The Brain Prize
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The Brain Prize is the world’s largest prize for brain research. It is awarded each year by the Lundbeck Foundation. Learn more
Brain Prize 2022 winner Ole Kiehn will deliver The Brain Prize Lecture at the KSBNS Annual Meeting in Daejeon, Korea. For more information: https://ksbns2026.org #BrainPrize #Neuroscience #KSBNS
Winners of The Brain Prize are among the world’s leading neuroscience researchers. Help recognize the next pioneers in neuroscience. Submit your Brain Prize nomination before September 1, 2026 https://brainprize.org/nomination-selection-process #BrainPrize #Neuroscience
At the JNS annual meeting in Kobe, Michelle Monje, winner of The Brain Prize 2025, delivered The Brain Prize Lecture, presenting her pioneering work on the neuroscience of brain cancers. #CancerNeuroscience #BrainPrize #JNS @michellemonje.bsky.social
Only 1 month to go to nominate a candidate for The Brain Prize - the world’s largest award for neuroscience. For more information about the nomination and selection process go to https://brainprize.org/nomination-selection-process #BrainPrize #Neuroscience
In just 4 days, Michelle Monje, 2025 winner of The Brain Prize, will deliver The Brain Prize Lecture at the Japanese Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting in Kobe. For more information: https://neuro2026.jnss.org/en/ #BrainPrize #Neuroscience #JNS
"I feel incredibly fortunate to receive recognition for doing something that I love – probing the unknown with my talented and dedicated staff, students, and postdocs." David Ginty, Brain Prize winner 2026. https://brainprize.org/nomination-selection-process #BrainPrize #Neuroscience
The Brain Prize 2025 winner Michelle Monje will deliver The Brain Prize Lecture at the 49th Annual Meeting of the JNS in Kobe, Japan. For more information: https://neuro2026.jnss.org/en/ #BrainPrize #Neuroscience #JNS
The Brain Prize 2025 winners Frank Winkler and Michelle Monje delivered The Brain Prize Lecture at the FENS Forum in Barcelona, sharing insights from their groundbreaking work in cancer neuroscience. #CancerNeuroscience #BrainPrize #FENS
Help us find the next winner of the world's largest brain research prize. Nominate a candidate for The Brain Prize 2027 https://brainprize.org/nomination-selection-process #BrainPrize #Neuroscience
In just five days at the FENS Forum in Barcelona, the 2025 Brain Prize winners, Frank Winkler and Michelle Monje will deliver The Brain Prize Lecture. For more information: https://www.fens.org Federation of European Neuroscience Societies - FENS #BrainPrize #Neuroscience #FENS
Brain Prize winner 2025, Frank Winkler, recently delivered The Brain Prize Lecture: Neural Influences on Brain Tumor Growth and Therapy Resistance, at the 12th Congress of the European Academy of Neurology in Geneva. European Academy of Neurology #BrainPrize #CancerNeuroscience #EAN
What causes migraine? Can it be treated? The 2021 Brain Prize winners revealed a trigger for migraine, paving the way for new treatments. Who should receive The Brain Prize 2027? For more information visit: https://brainprize.org/nomination-selection-process #BrainPrize #Neuroscience
In just four days at the 12th Congress of the EAN in Geneva, 2025 Brain Prize winner Frank Winkler will deliver The Brain Prize lecture: Neural Influences on Brain Tumor Growth and Therapy Resistance. More information: https://www.ean.org/congress2026 European Academy of Neurology #BrainPrize #EAN
Who can nominate for The Brain Prize? The answer is anyone. Got to https://brainprize.org/nomination-selection-process to nominate your candidate for The Brain Prize 2027 #BrainPrize #Neuroscience
Since it was first awarded in 2011, The Brain Prize has recognised 51 neuroscientists from 11 different countries for pioneering work in 16 different areas of neuroscience, from basic to clinical. https://brainprize.org/nomination-selection-process #BrainPrize #Neuroscience
The Brain Prize 2025 winners, Frank Winkler and Michelle Monje, will deliver The Brain Prize Lecture at the FENS Forum in Barcelona. For more information: https://www.fens.org Federation of European Neuroscience Societies - FENS #BrainPrize #Neuroscience #FENS
The Brain Prize recognises groundbreaking achievements in any area of neuroscience, from basic to clinical. Nominations for The Brain Prize 2027 are now open. For more information visit: https://brainprize.org/nomination-selection-process #BrainPrize #Neuroscience
What kind of work does The Brain Prize recognise? The Brain Prize has been awarded for fundamental research on the nervous system, development of new technologies, and mechanisms and treatment of disease. Nominate here: https://brainprize.org/nomination-selection-process #BrainPrize #Neuroscience
Brain Prize winner 2025 Frank Winkler will deliver The Brain Prize lecture: Neural Influences on Brain Tumor Growth and Therapy Resistance, at the 12th Congress of the EAN in Geneva, Switzerland. More information: https://www.ean.org/congress2026 European Academy of Neurology #BrainPrize #EAN
HM The King of Denmark presents this year’s winners of The Brain Prize, Patrik Ernfors and David Ginty with their Brain Prize medals at a ceremony in Copenhagen this evening. #BrainPrize2026 #Neuroscience #LundbeckFoundation
Brain Prize 2026 award ceremony in Copenhagen this evening. Chair of The Brain Prize selection committee, Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg, describes the pioneering work of this year’s winners, David Ginty and Patrik Ernfors. #BrainPrize2026 #Neuroscience
Lene Skole, CEO of the Lundbeck Foundation congratulates the 2026 Brain Prize winners, Patrik Ernfors and David Ginty at an award ceremony in Copenhagen this evening. #BrainPrize2026 #LundbeckFoundation
Brain Prize ceremony 2026. Opening speech from Søren Skou, Chairman, Lundbeck Foundation Board, welcoming the nearly 400 ceremony guests and explaining the importance of the prize to the foundation. #BrainPrize2026 #LundbeckFoundation
Brain Prize winners 2026, Patrik Ernfors (Karolinska Institutet) and David Ginty (Harvard Medical School) delivering their prize lectures on the neuroscience of touch and pain at the University of Copenhagen. #BrainPrize2026 #Somatosensation #Neuroscience
In just five days at the 19th Canadian Association for Neuroscience in Montreal, 2025 Brain Prize winner Michelle Monje will deliver The Brain Prize Lecture, The Neuroscience of Brain Cancers. Full event details: https://can-acn.org/meeting-2026/ #BrainPrize #CanadianNeuroscience
Every action we take depends on movement. In 2022, the world’s largest neuroscience prize, honored pioneering work on the neural circuits controlling it. Nominations for The Brain Prize 2027, now open! More information: https://brainprize.org/nomination-selection-process #BrainPrize #Neuroscience
Nominations for The Brain Prize, the world’s largest prize for neuroscience now open! Candidates working in any country and any field of neuroscience are eligible. Nominations close September 1st 2026. For more information visit: brainprize.org/nomination-s... #BrainPrize #Neuroscience
We recently filmed with 2026 Brain Prize winner Professor David Ginty (USA) at Harvard Medical School. Five films exploring the winners and their work on touch and pain are coming in 2026! #BehindTheScenes #BrainPrize2026
Brain Prize winner 2025 Michelle Monje will be delivering The Brain Prize lecture: The Neuroscience of Brain Cancers, at the 19th Canadian Neuroscience Meeting in Montreal, Canada. For more information: https://can-acn.org/meeting-2026/ Canadian Association for Neuroscience
"I don’t know how I was so fortunate to be born in a time and place where a non-academically oriented child can grow up to become a scientist, exploring the neurobiological basis for how we perceive the world around us", Professor David Ginty (USA) #BrainPrize2026 #Neuroscience