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

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

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

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 🎓

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

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 🧠

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/

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

🔔 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

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

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

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

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 🌄

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. 🌟

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

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

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

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!

#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 @brainprize.bsky.social

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!

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 👩‍⚕️👨‍🔬

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

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

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!

Neuroscience Academy Denmark receives grant of DKK 222 million to elevate Danish neuroscience research 🧠With the new grant from the Lundbeck Foundation, NAD can advance new and ongoing initiatives. Read more 👉 bit.ly/3Wy49y8

Danish neuroscience is full of possibilities! Throughout January, the 2025 NAD PhD fellows visit the local research environments around Denmark to prepare for selecting their 2nd and 3rd rotation labs. Last week, the PhD fellows had a lab tour of UCPH with 13 research groups participating 🔬

On January 8, we celebrated the recruitment of the 2025 NAD PhD fellows in Odense 🥂 Each fellow shared their unique motivation for going into neuroscience research. The festive afternoon also featured a talk by Professor Kasper Støy on intersections between neuroscience and robotics 🧠🤖

This week, the 16 newly recruited 2025 NAD PhD fellows gathered for the NAD opening retreat in Odense. The programme featured a workshop on presentation skills as well as a tour of the University of Southern Denmark's great new facilities, with 10 research groups providing tours of their labs 🔬

How many NAD PhD projects include cross-institutional collaborations? Which NAD events had the most participants? Jump into the vortex of data in NAD Wrapped, our data visualisation of the year that has come and gone 👉 bit.ly/4iv4KtX

A few snapshots from the recent NAD PhD fellow course on data acquisition and analysis 💻 🔬 Throughout the pre-PhD year, engaged neuroscientists host courses for the NAD PhD fellows on diverse subjects within the neuroscience field 🧠 Thank you to all researchers involved in teaching and planning!

Register for the NAD PhD Course in Advanced Neuroscience: Molecular, Cellular and Synaptic Properties of Brain Function 🔬🧠 📅 WHEN: March 10-14, March 2025 🌍 WHERE: Comwell Bygholm Park, Horsens ⏰ DEADLINE: December 31 Read more and register 👉 bit.ly/4hqmO7X

The 2024 NAD PhD fellows to start their PhD projects in January 2025 🎓 Read more about their PhD projects, PhD labs and supervisors here 👉 bit.ly/4fB5Xhu

Register for the NAD Welcome Reception 2025 🍾 📅 WHEN: January 8, 13:00-17:00 🌍 WHERE: Ærtefabrikken, Odense ⏰ DEADLINE: December 15 Read more and register here 👉 bit.ly/4eKHHII

'What Can I Be With a PhD' Nov. 21 targeted early career researchers in life science, with participants getting insights into navigating the job search in DK and the many possible career paths available 🧑‍🎓 In collaboration with Danish Cardiovascular Academy & Danish Diabetes and Endocrine Academy 🤝

NAD is on Bluesky! 🦋 Neuroscience Academy Denmark aims to educate the neuroscientists of the future and motivate networking and collaboration between neuroscience research groups in Denmark 🧠 Follow us here on Bluesky to get updates on our activities or visit our website 👉 bit.ly/3AR5qsI