Hugo Spiers on spatial memory and cognition

Kathleen Wets, Publisher for F1000, today visited F1000 Faculty Member Hugo Spiers at the Institute of Behavioural Neuroscience, UCL, London, and video-recorded him talking about his research into spatial cognition. Spiers used to work in Nobel Prize winner John O’Keefe’s lab, and his research on spatial memory, cognition and how we navigate through space follows…

Edvard Moser receives the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

We are delighted to congratulate Edvard Moser, F1000Prime Faculty Member in the Neuroscience Faculty, on receiving the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Professor Moser is a founding director of The Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience and Centre for the Biology of Memory (KI/CBM) at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and has…

F1000 Specialists’ video competition: winner announced!

Many thanks to our three entrants for their superb video entries! The competition is now closed and we’re pleased to announce the winner. We hope all our voters enjoyed learning about ongoing research in Prof Brain’s lab at KCL, investigations into the cell biology of osteoarthritis at Manchester University and the study of congenital nevi…

Herbert Steinbeisser

It is with sadness that we note the death of Dr Herbert Steinbeisser, who passed away having endured a long illness with bravery and strength. Dr Steinbeisser was a Faculty Member in the Developmental Biology Faculty from 2003. In an obituary [in German] posted by his colleagues at the Institute of Human Genetics, University Hospital…

The Susan G. Komen® Brinker Award and The William B. Coley Award

Joan Brugge, one of our Section Heads for the Cell Biology Faculty, will receive the Susan G. Komen® Brinker Award for Scientific Distinction in Basic Science. This award is bestowed upon those whose work in breast cancer research provides significant contributions to the field, and it is separated into a basic science award, which Joan…