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Tessa Hirschfeld-Stoler Receives 2022 SfN Science Educator Award

Report from Neuroscience 2022

Interview with Tessa Hirschfeld-Stoler on the rewards of sharing hands-on science with students of all ages.

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Randy Blakely Receives 2022 SfN Science Educator Award

Report from Neuroscience 2022

We chat with Randy Blakey on the satisfactions of mentoring and outreach, paying it forward, and more.
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The Miracle of Light

A Q&A with Karl Deisseroth, a winner of the 2021 Lasker Prize in Basic Medical Research for his pivotal work in optogenetics and author of the widely praised book, Projections: A Story of Human Emotions.
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Joining Neuroscience with Society

Q&A with Khara Ramos, Ph.D., Dana Foundation Vice President for Neuroscience & Society

Big data, organoids, and bridging the gap between the public and research scientists are some of the areas of neuroethics Khara Ramos, Ph.D., says to keep an eye on.
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Debra Yourick Receives 2021 SfN Science Educator Award

Report from Neuroscience 2021

Interview with Debra Yourick on using near-peer mentors to help kids get excited about science, and more.
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Stephen Macknik Receives 2021 SfN Science Educator Award

Report from Neuroscience 2021

Interview with Stephen Macknik on storytelling in science, magic, and more.
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A Path to Biomarkers

Q&A with Jong Yoon, M.D.

Predicting the path of illness for someone diagnosed with schizophrenia is difficult because its origins are so varied. Dana Grantee Jong Yoon is developing imaging methods to tease out the cellular mechanisms of one potential cause: too much dopamine production.
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A New Window into the Living Brain

Q&A with Jesse Schallek, Ph.D.

By adding analysis methods from astronomy to an imaging tool doctors use every day, Dana Grantee Jesse Schallek and his lab have found ways to see translucent cells at the back of the eye.
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It’s the Power of Love—in Voles

Q&A with Zoe Donaldson, Ph.D.

What is attachment and how does it form? By imaging individual cells in the brains of prairie voles, Dana Foundation Grantee Zoe Donaldson's lab has identified a neural network that signals how strong their preference for their partner is.
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Our Memories, Our Experiences

Q&A with Cristina Maria Alberini, Ph.D.

The ways the hippocampus grows and how it functions to learn and remember depend greatly on an animal’s life experiences, Dana Grantee Cristina Maria Alberini has found.
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