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International Behavioural and Neural Genetics Society

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Abbreviation
  
IBANGS

Region served
  
Worldwide

Legal status
  
Association

Membership
  
200

Formation
  
July 1, 1996; 20 years ago (1996-07-01)

Purpose
  
To promote the field of neurobehavioural genetics

The International Behavioural and Neural Genetics Society (IBANGS) is a learned society that was founded in 1996. The goal of IBANGS is "to promote the field of neurobehavioural genetics".

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Mission

The IBANGS mission statement is to promote the field of neurobehavioural genetics by:

  • organizing annual meetings to promote excellence in research on behavioural and neural genetics
  • publishing a scholarly journal, Genes, Brain and Behavior in collaboration with Wiley-Blackwell

    • Awards

    Each year IBANGS recognizes top scientists in the field of neurobehavioral genetics with:

  • The IBANGS Distinguished Investigator Award for distinguished lifetime contributions to neurobehavioral genetics
  • The IBANGS Young Scientist Award for promising young scientists
  • Travel Awards to attend an IBANGS Annual Meeting for students, postdocs, and junior faculty, financed by a meeting grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

    • A Distinguished Service Award for exceptional contributions to the field is given on a more irregular basis and as of 2016 has been awarded only twice, to Benson Ginsburg (2001) and Wim Crusio (2011).

    History

    IBANGS was founded in 1996 as the European Behavioural and Neural Genetics Society, with Hans-Peter Lipp as its founding president. The name and scope of EBANGS were changed to International at the first meeting of the society in Orléans, France in 1997. IBANGS is a founding member of the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies.

    The current president is Lisa Tarantino (2014–2015). Previous presidents have been:

    References

    International Behavioural and Neural Genetics Society Wikipedia
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