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MEETINGS/EVENTS

bullet 38th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC, USA. November 15-19, 2008
bullet"Understanding Violence": Recent advances in biology, sociology and modeling. Lausanne, Switzerland. February 11-13, 2009
bullet Wiring the Brain: From Genetic to Neuronal Networks, Adare, Limerick, Ireland. April 21-24, 2009
bullet 11th Annual Genes, Brain and Behavior Meeting of the International Behavioural and Neural Genetics Society, Dresden, Germany. June 5-8, 2009
bullet Annual Meeting of the International Behavioral Neuroscience Society, Manzanillo, Mexico. June 9-13, 2009
bullet 9th World Congress of Biological Psychiatry, Paris, France. June 28-July 2, 2009

Some useful tips for attending meetings: Attending Professional Meetings Successfully (file in Acrobat PDF format) 

DATABASES/INFORMATION

bullet Allen Brain Atlas
bullet Alzheimer Research Forum
bullet AMEDEO, the Medical Literature Guide
bullet Baygenomics
bullet Behaviour Genetics Interactive Modules (BGIM)
bullet BioVisa (collection of online journals and science protocols)
bullet Brain Molecular Anatomy Project (BMAP)
bullet Caenorhabditis elegans Links
bullet Caenorhabditis elegans WWW Server
bullet Caenorhabditis Genetics Center at the University of Minnesota
bullet Center for Inherited Disease Research, Mouse Genotyping Interactive Queries
bullet Chilibot
bullet CogPrints: Cognitive Sciences ePrint Archive
bullet Danio rerio Sequencing Project
bullet Edinburgh Mouse Atlas Project
bullet elegansNet
bullet Electronic Scientific Publishing (collection of classical papers in PDF format)
bullet Ensembl Drosophila Genome Server
bullet Ensembl Human Genome Browser
bullet Ensembl Mouse Genome Server
bullet Ensembl Zebrafish Genome Browser
bullet ENTREZ Map View: Caenorhabditis elegans
bullet ENTREZ Map View: Danio rerio
bullet ENTREZ Map View: Drosophila melanogaster
bullet ENTREZ Map View: Homo sapiens
bullet ENTREZ Map View: Mus musculus
bullet ENTREZ Map View: Rattus norvegicus
bullet ENU Mutagenesis Programme (Harwell, UK: Mouse)
bullet European Mouse Mutant Archive (EMMA)
bullet European Science Foundation Programme on Integrated Approaches for Functional Genomics
bullet Flybase: A Database of the Drosophila Genome
bullet Flynome: A database of Drosophila nomenclature
bullet Flytrap - HTML based gene expression database
bullet Gene Expression Nervous System Atlas (GENSAT)
bullet GeneNetwork
bullet Gene Ontology Consortium
bullet GeneLink
bullet Genetic Annotation Initiative
bullet Genetics and Neurogenetics Databases
bullet Genetics Virtual Library
bullet Genome Browser
bullet German Human Genome Project: Resource Center/Primary Database
bullet Google Scholar
bullet Homophila: Human Disease to Drosophila Gene Database
bullet Honey Bee Brain EST Project
bullet Human Brain Proteome Project
bullet Human Genetics on the Internet
bullet Induced Mutant Resource (IMR), Transgenic and Targeted Mutant Mice
bullet International Center for Scientific Research
bullet International Mouse Strain Resource (IMSR)
bullet Mammalian Genetics Web Resources
bullet MAP, Mouse Atlas Project
bullet Medakafish Home Page
bullet MedBioWorld (links to journals, databases, and societies)
bullet Micro MRI Atlas of Mouse Development
bullet Model Organisms for Biomedical Research (NIH)
bullet Mouse Atlas and Gene Expression Database Project (several databases, including anatomy)
bullet Mouse Bioinformatics Research Network (Mouse BIRN)
bullet Mouse Brain Library and Atlas
bullet Mouse Genome Databases
bullet Mouse Genome Informatics (Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, USA)
bullet Mouse Nomenclature Home Page
bullet Mouse Phenome Database
bullet Mouse SNP Data
bullet Mouse SNP and Genotype Data Download (Perlegen)
bullet MusBanks, a portal to worldwide mutant databases
bullet Mutant Mice Behaviour-network
bullet Mutant Mouse Regional Resource Centers
bullet MutDB, Functionally Annotated Mutation Database
bullet mymouse.org
bullet Nature Genome Information Centre
bullet Netherlands Twin Register
bullet Neurogenesis Research on the Internet
bullet Neuromice
bullet Neurosciences on the Internet
bullet NINDS Gensat BAC Transgenic Project
bullet PharmGKB, The Pharmacogenetics and Pharmacogenomics Knowledgebase
bullet OMIM, Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man
bullet oPOSSUM
bullet QTL Matchmaker
bullet Rat Genome Database (including VCMAP to compare with mouse and human maps)
bullet RATMAP, The Rat Genome Database
bullet Schizophrenia Research Forum
bullet Serebella (edited searchable directory of science web sites)
bullet SNPView (mouse)
bullet Tennessee Mouse Genome Consortium
bullet Textpresso (Literature database, mainly C. elegans)
bullet Trans NIH Mouse Initiative
bullet Trans NIH Zebrafish Initiative
bullet WebGestalt (WEB-based GEne SeT AnaLysis Toolkit)
bullet Whole Brain Atlas
bullet World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Neuroscience (Biosciences)
bullet WormAtlas, a database of behavioral and structural anatomy of Caenorhabditis elegans
bullet WormBase. The Genome and Biology of C. elegans
bullet WWW Virtual Library: Drosophila
bullet ZFIN, The Zebrafish Information Network

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES/FELLOWSHIPS
**Note that many national organizations will also support research in other countries**

bullet AAAS links to funding agencies around the world
bullet Alexander-von-Humboldt Stiftung (Germany)
bullet Alzheimer Association (USA)
bullet Canadian Institutes of Health Research
bullet Chateaubriand Fellowships (France)
bullet CNRS Appels d'Offres (France)
bullet Community of Science
bullet Community Research and Development Information Service (European Union)
bullet Cure Autism Now (USA)
bullet Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Germany)
bullet Fogarty International Center (US)
bullet Fondation Jérôme Lejeune (France)
bullet Fragile X Research Foundation of Canada
bullet FRAXA Research Foundation
bullet FundSource, a search tool for research funding in the Behavioral and Social Sciences
bullet Fyssen Foundation (France)
bullet Grants.gov
bullet GrantsNet
bullet Grant writing resources
bullet Human Frontier Science Program
bullet Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowships
bullet Lise Meitner Programm (Austria)
bullet March of Dimes (USA)
bullet Marie Curie Fellowships (European Union)
bullet Medical Research Council (UK)
bullet National Alliance for Autism Research (USA)
bullet National Institutes of Health: Grants and Funding Opportunities (USA)
bullet National Research Council Canada
bullet National Science Foundation (USA)
bullet NATO Science Program
bullet Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (The Netherlands)
bullet National Institute of Drug Abuse Genetics Workgroup (USA)
bullet Pasteur Foundation (France/US)
bullet Pharmacogenomics Research Network (National Institute of General Medical Sciences, USA)
bullet Roche Research Foundation (Switzerland)
bullet Royal Society Grants and Funding (UK)
bullet Serono Foundation for the Advancement of Medical Science (Switzerland)
bullet Swiss National Science Foundation
bullet The Art of Grantmanship (article by Jacob Kraicer)
bullet The Wellcome Trust (UK)
bullet US Civilian Research and Development Foundation for the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union

ETHICS

bullet Advisory Committee on Genetic Testing (UK)
bullet Animal Welfare Information Center, US Department of Agriculture
bullet Behavior Genetics Project, AAAS and Hastings Center
bullet Bioethics Net
bullet Bioethics Resources on the Web (USA, National Institutes of Health)
bullet CODEX (in Swedish, large collection of links)
bullet Comité Consultatif National d'Ethique/National Consultative Ethics Committee (France)
bullet Comité d'Ethique du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (COMETS; France)
bullet Comité Opérationnel pour l'Ethique dans les Sciences de la Vie (Copé, France)
bullet Committee on Publication Ethics
bullet Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
bullet Hastings Center
bullet Human Genetics Alert
bullet Human Genome Project Information - Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues
bullet Image Archive on the American Eugenics Movement
bullet Institute for the Study of Academic Racism
bullet International Bioethics Committee (UNESCO)
bullet National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature (USA)
bullet Neuroethics Society
bullet Nuffield Council on Bioethics (UK)
bullet On Being A Scientist: Responsible Conduct In Research (National Academy of Sciences, USA)
bullet Online Ethics Center for Engineering and Science (USA)
bullet Policies on the Use of Animals and Humans in Neuroscience Research
bullet President's Council on Bioethics (USA)
bullet UNESCO Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights (1997)
bullet World Health Organization (WHO): Ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) of human genomics

SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATIONS

bullet American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG)
bullet Austrian Neuroscience Association (ANA)
bullet Australian Neuroscience Society
bullet Behavioral Neurogenetics Initiative (BNI)
bullet Behavior Genetics Association (BGA)
bullet Boston Area Neuroscience Group (BANG)
bullet Brain Research Society of Finland (BRSF)
bullet British Neuroscience Association (BNA)
bullet College on Problems of Drug Dependence
bullet Comparative Cognition Society
bullet Complex Trait Consortium
bullet Croatian Society for Neuroscience (CSFN)
bullet Czech Neuroscience Society
bullet Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives (DABI)
bullet Danish Society for Neuroscience (DSfN)
bullet Decade of Behavior
bullet Deutsche Gesellschaft für Neurogenetik (DGNG)
bullet Dutch Neurofederation
bullet EKN, Nederlands-Belgische Vereniging voor Experimentele en Klinische Neurowetenschappen
bullet European Behavioural Pharmacology Society (EBPS)
bullet European Brain and Behaviour Society (EBBS)
bullet European Brain Council (EBC)
bullet European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP)
bullet European Confederation of Neuropathological Societies (Euro-CNS)
bullet European Dana Alliance for the Brain (EDAB)
bullet European Federation of Neurological Societies (EFNS)
bullet European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
bullet European Society for Neurochemistry (ESN)
bullet European Society of Human Genetics (ESHG)
bullet Federation of Asian and Oceanian Neuroscience Societies
bullet Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS)
bullet Federation of the European Psychophysiological Societies (FEPS)
bullet Genetics Society of America (GSA)
bullet Georgian Neuroscience Association (GENA)
bullet German Genetics Society
bullet German Neuroscience Society
bullet Hellenic Society for Neuroscience (HSN)
bullet Human Genetics Society of Australasia
bullet Human Proteome Organisation (HUPO)
bullet Hungarian Neuroscience Society (MIT)
bullet International Behavioral Neuroscience Society (IBNS)
bullet International Behavioural and Neural Genetics Society (IBANGS)I
bullet nternational Federation of Human Genetics Societies (IFHGS)
bullet International Mammalian Genome Society (IMGS)
bullet International Neuropsychological Society (INS)
bullet International Society for Applied Ethology (ISAE)
bullet International Society for Autism Research (INSAR)
bullet International Society for Behavioral Neuroscience (ISBN)
bullet International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD)
bullet International Society for Comparative Psychology (ISCP)
bullet International Society for Developmental Psychobiology (ISDP)
bullet International Society for Neurochemistry (ISN)
bullet International Society for Neuroethology (ISN)
bullet International Society of Neuropathology (ISN)
bullet International Society of Psychiatric Genetics (ISPG)
bullet International Society for Twin Studies
bullet Israel Society for Neurosciences (ISFN)
bullet Molecular and Cellular Cognition Society (MCCS)
bullet National Neuroscience Society of Romania (SNN)
bullet Neuroethics Society
bullet Norwegian Neuroscience Society (NNS)
bullet Polish Neuroscience Society (PTBUN)
bullet Research Society on Alcoholism (RSoA)
bullet Schizophrenia International Research Society
bullet Slovak Society for Neuroscience (SSN)
bullet Slovenian Neuroscience Association (SiNAPSA)
bullet Sociedad Española de Neurociencia (SENC)
bullet Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurosciências
bullet Società Italiana di Neuroscienze (SINS)
bullet Societé des Neurosciences (France)
bullet Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology
bullet Society of Behavioral Medicine
bullet Society for Neuroscience (SfN)
bullet Society of Biological Psychiatry (SOBP)
bullet Spanish Society of Comparative Psychology (SEPC)
bullet Swedish Neuroscience Network (SNN)
bullet Swiss Society for Neuroscience
bullet Turkish Neuroscience Society (TUBAS)
bullet Ukrainian Society for Neuroscience
bullet World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry

JOURNALS

bullet Behavioral and Brain Functions
bullet Behavioral and Brain Sciences
bullet Behavior Genetics
bullet Bipolar Disorders
bullet European Journal of Neuroscience
bullet Genes, Brain and Behavior
bullet Journal of Visualized Experiments
bullet Neurogenetics
bullet Psycoloquy
bullet The Zebrafish Science Monitor
bullet Twin Research

BOOKS

bullet Behavior Genetics Principles: Perspectives in Development, Personality and Psychopathology. L. DiLalla (ed), 2004.
bullet Biology of the Laboratory Mouse, 2nd ed., E.L. Green (ed.), 1966.
bullet Classics in the History of Psychology. Large free online collection of older Psychological literature.
bullet The Coat Colors of Mice. A Model for Mammalian Gene Action and Interaction. W.K. Silvers, 1979. Link provides free online access to this book.
bullet Collected Papers of R.A. Fisher, 1890-1962, University of Adelaide Library
bullet Encyclopedia of Genetics. E.C. Reeve (ed), 2001. For review, see Genes, Brain and Behavior 1 (2): 132-133, 2002
bullet Handbook of Molecular Genetic Techniques for Brain and Behavior Research. W.E. Crusio and R.T. Gerlai (eds), 1999. For reviews, see Trends in Neurosciences 24 (2): 127 (2001) and Trends in Molecular Medicine 7(3): 139 (2001)
bullet The Hippocampus as a Cognitive Map. J. O'Keefe and L. Nadel, 1978. Link provides free online access to this book
bullet Methods in Genomic Neuroscience. H.R. Chin and S.O. Moldin (eds), 2002. For reviews see Nature Neuroscience 4 (11): 1059 (2001) and Genes, Brain and Behavior 1 (3): 192-193 (2002)
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