All the Neurosciences news in January
Find in this article all the news of January 2021! From events to the latest job offers, discover all the news from the neuroscience community!
Estimated reading time : 20 min
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2021!
The NeuroMarseille team is very happy to have worked at your side this year and hopes to organise soon convivial scientific events propitious to warm human relations and the development of new enriching and motivating collaborations.
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Here we present you the neuroscience news of January 2021. You can go directly to the section that interests you by clicking on the anchors above.
Headlines
We are moving!
The offices of NeuroMarseille & NeuroSchool have moved! You will now find us on the first floor - green wing of the Timone main building, just between Vectorus and the INP. We look forward to welcoming you there!
NeuroSchool launches 3 calls for PhD projects
• Doctoral contracts for PhD theses in co-supervision or international co-supervision
• 2021 PhD scholarships for international students
• One year's salary for an intern or a young doctor or pharmacist enrolled in a thesis in neurosciences
Important: you can only submit one project for one of the two international NeuroSchool calls or the doctoral school 62.
🗓 Deadline for submission of research projects: 1 March 2021
Neuro'binar #4: 21 January at 4pm
For this first Neurobinar of 2021, come and discover what Cédric Maurange (IBDM), Emilie Berloz (MMG) and Dominika Piłat (INP) are working on.
🗓 21 January 2021 at 4 pm
▶️ Live Zoom
What is the ERC-NeuroMarseille group?
This article presents the actions of the new support group of the institute: ERC-NM (for European Research Council grants - support Group of NeuroMarseille) set up by GINTER (Groupe INTERnational de NeuroMarseille). You will also find useful videos created by the ERC Projects Executive Agency (ERCEA) to help you at each step of your ERC application.
Find out moreEvents
Find the events of the NeuroMarseille Institute and the EUR NeuroSchool, as well as external events.
Neuro'binar #4: 21 January at 4pm
For this first Neurobinar of 2021, come and discover what Cédric Maurange (IBDM), Emilie Berloz (MMG) and Dominika Piłat (INP) are working on.
🗓 21 January 2021 at 4 pm
▶️ Live Zoom
Welcome Day
The PhD programme's welcome day will take a different format in 3 steps, including a meeting on Monday 18 January 2021, from 14:00 to 16:00. For more details, go to the PhD Program section.
🗓 18 January 2021, 14:00 - 16:00 hrs.
🖥 Zoom link
NeuroMarseille Photo contest: Science & Art
NeuroMarseille takes you on a new adventure at the frontier between Science and Art! Send your most beautiful pictures to reveal the beauty of the living through images made in AMU's neuroscience laboratories. The 20 winning photos will be exhibited in different galleries in the region from May to July 2021. If you are a laureate, you will also receive a large-format framed print of your photo(s).
🗓 Deadline for submission: January 31, 2021.
Science & You
The University of Lorraine will be organising the 3rd edition of the "Science & You" international symposium focusing on scientific culture. A call for papers (by researchers and/or mediators) is online here.
🗓 15 to 19 November 2021
📍Centre of the Robert Schuman Congress in Metz.
Neurotalk
For the first event of this year, the student society Neuronautes offers you a Neurotalk! This Thursday, Bruno Mazert, AMU teacher-researcher, will present his work for about twenty minutes, then answer your questions. The event is free and online. Are you curious to know more about this part of the nervous system that is still so mysterious? So see you next Thursday, January 14th, at 6 pm!
🗓 Thursday 14 January at 6 pm (online)
Dates to note!
You will find below, the summary of NeuroMarseille's events for the months of January 2021.
🗓 January 18th from 2 to 4 pm: Welcome Day for PhD Program students (online)
🗓 22 January to 19 February: Neurodevelopment course (PhD Program)
🗓 21 January at 4pm: Neurobinar n°4 with Cédric Maurange (IBDM), Emilie Berloz (MMG) and Dominika Piłat (INP).
🗓 25 January: announcement of the winners of the ICR, ICR+ and TB grants for 2021.
🗓 31 January: end of the call for entries for the Science & Art photo competition.
Seminars of the NeuroMarseille laboratories
All seminars are in English and available online.
INT
- 15 January 2021 at 2.30 pm with N MEIHAEGHE(Harvard-MIT, USA) : “Predictive processing in the macaque frontal cortex during time estimation".
- 5 February at 2.30 pm with G LOPEZ BENDITO (Instituto de Neurociencias, Spain)
INS
- One hour talk about Complexity with Viktor Jirsa on the 14/01/2021 at 2 pm: Zoom meeting
L3 & Master
In this section, you will find the actions carried out with our 3rd-year undergraduate and Masters students.
NeuroSchool launches 3 calls for PhD projects
• Doctoral contracts for PhD theses in co-supervision or international co-supervision
• 2021 PhD scholarships for international students
• One year's salary for an intern or a young doctor or pharmacist enrolled in a thesis in neurosciences
Important: you can only submit one project for one of the two international NeuroSchool calls or the doctoral school 62.
🗓 Deadline for submission of research projects: 1 March 2021
L3 mobility grants
If the health situation allows it, NeuroSchool offers mobility grants for internships abroad during the summer of 2021 for selected L3 and M1 students. Information and application form on our website.
🗓 Date limite de candidature : 31 janvier 2021
Get ready for the TOEIC!
NeuroSchool organises and finances a session of the Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC) for master students (M1 and M2 this year). The exact date of the session will be communicated shortly. A few ideas to prepare you for this session:
- the AMUlangues service available in your ENT
- CARLAM
- the resources listed in the English section of our website.
M1: choice of internship location
To help you choose your M1 course, you can go to :
- the directory of NeuroMarseille laboratories to select the laboratory and the teams which interest you.
- in the internship offers section of our website
Call for projects from the Sud Region " Emploi Jeunes doctorants " (Young doctoral students employment)
The Sud Region proposes a three-year funding scheme to carry out a PhD in partnership with companies and in close connection with strategic sectors. The call for projects is available on the Aix-Marseille University website.
Find out more (in French)PhD Program
Find all the news about our PhD program.
Welcome Day
The PhD programme's welcome day will take a different format in 3 steps, including a meeting on Monday 18 January 2021, from 14:00 to 16:00.
1.Welcome Online Course on Ametice
2. on 18 January from 14h to 18h a ZOOM meeting
3. As soon as possible face-to-face meetings for more fun interactions.
Details are sent to your student email address (prenom.nom@etu.univ-amu.fr).
This event is different from the PhD School re-entry meeting, which is also mandatory.
Open to all, mandatory for new doctoral students.
🗓 18 January 2021, from 2 to 4 p.m.
🖥 Zoom link
neurodevelopment course: a review of the most recent advances in nervous system development
On Friday mornings, from 22 January to 19 February 2021, from 9:00 am to 12:15 pm (20 hours in total) by videoconference.
🗓 Register on Ametice before January 20th
Neurobinar #4: January 21st at 4pm
For this first Neurobinar of 2021, come and discover what Cédric Maurange (IBDM), Emilie Berloz (MMG) and Dominika Piłat (INP) are working on.
🗓 21 January 2021 at 4pm
▶️ Live Zoom
Mathematical Tools for Neuroscience course at Harvard
Numerical data analysis has become a nearly indispensable tool in modern neuroscience. This course aims to equip graduate students with the fundamental mathematical skills in quantitative modeling and data analysis necessary for neuroscience research (and for further computational neuroscience courses). This course is essentially organized into three sections: one on linear algebra, one on probability & statistics, and one on the basics of machine learning. We will also cover some additional topics such as differential equations and dynamical systems).
Find out more
ENCODS 2021: the 7th Annual European Neuroscience Conference for Graduate Students and Early Career Researchers
The European Conference of PhD Students in Neuroscience (ENCODS) is an initiative to offer young neuroscientists a scientific exchange better suited to their needs than a large-scale event. ENCODS is now organised each year by a different group of international doctoral students and welcomes European doctoral students working in all fields of neuroscience. Registration opens in early 2021.
🗓 4-6 June 2021
📍 Glasgow, United Kingdom
Romain Bourboulou, former PhD Neuroschool, is the winner of the Bettencourt Foundation's Young Researchers' Prize.
Romain Bourboulou, former student of the PhD Program at NeuroSchool, is the winner of the "Young Researchers" prize of the Bettencourt Schueller Foundation. He chose to do his postdoc at University College London (UCL) to be in the department at the very origin of the first recording of location cells and to work with John O'Keefe, winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize for the discovery of these cells! But then, who is Romain? What exactly is he working on? And, what are place cells?
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Dance You PhD
Want to get away from it all? Go dance your PhD, create a video of it and upload it to YouTube. The deadline for submission is 29 January 2021.
Rewards for winners range from $500 to $2,000 offered by the AAAS.
To enter the contest, submit here. The winner will be announced in the spring.
Good luck, be safe and have fun!
Brain Awareness Week: call for volunteers
Participate in Brain Week by intervening in schools with the association Cerveau Point Comm!
The theme in 2021 for high school and college students is "In our brains, neurons... but not only! ». For primary schools the theme is free (emotions, animal brains, the 5 senses, brain and sport....). Interventions in pairs will take place from 8 March to 23 April 2021.
To participate by intervening in the classes, all you have to do is fill in the registration form.
Upcoming events of the NeuroSchool PhD Program
January
PhD P meeting
- 8 January - 22 January - 29 January
PhD P meeting - enlarged committee
- 15 January
Reminder: all communications from the PhD Programme are sent to your student address (@etu.univ-amu.fr). Remember to consult it!
Research
Discover the information of NeuroMarseille and its partners on all the topics of interest for your research.
Merger of LNSC and LNC
We are pleased to announce that the LNSC joined the LNC on January 1, 2021, under the leadership of T. Hasbroucq (DU), Béatrice Alescio-Lautier (DUA) and Boris Burle (DUA).
What is the European Research Council (ERC)-NeuroMarseille Group?
This article presents the actions of the new support group of the institute: ERC-NM (for European Research Council - support Group of NeuroMarseille) set up by GINTER (Groupe INTERnational de NeuroMarseille). You will also find useful videos created by the ERC Projects Executive Agency (ERCEA) to help you at each step of your ERC application.
Read moreRomain Bourboulou, former PhD Neuroschool, is the winner of the Bettencourt Foundation's Young Researchers' Prize.
Romain Bourboulou, former student of the PhD Program at NeuroSchool, is the winner of the "Young Researchers" prize of the Bettencourt Schueller Foundation. He chose to do his postdoc at University College London (UCL) to be in the department at the very origin of the first recording of location cells and to work with John O'Keefe, winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize for the discovery of these cells! But then, who is Romain? What exactly is he working on? And, what are place cells?
Read moreSeminars of the NeuroMarseille laboratories
All seminars are in English and available online.
INT
- 15 January 2021 at 2.30 pm with N MEIHAEGHE(Harvard-MIT, USA) : “Predictive processing in the macaque frontal cortex during time estimation".
- 5 February at 2.30 pm with G LOPEZ BENDITO (Instituto de Neurociencias, Spain)
INS
- One hour talk about Complexity with Viktor Jirsa on the 14/01/2021 at 2 pm: Zoom meeting
Calls
Find all the calls of NeuroMarseille and its partners.
NeuroSchool launches 3 calls for PhD projects
• Doctoral contracts for PhD theses in co-supervision or international co-supervision
• 2021 PhD scholarships for international students
• One year's salary for an intern or a young doctor or pharmacist enrolled in a thesis in neurosciences
Important: you can only submit one project for one of the two international NeuroSchool calls or the doctoral school 62.
🗓 Deadline for submission of research projects: 1 March 2021
L3 mobility grant
If the health situation allows it, NeuroSchool offers mobility grants for internships abroad during the summer of 2021 for selected L3 and M1 students. Information and application form on our website.
🗓 Date limite de candidature : 31 janvier 2021
Call for transnational projects FLAG-ERA JTC 2021
The transnational joint call FLAG-ERA (JTC) 2021 supports research projects in synergy with the two FET FLAGSHIP programmes, the Graphene programme and the Human Brain Project. It is designed to extend current programmes with new research contributing to the objectives of the programmes in selected areas. New researchers and researchers already present in the FLAGSHIPS programmes are also eligible. Selected projects should be integrated into FLAGSHIPS programmes as partnership projects.
🗓 19 January from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. (ECT): FLAG-ERA JTC 2021 Information Webinar
Scientific Prize 2021 of the NRJ-Institut de France Foundation
The NRJ-Institut de France Foundation is launching a call for applications for its 2021 scientific prize. The theme chosen for this year is "Physiopathology of infections of the nervous system".
🗓 Deadline for sending the application form: 19 January 2021.
Call for nominations for the Eppendorf Prize 2021
The Eppendorf Prize for Young European Researchers rewards outstanding contributions to biomedical research based on molecular biology methods, including new analytical concepts.
Candidates must be based in Europe and not older than 35 years of age.
🗓 Apply by 15 January 2021
"Assembly of European or International Scientific Networks (MRSEI), Edition 2021
The ANR has just published its MRSEI 2021 call to support the setting up of European and international projects in coordination.
The selected projects receive a maximum grant of 30 k€ for a maximum duration of 24 months to support the setting up of the project (i.e. travel, organisation of meetings, consultancy...).
🗓 2 submission dates :
-2 March 2021 (13h)
-7 July 2021 (1pm)
Sciences & Society
Discover the scientific events and actions to help as many people as possible discover the neurosciences.
NeuroMarseille Photo contest: Science & Art
NeuroMarseille takes you on a new adventure at the frontier between Science and Art! Send your most beautiful pictures to reveal the beauty of the living through images made in AMU's neuroscience laboratories. The 20 winning photos will be exhibited in different galleries in the region from May to July 2021. If you are a laureate, you will also receive a large-format framed print of your photo(s).
🗓 Deadline for submission: January 31, 2021.
Brain Awareness Week: call for volunteers
Participate in Brain Week by intervening in schools with the association Cerveau Point Comm!
The theme in 2021 for high school and college students is "In our brains, neurons... but not only! ». For primary schools the theme is free (emotions, animal brains, the 5 senses, brain and sport....). Interventions in pairs will take place from 8 March to 23 April 2021.
To participate by intervening in the classes, all you have to do is fill in the registration form.
Université Temps Libre : propose a conference for 2021/2022
The Université du Temps Libre offers lectures for the general public on the Schuman campus in Aix-en-Provence, and currently online. You can propose your theme to intervene in the 2021-2022 cycle in the form of one or more paid lectures. Please contact us for more information: catherine.gemini@univ-amu.fr
Send a proposalNeurotalk
For the first event of this year, the student society Neuronautes offers you a Neurotalk! This Thursday, Bruno Mazert, AMU teacher-researcher, will present his work for about twenty minutes, then answer your questions. The event is free and online. Are you curious to know more about this part of the nervous system that is still so mysterious? So see you next Thursday, January 14th, at 6 pm!
🗓 Thursday 14 January at 6 pm (online)
Chroniques - Biennale des imaginaires numériques
NeuroMarseille and the association Arts Vivants Aix have chosen to combine art and science.
For the 2020 edition, the jury has selected two works resulting from the meeting of art and science to subsidize them. Anne-Marie Renan, painter, and Jesùs Tamez-Duque, multidisciplinary artist and technology developer subsidized by NeuroMarseille, propose to record the waves that make our brains vibrate in front of the beautiful and moving. Fabien Léaustic, researcher and plastic artist, has chosen to sculpt DNA.
Career
Discover our selection of job offers, internships, PhD project and post-doctoral fellowships. You will also find here events or professional training that may be of interest to you.
Podcast : Planning a postdoc before moving to industry? Think again
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Inserm: CRCN and DR 2021 Researchers Campaign
Each year, Inserm recruits junior researchers (Research Officer) and senior researchers (Research Director) through a competitive process.
🗓 Deadline: 15 January
Pix: certify your digital skills
Pix is the online public service for assessing, developing and certifying digital skills.
In the form of fun challenges anchored in the real world, you manipulate files and data, investigate while surfing the web, and answer digital literacy questions! - For all levels
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