All the neuroscience news in January 2024

The NeuroMarseille team wishes you a happy new year!

INP Christmas door decoration competition: Well done for your enthusiasm and involvement!

Neurostories 2024: register yourself/family and friends on the waiting list!

That's it! January hosts the 5th edition of our NeuroStories! Many of you have registered to be there on-site, we are sold out: thank you for that! Fortunately, you can follow the event "live" on the Neuronautes Facebook: to get the link, sign up on our page. The evening will be inspiring; we sure think you will have a very  good time!

📅 January 25, 2024
📍 La Canebière / Online

NeuroSchool launches 3 calls for PhD projects

• PhD contracts for international co-supervised PhDs
• PhD contracts for international students
• One-year PhD salary for an intern or a young doctor or pharmacist

Submit maximum one project for calls from NeuroSchool (except PhD for MD) / other Institutes / ED62 doctoral school / PhD Programs linked to ED62.

🗓 Deadline to submit a research project: March 1, 2024

Dates to note down!

Summary of upcoming events at NeuroMarseille:

🗓 January 22 : photo shoot (Luminy)
🗓 January 25:  NeuroStories
🗓 February 17 : Forum Sciences Cognitives (Neuronautes)

Semaine du cerveau 2024 : call for volunteers

NeuroMarseille and NeuroSchool support Cerveau Point Comm, which coordinates the annual 🧠 Brain Awareness Week in Marseille. For the next edition, PhD students, researchers, lab staff... are encouraged to volunteer and raise public awareness about neuroscience research!

📅 Call for volunteers: Ongoing
📅 Brain Awareness Week: March 11-17, 2024

2024 MeDIM workshop

The MeDIM workshop will allow you to explore the main biophysical techniques used to characterize molecular interactions.

📅 Registration deadline: January 31, 2024
📅 Training: April 15-19, 2024
More information

TOEIC session for L3 students

On January 26, NeuroSchool will finance a session of the Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC) for 35 L3 students. Get ready by using the resources listed in the English section of our useful links webpage. 

Looking for your dream lab ?

Planning on doing an internship? Check out our lab directory, our current internship offers, or watch videos from students and previous interns to learn about NeuroMarseille research teams.
 
Testimonials from interns: here!
Videos made by students: here! 

Internships and study abroad

Our calls for L3 and M1 mobility are open.
Check out our partner universities, listed here.

Link to L3 outgoing mobility call
📅 Deadline: January 28, 2024

Link to M1 outgoing mobility call
📅 Deadline: January 21, 2024

Scientific communication diploma

NeuroSchool offers its master's and PhD students the opportunity to enroll in EJCAM's DESU "Techniques de communication scientifique".

📅 Application deadline: March 17, 2024

Diploma in Data science applied to neuroscience

The call for candidates is open for the 2nd edition of our postgraduate diploma (DESU) in Data science applied to neuroscience. nEURo*AMU/NeuroSchool finances the enrolment of selected M2 and PhD students. Training is scheduled between July , 2024, then in late August, early September, 2024, with a project to be completed during the summer.

🗓 Deadline for application: March 17, 2024

Ecology and neuroscience workshop

From neuroscience to holism: critical thinking on the trajectory of the ecological crisis.
Understanding the causes of the environmental destruction leads to a transdisciplinary perspective, which in turns helps to envisage possible futures.

📅 January 16, 2024 from 2 PM to 6 PM
📍 Saint-Charles, Salle des Voûtes
👍 Can be validated as 4 hours of PhD training

Open to PhD students in other fields.
Self-register directly on AMeTICE.

PhD Program Welcome Day 2024!

The NeuroSchool PhD Program will welcome new PhD students for a dedicated day rich in meetings and information.

📅 January 22, 2024
📍 Luminy
👍 Can be validated as 3 hours of PhD training

⚠️ Mandatory for 1st-year PhD students(it's different from the Rentrée de l'ED62!)

Scientific communication diploma

NeuroSchool offers its master's and PhD students the opportunity to enroll in EJCAM's DESU "Techniques de communication scientifique".

📅 Application deadline: March 17, 2024

Diploma in Data science applied to neuroscience

The call for candidates is open for the 2nd edition of our postgraduate diploma (DESU) in Data science applied to neuroscience. nEURo*AMU/NeuroSchool finances the enrolment of selected M2 and PhD students. Training is scheduled between July , 2024, then in late August, early September, 2024, with a project to be completed during the summer.

🗓 Deadline for application: March 17, 2024

PhD and Career Development online course!

Many doctoral students lack the time to prepare their future and get informed. Are you in this situation? With this MOOC, learn about existing and accessible tools and resources for your career development.

📅 Course dates: Januray 16 - March 1, 2024 (2h/week)
📍 Online
Click here for more information
NEW! validated as PhD training by the Doctoral School if you register through ADUM

Thesis Prizes

The Société des Neurosciences will award Thesis Prizes of €1,000 each for doctoral work in neuroscience.
📅 Deadline : Jan. 31, 2024

Submit your internship offer 

Researchers, you can continue to propose internships for master’s students from AMU and partner universities. International students can apply to NeuroSchool incoming mobility grants.

NeuroMarseille is recruiting: share future recruitments

For international visibility, NeuroMarseille has published ad banners in Science, Academic Positions and Euraxess, leading to our NeuroJobs webpage. Soon it'll be on the FENS website and in Nature next semester.
Continue to submit comprehensive job offers with photos to enhance attractiveness and multiply our visibility!

NeuroSchool End-of-PhD-funding

Do you need more time to finish your PhD? Apply to the NeuroSchool call for end-of-PhD funding!

📅 Deadline: January 7, 2024 for administrative information(January 11 for full application)

FRM call for end-of-PhD funding

The Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale (FRM) has also openend its end-of-PhD call.

📅 Deadline: January 17, 2024

Postdoctoral contract in an R&D company

NeuroMarseille*NeuroSchool offers to fully fund a one-year postdoctoral contract for an R&D project carried out in a company. The call for projects and applications is now open. Tell everyone about it 👉 companies and soon-to-be or recent PhD graduates!

📅 Deadline: March 31, 2024

Co-funding for PhD students to participate in thematic schools

Did you know that NeuroSchool offers stipends for PhD students to attend a thematic school?

Co-funding to organize events or thematic schools

NeuroMarseille*NeuroSchool can financially support YOUR own thematic schools and scientific events. The call for proposals is open for events that will take place between September 1st, 2024, and August 31st, 2025.

📅 Deadline : April 7, 2024

Nature Science in Shorts video competition

Tell the world about your research in a 1 minute video!
📅 Deadline : January 29, 2024

Neuronautes' upcoming events

January 17: After-exam event
February 17: Forum Sciences Cognititves on "Art and the Brain"

NeuroLink

Neurolink is looking for brains as well as arms and hearts!
PhD students and postdocs: join now to organise scientific, social and networking events!

News from the Paren(Thèse) society

It is sometimes difficult to start writing your thesis alone in front of your computer... For you, Paren(Thèse) offers collective online writing sessions!

Professional photos in Luminy

On January 22, in Luminy, NeuroSchool organizes a professional photo shoot for students and lab members. Take  this opportunity to get a quality professional portrait for your next seminar's announcement or on LinkedIn or ResearchGate!

Join the NeuroMarseille Institute

We're hiring neuroscientists at all levels: master's interns, PhD contracts, postdocs, and more! Take the next step in your scientific career and contribute to cutting-edge discoveries.You can also be warned by NeuroCommunity on Linkedin.
Apply now!

Find a job or internship on JobTeaser

AMU offers its students and graduates access to the JobTeaser platform to help them find an internship or a job. Register through the ENT or the following link.