Australasian Neuroscience Society

📢 Exciting news!
The 2026 ANS Annual Scientific Meeting will be a joint conference with ACNS and BPA #NeuroAlliance2026
📍 Sydney, Hilton Hotel
📅 29 Nov–2 Dec 2026
🧠 A milestone event bringing together neuroscience, cognitive science & biological psychiatry to expand networks & spark new ideas!

The Australasian Course in Advanced Neuroscience (ACAN) is back! ACAN is an intensive practical based neuroscience course for EMCRs providing theoretical + practical insight into neuroscience techniques, helping you build skills to take your research to the next level.

Apply now!

RNA Technologies and Therapeutics for Neuroscience - Neuroscience School of Advanced Studies RNA Technologies and Therapeutics for Neuroscience May 30-June 7, 2026   Director: Timothy Bredy University of Queensland, Australia   Faculty: Gene Yeo, University of California, San Diego, USA Eric…

The Neuroscience School of Advanced Studies was established to promote and enhance neuroscience research.

The upcoming course led by Prof Tim Bredy on "RNA Technologies and Therapeutics for Neuroscience" in Venice is accepting applications now!

Other courses: www.neurosas.org/advanced-cou...

The November 2025 edition of the ANS Newsletter is now available!

READ HERE: url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/dza8Cvl0O7...

We are thrilled to share that @IBROorg will support @acancourse.bsky.social again in 2026!

The next Australasian Course in Advanced Neuroscience (ACAN) will be in May.

Sign up for updates here: ans.org.au/acan/

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Apply: sapac.illumina.com/destination/...

Analysis includes library preparation and sequencing, array processing. In addition, the winner will have the opportunity to use Illumina’s data analysis software to explore and interpret their results.

The winner will be chosen by a panel of ANS members, based on the project’s innovation, its capacity to inspire future research, and its potential impact on the field.
The multiomics analysis will be completed by experienced scientists at Illumina’s Innovation Collective laboratory in Melbourne.

The award will enable sequencing for a pilot project, giving a researcher the opportunity to generate foundational data that can drive transformative discoveries. Together, Illumina and ANS are committed to advancing neurogenomics and supporting the ANS community in creating impactful discoveries.

Illumina aims to empower researchers to push the boundaries of neuroscience using cutting-edge multi-omics technologies. These approaches provide a broader view of neuroscience, connecting genomics, transcriptomics, epigenetics, single-cell sequencing and proteomics to accelerate discovery

ANS members are invited to apply for the Illumina ANS Neurogenomics Research Award!
The winner will receive multiomics analysis of up to 24 samples*, using at least two -omic modalities, with a total value up to $80,000.
*or up to 200,000 cells
Applications close 1st May 2026
Details 👇

neuro2026 It will be held at the Niigata Convention Center 'Toki Messe' from July 24 to 27, 2025.

ANS Members registration for JNS:

Please visit the registration website: neuro2026.jnss.org/en/registrat...

ANS members please enter the membership number '1111111111' and upload your current paid ANS membership invoice in the 'Membership Certificate' section to show proof of membership with ANS.

Registration is now open for NEURO2026, the 49th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society (JNS), to be held in Kobe, Japan from July 30 to August 2, 2026!

neuro2026.jnss.org/en/registrat...

ANS has an agreement with JNS allowing ANS members to register for JNS meetings at JNS member rates!

On tomorrow! 👇

Closing out Monday with our International Plenary Lecture by Professor Marina Mikhaylova of Humboldt University. Prof Mikhaylova took the audience on a journey through her work examining the dynamic architecture of synapses, dendrites and axon development

Join the Australasian Neuroscience Society (ANS) Council as the Student Representative! This role offers a chance to shape ANS's future, support students, and develop leadership skills. Nominate yourself by emailing ANS Secretary Matilde Balbi at m.balbi@uq.edu.au

Join us in Hobart next week for #ANS2025!

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If you're after a taste of Tasmanian seafood while you're in Hobart for #ANS2025, look no further than Mures Upper Deck! Book lunch or dinner for a complimentary glass of Prosecco or Cascade Lager on arrival, just for ANS attendees🐟🥂🍻
www.mures.com.au/upper-deck

Deep-to-Dish: Tasmanian Seafood Experience | Tour Tasmanian Wild Seafood Adventures operates a cruise out of Hobart aboard a luxury Catamaran onto Tasmania's pristine waterways collecting the freshest seafood.

Looking for something extra to do while you're down in Hobart for #ANS2025? Tasmanian Wild Seafood Adventures are offering attendees a discount for their Deep to Dish seafood cruise. Use code ANS10 for any bookings until 31 June 2026! 🐟🐠

Calling all EMCRs and students! Join us at the #ANS2025 EMCR trivia night for some friendly competition and brain-busting fun 🧠✍️
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Join us at the #ANS2025 Conference Networking Function!! Held at the Crowne Plaza, mingle with fellow delegates, speakers, and sponsors over a delicious selection of food and drinks💃🏻🕺🌟
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Find out more about #ANS2025 symposia for the Hobart 2025 meeting including "Enhancing indigenous inclusion, support and participation in neuroscience research" here: www.ans.org.au/ans-asm/prog...

Find out more about #ANS2025 symposia for the Hobart 2025 meeting including "Circuit neuroscience" here: www.ans.org.au/ans-asm/prog...

Find out more about #ANS2025 symposia for the Hobart 2025 meeting including "Circuitry under strain: development, trauma, and disease in motor systems" here: www.ans.org.au/ans-asm/prog...

Find out more about #ANS2025 symposia for the Hobart 2025 meeting including "From rare to common disease; from kids to adults" here: www.ans.org.au/ans-asm/prog...

Elizabeth Kleeman of @TheFlorey @unimelb presented her striking findings demonstrating behavioural, cellular, molecular and microstructural changes in the amygdala, prefrontal cortex and striatum in an animal model of long-COVID

At @biolpsychaus James Gattuso of @TheFlorey @Unimelb presented some intriguing animal model data on the differences between male and female susceptibility to psychedelic-induced psychosis related behaviours in schizophrenia and potential therapeutic effects.

Teens who vape are almost three times more likely than adults who vape to engage in alcohol consumption. At @biolpsychaust Stella Cardozo of @TheFlorey @unimelb presented her work on the link between nicotine use and alcohol consumption

Thanks to the generous support of the Finkel Foundation, I’m looking forward to starting a new and exciting collaboration together with @matildebalbi.bsky.social at QBI and Mario Prsa at the University of Fribourg.

A/Prof Robyn M Brown : Find an Expert : The University of Melbourne Robyn Brown is a DECRA Fellow and laboratory head in the Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology. She completed her PhD at Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (MIPS) in 2010 and a Bachelor of Commerce/Science (hons) in 2004 at University of Melbourne. In 2011 she obtained a Sir Keith Murdoch Fellowship from the Amercian Australian Association to undertake postdoctoral training in the laboratory of Peter Kalivas (Medical University of South Carolina) where she contributed to a number of influential studies investigating neuroplasticity in drug addiction. During her postdoc Robyn established an independent line of research investigating the parallels between drug addiction and overeating. In 2014 Robyn returned to Australia (Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health) where she continued this line of research and has been continuously funded in the form of career awards and major grants since her return. Her laboratory studies the neural mechanisms underlying pathological forms of motivated behaviour such as loss-of-control eating and drug addiction, as well as the impact of high-fat high-sugar food on the brain and behaviour. Her team uses a multi-disciplinary approach including behavioural models, electrophysiology, fibre photometry, chemogenetics, optogenetics, transgenic mouse models, viral methods and confocal microscopy.

We're happy to welcome A/Prof Robyn Brown as the new co-director of ACAN and head of fundraising. A/Prof Brown has been a faculty member of ACAN for several years and we're looking forward to having her help pushing ACAN forward. @ausneurosoc.bsky.social
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