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Introducing our “fNIRS in the Lab” photo series!
By Louisa Gossé We are looking for contributions to our “fNIRS in the Lab” photo series! Do you have a fun(ny) picture of your fNIRS set-up? Or want to share what your fNIRS testing looks like with fNIRS community? Send us your photo along with a small description of what it is you are researching […]
SfNIRS’s solidarity with Turkey and Syria
The SfNIRS Society and its members are heartbroken by the tragic loss of many lives as a result of the earthquakes that hit Turkey and Syria on Feb 6th, 2023. We express our solidarity and support with all those who were affected by this terrible tragedy. Anyone wishing to make a donation to help the […]
SfNIRS Newsletter May 2022
Welcome to the May 2022 issue of the SfNIRS newsletter, covering the period from January 2022 through April 2022. The Society’s biennial meeting, fNIRS 2022, is fast approaching, the program is ready, registration for courses and abstract submissions are open, and preparations are going smoothly. Much is going on in the fNIRS world: an EDI […]
fNIRS 2022 Updates
By Maria Angela Franceschini and Ippeita Dan We are excited about the return of our meeting face-to-face! fNIRS 2022 will be held in Boston between October 9th and 12th. As the date for our biennial meeting approaches, the last few months have been hectic. If you have been following us on social media, you surely […]
Nominations for the first community award are now open
By Martin Wolf and Joe Culver With this award, the Society for functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy would like to honor a member for its outstanding service to our community. Such service could be in various fields of our community, including: Educating community members Standardization of equipment, software, or data Organizing events Advancing the Society in […]
Early Investigator Award 2022
By Ilias Tachtsidis Since 2016, the fNIRS Early Investigator Award recognize noteworthy contributions made to fNIRS by a member at an early career stage Past recipients were: 2016: Rob Cooper, University College London 2018: Kaja Jasińska, University of Toronto 2021: Wesley Baker, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Nominations for the 2022 award are now open The award […]
fNIRS 2022 DEI Travel Award
The fNIRS2022 DEI Travel Award aims to support and recognize researchers from racial, ethnic, and disability groups that have been historically under-represented in scientific work related to fNIRS in their home country or internationally This award also aims to support research with significant impacts on culturally diverse and underrepresented minority populations.
New logo proposals
By the SfNIRS board SfNIRS is looking for a new society logo. Please find below the guidelines below for submitting a proposal. Send proposals to commcomm@fnirs.org. You can submit as many proposals as you want, but if you submit more than one, we expect them to be substantially different; e.g. the same logo with two […]
Sneak Peeks – May 2022
By Guy Perkins and Rens Burghardt While the sheer volume of fNIRS publications has increased extensively, this new feature will only highlight a few of the latest publications that might support, inspire, or otherwise entertain the SfNIRS community
Statement on Ukraine
The Society for functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy condemns the military aggression against Ukraine and stands with all the people who oppose this war. We stand in solidarity with the scientists, the research community and all Ukrainian people who are currently under siege in Ukraine and we denounce the atrocities against childrens, civilians, cities and hospitals. […]