Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology

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The Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology is a neurobiology prize that is awarded annually by Science magazine (published by American Association for the Advancement of Science) and underwritten by Eppendorf AG, laboratory device and supply company. Entrees are reviewed by editors from Science magazine and the top 10% are forwarded to the judging panel. The judging panel is chaired by the Neuroscience Editor of Science and the remaining judges are nominated from the Society for Neuroscience. [1] The award was created in 2002 to promote the work of promising new neurobiologists with cash grants to support their careers. Each applicant must submit a 1000-word essay explaining the focus and motivation for their last three years of work. The winner is awarded $25,000 and the scientist's winning essay is then published in Science (the winning essay and the essays of the other finalists are all published on Science Online).

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List (2013–)

Award Winners & Finalists [2]
2019Grand prize winner Lauren Orefice

Outside-in: Rethinking the etiology of autism spectrum disorders

Orefice studies "the development and function of somatosensory circuits and the ways in which somatosensation is altered in developmental disorders." [3]
FinalistAndrás Szőnyi

Conducting memory formation

Szőnyi studies "the cellular mechanisms of learning and memory formation in mice using in vivo imaging and optogenetics." [4]
FinalistZvonimir Vrselja

Destined for destruction?

Vrselja "focuses on understanding how brain cells react to anoxic injury following circulatory arrest, and how such cells can be structurally and functionally recovered by developing a perfusion technology." [5]
2018Grand prize winnerJohannes Kohl

Circuits for care

Kohl studies ‘the mechanics of brain activity in mice as they care for their young”. [6] [7]
FinalistTomasz Nowakowski

Building blocks of the human brain

Nowakowski "seeks to identify the molecular mechanisms underlying cell fate specification and microcircuit formation in the developing cortex." [8]
FinalistTalia Lerner

The effortless custody of automatism

Lerner researches "how dopamine circuits regulate reward learning and habit formation, and how individual differences in dopamine circuit architecture contribute to the risk for mental disorders." [9]
2017Grand prize winnerFlavio Donato

Assembling the brain from deep within

Donato studies ‘how internally generated network dynamics in the developing cortex support the periodic firing of neurons”. [10]
Finalist Viviana Gradinaru

Overriding sleep

Gradinaru is developing optogenetics, tissue clearing, and viral vectors to probe circuits underlying locomotion, reward, and sleep.
FinalistGraham H. Diering

Sleep on it

Diering specializes in the role of sleep in neural development.
2016Grand Prize WinnerGilad Evrony

One brain, many genomes

Evrony's research focuses on developing technologies for studying the brain and neuropsychiatric diseases.
Finalist Anna Beyeler

Parsing reward from aversion

Beyeler explores the neural circuit mechanisms underlying rewarding and aversive memories.
FinalistArjun Krishnaswamy

Building connections

Krishnaswamy "has been using molecular, electrophysiological, and genetic approaches to learn how developing neurons in the mouse retina choose synaptic targets and establish wiring patterns important for retinal function" [11]


2015Grand Prize WinnerShigeki Watanabe

Slow or fast? A tale of synaptic vesicle recycling

Watanabe studies "the mechanisms underlying synaptic vesicle cycle in Caenorhabditis elegans neuromuscular junctions and mouse hippocampal neurons." [12]


FinalistJulija Krupic

Brain crystals

Krupic researches how place cell activity influences animal behavior.
FinalistJeremiah Cohen

Dopamine and serotonin signals for reward across time scales

Cohen studies the neural circuits underlying reward, mood, and decision-making.
2014Grand Prize WinnerEiman Azim

Shortcuts and checkpoints on the road to skilled movement

“Dr. Azim has been exploring the neural basis of skilled movement using molecular, electrophysiological, and behavioral approaches in the mouse to identify and characterize feedback pathways that control goal-directed reaching.” [13]
FinalistAllyson Friedman

Jump-starting natural resilience reverses stress susceptibility

Dr Friedman conducts "research on the ionic and neural circuit mechanisms of susceptibility and resilience to major depressive disorder to identify novel targets for treatment.” [14]
FinalistHo Ko

Functional organization of synaptic connections in the neocortex

Dr Ko studies "the neural basis of motor control and visual information processing, as well as planning collaborative work with engineers to develop novel biomedical engineering technology." [15]
2013Grand Prize WinnerMichael Yartsev

Space Bats: Multidimensional Spatial Representation in the Bat

Dr Yartsev “recorded the activity of single neurons from the hippocampal formation of freely behaving and flying bats to study the underlying neural mechanisms of spatial memory and navigation in the mammalian brain….[H]e is currently studying the neural basis of decision-making." [16]
FinalistDaniel Bendor

Play it again, brain

Dr Bender "focuses on how neural ensembles encode perceptual and memory-related information.” [17]
FinalistSophie Caron

Brains don't play dice–or do they?

Dr Caron "studies how the information gathered through the senses is represented in higher brain centers; in particular, those involved in memory.” [18]

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