For a list of FAONS member societies and contact details, please go to the About FAONS page.
Member Societies
Prof. Sung-Oh Huh
College of Medicine, Hallym University, Seoul,
South Korea
email: s0huh@hallym.ac.kr
FAONS Treasurer
Prof. Tadashi Isa
FAONS Secretary
Prof. Kheng Seang Lim
Past President
Dr. Sung-Jin Jeong
FAONS President
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Hosted by the Hong Kong Society of Neurosciences, the School will be based in the School of Biomedical Sciences at the Chinese University of Hong Kong on July 2 - 14, 2017. Application deadline is April 1, 2017. Click here for more details.
It is our pleasure to have Mongolian Neuroscience Society (MNS) joining FAONS as one of the member societies. MNS is an academic non-profit organization, founded in 2014 in Ulaanbaatar, which is aimed to develop neuroscience in Mongolia and represents this field of science in abroad.
FAONS
The purpose of the Federation is to promote the advancement of neuroscience research and education in the Asian Oceanian regions, which include Asian countries, Australia, New Zealand and Islands in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. The Federation shall aim also at contributing to the advancement of neuroscience worldwide.
The FAONS Congress and FAONS Symposium are typically organised on an alternating 2 year cycle by representatives from a Neuroscience Society that is a member of FAONS.
The position of FAONS President on the FAONS Council is assumed by the President of the Neuroscience Society that is hosting either the Congress or the Symposium.
Joint meeting of the 4th Federation of Asian-Oceanian Neuroscience Societies (FAONS) Symposium and the 27th Malaysian Society of Neurosciences (MSN) & the 17th Neurosurgical Association of Malaysia (NAM)
in conjunction with Paediatric Neurology Update 2017.
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FAONS President: Prof. Sung-Oh Huh (Hallym University, South Korea)
FAONS Treasurer: Prof. Tadashi Isa (Graduate School of Medicine & Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan)
FAONS Secretary: Dr. Sung-Jin Jeong (Korea Brain Research Institute, South Korea)
We are pleased to announce that The 10th IBRO World Congress, jointly organized by IBRO, FAONS and Korea Brain Research Institute will be held the first time in 24 years in Asia (Daegu, South Korea) from 21-25 September 2019. Click here for more details.
Council meeting took place in August 2017 to elect new members of the FAONS Executive Committe and to discuss various FAONS issues
We are happy to announce new members of the FAONS Executive Committee whom were elected in the last Council meeting held in August in Kuala Lumpur, as follows:
Announcement
So far, FAONS has organized 6 congresses and 4 symposia. The next FAONS Congress will be held in Daegu, Korea in 21-25 Sept 2019, in conjunction with the 10th IBRO World Congress. FAONS is now calling for expressions of interest for a member country to run the next FAONS Symposium. Please note that the Presidency of FAONS is undertaken by the President of the Neuroscience Society in the country that is organizing the Congress or Symposium. If you are interested in organizing a FAONS Symposium in 2021 please send a brief outline with contact details to the FAONS Secretary.
Click here for the Letter of Call.
Posted on 3 December 2018
Obituary
Masao Ito, the Founding President of FAONS, the first president of the Japan Neuroscience Society, member of the Japan Academy, professor emeritus of the University of Tokyo, honorary fellow of RIKEN, peacefully passed away on December, 18, 2018.
It was through the great vision and effort of Prof. Ito that FAONS was established. We are deeply saddened by the loss of our esteemed mentor and celebrated, prominent neuroscience researcher with the greatest achievements. He will be truly missed.
We extend our most sincere condolences.
Sung-Oh Huh
President of FAONS
