Society News & Member Announcements

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

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

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

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 11^th, 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

Latest Society Newsletter Just Out

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

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! http://bit.ly/2vm2vmX 

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

Latest Society Newsletter Online

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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!

Elections: IBANGS Executive Committee

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: susanna.[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

 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.