• IBRO-edu:

http://www.ibroedu.org

IBRO — the International Brain Research Organization — is undertaking an ambitious project on its recently relaunched website. 'IBRO-edu' is a web resource that, in the short term, aims to provide a registry of educational resources related to neuroscience that are already available on the internet. In the longer term, IBRO intends to add to the educational tools by soliciting and creating new content — presumably to fill in any gaps that are left uncovered.

The creators of the site are inviting authors of educational material that is posted on the Web to submit it for inclusion in IBRO-edu. If you have an educational website that could be included, you can register it online. The quality of the resources that are included will be ensured by the editorial committee, headed by the Editor-in-Chief of IBRO-edu, Ante Padjen (McGill University, Montréal, Canada).

The site is now up and running, with some material already included. You can search for material related to a particular topic, or you can browse through subject areas. Although coverage is rather patchy at present, there is some useful material on the site. However, it will only fulfil its potential if the creators of the vast amounts of educational material already present on the web join in by submitting details of their sites to the organizers.

IBRO's shiny new site also has plenty of other essential reading, particularly for younger neuroscientists. The 'Map and Compass' section, which bills itself as a 'survival guide for young neuroscientists', contains tips on writing a grant, preparing a poster, submitting work to journals, and more.