Society for Neuroscience Archives

Kate Fehlhaber November 10, 2016June 30, 2017 Development, Interview, Lynne Kiorpes, Neuroscience, Neuroscientist, Next Generation Award, SfN, SfN16, Society for Neuroscience, Vision

A Grand Vision: A Conversation with Lynne Kiorpes

When babies are born, they cannot see very well, but their vision vastly improves as they continue to develop. Sometimes, the eyes don’t communicate well with the brain, and vision… Read More

Interviews Sensation and Perception

Kate Fehlhaber November 9, 2016June 30, 2017 Brain, Forensic, Interview, Memory, Neuroscience 2016, Neuroscientist, Next Generation Award, Perception, Salk, San Diego, Science, SfN, SfN16, Society for Neuroscience, Tom Albright, Vision

Is Seeing Believing? A Conversation with Tom Albright

What does eye-witness identification have to do with neuroscience? A lot, actually.… Read More

Interviews Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders

Anita November 8, 2016June 30, 2017 Anxiety, Conversation, depression, Global, Health, Interview, Mental, Neuroscience, Neuroscience 2016, Policy, Psychiatrist, PTSD, Research, Science, SfN, SfN16, Shekhar Saxena, Society for Neuroscience, WHO, World Health Organization

Mental Health is a Part of Health: A Conversation with Shekhar Saxena

In a recent presidential town hall, President Obama looked directly into the camera and made a powerful statement about mental health. “If something inside you feels like it’s wounded, it’s… Read More

Neuro News

Kate Fehlhaber November 7, 2016June 30, 2017 Award, Education, Interview, Neuroscience, Neuroscience 2016, Next Generation Award, Outreach, SciArt, SciComm, SfN, SfN16, Society for Neuroscience

We won an award!

We are excited to announce that we received the Society for Neuroscience 2016 Next Generation Award. This award recognizes SfN chapter members who have made outstanding contributions to public communication,… Read More

Science Policy

Jenn Tribble April 6, 2016March 5, 2017 Appropriation, Budget, Capitol Hill, Congress, Fiscal Year, Hill Day, House of Representation, National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, NIH, NSF, Policy, President, Research, Senate, SfN, Society for Neuroscience

Translating Science to Policy: How to be a Science Advocate

Every year in our nation’s Capitol, there is a different kind of March Madness, otherwise known as appropriation season. … Read More

Brain Basics Brain Development Did You Know?SfN 2014

Anita November 18, 2014March 5, 2017 Fiona Doetsch, Neural Progenitor Cells, Neural Stem Cells, Neuroepithelial Cells, Neurogenesis, Pluripotency, Potency, Presidential Lecture, Radial Glial Cells, Self-Renewal, SfN14, SfN2014, Society for Neuroscience, Stem Cell Niche, subgranular zone, Totipotency, Ventral-Subventricular zone

With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility: Neural Stem Cells

Stem cells have two characteristic and essential properties: Self-renewal. They can divide to give rise to another stem cell. Potency. They are capable of differentiating into specialized cells.… Read More

Neuro News SfN 2014

Kate Fehlhaber October 8, 2014March 5, 2017 Annual Meeting, Education, Infographic, Neuroscience, SfN, SfN14, Society for Neuroscience

Get Ready for #SfN14 with #KnowingNeurons

This is an exciting time for neuroscience! The Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine was just awarded to three neuroscientists “for their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system… Read More

Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting 2013 by Knowing Neurons

Neuro News SfN 2014

Kate Fehlhaber November 9, 2013March 5, 2017 @KnowingNeurons, 2013, Brain Awareness, BrainFacts.org, Conference, Infographic, Journal of Neuroscience, Meeting, Neuroscience, SfN, SfN13, Society for Neuroscience

The Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting 2013

This is BIG week for neuroscience! Each year more than 30,000 neuroscientists from more than 80 countries come together in the largest scientific meeting in the world! At the Society… Read More