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The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) will honor individuals who have made significant contributions to the advancement of women in neuroscience during Neuroscience 2016, SfN’s annual meeting and the world’s largest source of emerging news about brain science and health.

The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) will present the Award for Education in Neuroscience to Bruce Johnson, PhD, of Cornell University, and John Bekkers, PhD, of the Australian National University.

The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) will award the Julius Axelrod Prize to Robert Malenka, MD, PhD, of Stanford University School of Medicine.

The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) will present its highest award, the Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience, to Ben Barres, PhD, of Stanford University, and Thomas Jessell, PhD, of Columbia University.

The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) will award the Peter and Patricia Gruber International Research Award in Neuroscience to Daniela Vallentin, PhD, of Free University Berlin and Darcie L. Moore, PhD, of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. 

The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) will award the Swartz Prize for Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience to Nancy Kopell, PhD, of Boston University.

The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) will award Marisa Roberto, PhD, of The Scripps Research Institute with the Jacob P. Waletzky Award.

The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) will present the Young Investigator Award to Kay Tye, PhD, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) will present the Janett Rosenberg Trubatch Award to Katherine Nagel, PhD, of New York University School of Medicine and Yevgenia Kozorovitskiy, PhD, of Northwestern University.