The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) will present its highest award, the Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience, to Ben Barres, PhD, of Stanford University, and Thomas Jessell, PhD, of Columbia University.

The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) will award the Peter and Patricia Gruber International Research Award in Neuroscience to Daniela Vallentin, PhD, of Free University Berlin and Darcie L. Moore, PhD, of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. 

The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) will award the Swartz Prize for Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience to Nancy Kopell, PhD, of Boston University.

The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) will award Marisa Roberto, PhD, of The Scripps Research Institute with the Jacob P. Waletzky Award.

The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) will present the Young Investigator Award to Kay Tye, PhD, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) will present the Janett Rosenberg Trubatch Award to Katherine Nagel, PhD, of New York University School of Medicine and Yevgenia Kozorovitskiy, PhD, of Northwestern University. 

The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) will award the Donald B. Lindsley Prize in Behavioral Neuroscience to Bianca Jones Marlin, PhD, of Columbia University Medical Center. Supported by The Grass Foundation, the prize recognizes an outstanding PhD thesis in the area of general behavioral neuroscience.

The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) will award Frankie L. Trull, president of the Foundation for Biomedical Research (FBR), with the organization’s Public Advocacy Award, recognizing her outstanding contribution to advance biomedical research through her vocal advocacy for the responsible and humane use of animals in research.

The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) will honor the winners of science education and outreach awards at Neuroscience 2016, SfN’s annual meeting and the world’s largest source of emerging news about brain science and health.

More than 30,000 neuroscience researchers, clinicians, and advocates from around the globe will convene in San Diego November 12-16 for Neuroscience 2016 to explore and uncover the vast wonders of the brain. The annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (SfN), Neuroscience 2016 is the world’s largest source of emerging news about brain science and health.