The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) will present the Janett Rosenberg Trubatch Award to Helen S. Bateup, PhD, of the University of California, Berkeley, and Peter H. Rudebeck, PhD, of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) has named Karen D. Ersche of the University of Cambridge and Garret Stuber of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as co-recipients of the Jacob P. Waletzky Award. Supported by the Waletzky Award Prize Fund and the Waletzky Family, this $25,000 award recognizes young scientists who have conducted or plan to conduct independent research leading to significant conceptual and empirical contributions to the understanding of drug addiction. The award will be presented at Neuroscience 2017, SfN’s annual meeting and the world’s largest source of emerging news about brain science and health.

The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) will honor individuals who have made significant contributions to the advancement of women in neuroscience during Neuroscience 2017, SfN’s annual meeting and the world’s largest source of emerging news about brain science and health.

The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) will award the Nemko Prize in Cellular or Molecular Neuroscience to Katrin Franke, PhD, junior research group leader at the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience (BCCN) and the Institute for Ophthalmic Research, both at Tübingen University, in Germany.

The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) has named Takashi Kitamura, assistant professor at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas and Laura Lewis, junior fellow at Harvard University and Massachusetts General Hospital as co-recipients of the Peter and Patricia Gruber International Research Award.

The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) will present its highest award, the Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience, to Mary E. Hatten, PhD, of The Rockefeller University, at Neuroscience 2017, SfN’s annual meeting and the world’s largest source of emerging news about brain science and health.

The Society for Neuroscience will present the Young Investigator Award to Vivek Jayaraman, PhD, of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Janelia Research Campus, at Neuroscience 2017, SfN’s annual meeting and the world’s largest source of emerging news about brain science and health. Supported by Sunovion, the $15,000 award recognizes the outstanding achievements and contributions of a young neuroscientist who received his or her advanced professional degree within the past 10 years.

The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) will honor Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) and Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) with the organization’s Public Advocacy Award in recognition of their outstanding contributions to advancing the field of neuroscience through their roles as champions for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Congress.

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