encourage our members to take action by: 1) continuing to educate themselves and each other on institutional racism; 2) to stand up and call out racism, and any other type of discrimination when they see it; and 3) supporting organizations such as the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and Black Lives Matter. We will also be using this time to look within IBANGS and examine the ways in which we can strengthen our current and future commitment to equity and inclusion, and to plan for the future accordingly.
Behavior Mini Meeting Program Updates Online
Mini conference FENS Forum of Neuroscience 2020 Behavioural neuroscience for the next decade: Why behaviour matters to brain science Saturday 11th July 2020 (09:00-12:30 CEST)
IBANGS Members Awarded

Congratulations to Kristin Scaplen, Brown University and Antonia Savarese, OHSU, poster award recipients at the Gordon Research Conference on Alcohol 2020. Posters can be viewed online here: Circuits that encode and guide alcohol associated preference
Glucocorticoid Receptor Regulation of Binge-like Ethanol Intake
IBANGS Newsletter Spring 2020 Online

Newsletter Spring 2020
COVID19 Announcement: Genes, Brain and Behavior Meeting Postponed to 2021
Bravo to Dr. Erin Harris, University College Cork! IBANGS-FENS Outstanding Young Scientist Travel Award Recipient

Dr. Harris will receive a stipend to attend the FENS Forum in Glasgow this July and present her work. Abstract title: Stress during puberty exerts sexually dimorphic effects on antidepressant-like behaviour and monoamine neurotransmitters in adolescence and adulthood
Congratulations to Dr. Abraham Palmer and Dr. Ryan Logan IBANGS Distinguished and Young Investigator Award Recipients

IBANGS Executive Committee Elections Now Open
VOTES MUST BE RECEIVED BY 5:00 P.M., SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2020, Central Daylight Time (CDT).
Call for Collaborative Research: Brain pH project

Full announcement online: http://www.fujita-hu.ac.jp/~cgbb/en/collaborative_research/index.html
Society Newsletter Online-Winter Issue

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Behavior Satellite Meeting at the FENS Forum Glasgow, 2020

“Behavioural neuroscience for the next decade: Why behaviour matters to brain science"
Program online Registration open Travel grants available
Details here: Behaviour Satellite
Research Collaboration Opportunity

Full announcement online here
Call For 2020 IBANGS Award Nominations
Young Scientist Award and Distinguished Investigator Award DEADLINE: November 30, 2019 Full announcement online here
Latest Issue of the Society Newsletter online

This issue contains details of upcoming society events, open calls, funding opportunities, and resources. Check it out!
IBANGS at the FENS Forum July 11th, 2020
IBANGS has been invited to organize a satellite meeting at the FENS Forum in Glasgow together with other behavior related societies. The satellite meeting will encompass behavioral neuroscience, behavior genetics and behavioral pharmacology. Check the meeting page for updates.
Genes, Brain and Behavior, 2020
Our upcoming annual meeting will be held at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA. from May 12th-May 17th, 2020. Check the meeting page for updates.
2019 IBANGS Executive Committee Election Results

President-Elect Dr. Karl Clark
Treasurer: Dr. Amy Lasek
Member-at-Large: Dr. Cheryl Reed
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Genes, Brain and Behavior 2019 Edinburgh, Latest Meeting Itinerary
Pleased to announce IBANGS 2019 Distinguished and Young Investigator Award Recipients!
Congratulations to Dr Seth Grant of the University of Edinburgh and Dr Zoe Donaldson of the University of Colorado Boulder. The Awardees will give a talk at Genes, Brain and Behaviour 2019. https://www.ibangs.org/ibangs-2019
Genes, Brain and Behavior 2019 Edinburgh update
Meeting registration and abstract submission now open!
Meeting Page
IBANGS members John C. Crabbe and Hee-Sup Shin elected as AAAS Fellows

Postdoctoral and Research Scientist Positions – Kaczorowski Lab

The Kaczorowski lab is looking to hire several postdocs/research scientists interested in mechanisms underlying resilience to normal cognitive aging and high-risk AD genotypes/pathological biomarkers in mouse models. For more information click here: Job Description. Please post the flyer in your institution and/or share with grad students who expect to defend within the next 6 months.Thank you for your help.
Tenure-track Research Assistant Professor position at Institute for Comprehensive Medical Science (ICMS)

Fujita Health University Job information The Division of Systems Medical Science, Institute for Comprehensive Medical Science (ICMS), Fujita Health University (FHU) is seeking to expand its faculty in the fields of neuroscience, particularly with respect to in vivo imaging of neuronal activity and neural decoding to seek for endo-phenotypes in mouse models of neuropsychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depression. Expertise in molecular biology, in vivo physiology, optogenetics, behavioral neuroscience, and/or computational neuroscience is preferable. More information can be found here: JobPost_FHU20181029
Dr Gene Robinson Elected to the National Academy of Medicine
Please join us in congratulating and celebrating the achievement of Dr. Gene Robinson for his induction into the National Academy of Medicine. Dr Robinson is the Director of the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology and is a member of IBANGS and the editorial board of Genes, Brain and Behavior. Additional details of Dr. Robinson's work and his election into the National Academy of Medicine can be found here: Gene Robinson NAM
Call for Symposia
Genes, Brain, and Behavior 2019 Edinburgh, Scotland UK For guidelines and details click here To access symposia submission form click here

The Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australasian Neuroscience Society

FENS members can register at the same rates as ANS members! Travel grants for young investigators are also available!
PhD and Postdoctoral Position Available University of Bern
PhD position (3 years) in animal behaviour and behavioural genetics
Postdoctoral position (3 years) in quantitative behavioural genetics
At the Division of Animal Welfare, University of Bern, Switzerland, we are seeking a PhD student and a Postdoctoral scientist who is eager to investigate causes of variation in animal research. The project is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF); its ultimate goal is to develop experimental designs for improving the external validity and reproducibility of animal research. The successful candidate will work in a small team together with faculty, two postdocs, and a lab technician and will participate in the training and mentoring of undergraduate students. More information here: PhD position Postdoctoral position
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5th International Seminar on Behavioral Methods

The conference will be organized from 27-29 September in Kraków in Poland.The main focus of the conference is behavioral research in animal and human models. There are two sessions which are common for all editions of the conference: "Behavioral research in human and other primates" and the "Noah's Ark" which is devoted to the non-standard animal models, like camels, goats, fish or crickets. More information here: http://www.behavioral-methods.pl/invitation/
Published and Online!

"Reproducibility and replicability of rodent phenotyping in preclinical studies" This article is from a conference proceeding and is authored by several IBANGS members: Elissa J.Chesler, John C.Crabbe, Wim E.Crusio, Robert Gerlai, Lisa M.Tarantino, and Robert W.Williams, Online here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763416306571?via%3Dihub
Elections: IBANGS Executive Committee

Nominations are requested for two positions: President-Elect and Member-At-Large Nominations deadline March 28 at 5:00 p.m. Central Standard Time (22:00 UTC) Please send nominations to the IBANGS Secretary: Iiris Hovatta at [email protected]
IBANGS Facebook Page Launch

Check out our new facebook page and give us a "like"
Postdoctoral Positions Available

The Ben-Shahar lab at Washington University in St. Louis is searching for postdoctoral fellows. Studies are in animal behavior from mechanistic and evolutionary perspectives by using fruit flies, bees, and other insects. These funded positions are ideal for recent PhDs, who are interested in studying mechanisms of behavior at the cellular, and molecular levels. Additional information can be found here: http://biology4.wustl.edu/faculty/ben-shahar/ Interested individuals should contact Yehuda Ben-Shahar at [email protected].
IBANGS Investigator Awardees 2018

Congratulations to this year’s Young and Distinguished Investigator IBANGS Award recipients! Young Investigator Award- Dr. Karla Kaun, Brown University and Dr. Catherine Kaczorowski, Jackson Laboratory, Distinguished Investigator Award- Dr. Rainer Spanagel, University of Heidelberg
PhD student opportunity in alcohol and stress
“Longitudinal study on the effect of alcohol and stress on prefrontal cortex activity and cognitive performance in undergraduate students”
Click here for details

Contact Dr Maria Cordero [email protected]
PhD student opportunity in Autism research

Contact Dr. Susanna Pietropaolo: [email protected]
Book launch
"Molecular-Genetic and Statistical Techniques for Behavioral and Neural Research" edited by Robert T. Gerlai

IBANGS is now a partner of the Dana Alliance Brain Initiative

We're excited to be a part of the DANA outreach team! The BAW event is March 12-18, 2018. Check back here for updates.
IBANGS is moving to New England!

IBANGS will be moving to the Boston, MA. area in January, 2018. We're looking forward to being a part of the amazing scientific environment and the non-profit community of New England.
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