The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) will award the Donald B. Lindsley Prize in Behavioral Neuroscience to Bianca Jones Marlin, PhD, of Columbia University Medical Center. Supported by The Grass Foundation, the prize recognizes an outstanding PhD thesis in the area of general behavioral neuroscience.

The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) will award Frankie L. Trull, president of the Foundation for Biomedical Research (FBR), with the organization’s Public Advocacy Award, recognizing her outstanding contribution to advance biomedical research through her vocal advocacy for the responsible and humane use of animals in research.

The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) will honor the winners of science education and outreach awards at Neuroscience 2016, SfN’s annual meeting and the world’s largest source of emerging news about brain science and health.

More than 30,000 neuroscience researchers, clinicians, and advocates from around the globe will convene in San Diego November 12-16 for Neuroscience 2016 to explore and uncover the vast wonders of the brain. The annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (SfN), Neuroscience 2016 is the world’s largest source of emerging news about brain science and health.

An early PDF version of an article will now appear on jneurosci.org within days of acceptance »

Read advocacy news from the week of November 4, 2016.

Neuroscience 2016 will feature two public sessions highlighting the intersection of science and society. 

Check out these newsworthy studies from the November 2, 2016, issue of JNeurosci. Media interested in obtaining the full text of the studies should contact media@sfn.org. 

Read advocacy news from the week of October 28, 2016.

Check out these newsworthy studies from the October 26, 2016, issue of JNeurosci. Media interested in obtaining the full text of the studies should contact media@sfn.org.