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JOURNAL VLTP holds courses for students and young researchers In This Issue
NEUROSCIENCE in the Philippines, Brazil and Sri Lanka ... p. 6
...p. 7 Three Years of Reforms in IBRO 1
IBRO Symposia and Workshop Programme 2
IBRO Fellowships and Travel Grants 2002 3
IBRO Establishes Scholarships to Prevent
Brain-Drain 3
IBRO Neuroscience Schools 3
IBRO Regional Committees Work
Hard to Set Up Programmes and Activities 4
www.ibro.org The African Regional Committee
The Asian-Pacific Regional Committee
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IBRO's new Website The Central and Eastern Europe Regional
Committee 5
format includes The Latin America Regional Committee 5
worldwide directory of Sixth IBRO World Congress of
Neuroscience 2003: Prague Gets Ready 6
neuroscientists, news VLTP Offers New Opportunities in Neuroscience 6
funding, membership, Prague, venue for the Sixth IBRO World Congress
H. H. Jasper and J.-P. Cordeau Postdoctoral
Fellowships 8
conferences, courses ... of Neuroscience, 2003 (see p. 6)
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continued from p. 1 central office. The emphasis has from the various member neuro- careers. The last request to all
been to provide support for stu- science organizations (see Update members of IBRO that I would like
IBRO has also initiated a policy of
dents from less favoured countries on IBRO’S Journal Neuroscience, to make as Secretary-General is that
organizing and providing stable sup-
port to Neuroscience Schools. These to attend these events. Finally, the p. 7). they maintain and expand this
IBRO Visiting Lecture Team generous attitude for the years to
schools are generally one to two
Programme, composed of four to I was elected as Secretary-General come. I would also like to express
weeks in duration and are organized
six internationally recognized neu- for a six-year term. However, I pro- my thanks to Jennifer Lund,
through the Regional Committees.
roscientists, will continue to give its moted the decision, finally adopted Executive Secretary, who shared
In North America and Europe, IBRO
is carrying out negotiations with the very popular training courses in by the Governing Council, of a most of the work and decisions
less developed countries with full shorter and single term of service adopted during this mandate, to
aim that already established pro-
support from IBRO’s Central Office. for the Secretary-General to attract Olga Popoff, Executive Director, for
grammes, such as Woods Hole
active scientists and to guarantee her continuous enthusiasm and
Marine Biology Laboratories or the
A number of administrative that new ideas and styles are regu- assistance, and to Torsten Wiesel,
Neuroscience Schools of the desig-
nated regions, become associated changes have also been made con- larly incorporated into the manage- President, for his friendly support.
cerning the internal organization of ment of IBRO. It would be incongru- Finally, I wish to express my appre-
with IBRO to provide training for
IBRO. The roles of the officers have ous for me not to apply in my case ciation to those who offered me the
students from less developed coun-
been adjusted, giving different roles what I considered best for IBRO. privilege of serving as Secretary-
tries.
to the President, the Secretary- Therefore, the procedure to elect a General of IBRO at the beginning of
IBRO decided to encourage the General and the Executive new Secretary-General was activat- a period full of promise and possi-
Secretary. The by-laws have also ed in March. At the time of going to bilities for the neurosciences.
attendance of students from less
been changed to reduce the tenure press, we are unable to announce
favoured countries to large interna-
of the Secretary-General from six to the result of the ballot, but this Carlos Belmonte
tional meetings. Last year, more
three years and a single term, information will be put on to the Secretary-General
than 100 travel fellowships were
awarded. This year, IBRO has also thereby ensuring renewal of leader- IBRO website as soon as the out-
ship. In addition, the by-laws now come is known.
initiated a new programme of 50
small scholarships to make it possi- include a procedure for local elec-
tion of the members of the Regional To serve as IBRO Secretary-General
ble for neuroscientists to stay and
Committees and stipulate that the has been a unique experience full of
continue their research in countries
that are under financial stress in an chairpersons of these Committees work but also full of satisfaction. It
will be full members of the IBRO has given me the opportunity to
attempt to prevent brain-drain from
Executive Committee. meet young neuroscientists from all
these countries (see IBRO
the countries of the world, and to
Establishes Scholarships to Prevent
Editorial changes have been made learn that in spite of their difference
Brain-Drain, p. 3).
in IBRO’s high-quality journal, in culture and background they
Additionally, IBRO continues to sup- Neuroscience, with David Smith coincide substantially in their aspi-
port workshops and seminar pro- becoming Chief Editor and David rations and goals. Moreover, the
grammes at a slightly expanded Amaral appointed as Associate most gratifying experience offered
level; at the same time, it has tried Editor. The journal is published by to me as Secretary-General was to
www.ibro.org
to streamline the selection process Elsevier and provides IBRO with witness the generosity and readi- Find the latest on funding for
to make its funding decisions more substantial annual income, making ness of the world community of symposia, workshops,
flexible and efficient. Again, these it possible to fund the various pro- neuroscientists to help our young fellowships and travel grants on
workshops and programmes can be grammes described above. Another colleagues from all the corners of the IBRO Website
organized at regional level or by much smaller source of income is a the planet to complete their training
individuals in contact with the minor portion of membership dues and to develop their research
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Paris, France.
IBRO FELLOWSHIPS AND TRAVEL IBRO Travel Grant: Dr E. E. U. Akang, Nigeria.
GRANTS AVAILABLE FOR 2002 ASIA
IBRO Research Fellowship: Dr Rahul T. Khisti, India, to work at the
IBRO offers its members the following fellowships for 2002:
Dept. of Psychology, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY, USA.
IBRO Research Fellowships for neuroscientists from developing coun-
Society for Neuroscience Travel Grant: Dr J. Wang, PR China.
tries under the age of 45 to work for one year abroad.
IBRO Travel Grants: Dr S. Chattarji, India. Dr P. Seth, India.
One INSERM/IBRO Research Fellowship for a neuroscientist under the
age of 45 to work for one year in France in one of the laboratories CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE
sponsored by INSERM. IBRO Research Fellowship: Dr Victoria S. Sergeeva, Russia, to work at
IBRO/UNESCO Research Fellowships for neuroscientists under the age the Dept. of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
of 45 to work for one year in Hungary or for six months in the Czech IBRO/UNESCO Research Fellowship: Dr Edit I. Andras, Romania, to
Republic. work at the Biological Research Center, Group of Molecular Biology,
Applications for the above fellowships should be submitted to the Szeged, Hungary.
IBRO Secretariat (51 Bd de Montmorency, 75016 Paris, France) no later Society for Neuroscience Travel Grants: Dr O. V. Globa, Russia. Dr N. V.
than 1 April 2001 and should include the following documents - no Gulyaeva, Russia. Dr M Moinar, Hungary. Dr P. P. Molnar, Hungary. Dr
application form is required - a short curriculum vitae; a short research B. Sperlagh, Hungary.
synopsis: a list of the applicant’s five most important publications; a IBRO Travel Grants: Dr S. Koshelev, Russia. Dr S. V. Koulchitsky,
letter of acceptance from the receiving institute. Belarus. Dr P. M. Masliukov, Russia. Dr A. Sobolevsky, Russia. Dr M.
Yelshansky, Russia.
TRAVEL GRANTS LATIN AMERICA
IBRO offers Travel Grants for neuroscientists under the age of 45 from IBRO Research Fellowship: Dr Limei Zhang, Mexico, to work at the
developing countries for participation at international neuroscience Medical Research Council Anatomical Neuropharmacology Unit, Oxford
meetings in 2001. University, Oxford, UK.
The US Society for Neuroscience offers, through IBRO, Travel Grants Society for Neuroscience Travel Grants: Dr M. Antonelli, Argentina. Dr
for experienced neuroscientists from developing countries for J. A. Cabrera-Gomez, Cuba. Dr A. B. Eigoyhen, Argentina.
participation at international neuroscience meetings in 2002. Dr H. Wolosker, Brazil.
Applications for Travel Grants should be submitted to the IBRO IBRO Travel Grants: Dr D. J. Calvo, Argentina. Dr P. Caviedes, Chile.
Secretariat, 51 Bd de Montmorency, 75016 Paris, France, no later than Dr R. Cruz-Aguado, Cuba. Dr E. A. Del Bel, Brazil.
1 April 2001 and should include the following documents - no applica-
WESTERN EUROPE (Turkey)
tion form is required - a short curriculum vitae, meeting to be attended
IBRO Travel Grant: Dr G. Kayalloglu, Turkey.
- date and place - a short statement on the importance of the appli-
cant’s attendance at this meeting for his/her research. Decisions will be
taken by the Fellowship Committee no later than 31 May 2001.
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IBRO REGIONAL COMMITTEES WORK HARD
TO SET UP PROGRAMMES AND ACTIVITIES
The Chairs of the Regional Committees set up in 1999 describe their remits and aspirations.
The USA/Canada and the Western Europe Regional Committees are in the final stages of being established.
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continued from p. 4 mornings, and practicals and working on biophysical applica-
demonstrations in the afternoons. THE tions of novel imaging and spectro-
scopic techniques and to see these
The CEERC also supports local LATIN AMERICA views integrated with recent
workshops and satellites organized
in the region in fields with particu- REGIONAL advances in the electrophysiology
of cell-surface channels and recep-
larly highly qualified local expert-
ise, which may function partly as a
COMMITTEE tors. Students from Argentina,
Uruguay, Chile, Peru, Mexico and
counterpart to the IBRO Summer South Africa received hands-on
School. These workshops could training while making the most of
In November 1999, the IBRO
bring together established scien- an optimal teacher/student ratio
Executive Committee established
tists from the region to facilitate (20/15). The rhythm of the course
Regional Committees, including
collaborations, joint grant applica- was very intense and as both stu-
the Latin America Regional
tions, as well as various regional dents and staff were highly moti-
Committee. Those involved in the
initiatives, thereby advancing the vated, the long hours of experi-
discussions agreed to focus atten-
current state and prestige of neuro- mental work and lectures ran very
tion on and give support towards
science in the region. These links smoothly throughout the ten-day
will be strengthened by short-term teaching events and the regional
exchange of neuroscientists, aimed course.
Hong Kong University of Science and fellowships awarded by the CEERC
Technology (courtesy of Y. S. Chan) on a competitive basis to scientists at the training of young students
from the Central and Eastern and technical support in ongoing
Europe Region visiting another lab- projects within the region.
This grouping was set up with the
oratory within the region.
guidance and encouragement of Among the teaching activities,
Masao Ito who is currently its The CEERC is planning to provide Regional Schools of Neuroscience
President. FAONS developed after support for the improvement of were identified as key training
a ten-year period of IBRO support communication for the region’s tools that deserve special support.
for an annual workshop at which neuroscience societies via the In 2000, the Regional School of
students from the region were internet, i.e. for establishing web- Neuroscience in Montevideo
given practical training in neuro- sites linked to those of IBRO and (Uruguay) received support for its
science research techniques. The IBRO-CEERC. Invitations to keynote fifth annual course. Similar to pre-
First FAONS Congress was held in speakers to the region’s Annual vious courses, this course had 15
Pattaya, Thailand in 1996 and the Conferences of National Societies Uruguayan students and 14 from
Second FAONS Congress in will also be supported. other Latin American countries.
Brisbane, Australia in 1998. The teaching staff were from
The Third FAONS Congress will be The IBRO Scholarship Against
Uruguay (15), regional (6) and Tihany (Lake Balaton), Hungary, site of the
held in Seoul, Korea in 2002, with Brain-Drain is a central IBRO initia-
developed (12) countries. The first IBRO-CEERC Summer School of
smaller meetings held between tive targeting the Central and Neuroscience, August 2000
Eastern Europe Region, and the course was organized into confer-
congresses. The first FAONS
selection process is carried out by ences each morning, experimental
Symposium will be held on 8-10
the CEERC. The goal of this initia- seminars in the afternoon, alto- Five more courses are pro-
December 2000 (i.e. during the
tive is to keep young talented gether 105 hours during the three- grammed to be held before the end
School of Brain Functions). Three
researchers in their home coun- week course. An important activity of the year: Mexico City
mini-symposia have been organ-
tries, but at the same time main- was the presentation by the stu- Symposium on the Neostriatum
ized on ‘Development,
taining mobility after (or before) dents of their home laboratory (Mexico, D.F.); Membrane
Degeneration and Regeneration of
obtaining their Ph.D.s The reasons results and those obtained during Receptors (Caracas, Venezuela);
the Nervous System’, ‘Molecular
why most of these young scientists the daily seminars. Neural Circuits and Behavior:
Neurobiology of Receptors and
Channels’ and ‘Sensory do not return, or can hardly wait to Recording Techniques, Data
Processing, Motor Output and leave again, are at least twofold. Although there were slight varia- Analysis and Modeling (Santiago,
Autonomic Nervous System’. First, the infrastructure and equip- tions in the programme in order to Chile); Intrasurgical
Visiting lecturers to be invited to ment are outdated, and second, the focus on specific topics, the basic Neuromonitoring (Havana, Cuba);
participate in the School and the salaries are insufficient to live on. structure of the programme Caribbean Neuroscience
Symposium include James A. Obviously, IBRO cannot aim to remained unchanged from previ- Conference (San Juan, Puerto
Brock, Sydney; Brian Key, improve equipment or infrastruc- ous courses. A first module on Rico).
Melbourne; Katsuhiko Mikoshiba, ture, and raising salaries to basic electrophysiology (excitable
Tokyo; Fujio Murakami, Osaka; Western European levels is also membrane and axon, electrophysi- All courses supported by IBRO
Hitoshi Okamoto, Saitama; David V. impossible (and unnecessary at the ology of the neuron and synapse) offer an important regional scope,
Pow, Brisbane; Hee-Sup Shin, moment). The support to be pro- and basic neuroanatomy (circuits including the attendance of profes-
Pohang; Jun Tanji, Sendai; Keisuke vided by IBRO ($US2000 per per- and neurons) was held during the sors and students from other Latin
Toyama, Kyoto; Yoo-Shun Suh, son per year) comes in the most first week. The emphasis of the American countries besides those
Seoul. critical years of settling down, second module is on neurochem- of the organizing country. The
when young scientists decide istry (neurotransmitter systems Committee has decided to meet in
Elspeth McLachlan where they want to pursue a and cell signalling), whereas in the Cancun for the XX Latin American
Chair, IBRO Asian-Pacific Regional career. The scholarship is awarded third module the focus is usually Congress of Physiological Sciences
Committee for one year, with the possibility of on systems neuroscience. This where three symposia will be
Prince of Wales Medical Research extending it for another year, if time, the third module was devot- sponsored by IBRO, one of which
Institute the Regional Committee finds it ed to Sensory Systems: Hearing, will discuss the Panorama of Latin
Randwick, NSW 2031, Australia justified by the needs and produc- Somesthesia and Electro- American Neuroscience and
e-mail: e.mclachlan@unsw.edu.au tivity of the scholar. Significant Reception. During the School, the Strategies for its Development.
improvements - detectable even at students attend basic lectures that
nationwide level in large countries give an overall picture of a subject Omar Macadar
like Russia and Ukraine - may well and specialized conferences where Chair, IBRO Latin America Regional
THE CENTRAL be achieved by the 50 scholarships professors give an up-to-date Committee
awarded in the first year.
AND EASTERN account of their own research. At
the same time, the seminars pro-
Neurofisiologia
Instituto Estable
The CEERC has established a web-
EUROPE site - http://www.koki.hu/ibro-ceer vide students with the opportunity
to familiarize themselves with
Montevideo, Uruguay
e-mail: omacadar@iibce.edu.uy
with information about the
REGIONAL Committee’s initiatives, as well as experimental techniques that in
most cases have not been totally
COMMITTEE links to neuroscience institutions in
the region, to grant information, mastered in their home laborato-
free on-line journals, and neuro- ries.
The first IBRO Summer School to be science websites.
organized by the Central and It has been agreed that the next
The CEERC had its last meeting in Neuroscience School is to be held,
Eastern Europe Regional Committee
Budapest on 29-30 April 2000, with IBRO’s support, in Queretaro
took place in the Balaton
where its programmes were final- (Mexico) in the year 2001. Beside
Limnological Research Institute of
ized, the budget distributed among this, six postgraduate courses were
the Hungarian Academy of Sciences,
the programmes, and winners approved. One of them has already
Tihany (Lake Balaton), 21 August-2
selected for the IBRO Summer been held in Bahia Blanca
September 2000. There were 25 par-
School and the Against Brain-Drain (Argentina), organized by Professor
ticipants selected from a total of 98 www.ibro.org
Scholarships.
applications from 12 countries of the F. Barrantes: ‘Novel Spectroscopic
Central and Eastern Europe Region Tamás Freund and Physiological Approaches to News, Conferences, Courses
on a competitive basis. Highly quali- Chair, IBRO Central and Eastern Neurobiology’, 22-31 May 2000. Send submissions to
fied lecturers were invited from Europe Regional Committee The course provided a unique andree.blakemore@physiol.ox.ac.uk
around the world. The School’s pro- Institute of Experimental Medicine opportunity for young researchers
gramme will be different each year, Budapest, Hungary and advanced graduate students to
consisting of lectures in the e-mail: freund@koki.hu have contact with leading scientists
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SIXTH IBRO WORLD CONGRESS OF NEUROSCIENCE 2003
PRAGUE GETS READY
Prague will host the Sixth IBRO at this meeting. That congress tists intending to organize work- their Czech partners in order to
World Congress, 10-15 July 2003. and many other important con- shops in collaboration with Czech achieve their meeting within the
Josef Syka, President of the gresses to be held before the colleagues who could provide frame of the congress. We also
Czech Neuroscience Society and IBRO World Congress will test the laboratory space and apparatus invite our colleagues from abroad
President of the Congress, sums quality of the facility. Not only for the demonstration of meth- to hold the annual meetings of
up developments so far. the Congress Center but many ods. Please contact the Secretary- their neuroscience societies or
other halls, auditoria and teach- General, Professor Eva Sykova, any other related societies in
The time for the Sixth IBRO ing rooms can be used by the Institute of Experimental Prague during the Congress. Soon
World Congress is approaching. Congress delegates before, dur- Medicine, Academy of Sciences, the procedure for election of the
The venue of the Congress, the ing and after the Congress. We Videnska 1083, Prague, Czech International Congress
Prague Congress Center, went are prepared to help in the Republic (telephone +4202-475- Programme Committee will begin
through extensive renovation in organization of satellite sym- 2204, fax +4202-475-2783, e-mail: and neuroscientists all over the
time to host in September 2000 a posia, workshops, teaching sykova@biomed.cas.cz). world will be able to present pro-
schools, etc. Exchange of knowl- posals for the Congress symposia
edge may be easily realized these At this Congress we would like to and lectures. We look forward to a
days via the Internet; however, emphasize that the scope of top- fruitful collaboration with the
practical experimental skills are ics, which belong to brain Congress Programme Committee.
in neuroscience as important as research, is not limited to classi- We sincerely hope that the Prague
the knowledge of experimental cal neuroanatomy, neurophysiol- IBRO World Congress will repre-
facts. We propose that those who ogy and neurochemistry, but sent a milestone for neuroscience
are interested in the organization embraces many other disciplines in the new millennium.
of teaching workshops, practical such as biophysics, genetics and
seminars and satellite symposia developmental neurobiology, Jan Bures
should contact us and our Czech neuroinformatics, neuroen- Congress Honorary President
colleagues now so that we can docrinology, cognitive and Josef Syka
help you in the preparation of behavioural sciences, computa- Congress President
such activities. The Local tional neuroscience. Of course, it Eva Sykova
Organizing Committee will con- is also closely related to classical Congress Secretary-General
Jan Bures, Eva Sykova and Josef Syka tribute to the Congress by hold- disciplines such as clinical psy-
ing workshops in the areas where chology, neurology, neurosurgery
strong research groups with well- and psychiatry. The local organiz-
gigantic congress of the World equipped laboratories are active ers welcome all initiatives from
Bank and the World Monetary in the Czech Republic. It also scientists in these fields of
Fund. The organizers anticipated offers support to foreign scien- research to make contact with
around ten thousand participants
Under the auspices of the IBRO Lanka and India. The format of the extremely effective way of teaching ly receptive audience that is
Visiting Lecture Team Programme, course was very similar to that in played a large part. Students volun- dedicated to doing the best possible
three courses were held during the the Philippines and the teachers teered to discuss and practise how research in neuroscience.
last 18 months starting in January once again were Albert Aguayo, to give a ten-minute talk at an inter-
1999. The aim of these courses was Ken Muller and John Nicholls. The national speak; another important The most recent VLTP course to be
to provide students and young course was used as an opportunity aspect is that students work with held was organized by
researchers with an overview of for neuroscientists of Sri Lanka to
modern neuroscience, and also to form a Neuroscience Society and at
encourage collaboration between a public meeting to encourage the
students taking the course and government to support basic
their colleagues overseas. research.
In January 1999, Albert Aguayo In May 2000, a ten-day laboratory little money available for research
(Montreal), Ken Muller (Miami), course was given in Brazil by Andy or for travelling to give scientific
John Nicholls (Trieste) and Blatz (Axon Instruments), Bob talks. When they can go to a meet-
Baldomera Oliveira (Utah) gave an Bosler (Woods Hole), Larry Cohen ing there is often little information
intensive two-week course in the (Yale), Ken Muller and John available about how necessary it is
Philippines. This was sponsored Nicholls. This course was organized for speakers to provide a good
and superbly organized by Dr by Dr Elaine del Bel of the introduction, to show only a limited
Lourdes Cruz at the Marine Science University of Sao Paolo, Ribeirao number of slides and to stick rigor-
Institute, and by Dr Xenia Tigno at Preto. There was keen demand for ously to the ten minutes.
the College of Medicine, University an experimental course after the
of the Philippines. More than 50 extremely successful lecture and
students from a variety of disci- conference course that Elaine del Participants at the VLTP course, Manila, Philippines, January 1999, including the course
plines attended. The course itself Bel had run two years before. As leaders Ken Muller, Albert Aguayo, John Nicholls and Baldomera Oliveira
consisted of informal lectures rang- was to be expected, to prepare for a
ing from classical experiments to laboratory course that included At the end of the course those Dr Toni Ebeigbe and held in Benin,
descriptions of research being car- patch clamp, optical recording, students who had prepared talks Nigeria in September 2000.
ried out in the lab today. The daily intracellular and extracellular gave uniformly excellent presenta-
small-group conferences permitted recording, and staining of single tions to the whole audience.
John Nicholls, Director
students to clarify things that were cells entailed a large amount of It should be emphasized that these
IBRO VLTP
difficult, to bring up topics that had work. This was accomplished by courses represented an extraordi-
SISSA
not been discussed and to ask gen- Elaine del Bel at the host institution narily hard and demanding task for
Trieste, Italy
eral questions about everyday and and by Bob Bosler who provided Drs Lourdes Cruz, Xenia Tigno,
e-mail: Nicholls@Sissa.it
academic life abroad. much of the equipment as a gift, all Ranil De Silva and Elaine del Bel.
in perfect working order. Twelve Beginning with the initial approach-
In December 1999, a similar course students took the lab course which es some nine months in advance,
was given in Colombo, Sri Lanka, involved rotating as three groups of they had to look after advertising,
sponsored by Dr Ranil De Silva of four, from one set-up to the next for selection of students,
the University of Sri three days at a time. Since by defi- accommodation, lecture theatres,
Jayawardenapura. As in the nition the number of students that as well as lunches and dinners right
Philippines, this course was care- can take such a lab course is up to the end of the last day. For
fully prepared for and wonderfully restricted by reasons of the space the teachers, too, the presentation
organized, in the most friendly yet and equipment that can be made of two lectures a day, as well as the
efficient manner, with more than 60 available, and since the interest in running of conferences and
brilliant students from a variety of the course was so great, lectures rehearsals, to say nothing of lab
disciplines, ranging from medicine and demonstrations were given at experiments in the case of Brazil, is
to basic science. Students came the host institution, and open to all. demanding. What makes these
from several universities in Sri In these courses an innovative and efforts so worthwhile is the unique-
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UPDATE ON IBRO’s JOURNAL NEUROSCIENCE
Neuroscience is approaching its papers in its historical areas of will appreciably decrease the
25th year of publishing. It has strength, such as neuropharmacology processing time for submitted
become one of the most widely and systems/behavioural papers and lead to a more rapid
respected of the neuroscience-relat- neuroscience, but will also increase editorial decision. During this
ed journals and has made the number of papers published in period of evaluation and change,
important contributions to the developmental, clinical and cogni- the Editors would welcome
development of the field. But even tive neuroscience. comments and suggestions from
the most venerable institution is the membership of IBRO.
periodically in need of evaluation There has also been a substantial Comments can be directed
and change. Neuroscience is under- change to the membership of the either to David Smith at
going a modernization process with Editorial Board. The Editors have david.smith@pharm.ox.ac.uk
the goals of ensuring that it invited 38 new members who are or David Amaral at
represents all areas of modern highly productive international neu- dgamaral@ucdavis.edu. The
neuroscience and that the editorial roscientists and who represent all changes that will be made in the
process becomes increasingly more areas of the field. A rotation system next twelve months should place
efficient. has been initiated in order to allow Neuroscience in a strong position
as many individuals as possible to to effectively serve the international
An important change has been the participate in the editorial process neuroscience community for the
adoption of a Section Editor proto - of the journal. next twenty-five years.
col for processing papers. Section
Editors include: D. Johnston and The Section Editors and the entire David G. Amaral
C. Sotelo for Cellular; D. A. Lewis Editorial Board have been invited to Associate Editor
for Clinical; R. J. Dolan for an Editorial Board meeting at the Neuroscience
Cognitive; J. L. R. Rubenstein for upcoming Society for Neuroscience
Developmental; W. Sieghart for meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana,
Interested in Molecular; J. P. Bolam for USA where future directions and Neuroscience
Neuropharmacology; and G. initiatives for the journal will be
submitting to Buzsáki for Systems/Behavioural. discussed. full-text available
Neuroscience? The Section Editors will work with
the Chief and Associate Editors to One future direction is electronic
online
then visit assign papers for review and to submission. The publisher has For full details see ScienceDirect
determine whether a paper is developed a sophisticated http://www.sciencedirect.com
www.elsevier.com/locate/
acceptable for publication. The web-based manuscript submission and Neuroscion
neuroscience selection of Section Titles indicates system, which is expected to be http://www.neuroscion.com
our hope that the journal will not implemented for Neuroscience
only continue to publish first-rate during the latter part of 2000. This
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