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Wernig wins stem cell prize, Giocomo named neuroscience investigator
The New York Stem Cell Foundation awarded pathologist Marius Wernig $200,000 to pursue stem cell research, and neurobiologist Lisa Giocomo $1.5 million to expand her lab and train other scientists.
Efforts to refine tools for recording brain activity get $1 million boost with BRAIN Initiative grant
Yesterday the National Institutes of Health handed out the first $46 million in funding for their BRAIN initiative. Stanford neuroscientists Mark Schnitzer and Michael Lin got one of those awards worth almost $1 million to develop improved ways of recordi
Optogenetics earns Stanford professor Karl Deisseroth the Keio prize in medicine
An idea that started as a long shot – using light to control the activity of the brain – has earned Karl Deisseroth the Keio prize in medicine. The technique, called optogenetics, is now widely used at Stanford and worldwide to understand the brain's wiri
James McClelland wins Heineken Prize
McClelland recognized for his important and fundamental contributions to the use of neural networks to model cognitive processes of the brain.
Three young Stanford faculty members receive presidential award
Jennifer Dionne, Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, earned the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding researchers early in their careers.
Stanford scientists awarded grants for innovative research
Eight Stanford University scientists, including SNI Affiliates Michael Lin, Thomas Rando, and Tony Wyss-Coray, have received more than $17 million from the National Institutes of Health that will enable them to pursue innovative research in biomedicine.
