The Japan Neuroscience Society (JNS)


The Japan Neuroscience Society (JNS) is an academic organization of scientists who study the brain and nervous system and wish to publish their findings in order to promote the welfare and culture of humans.

 

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The primary goal of the IBB is to motivate students to learn about the brain and to inspire them to pursue careers in neuroscience so they can help treat and find cures for brain disorders.
The adopted mascot character will be used for academic outreach activities, printed materials related to the academic conference, the academic website, the Japan Neuroscience Society, etc.
Information from the Japanese Neuroscience Society.
 

<Name of Conference>The 48th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society
<Theme> Future projection of neuroscience as envisioned in the mind
<Dates> July 24-27, 2025
<Venue>the Toki Messe in Niigata

 

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Calls for academic job applications, fellowships and studentships

 

Academic Events

Academic events, workshops and meetings

 

Notice from the Society to Members We send information about neuroscience.

Faculty and Other positions Graduate Student Position/Briefing Session
2024.10.24 Announcement of an assistant professor position(Department of Histology and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Japan)
2024.10.17 Seeking a Research Scientist or Postdoctoral fellow Human Biomimetic System RIKEN Hakubi research Team, RIKEN BDR
2024.10.16 Graduate School of Medicine, Medical Innovation Center [Fixed-term Faculty] Program-specific Assistant Professor or Program-specific Researcher
2024.10.10 Assistant Professor, Division of Behavioral Development, Department of System Neuroscience, National Institute for Physiological Sciences
2024.09.10 Faculty Positions at RIKEN Center for Brain Science(CBS)
2024.07.24 Call for RIKEN ECL Team/Unit Leaders (Sechi Kato Program) FY2024
2024.07.23 Researcher recruitment: Assistant Professor Position at the Division of Sensory and Cognitive Brain Mapping, Department of System Neuroscience, National Institute for Physiological Sciences (NIPS), National Institutes of Natural Sciences (NINS), Okazaki, Japan
2024.07.22 Faculty Position in the Division of Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University
2024.07.08 Position Announcement Graduate School of Science, University of Hyogo, Hyogo, Japan
2024.05.22 Professor Position at Department of System Neuroscience, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, National Institutes of Natural Sciences (Japan)
2024.05.17 Postdoc and PhD student positions on neural imaging study of spontaneous thoughts
2024.05.13 Call for the position of RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS) Coordinator
2024.05.10 Announcement of Faculty Position Institute for Frontier Science Initiative, Kanazawa University
2024.04.01 Postdoctral position at the Department of Biomedical Data Science, School of Medicine, Fujita Health University (FHU), Aichi, Japan
2024.03.15 Post-doctoral Positions on Neuronal Circuits for Memory and Prediction at Newcastle University
2024.03.06 Call for applications for the position of Special Postdoctoral Researcher (SPDR)
2024.02.28 [Deadline extended]Researcher recruitment: Assistant Professor Position at the Division of Multicellular Circuit Dynamics, Department of Fundamental Neuroscience, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Okazaki, Japan
2024.02.02 Announcement of Faculty Position for Female at Institute for Frontier Science Initiative, Kanazawa University
2024.02.01 Open Postdoctoral Position at the Berényi Lab - Oscillatory Neural Networks Research Group at University of Szeged, Hungary
2024.01.23 Technical Staff Position at RIKEN Center for Brain Science
2024.01.23 Postdoc Positions at RIKEN Center for Brain Science
2024.01.12 Psychology Visiting Professor at NYU Abu Dhabi (deadline: 15 January, 2024)
2023.11.28 Postdoctoral Fellow Position in The Neural Basis of Aggression (Hecht Lab,Harvard University, USA)
2023.11.28 Join the Faculty at the Monell Chemical Senses Center
2023.11.08 Postdoctoral fellow position at UT Southwestern Medical Center
2023.10.30 Call for Postdoctoral Fellows University of Buffalo (UB)
2023.10.24 Call for Postdoctoral Fellows Keio University WPI Human Biology-Microbiome-Quantum Research Center (Bio2Q)
2023.10.24 Call for Postdoctoral Fellows Keio University WPI Human Biology-Microbiome-Quantum Research Center (Bio2Q)
2023.10.20 Opening for tenure-track Principal Investigator (Associate / Full Professor) at the International Research Center for Neurointelligence, The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study
2023.10.17 Recruitment of a professor at the Department of Physiology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
Grants/Fellowship/TA Programs Call for Applicants
2024.10.30 Announcement of the call for the 9th Joseph Altman Award in Developmental Neuroscience, 2025
2024.10.30 Call for Applications: Toshihiko Tokizane Memorial Award for Excellent Graduate Study in Neuroscience
2024.08.05 Call for proposals: RIKEN CBS Co-Creation of Knowledge Project Co-Creation Laboratory
2024.05.13 Trainee Professional Development Award (SfN)
2024.05.09 The Brain Prize 2025 - Call for Nominations
2024.04.01 Announcement of the call for the 2024 JNS-SfN Travel Award Exchange Program
2024.02.01 Announcement of the call for the 2024 JNS-CNS Travel Award
2024.01.23 【Deadline Extended】 Announcement of the call for the 8th Joseph Altman Award in Developmental Neuroscience, 2024
2023.12.26 Postdoc Researcher or Staff Scientist in OIST Memory Research Unit (PI:Kazumasa Z. Tanaka)
2023.12.01 Call for Applications: FENS Forum 2024 Travel Award
2023.10.17 Call for Applications: ISN-MLSU First Neurochemistry School
2023.08.28 Announcement of the call for the 8th Joseph Altman Award in Developmental Neuroscience, 2024
2023.05.11 Brain Prize 2024 - Call for Nominations
2023.04.18 Call for SfN Award nominations
2023.04.12 JST Strategic Basic Research Programs (CREST, PRESTO and ACT-X) Fiscal Year 2023 Call for Research Proposals
2023.02.14 Call for Applications: FENS – Chen Institute – NeuroLéman Summer School
2023.02.10 [Deadline Extended] Announcement of the call for the 2023 JNS-CNS Travel Award
2023.02.06 Call for submissions - Art of Neuroscience 2023
2023.01.27 [Deadline Extended] Announcement of the call for the 7th Joseph Altman Award in Developmental Neuroscience, 2023
2023.01.12 Call for 2023 JNS-CNS Exchange Travel Award Program
2022.11.16 Call for Applications: Toshihiko Tokizane Memorial Award for Excellent Graduate Study in Neuroscience
2022.11.01 Announcement of the call for the 7th Joseph Altman Award in Developmental Neuroscience, 2023
2022.06.08 2022 JNS-SfN Travel Award Exchange Program
2022.03.17 Call for 2022 JNS-CNS Exchange Travel Award Program
2022.02.02 (Deadline has been Extended!) Toshihiko Tokizane Memorial Award for Excellent Graduate Study in Neuroscience
2022.01.27 Deadline Extended: Applications for Joseph Altman Award in Developmental Neuroscience
2022.01.06 (Deadline has been Extended!) Call for Applications: FENS Forum 2022 Travel Award
2021.12.07 Toshihiko Tokizane Memorial Award for Excellent Graduate Study in Neuroscience
2021.11.01 Call for Applications: Joseph Altman Award in Developmental Neuroscience
2021.08.10 Call for Nomination of The Brain Prize 2022
Academic Events
2024.12.02 International Symposium on the Social Brain Tribute to Dr. Larry J. Young
2024.07.30 Inhibition in the central nervous systems Gordon Research Seminar 2025
2024.07.04 23rd July 2024, 2024 Taiwan-Japan Neuroscience Young Researcher Exchange Workshop
2024.05.02 Emerging Neuroscientists Seminar Series (ENSS), Sainsbury Wellcome Centre
2024.04.15 [Event: May 15] ASHBi SignAC Workshop: High-content epigenome analysis in the next phase (WPI-ASHBi, Kyoto U)
2024.03.28 Promotional package for the SfN Annual Meeting at an SfN membership rate
2024.03.06 International Symposium on Brain Structure and Function
2024.02.20 24 Mar 2024, The 14th International Symposium, Brain Research Institute, Niigata University
2024.02.07 The 27th annual meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness, July 2-5, TOKYO
2024.01.15 The 4th international symposium on Frontend Brain Science–Yamanashi GLIA center: University of Yamanashi
2024.01.09 Call for SfN 2024 Session Proposals
2023.12.08 ALBA-FENS webinar on Understanding Sex-Based Differences in Neuroscience
2023.10.11 Master’s Lecture - Visions for development, stem cells and epigenetics
2023.10.03 The 7th NanoLSI Symposium
2023.07.12 Sainsbury Wellcome Centre (SWC), Emerging Neuroscientists Seminar Series (ENSS)
2023.07.07 1st August 2023, 2023 Taiwan-Japan Neuroscience Exchange Symposium (JNS Taiwan Night)
2023.07.06 FY2023 Transformative Research Areas (A) Hibernation Biology 2.0: Understanding regulated hypometabolism and its function Kick-off Symposium & Explanatory Meeting for Call for Research Proposals
2023.05.12 Deadline extension: FENS Forum 2024 call for symposia and technical workshops
2023.01.24 9-10 Mar 2023, The 13th International Symposium - Online, Brain Research Institute, Niigata University
2023.01.24 Call for the applications to the OIST Developing Neural Circuits Course (former Developmental Neurobiology Course) (DNC)
2023.01.10 Call for Symposia: The CJK-2nd International Meeting & CNS 2023
2023.01.04 Deadline Extended (January 11, 2023): Call for Symposia for KSBNS 2023 The 26th Annual Meeting of the Korean Society for Brain and Neural Sciences: September 6-8, 2023, Busan, South Korea
2022.11.21 Workshop on Nervous System Assembly-Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
2022.10.24 International Bioethics Symposium "Ethical, Legal, and Social issues of Human Brain Organoid Research and Application"
2022.10.21 6th NanoLSI Symposium will be held in a Hybrid format on November 14-15,2022
2022.08.03 FAONS Virtual Symposium
2022.08.02 Emerging Neuroscientists Seminar Series (ENSS), Sainsbury Wellcome Centre
2022.07.28 HORIZONS IN NEUROSCIENCE - ORGANOIDS, OPTOGENETICS AND REMOTE CONTROL
2022.07.27 IBRO World Congress 2023(Granada, Spain)
2022.06.08 6/24 Virtual Seminar | An Ex-Cell Press Editor presents: Telling the Story in a Scientific Paper (ASHBi, Kyoto Univresity)
News from JNS
2024.11.01 [For Member] Notice of Board of Directors Election
2024.10.21 Participating Report of the 17th Annual Meeting of Chinese Neuroscience Society (CNS 2024)
2024.10.16 [For Member] IBRO Press Release: Elections 2024
2024.09.10 [For Member] Call for Nominations of the 2025 Japan Neuroscience Society Young Investigator Award
2024.07.17 [For Member] Australasian Neuroscience Society 42nd Annual Scientific Meeting Notice of member price discount on registration fee
2024.07.10 “Meet the Editors” Session (July 24, 25 and 26, 2024) will be held at NEURO2024
2024.07.03 Neuroscience Research Special Issue(Vol.197) is available for free now
2024.06.26 [For Member] Announcement of 2024 JNS-SfN Exchange Travel Awardees
2024.06.25 Neuroscience Research is now Full Gold Open Access journal
2024.06.14 Message from the President
2024.04.24 Atsushi Nambu, The 26th Recipient of the Tokizane Award in 2024
2024.04.24 [For Member] Obituary: Larry Young, PhD (In Memoriam)
2024.04.15 Awardee of 2024 Joseph Altman Award in Developmental Neuroscience, Shawn Sorrells
2024.04.01 Announcement of the 26th Recipients of the Tokizane Prize in 2024
2024.04.01 Announcement of FENS Forum 2024 Travel Award Awardees
2024.03.28 Announcement of the 2024 JNS-CNS Travel Award Program Awardees
2024.03.15 Awardee of the 2024 Joseph Altman Award in Developmental Neuroscience
2024.03.11 [For Member] Announcement of the Awardees of the 2024 Neuroscience Research (NSR) Paper Awards.
2024.03.07 The Winners of the Brain Prize 2024
2024.02.20 [For Member] Survey on membership in other societies and joint holding of annual meeting
2024.02.19 [For Member] Chen Institute Science Writer's report about the 46th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society
2024.02.15 THE BRAIN PRIZE 2024 WINNERS ANNOUNCED ON MARCH 5TH (CET)/ 6TH MARCH(JST)
2024.02.09 [For Member] Special Rates Offer for FENS Forum 2024 Registration
2024.01.24 [For Member] FY2023 Minutes of the Extraordinary General Assembly
2024.01.09 [For Member] Renewal of Student Member / Overseas Student Member for FY 2024
2023.10.03 [For Member] Announcement of 2023 JNS-SfN Exchange Travel Awardees
2023.08.18 FENS Summer School 2023 Report (Owusu Mensah Richard Nana Abankwah)
2023.08.17 Call for applications: Chief Editors of Neuroscience
2023.07.05 Message from the President 'Our Neuroscience Society'
2023.04.25 Awardee of 2023 Joseph Altman Award in Developmental Neuroscience, Tomasz Nowakowski