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  • David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2021. Ill. Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize Outreach
    Oct 06, 2021
    Press Release
    SfN News
    Society for Neuroscience Celebrates Winners of Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

    David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian, pioneering neuroscientists whose work discovered receptors for touch and temperature, have been awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

  • generic science image and SfN logo
    Aug 17, 2021
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    DC Art Exhibit, ‘Life of a Neuron,’ Brings Scientists and Artists Together for Groundbreaking Collaboration

    First exhibit in the world to present an innovative look at the greatest mysteries of the human brain through immersive technology-based art; premieres at ARTECHOUSE DC this fall.

  • File:Peter Seeburg in the ZMBH years, taken in 1993.jpg" by William Wisden is licensed under CC BY 4.0
    Jun 29, 2021
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    New $100,000 Prize in Integrative Neuroscience Honors Peter Seeburg
    The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) has been awarded a new endowment to establish the Peter Seeburg Integrative Neuroscience Prize.
  • Headshot of Jennifer Bourne.
    Jun 29, 2021
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    New Brain Ultrastructure Memorial Prize Announced
    The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) has established the Jennifer N. Bourne Prize in Brain Ultrastructure.
  • Image of the Neuroscience 2021 logo with the text "1 meeting, 2 experiences: Reconnect at neuroscience 2021"
    Jun 24, 2021
    Press Release
    SfN News , Meetings
    Neuroscience 2021 Meeting Announcement

    SfN enthusiastically announces that Neuroscience 2021 will be held in an inclusive hybrid format. Neuroscience 2021 is one annual meeting with two experiences: for the first time, a four-day full virtual program (November 8-11, 2021) including reimagined virtual posters, and a four-day full in-person program in Chicago at McCormick Place Convention Center (November 13–16, 2021).

  • generic science image and SfN 50th Anniversary logo
    Jun 10, 2021
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    SfN News , Animal Research
    SfN Supports Non-Human Primate Research Infrastructure Proposal in FY22

    The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) welcomes the research funding levels included in the Biden administration’s fiscal year (FY) 2022 budget proposal, especially the funding boost to support the use of animals in research. The proposed NIH budget of $52 billion and NSF budget of $10.2 billion represent increases to the FY21 levels that will enable the next big discoveries in basic research.

  • Join us as we welcome the newest cohort of #NeuroScholars.
    Jun 09, 2021
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    SfN News , Diversity
    SfN Welcomes its Newest Cohort of Neuroscience Scholars

    The Neuroscience Scholars Program (NSP) will welcome its 2021-2023 cohort on August 1, 2021. Combined with the Program’s past scholars (dating back to 1981), the NSP alumni network now encompasses over 1,200 underrepresented neuroscience researchers at all career stages!

  • generic science image and SfN 50th Anniversary logo
    May 05, 2021
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    2021 Gruber Neuroscience Prize

    The 2021 Gruber Neuroscience Prize is being awarded to neuroscientists Christine Petit, MD, PhD, of Institut Pasteur and Collège de France, and Christopher A. Walsh, MD, PhD, of Harvard Medical School, Boston Children’s Hospital and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

  • Neuroscience 2021 50th Annual Meeting logo
    Mar 24, 2021
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    SfN Statement on Neuroscience 2021 Planning

    As planning progresses for Neuroscience 2021, the Society for Neuroscience’s 50th annual meeting celebration (November 13-17, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois), SfN is working towards the best ways to safely convene the scientific community to make the Society’s 50th annual meeting happen and to facilitate the effective and valuable scientific exchange that makes SfN’s annual meeting the premier venue for neuroscience.

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    Mar 22, 2021
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    SfN's statement condemning violence against Asian American and Pacific Islander communities

    SfN is a global scientific community and we once again affirm our commitment to diversity, inclusion, and equity.

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