International Behavioural and Neural Genetics Society
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| Abbreviation | IBANGS |
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| Formation | July 1, 1996 |
| Legal status | Association |
| Purpose | To promote the field of neurobehavioural genetics |
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Region served
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Worldwide |
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Membership
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200 |
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Official language
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English |
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President
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Leo Schalkwyk |
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Main organ
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Executive Committee |
| Website | www |
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".
The IBANGS mission statement is to promote the field of neurobehavioural genetics by:
Each year IBANGS recognizes top scientists in the field of neurobehavioral genetics with:
A Distinguished Service Award for exceptional contributions to the field is given on a more irregular basis and as of 2016[update] has been awarded only twice, to Benson Ginsburg (2001) and Wim Crusio (2011).
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:
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