SfN Honors Scientists for Research, Contributions to Field
Awards 2017 Ronald L. Calabrese, PhD, of the Emory College of Arts and Sciences, and Randy J. Nelson, PhD, of the Neuroscience Research Institute at The Ohio State University, accept the Award for Education in Neuroscience. focallength 70 flash 16 cameramake Canon height 3840 fnumber 4 exposuretime 0.00625 camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop Ligh originaldate 11/13/2017 11:12:00 PM width 5760 cameramodel Canon EOS 5D Mark II Pamela L. Mellon, PhD, of the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, is honored with the Bernice Grafstein Award for Outstanding Accomplishments in Mentoring. Mellon has trained and mentored more than 200 neuroscientists. focallength 100 flash 16 cameramake Canon height 3452 fnumber 3.2 exposuretime 0.00625 camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop Ligh originaldate 11/14/2017 6:21:21 PM width 5178 cameramodel Canon EOS 5D Mark II David Herzfeld, PhD, of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, receives the Donald B. Lindsley Prize in Behavioral Neuroscience for his discoveries related to learning of motor control and neural coding of movements in the cerebellum. focallength 70 flash 16 cameramake Canon height 3091 fnumber 4 exposuretime 0.00625 camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop Ligh originaldate 11/13/2017 9:23:13 PM width 4637 cameramodel Canon EOS 5D Mark II Co-recipients Karen D. Ersche, PhD, of the University of Cambridge, and Garret Stuber, PhD, of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, accept the Jacob P. Waletzky Award for their research in drug addiction. focallength 100 flash 16 cameramake Canon height 3840 fnumber 2.8 exposuretime 0.00625 camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop Ligh originaldate 11/11/2017 11:22:06 PM width 5760 cameramodel Canon EOS 5D Mark II Helen S. Bateup, PhD, of the University of California, Berkeley, receives the Janett Rosenberg Trubatch Career Development Award. She has taken an innovative approach to modeling neurodevelopmental disorders using human stem cell-derived neurons. focallength 100 flash 16 cameramake Canon height 3230 fnumber 3.2 exposuretime 0.00625 camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop Ligh originaldate 11/14/2017 6:23:25 PM width 4845 cameramodel Canon EOS 5D Mark II Peter H. Rudebeck, PhD, of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, receives the Janett Rosenberg Trubatch Career Development Award for his novel methods for understanding how cortical and subcortical structures interact to guide behavior. focallength 100 flash 16 cameramake Canon height 3381 fnumber 3.2 exposuretime 0.00625 camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop Ligh originaldate 11/14/2017 6:25:20 PM width 5072 cameramodel Canon EOS 5D Mark II Mary E. Hatten, PhD, of The Rockefeller University, is honored with the Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience for her research on mechanisms of neurogenesis, differentiation, and migration during the early stages of embryonic development. focallength 94 flash 16 cameramake Canon height 3840 fnumber 4 exposuretime 0.008 camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop Ligh originaldate 11/12/2017 11:25:43 PM width 5760 cameramodel Canon EOS 5D Mark II Moses V. Chao, PhD, SfN past president and professor at New York University, accepts the Julius Axelrod Prize, presented in honor of his distinguished scientific contributions and for his dedicated mentorship of others in the neuroscience community. focallength 100 flash 16 cameramake Canon height 3840 fnumber 2.8 exposuretime 0.00625 camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop Ligh originaldate 11/11/2017 11:23:10 PM width 5760 cameramodel Canon EOS 5D Mark II Anne Churchland, PhD, of Stony Brook University, receives the Louise Hanson Marshall Special Recognition Award, which acknowledges her significant efforts to promote the professional development of women in neuroscience. focallength 100 flash 16 cameramake Canon height 3235 fnumber 3.2 exposuretime 0.00625 camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop Ligh originaldate 11/14/2017 6:27:39 PM width 4852 cameramodel Canon EOS 5D Mark II Carol A. Mason, PhD, SfN past president and professor at Columbia University, is presented with the Mika Salpeter Lifetime Achievement Award for her scholarship and mentorship of many female neuroscientists who have led highly successful careers. focallength 73 flash 16 cameramake Canon height 3840 fnumber 4 exposuretime 0.00625 camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop Ligh originaldate 11/13/2017 11:11:06 PM width 5760 cameramodel Canon EOS 5D Mark II Katrin Franke, PhD, of Tübingen University, is awarded the Nemko Prize in Cellular or Molecular Neuroscience for her outstanding PhD thesis advancing understanding of how the retinal network disassembles complex visual input. focallength 91 flash 16 cameramake Canon height 3373 fnumber 4 exposuretime 0.00625 camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop Ligh originaldate 11/13/2017 9:24:55 PM width 5060 cameramodel Canon EOS 5D Mark II Ido Davidesco, PhD, of New York University, receives the Next Generation Award at the pre/postdoctoral level. Davidesco has developed innovative neuroscience programs for K-12 students. focallength 100 flash 16 cameramake Canon height 3840 fnumber 4 exposuretime 0.00625 camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop Ligh originaldate 11/14/2017 11:09:10 PM width 5760 cameramodel Canon EOS 5D Mark II Kristofer Rau, PhD, of the University of Louisville, receives the Next Generation Award at the junior faculty level. Rau has been an instrumental figure in increasing science literacy within the Louisville community. focallength 100 flash 16 cameramake Canon height 3840 fnumber 4 exposuretime 0.00625 camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop Ligh originaldate 11/14/2017 11:09:41 PM width 5760 cameramodel Canon EOS 5D Mark II Mark Rutledge-Gorman accepts the Patricia Goldman-Rakic Hall of Honor on behalf of his sister, the late Nancy Zahniser, a neuropharmacologist and neurophysiologist who was exceptionally active in her support of women in neuroscience. focallength 100 flash 16 cameramake Canon height 3840 fnumber 3.2 exposuretime 0.00625 camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop Ligh originaldate 11/14/2017 6:32:26 PM width 5760 cameramodel Canon EOS 5D Mark II Takashi Kitamura, PhD, of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, accepts the Peter and Patricia Gruber International Research Award, given in recognition of his research on “island” and “ocean” cells as well as engrams. focallength 70 flash 16 cameramake Canon height 3511 fnumber 4 exposuretime 0.00625 camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop Ligh originaldate 11/12/2017 8:42:01 PM width 5267 cameramodel Canon EOS 5D Mark II Laura Lewis, PhD, of Massachusetts General Hospital, accepts the Peter and Patricia Gruber International Research Award, given in recognition of her contributions to the literature surrounding circuits governing arousal and slow wave states. focallength 70 flash 16 cameramake Canon height 3343 fnumber 4 exposuretime 0.00625 camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop Ligh originaldate 11/12/2017 8:43:24 PM width 5015 cameramodel Canon EOS 5D Mark II Paula L. Croxson, DPhil, of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, accepts the Science Educator Award. Croxson is a New York producer of The Story Collider, which brings science to life through shows and podcasts, and a leader of NeuWrite. focallength 100 flash 16 cameramake Canon height 3840 fnumber 4 exposuretime 0.00625 camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop Ligh originaldate 11/14/2017 11:10:08 PM width 5760 cameramodel Canon EOS 5D Mark II Xiao-Jing Wang, PhD, of New York University, is honored with the Swartz Prize for Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience for his contributions to the understanding of cognitive processes such as working memory and decision-making. focallength 100 flash 16 cameramake Canon height 3840 fnumber 2.8 exposuretime 0.00625 camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop Ligh originaldate 11/11/2017 11:24:07 PM width 5760 cameramodel Canon EOS 5D Mark II Vivek Jayaraman, PhD, of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, receives the Young Investigator Award for his demonstrated scholarly independence in developing technology for uncovering circuit principles of sensory motor integration in Drosophila. focallength 87 flash 16 cameramake Canon height 3323 fnumber 4 exposuretime 0.00625 camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop Ligh originaldate 11/13/2017 9:26:32 PM width 4984 cameramodel Canon EOS 5D Mark II The Society for Neuroscience presented awards to about two dozen neuroscientists at Neuroscience 2017 in recognition of their scientific discoveries and contributions, outreach and educational work, and efforts to promote female and early-career scientists in the field. Learn about 2017’s winners in the slideshow above, and read the award releases in our Press Room .
