Congratulations to The Brain Prize winners of 2023: Professors Michael Greenberg, Christine Holt and
@erin_schuman
.
They have done pioneering work on molecular mechanisms of brain development and plasticity
Read:
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#BrainPrize23
#neuroscience
Experience the power of research and hope through the lens of The Brain Prize's 20-minute explainer film on
#migraine
.
Discover the groundbreaking work of 4 neuroscientists and the life-changing potential of new treatments.
📽 Watch now:
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We are excited to announce the Brain Prize winners 2022:
Congratulations to Silvia Arber (CH), Martyn Goulding (NZ) & Ole Kiehn (DK) who have revolutionized our understanding of the neuronal cell types and circuits that control movement.
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Congratulations to The Brain Prize winners 2024: Larry Abbott,
@Sejnowski
, and
@HSompolinsky
They have pioneered the field of computational and theoretical neuroscience and have made seminal contributions to our understanding of the principles that govern the brain’s
Hear the stories of the 2024 Brain Prize recipients
@hsompolinsky
, Terry Sejnowski, and Larry Abbott , who laid the foundation of theoretical and computational neuroscience.
#BrainPrize
#Neuroscience
The Brain Prize 2020 is awarded to Huda Zoghbi and Adrian Bird for their fundamental and pioneering work on Rett syndrome. Congratulations!
@TexasChildrens
@EdinburghUni
The Brain Prize – the world's largest prize in neuroscience – will reveal this year’s winners on March 5th. Watch the announcement live at
#thebrainprize2024
Soon, we'll reveal who will be honoured with the prestigious Brain Prize 2024 medals. Take a look at the makers of The Brain Prize medal,
@georgjensen
, where Danish craftsmanship meets excellence. Watch the announcement live at
#thebrainprize2024
The Brain Prize 2018 is awarded to Baart De Strooper, Michel Goedert, Christian Haass and John Hardy! The efforts of these four leading scientists to understand Alzheimer's have provided the foundation for treatment of one of the most devastating diseases
The countdown has begun. On March 5th, we will reveal the recipients of The Brain Prize 2024. Stay tuned as we celebrate the winners and their groundbreaking achievements in neuroscience.
#thebrainprize2024
Announcing the Winners of The Brain Prize 2021
Migraine break-through leads to award of The Brain Prize 2021. Congratulations to prof. Lars Edvinsson, Peter Goadsby, Michael Moskowitz & Jes Olesen.
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Professor Huda Zoghbi is honored to have won The Brain Prize. But what matters most to her is the impact the award may have on families with Rett syndrome:
Discover the captivating personal journeys of the three Brain Prize 2023 winners. Learn about their upbringing, role models and motivations for becoming neuroscientists.
📽️ Watch the full video here:
Nominations for the world’s largest prize for neuroscience, The Brain Prize 2023 are now open.
It recognizes one or more individuals who have made outstanding contributions in any field of neuroscience.
Anyone can nominate.
Closes Sep. 1. Nominate online:
What sparked the interest in neuroscience for the three Brain Prize 2024 recipients
@hsompolinsky
, Terry Sejnowski, and Larry Abbott? Discover their journeys and pioneering contributions to the field of computational and theoretical neuroscience:
Computational and theoretical neuroscience has been foundational in the development of AI - one of the most revolutionary developments of modern science. The 2024 Brain Prize winners are awarded the prize for their seminal contributions to this field. Read more here
We are delighted to award the
#BrainPrize
winners of 2023 with The Brain Prize medal.
The medal is a symbol of our appreciation for their inspiring research in neuronal transcription and translation. Congratulations to professors
@MEGNeuro
, Christine Holt and
@erin_schuman
.
Online Seminar: Michael Greenberg, Erin Schuman, Christine Holt – "The Brain Prize winner's webinar" | Wed, Oct 25, 2023 via
@worldwideneuro
For the full program and to register visit:
In 2022, three visionary neuroscientists were honored for their work on how the nervous system controls movement. Dive into their pioneering work by watching our 20-minute explainer film:
Yesterday, we had the immense pleasure of celebrating neuroscience as we awarded Professors
@HSompolinsky
, Terrence Sejnowski, and Larry Abbott with
#TheBrainPrize2024
medals for their pioneering contributions to the fields of computational and theoretical neuroscience. Thank you
Tomorrow Bart De Strooper, Michel Goedert, Christian Haass and John Hardy will receive
#TheBrainPrize
2018🏆 for their groundbreaking research on Alzheimer’s disease. Read more about the prize winners here
Tonight in Copenhagen Professors Lars Edvinsson, Peter Goadsby, Michael Moskowitz & Jes Olesen are been awarded The Brain Prize 2021, worth 10 million Danish kroner, for their groundbreaking work on the causes and treatment of migraine.
Congratulations!
#TheBrainPrize
#migraine
Congratulations to neuroscientist, Catherine Dulac
@Dulaclab
on winning The Breakthrough Prize for her research on the neural basis of parenting behaviour. We are proud to have Dulac in the selection committee for the Lundbeck Foundation’s The Brain Prize.
Time to nominate candidates for the 2019 Brain Prize. Last year, only 19% of the nominees were women. We can do better this year – with your help. Submit your nomination here:
#TheBrainPrize
The 2023 Brain Prize winners Christine Holt, Michael Greenberg and Erin Schuman presented their prize-winning research on 25th October as part of The Brain Prize webinar series. The webinar is now available for on demand viewing here
Prof. Huda Zoghbi will today be speaking at the last Brain Prize Meeting session this year. She will elaborate on her research in Rett Syndrome, for which she was awarded The Brain Prize 2020.
The Brain Prize Meeting begins at 2PM (CET):
#TheBrainPrize
We are very proud to have recognised 41 outstanding scientists with The Brain Prize but we need your help to recognise deserving scientists of all backgrounds.
Nominate a candidate by 1st Sep 2022:
Diversity of our prize winners:
The Brain Prize webinar series kicks off on the 25th October with the winner's webinar:
In 2023, Michael Greenberg, Erin Schuman and Christine Holt were awarded The Brain Prize for their pioneering work on activity-dependent gene transcription and local mRNA translation. In this
Congratulations to The Brain Prize winners of 2023: Professors Michael Greenberg, Christine Holt and Erin Schuman.
They have done pioneering work on molecular mechanisms of brain development and plasticity.
Read:
#TheBrainPrize
#BrainPrize23
#neuroscience
Today the Brain Prize winners of 2023, prof. Christine Holt, Erin Schuman and Michael Greenburg are at
@Koebenhavns_uni
. Giving Brain Prize Lectures on their ground-breaking discoveries by showing how the synthesis of new proteins is triggered in different parts of the neuron.
📽️ Movement is vital for survival, with the nervous system as the conductor behind the scenes. Discover remarkable research by our three Brain Prize winners in 2022 in our captivating 20-min explainer film:
@KiehnLab
Today the winners of
#TheBrainPrize
2022 give a lecture on their groundbreaking research in the circuit of movement at
@Koebenhavns_uni
.
Tomorrow, Prof. Silvia Arber, Ole Kiehn & Martyn Goulding will receive the prize at a formal celebration in Copenhagen.
Christine Holt, 2023 Brain Prize winner giving her Prize Lecture: Brain wiring and local translation in axons.
Introduced by Richard Morris, Chair of The Brain Prize selection committee.
#BrainPrize
#neuroscience
#science
The first of the 2023 Brain Prize webinars is THIS WEEK- 25th October 4-6pm CET. The 2023 winners Christine Holt, Michael Greenberg & Erin Schuman will present their prize-winning research. Free and online. Register at
In recognition of the 2022 Brain Prize winners, The Lundbeck Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of the new Brain Prize webinars on the circuits for movement. Online and free
Click here for the full program:
Join us in celebrating Larry Abbott, Terrence Sejnowski, and Haim Sompolinsky for their outstanding achievements in winning The Brain Prize 2024.
They have made fundamental and wide-ranging contributions to our understanding of the brain and have pioneered the development of
Join us for the next Brain Prize webinar in the Circuits for Movement series. David Kleinfeld (UCSD), Fan Wang (MIT) and Eiman Azim (Salk) will be discussing brainstem. To find out more and register for the event, click below
Brain Prize winner Christian Haass gave a public lecture on Alzheimer's disease in Aarhus yesterday. 800 people in the auditorium, 5.000 watching in more than 100 cinemas and theaters all over Denmark
#thebrainprize
@foredragAU
What is computational neuroscience? How has computational and theoretical shaped our understanding of the brain? The 2024 Brain Prize winners have pioneered and made seminal contributions to this field. Learn more about their science here:
On 1 August, 47-year-old British neuroscientist Martin Meyer, from top-ranking King’s College London, will take up the position of Director of The Brain Prize
We have now found the winners of The
#BrainPrize
2023!
On March 23rd we will share what groundbreaking
#neuroscience
will be rewarded and who the bright minds behind the research are.
Watch the live
#announcement
on
This year's Brain Prize webinar series starts 25th October 4pm CET. The 2023 Brain Prize winners, Michael Greenberg, Erin Schuman and Christine Holt will present their prize winning research. Register for free and see the whole program at
@erin_schuman
Join us for the next Brain Prize webinar: mRNA transport, trafficking, localization. This week November 29th, 4-6pm CET. Rob Singer (Einstein Medical College, USA), Florence Besse (Institut de Biologie Valrose, France), Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz (Janelia Farm Research Campus,
The count down has begun!
Within 24 hours you will know who the winners of The Brain Prize 2021 are.
The announcement is digital and takes place here:
#TheBrainPrize
#neuroscience
Join us for the next webinar in the Circuits for Movement series. Rui Costa (Allen Inst.), Bernardo Sabatini (Harvard) & Sten Grillner (Karolinska) will present their work on brainstem. 26th Jan, 4pm CET. Register for free at
HRH Crown Prince presents the
#BrainPrize
to professors Christine Holt, Erin Schuman & Michael Greenberg.
‘This year’s Brain Prize winners have brought us an important step closer to understanding how our brains develop and adapt during the different phases of our life’.
The 2018 Brain Prize winners giving a public talk at The Royal Institute in London. Hopefully this collaboration will result in finding a cure for Alzheimer's disease.
#brain_prize
#alzheimers
#lundbeckfonden
Today, the Brain Prize winners of 2024, Professors Larry Abbott, Terrence Sejnowski, and
@HSompolinsky
, gave an inspiring lecture at
@Koebenhavns_uni
on their pioneering contributions to the field of computational and theoretical neuroscience and what they see for the
They discovered the most common hereditary form of stroke, CADASIL. Read more about the four French brain researchers who have just been awarded the world's largest brain research prize
#TheBrainPrize
:
#neuroscience
HRH The Crown Prince of Denmark has just presented the Lundbeck Foundation’s
#TheBrainPrize
to Marie-Germaine Bousser, Hugues Chabriat, Anne Joutel and Elisabeth Tournier-Lasserve at a ceremony in Copenhagen. Congratulations! And thank you for your contributions to neuroscience
Curious about this year’s The Brain Prize recipients and their foundational work in computational and theoretical neuroscience?
We've put together an information pack with the autobiographies of the three winners – their upbringing, scientific mentors, inspirations, and their
The new Brain Prize seminar series on the circuits for movement starts June 9th with all 3 of this year's winners speaking Silvia Arber, Ole Kiehn & Martyn Goulding, & moderated by Mackenzie Mathis. Register via
@worldwideneuro
Join the Brain Prize Lecture, where Brain Prize winner of 2022, Prof. Ole Kiehn elaborates on his research in the neuronal circuits that execute movements.
At the
#ECNP2022
conference in Vienna.
18 October - 12.15-13.00.
PL05
More:
@KiehnLab
#neuroscience
Our first full meeting of the Lundbeck Foundation Investigators Network (LFIN)
#LFIN
concludes today. Fantastic participants from across Denmark presenting some great science. We are very excited about LFIN's potential- watch this space!
In 2021, The Brain Prize was awarded to 4 international neuroscientists for their ground-breaking work on migraine.
Dive into a compelling 20-min documentary exploring migraine symptoms and causes. And witness the inspiring journey from a patient who finds hope in revolutionary
In 2023,
@MEGNeuro
, Christine Holt, and
@erin_schuman
were awarded the Brain Prize for their groundbreaking discoveries, which revealed how the synthesis of new proteins is triggered in different parts of the neuron. Who do you think should be recognized for The Brain Prize 2025?
HRH The Crown Prince of Denmark has just presented Lundbeck Foundation’s
#TheBrainPrize
to Michel Goedert, John Hardy, Christian Haass and Bart De Strooper at a ceremony in Copenhagen. Congratulations all four! And thank you for your outstanding contributions to neuroscience.
Join us for the last webinar in the Circuits for Movement series. March 14th, 4pm CET. Martin Schwab (ETH), Frank Bradke (DZNE) and Aya Takeoka (NERF & VIB) will be talking about nervous sysetm repair. Register at
Excited to announce a new Brain Prize initiative in recognition of this year's winners - The Brain Prize seminar series on Migraine and Headache. The series starts with Jes Olesen on 29th April. Online and free to attend. Find out more here
Marie-Germaine Bousser in The Maersk Tower in Copenhagen just after she was awarded
#TheBrainPrize
2019 together with Hugues Chabriat, Anne Joutel and Elisabeth Tournier-Lasserve
#neuroscience
Join us for the next webinar in the Brain Prize series on neuronal gene transcription and local mRNA translation in health & disease. Emily Osterweil (Harvard), Gary Bassell (Emory) and Giovanna Mallucci (Altos Labs) will discuss dysfunctional translation in disease. Feb 27th 4pm
‘In neuroscience, all levels of analysis must be considered if we are to achieve a deep understanding of the brain works and how it goes wrong in disease. Tonight, we turn to the molecular level'. TBP Selection Committee Chair Richard Morris congratulates the
#BrainPrize
winners
OPEN FOR REGISTRATION: This year’s Brain Prize meeting with experts in the fields of epigenetics, regulation of gene expression, neuronal and circuit dysfunction, diagnosis, and pathways to treatment of neurodevelopmental disorders.
#thebrainprize
Register
📽 From the moment we are born and for the rest of our lives, movement is crucial for our survival. Dive into our 20-minute explainer film, made for everyone with an interest in the brain, to learn how the nervous system controls our every move, and how this knowledge may help
Please join us for the Brain Prize webinar: Shaping connections through remote gene regulation, with Oscar Marin, Leslie Griffith & Kelsey Martin. 7th December, 4-6pm CET. Free registration at
Right now the 2021 Brain Prize Winners, Lars Edvinsson, Peter Goadsby, Jes Olesen, and Michael Moskowitz are presenting their research within migraine
@FENSorg
.
#fens2022
#brainprize
#neuroscience
Free to attend. Brain Prize seminar from 2021 Brain Prize winner, Peter Goadsby "Cluster Headache: Improving Therapy for the Worst Pain Experienced by Humans" | Fri, Sep 3, 2021 via
@worldwideneuro
Join us for the next in the series of Brain Prize webinars: Brainstem, with David Kleinfeld (UCSD), Fan Wang (MIT) and Eiman Azim (Salk). 9 September 4pm CET. Register for free at
Join us for the next Brain Prize webinar: Synapse-to-Nucleus Signaling, 4pm CET January 16th with Mike Fainzilber (Weizmann Institute of Science), Yingxi Lin (UT Southwestern) & Richard Tsien (New York University). Register at
We have now found the winners of The Brain Prize 2023!
Later today we will share what groundbreaking neuroscience will be rewarded and who the bright minds behind the research are.
🎇 Watch the live announcement TODAY at 4.00 p.m (CET) on
#TheBrainPrize
We are finally celebrating The Brain Prize winners at
@royalsociety
tonight. Despite COVID restrictions, bad weather and tube strike in
#London
approx 100 people are together celebrating Sir Adrian Bird (2020) and prof. Peter Godsby (2021). Thank you all for a wonderful evening.
They dreamed of a career as chess player, musician and lorry driver respectively, but thet all ended up as scientists... Their research make a huge difference to society, which is also why they have all received The Brain Prize.
#brain_prize
#BNA2019
#lundbeckfonden
In the run-up to the announcement of the winners of
#TheBrainPrize
2018 on 6 March one of last year’s winners – Professor Wolfram Schultz – tells us about his ground-breaking research into the brain’s reward system, dopamine and addiction
The Brain Prize Online Seminar: Prof Messoud Ashina – "Deciphering the pathogenesis of migraine with human models" | Wed, Aug 25, 2021 via
@worldwideneuro
The Lundbeck Foundation is now accepting nominations for The Brain Prize 2022. Anyone can nominate, from PhD student to Professor. Neuroscientists from any country in the world and working in any field of neuroscience are eligible.
2018 Brain Prize winner John Hardy is visiting Odense today sharing his thoughts on the current state of research and treatments for Alzheimer’s disease during
@OUHTalks
and
#BRIDGE
#TheBrainPrize
Join us for the first Brain Prize webinar of 2024. Synapse-to-Nucleus Signaling, 4pm CET January 16th with Mike Fainzilber (Weizmann Institute of
Science), Yingxi Lin (UT Southwestern) & Richard Tsien (New York University). Register at
Congratulations to Ray Dolan, winner of the Lundbeck Foundation’s Brain Prize 2017, who just received the Neuroscience Ireland’s Distinguished Investigator Award.
#BNA2019
#Lundbeckfonden
#brain_prize
Nominate a deserving candidate who have distinguished themselves through outstanding contributions to any field of
#neuroscience
. This is is the world's largest neuroscience prize.
Nominations are accepted until September 1st.
Read more and nominate:
Keynote lecture by Maiken Nedergaard on the glymphatic clearance in neurodegenerative diseases. How does the brain get rid of it’s waste? Key role for glia cells.
#brainprizemeeting
#brain_prize
This year’s Brain Prize Meeting is a physical gathering in Denmark. There is a lively buzzing between neuroscientists exchanging knowledge and paving ways for possible treatments for migraines and CNS diseases.
#TheBrainPrize
#neuroscience
“I started my career working on CADASIL and I am confident I will find a treatment before I retire,” says
#TheBrainPrize
winner Anne Joutel at The Brain Prize Lectures
#neuroscience
This is the world’s largest prize within neuroscience. It is an acknowledgement and celebration of neuroscientists, awarded by the
@lundbeckfonden
once a year.
Sign up for The Brain Prize Meeting (March 1-4) where the 2021 winner(s) will be announced: