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.

Latest News

FAONS President

Prof. Wing-Ho Yung, DPhil (Oxford)

Chair Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience,

Department of Neuroscience (NS)

City University of Hong Kong

email: whyung@cityu.edu.hk

Secretary General

Treasurer

APSN-FAONS-HKSN Neuroscience Conference 2026

 

 

We are excited to announce that the next (6th) FAONS symposium will be held in Hong Kong form 23 - 26 Aug 2026. This meeting is jointly organized with the Asian-Pacific Society for Neurochemistry (APSN) and hosted by the Hong Kong Society of Neurosciences (HKSN).

 

By partnering with APSN and HKSN, FAONS looks forward to welcoming a broad and vibrant community of neuroscientists from across the Asian-Oceanian region, united under the meeting theme "United for Advancing Neuroscience in Asia-Pacific". In addition to rich scientific exchange, participants will have the opportunity to explore Hong Kong's unique cultural landscape, a dynamic blend of Eastern and Western heritage.

 

Details of the joint APSN-FAONS-HKSN Neuroscience Conference are available at: APSN-FAONS-HKSN Neuroscience Conference 2026

 

We are also delighted to share that the Call for Symposium and Call for the APSN-Young Investigator Colloquium (YIC) are now open, (https://apsn-faons-hksn-2026.org/call-for-symposium) with a submission deadline of 15 Feb 2026. In addition, a number of travel awards for early-career scientists will be available, and abstract submission and travel award applications will open on 1 Feb 2026.

 

Meet the elected IBRO leadership and Regional Committee members

 

We are excited to hear the newly elected leadership of IBRO and members of IBRO'S regional committees. In particular, Dr. Shubba Tole (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India) is President-elect. Newly elected members of the IBRO-Asia Pacific regional Committee include:

 

Dr. Kavita Babu (Indian Institute of Science, India)

Prof. Ji Hu (ShanghaiTech University, China)

Prof. Ya Ke (Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)

Prof. Seungbok Lee (Seoul National University, South Korea)

 

These distinguished individuals will officially begin their terms on 1 January 2025.  The details of the full election results can be found at:  https://ibro.org/ibro-elections-2024/

 

 

 

Call for FAONS Symposium 2026 (closed)

 

FAONS would like to announce the Call for FAONS Symposium 2026 which will be hosted by The Hong Kong Society of Neurosciences.

 

To participate in bidding, please make sure to submit the following materials by June 30th, 2024.

 

      1. Letter of Intent 

         : This letter must be official and signed by the president of national neuroscience society.

 

      2. Bidding Proposal

         : Bidding proposal must include venue spec and budget plan.

 

Please submit the bidding materials via email (hrjung@kbri.re.kr), and also cc sjjeong@kbri.re.kr.

 

Once you submit the bidding materials, FAONS council members will review the documents and select the candidates for bidding presentation by July 5th, 2024.

 

Bidding presentation will be held at Fukuoka Convention Center, which will be in hybrid format. 

 

Please make sure at least ONE representative from national neuroscience society should be attend the bidding presentation.

 

The venue and time for presentation, and online meeting information will be announced later.

 

 

 

New FAONS Executive Council (2024-2026)

 

We are happy to announce new FAONS Executive Council members for the term 2024-2026:

 

FAONS President: Dr. Wing-Ho Yung (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)

FAONS Secretary General: Dr. Battuvshin Lkhagvasuren (Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Mongolia)

FAONS Treasurer: Dr. Ken-Ichiro Tsutsui (Tohoku University, Japan)

Prof. Battuvshin Lkhagvasuren

Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Mongolia

email: battuvshin@mnums.edu.mn

Prof. Ken-Ichiro Tsutsui

Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Japan

email: tsutsui@tohoku.ac.jp