Leslie Vosshall awarded the 2025 Scolnick Prize in Neuroscience
The Rockefeller and HHMI neurobiologist is recognized for her discovery of the neural mechanisms underlying mosquito host-seeking behavior. Leslie Vosshall ...
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Nancy Kanwisher Shares 2024 Kavli Prize in Neuroscience
McGovern Institute founding member is honored for her discovery of a specialized system within the brain to recognize faces. McGovern ...
Nancy Kanwisher, Robert Langer, and Sara Seager named Kavli Prize Laureates
MIT scientists honored in each of the three Kavli Prize categories: neuroscience, nanoscience, and astrophysics, respectively. MIT faculty members Nancy ...
Margaret Livingstone awarded the 2024 Scolnick Prize in Neuroscience
Harvard neurobiologist is recognized for her discovery that experience is necessary and sufficient for the formation of face-specific brain domains. ...
Yang Dan named winner of the 2023 Scolnick Prize in Neuroscience
UC Berkeley Professor and Howard Hughes Investigator awarded for her discovery of mechanisms controlling sleep-wake states. UC Berkeley neurobiologist Yang ...
Ila Fiete wins Swartz Prize for Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience
The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) has awarded the Swartz Prize for Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience to Ila Fiete, professor within ...