The British Neuroscience Association ( BNA ) is a scientific society with around 2,500 members. Starting out as an informal gathering of scientists meeting at the Black Horse Public House in London to discuss brain-related topics (the 'London Black Horse Group'), on 23 February 1968 it was formerly established as the Brain Research Association, and subsequently relaunched as the British Neuroscience Association in 1997.
6-510: The BNA is the largest UK organisation of its kind, supporting and promoting neuroscience and neuroscientists. It is a registered charity (number 1103852), with charitable objects as follows: ‘To preserve and protect health and advance public education in neurosciences related to health and disease (in particular but not exclusively) by:’ The BNA is a member of the International Brain Research Organization (IBRO),
12-677: A resolution proposing the creation of an international organization representing brain research worldwide. IBRO was established as an independent, non-governmental organization, regulated by a Governing Council. The organization represents the interests of circa 75,000 neuroscientists around the globe. Brain Awareness Week is a week dedicated to supporting research and spreading awareness for brain science. Brain Awareness Week allows organizers to host different types of activities for their communities that will bring people in to show them how important and impactful brain science is. The IBRO offers
18-706: A shared interested in neuroscience - societies, charities, companies, scientists, clinicians and members of the public too. International Brain Research Organization The International Brain Research Organization ( IBRO ) is the global federation of neuroscience organizations that aims to promote and support neuroscience around the world. The organization accomplishes this through training, teaching, collaborative research, advocacy and outreach. More than 90 international, national and regional scientific organizations constitute IBRO's Governing Council which, together with
24-710: The Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS), and the Royal Society of Biology (RSB). The BNA publishes a peer-reviewed scientific journal , Brain and Neuroscience Advances with Jeffrey W. Dalley ( Cambridge University ) and Kate Baker as co- editors-in-chief . It also publishes the BNA Bulletin membership magazine. The headline event of the BNA is the biennial 'Festival of Neuroscience'. The festivals are unique in bringing together multiple people and organisations with
30-434: The five IBRO Regional Committees, address the needs and advance the work of individual scientists and research communities everywhere. In addition, IBRO has partnerships with like-minded scientific societies and organizations to identify priorities and help bridge gaps in knowledge, investment and resources in the field of brain research . IBRO was founded in 1961 in response to the growing demand from neuroscientists around
36-572: The world for the creation of a central organization that would cut across world boundaries and improve communication and collaboration among brain researchers. The origin of IBRO can be traced back to a meeting of electroencephalographers in London in 1947, which led to the establishment of an International Federation of EEG and Clinical Neurophysiology . A later conference in Moscow in 1958 of IFEEG and other groups, successfully achieved unanimous support for
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