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Neuroscience is at the interface between biology and psychology. It is about the scientific study of nervous systems. It includes study of the nature and functioning of the nervous system at all levels, from the molecules that make up individual nerve cells and the transfer of information from one nerve cell to another, to the complexities of how behaviour, thoughts and emotions are produced. Neuroscientists are interested in many basic questions, including why do people and other animals behave, think and feel the way they do, how addictive drugs produce their effects, how brain cells develop, why they die or sometimes malfunction, and how they repair themselves when damaged.
Our vision is to foster interest in Neuroscience and facilitate communication between those interested in Neuroscience, within Southern Africa and Africa.
It is the mission of the South African Neuroscience Society to foster interest in Neuroscience and facilitate communication between those interested in Neuroscience, within Southern Africa and Africa.
FRIENDS OF SANS
University of Cape Town Cortex Club
Society of Neuroscientists of Africa
International Brain Research Organization
South African Society of Psychiatrists
Anatomical Society of Southern Africa
Physiology Society of Southern Africa
Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study
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Postdoctoral position at Stellenbosch University
Dear SANS members, Please note that applications are open for a postdoctoral fellowship in bioinformatics in the Department of Psychiatry at Stellenbosch University. The deadline for applications is 15 February.
Biological Psychiatry Research Awards
Dear SANS members, Please note that applications for Early-Mid Career and Established Researcher awards close on 31 January. Please take advantage of this great opportunity!
Applications for Biological Psychiatry Research Funding are Open
Dear SANS members, Exciting news – applications are now open for Biological Psychiatry Research Funding! Please find attached further details for the Early/Mid Career and Established Research Awards.
Travel Awards to Attend the 43rd Annual Meeting of Japan Neuroscience Society
Dear SANS members, The 43rd Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society will be held at Kobe Convention Center, Hyogo, Japan from July 29 to August 1, 2020. Applications for travel awards to support attendance by senior postdoctoral fellows and young principal investigators are now open. Please find further details at the application website: https://neuroscience2020.jnss.org/en/travel_award.html
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Contemplative Science
Dear SANS members, The Chair of Research in Historical Trauma and Transformation at Stellenbosch University invites applications for a postdoctoral fellowship in contemplative science. Please note that the application deadline for this exciting opportunity is 20 January 2020. Advert_Postdoc SCHOLARSHIP_2020
Postdoctoral Position in Bioinformatics
Dear SANS members, Applications are open for a postdoctoral position in bioinformatics in the Department of Psychiatry at Stellenbosch University! The successful applicant will join the newly established SAMRC Extramural Unit on the Genomics of Brain Disorders, as well as the NRF/DSI South African Research Chairs Initiative in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Please note that the Read more about Postdoctoral Position in Bioinformatics[…]
Conference announcement: SACNA 2020
Dear SANS members, The South African Clinical Neuropsychological Association will be hosting a conference in Cape Town in October 2020. Please save the date and we will let you know as soon as the call for abstracts is open!
SANS AGM 2019 AGENDA
Please see attached agenda for the AGM taking place on the 21stSeptember 2019, 17h45-18h45, Meeting Room 11, Century City Conference Centre, Cape Town, South Africa.
Invited speaker at the SANS symposium: Thijs Verhoog
Our second invited speaker for the SANS symposium is Thijs Verhoog, a postdoctoral researcher in the lab of Dr Joseph Raimondo at the University of Cape Town. Thijs is an electrophysiologist and obtained his PhD under the supervision of Prof Huibert Mansvelder at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He specialized in making electrical recordings from human Read more about Invited speaker at the SANS symposium: Thijs Verhoog[…]
Invited speaker at the SANS symposium: Dorit Hockman
Dr Dorit Hockman did her undergraduate and MSc at the University of Cape Town (UCT). For her PhD at the University of Cambridge she explored the evolution and development of vertebrate hypoxia-sensitive cells. In 2013, Dorit joined Trinity College (Oxford) to perform research into neural crest evolution. Dorit is now a lecturer at UCT, where Read more about Invited speaker at the SANS symposium: Dorit Hockman[…]