photograph (c) American Philosophical Society 2012; Frank Margeson, photographer.
Professor Eve Marder was awarded the 2012 Karl Spencer Lashley Award by the American Philosophical Society at their annual meeting in Philadelphia in April, “in recognition of her comprehensive work with a small nervous system, demonstrating general principles by which neuromodulatory substances reconfigure the operation of neuronal networks.” Marder, the Victor and Gwendolyn Beinfield Professor of Neuroscience, currently serves in the capacity of Head of the Division of Science at Brandeis, yet manages to direct and inspire an incredibly productive laboratory of students and postdocs who continue to extend our understanding how circuit function arises from the intrinsic properties of individual neurons and their synaptic connections, using their favorite model system, the crustacean stomatogastric nervous system. This award follows close on the heels of the George A. Miller Prize from the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, awarded in March 2012.
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