The International Behavioural and Neural Genetics Society (IBANGS) is a

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that was founded in 1996. The goal of IBANGS is "promote and facilitate the growth of research in the field of neural behavioral genetics".

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Mission

The IBANGS

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is to promote the field of neurobehavioural genetics by: * organizing annual meetings to promote excellence in research on

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and neural genetics * publishing a

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, ''

Genes, Brain and Behavior ''Genes, Brain and Behavior'' (also known as ''G2B'') is a bimonthly peer-reviewed open access scientific journal covering research in the fields of behavioral, neural, and psychiatric genetics. It is published by Wiley on behalf of the Interna ...

'' in collaboration with

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Awards

Each year IBANGS recognizes top scientists in the field of neurobehavioral genetics with: *The IBANGS Distinguished Investigator Award for distinguished lifetime contributions to behavioral neurogenetics *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 The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), as part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, supports and conducts biomedical and Behavioral research, behavioural research on the causes, consequences, treatment, and prevent ...

A Distinguished Service Award for exceptional contributions to the field is given on a more irregular basis and has been awarded only three times, to Benson Ginsburg (2001),

Wim Crusio Wim E. Crusio (born Wilhelmus Elisabeth Crusio on 20 December 1954) is a Dutch behavioral neurogeneticist and a '' directeur de recherche'' (research director) with the French National Centre for Scientific Research in Talence, France. Educ ...

(2011), and John C. Crabbe (2015).

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 Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) is a European federation of scientific societies for basic scientists and physicians whose research is focused on the brain and nervous system (i.e., neuroscience). History The federatio ...

. The current president is Karla Kaun (2022–2025). Previous presidents have been:

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:International Behavioural And Neural Genetics Society Behavioral neuroscience Neuroscience organizations Scientific organizations established in 1996 Behavioural genetics societies International scientific organizations