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Neuroscience Academy Denmark @naddenmark.bsky.social · Jul 29

Now is your last chance to apply for one of 16 fully funded neuroscience PhD fellowships in the Neuroscience Academy Denmark PhD programme 🧠 Application deadline is August 11 - read more 👉 bit.ly/nad-phd-2025

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Neuroscience Academy Denmark @naddenmark.bsky.social · Jul 14

Register for the NAD MATLAB Workshop 💻

📅 WHEN: September 18-19
🌍 WHERE: University of Copenhagen
👧 WHO: Neuroscientists and students based in Denmark
⏰ REGISTRATION DEADLINE: September 11

Read more and register 👉 bit.ly/44u2Epp

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Neuroscience Academy Denmark @naddenmark.bsky.social · Jul 14

Thank you for sharing @fens.org!

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Neuroscience Academy Denmark @naddenmark.bsky.social · Jul 3

Register for NAD 2025 - Annual Meeting 🌟

📅 WHEN: November 3-5
👩‍🦰 WHO: Neuroscientists based in Denmark
🌍 WHERE: Scandic Falkoner, Copenhagen
⏰ EARLY REGISTRATION DEADLINE: August 10

Read more and register 👉 bit.ly/4koeDcF

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Neuroscience Academy Denmark @naddenmark.bsky.social · Jun 25

Supervision and research collaborations 🤝 The deadline is drawing nearer for the 2025 NAD fellows to select their PhD lab and main supervisor. To prepare them for the big decision, NAD hosted a session on how to build and align expectations within a supervision team 🎓

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Neuroscience Academy Denmark @naddenmark.bsky.social · Jun 20

Register for Computational Neuroscience - NAD Workshop 🖥️

📅 WHEN: August 11-14
🧑‍🦰 WHO: Neuroscientists affiliated with a Danish research institution
🌍 WHERE: Gl. Avernæs Sinatur Hotel & Konference
⏰ DEADLINE: June 26

Read more and register 👉 bit.ly/3G7hIQ8

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Neuroscience Academy Denmark @naddenmark.bsky.social · Jun 13

NAD fellow retreat in Aarhus highlights: hosting an event about funding opportunities for junior researchers in collaboration w/local networks and participating in @au.dk's annual Neuroscience Day 🧠

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Neuroscience Academy Denmark @naddenmark.bsky.social · May 19

Applications are open for the unique NAD PhD programme 🧠 Meet Neuroscience Academy Denmark PhD fellow Carolyn Goddard in the video below and learn why you should apply for a fully funded NAD PhD fellowship. Application deadline August 11 - read more 👉 neuroscienceacademydenmark.dk/phd-programme/

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Neuroscience Academy Denmark @naddenmark.bsky.social · May 16

Register for Funding Opportunities for Junior Researchers 💰

📅 WHEN: June 10, 09:00-10:45
🧑‍🦰 WHO: Junior neuroscientists based in Denmark
🌍 WHERE: Aarhus University
⏰ DEADLINE: June 3

Read more and register 👉 bit.ly/4lLLTwj

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Federation of European Neuroscience Societies - FENS @fens.org · May 7

🔔 Late registration for the #BrainConference is OPEN!

🗓️ Register by 21 May to take part in this small-scale, action-packed conference, where you'll join leading researchers as they explore exciting new frontiers in #TheoreticalNeuroscience. 🧠

Act fast! 👉 loom.ly/GEOcXkU

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Neuroscience Academy Denmark @naddenmark.bsky.social · May 1

Neuroscience Academy Denmark (NAD) offers 16 fully funded 4-year PhD fellowships to national and international candidates pursuing a career in neuroscience research 🧠

Application deadline: August 11, 4:00 PM (CEST) ⏰

Read more and apply 👉 bit.ly/nad-phd-2025

Neuroscience Academy Denmark @naddenmark.bsky.social · Apr 30

Register for Short Talks for PhD Students 👩‍🏫

📅 WHEN: May 27, 13:00-15:35
🧑‍🦰 WHO: Junior neuroscientists based in Denmark
🌍 WHERE: Maersk Tower, University of Copenhagen
⏰ DEADLINE: May 22

Read more and register 👉 bit.ly/4kgAseL

Neuroscience Academy Denmark @naddenmark.bsky.social · Apr 25

Last chance: Register for Neurovascular Coupling in Metabolic Brain Diseases 🧠

📅 WHEN: May 25-27
🌍 WHERE: Hotel Svendborg, Svendborg
⏰ DEADLINE: May 1

Jointly organised by NAD and Danish Cardiovascular Academy 🤝
Read more and register 👉 bit.ly/4c0XMdn

Neuroscience Academy Denmark @naddenmark.bsky.social · Apr 11

The NAD PhD fellows had their second retreat of the year April 10-11, featuring a clinical session with patients living with neurodegenerative diseases, an interdisciplinary networking event at Aalborg University @aau.dk and walks in Rebild Bakker 🌄

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Neuroscience Academy Denmark @naddenmark.bsky.social · Apr 9

30 former, current, and potential lab rotation hosts gathered for an NAD event about talent and recruitment on April 3. The event featured insights into various aspects of recruitment in science, with discussions generating valuable points to consider when recruiting for the NAD PhD programme. 🌟

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Neuroscience Academy Denmark @naddenmark.bsky.social · Apr 3

NAD is looking for established researchers with experience in the topic ‘Sensory processing, generation of movement and homeostatic control’ who wish to take a leading role in shaping content for the 2026 NAD PhD Course in Advanced Neuroscience. Read more 👉 bit.ly/4iIKLaw

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Neuroscience Academy Denmark @naddenmark.bsky.social · Mar 25

Register for Neurovascular Coupling in Metabolic Brain Diseases 🧠

📅 WHEN: May 25-27
🌍 WHERE: Hotel Svendborg, Svendborg
⏰ DEADLINE: April 15

Jointly organised by Neuroscience Academy Denmark and the Danish Cardiovascular Academy 🤝

Read more and register 👉https://bit.ly/4c0XMdn

Neuroscience Academy Denmark @naddenmark.bsky.social · Mar 21

Join the NAD Annual Meeting scientific committee to shape the programme for the event! We welcome expressions of interests from PhD students, postdocs, assistant/associate professors and professors based in Denmark. Read more 👉 bit.ly/4htc1ca

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Neuroscience Academy Denmark @naddenmark.bsky.social · Mar 18

Last week, 38 PhD students from all over Denmark participated in the NAD PhD course in Advanced Neuroscience: Molecular, cellular and synaptic properties of brain function. Thank you to all participants and teachers fro five great days of learning and networking!

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Tasia Asakawa @tasiaasakawa.bsky.social · Mar 6

#BrainConference registration is open! Join Co-chairs Larry Abbott (Zuckerman Institute), Ila Fiete (MIT) & Haim Sompolinsky (Harvard/Hebrew U.) to explore the impact of #machinelearning, #AI & #connectomics in #TheoreticalNeuroscience.

Deadline: 2 April
loom.ly/GEOcXkU

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Neuroscience Academy Denmark @naddenmark.bsky.social · Mar 6

On March 3, more than 40 neuroscientists gathered for a full day event organised by the Brain Vasculature and Barriers Research Column 🧠 Thank you to all organisers and participants!

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Neuroscience Academy Denmark @naddenmark.bsky.social · Feb 11

The programme for the final NAD PhD fellow campus visit of the year January 31 included a lecture on intersections between basic and clinical neuroscience at Aarhus University Hospital and lab tours and presentations at Aarhus University @au.dk 👩‍⚕️👨‍🔬

Neuroscience Academy Denmark @naddenmark.bsky.social · Feb 5

Join three virtual lectures with internationally renowned neuroscientists - Prof. Magdalena Götz, Prof. Erin Schuman and Prof. Maiken Nedergaard - in March👩‍🏫 The online lectures are open to all interested. See dates and sign up 👉 bit.ly/42xE5an

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Neuroscience Academy Denmark @naddenmark.bsky.social · Feb 3

Coming from diverse scientific backgrounds, each of the 16 2025 NAD PhD fellows bring unique perspectives and research ideas to the Danish neuroscience community. Explore their stories here 👉 bit.ly/40vUpao

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Neuroscience Academy Denmark @naddenmark.bsky.social · Jan 30

Last week, the 2025 NAD PhD fellows visited Aalborg University to get an introduction to the thriving neuroscience research environment at the university and meet with potential lab rotation hosts and collaborators 👩‍🔬 Thank you to the many research groups involved!

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