The Student Body Committee (SBC) was formed in 2017 and is tasked with strategising, planning, and implementing programs to support neuroscience students and encourage student participation in ANS.
Join us in Perth for the
40th Annual Conference
Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre (PCEC)
8-11 December 2020
Click here for information on the 2020 Symposium Submissions
Welcome
We are a non-profit organisation of scientific researchers and clinicians who study the brain, cognition, and nervous system structure and function in health and disease.
READ MOREMember Benefits
- Ability to play an active voting role in the peak neuroscience society in Australasia
- Eligibility for ANS awards
- Ability to propose Plenary speakers and symposia at the annual ANS
- Reduced registration fee for the annual ANS conference
- Access to our online ANS community forums, including the ability to open your own ANS community forum
- Ability to organise and advertise your own events through the ANS website
- Quarterly newsletter
- Free job advertisements
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The ABA has proposed the establishment of an Australian Brain Initiative (ABI), a transformative brain research agenda aimed at coordinating Australia’s existing brain researchers and scientists from other disciplines with the aim of ‘‘cracking the brain’s code.’’
The Australian Course in Advanced Neuroscience (ACAN) is an intensive three-week course that teaches the theory and practice of electrophysiological recording and optical imaging techniques.
The Australian Brain Bee Challenge (ABBC) is a competition for high school students in year 10 to learn about the brain and its functions, learn about neuroscience research, find out about careers in neuroscience and to dispel misconceptions about neurological and mental illnesses.
The E&D Committee is dedicated to promoting equity and balance of gender, culture, and ethnicity on ANS Committees and at our annual conference, and to removing obstacles to the advancement of underrepresented genders and minorities in neuroscience.
ANS Young Researcher Award
ANS Awards
Non-ANS Awards
What started off in 1980 as the first official gathering of our Society has now blossomed into the largest annual gathering of Australian and New Zealander neuroscientists, attracting up to 700-800 delegates. This year marks the 40th Anniversary of the Australasian Neuroscience Society, and we hope you will join us in Perth, Dec 8th-11th, for a celebration of neuroscience featuring Nobel Laureate Edvard Moser, national and international speakers, our trade industry partners, and a vibrant public programme.
Address:
ANS c/o The Association Specialists
PO Box 576
Crows Nest NSW 1585
Australia
Phone:
+61 2 9431 8652
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Why be a member? There are many benefits to membership of the Australasian Neuroscience Society
Your membership of the Society is crucial and ANS cannot exist without it. ANS provides your collective voice for science advocacy and the funding of neuroscience and represents your interests across a range of national and international science organisations.
