by Linda Faye Tidwell
International Festival of Science in Berlin and Remote
Ten days of research, innovation and international exchange - Berlin Science Week and Falling Walls invite you to a Remote World Science Summit this year. With more than 200 virtual discussion events, workshops, exhibitions and performances, the organizers defy the pandemic and want to promote a deeper understanding of the world. Neuroscientists will discuss, for example, how to deal with dementia.
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by Linda Faye Tidwell
Emmanuelle Charpentier honoured with the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry to NeuroCure PI Prof. Dr. Emmanuelle Charpentier, Scientific and Managing Director of the newly established Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens in Berlin for her groundbreaking work on the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing technology. She shares the prize with Jennifer Doudna from the University of California, Berkeley, USA.
Read more … Emmanuelle Charpentier honoured with the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
by Linda Faye Tidwell
Organoids and sequencing team up for ALS research
MDC researchers received a $150,000 pilot project grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s Neurodegeneration Challenge Network to investigate a defining feature of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
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by Linda Faye Tidwell
ECN and NeuroCure join the FENS 2020 Virtual Forum
One of the largest international meetings of neuroscientists, the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS), went virtual this year from 11-15 July 2020, offering five days of lectures, posters, symposia, exhibitions, networking and development opportunities.
Read more … ECN and NeuroCure join the FENS 2020 Virtual Forum