The Grass Foundation was founded in 1955. It's mission is to support education in Neuroscience Research
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17 Sep 2024
Visit the GF booth at SfN, Sun –Wed, and attend the Albert and Ellen Grass Lecture: Oxygen and the Pressure to Sleep — Gero Miesenböck!
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22 Aug 2024
The application for summer 2025 Grass Fellowships is now live at grassfoundation.org/fellowsh…! Applications are due November 15. Please share with promising early-career neuroscientists. The Fellowship provides 14 weeks of sponsored research support at @MBLScience in Woods Hole, MA.
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17 May 2024
So happy for @DrNancyPadilla to have such exciting science and the sweetest baby🥰
16 May 2024
Leaving Thun, Switzerland with refreshed research ideas 💡 and hope for the future of mental health treatment 🧠
Thanks to @AllenInstitute @HongkuiZeng @NIMHDirector Pico Caroni, Botond Roska and Hailan Hu for putting this amazing conference together and inviting me!
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30 Mar 2024
The MBL is proud to announce the eight early-career scientists funded by the @grassfoundation who will join the Grass Lab this year as fellows to undertake independent research projects in neuroscience. 🧠
Learn more: mbl.edu/news/welcome-2024-gr…
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9 Mar 2024
Such a treat having @adredish visit as the @SinaiBrain 🧠 neuroscience seminar series speaker! One of my former PhD advisors checking out some of my new lab space I’m still unboxing📦📦! Once a mentor, always a mentor, with @amber_did @UMNeurosci @IcahnMountSinai @MountSinaiPsych
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26 Jan 2024
Congratulations to Dr. Maria Victoria Moya @MVickyMoya, winner of the 2024 Henry Grass Rising Stars in Neuroscience Award! This award, created in 2020, recognizes postdoctoral scientists from groups underrepresented in neuroscience. For more info, visit grassfoundation.org/henry-gr…
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21 Jan 2024
So excited to be part of this team!
19 Jan 2024
Thrilled to share that our project “Ocean Robocto” was selected for a National Geographic Meridian Grant. We will study #octopus collaborative hunting with fish in Australia and in the Mediterranean, combining technology, research, and storytelling.
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15 Dec 2023
mbl.edu/news/obituaries/mich… Grass fellow, 1958, co-founder with John Dowling of the Neurobiology course
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11 Nov 2023
🌱We are thrilled to announce the first Kavli Exploration Awards in Neurobiology and Changing Ecosystems!
Three projects will pursue novel investigations into how nervous systems may enable organisms to adapt to environmental challenges
kavlifoundation.org/news/int…
#KavliNeuro
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23 Sep 2022
Check out the shirt! Shout out to #Neural Systems & #Behavior @NSB_MBL to get to interact with amazing students, colleagues and strengthen our #synapses🧠🦞⭕️ @Grass_Fellows @grassfoundation @MblNeuro @MBLScience representing @uarizona @uarizonahsi @UArizonaNSCS #Neuroscience
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31 Oct 2023
Academy Members Receive Nation’s Highest Honors in Science and Engineering nationalacademies.org/news/2… via @theNASEM
Former trustee Eve Marder receives National Medal of Science
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26 Oct 2023
My favorite conference of the year is @SACNAS #NDiSTEM2023! Excited to meet students interested in grad studies @UCDavis_Neuro @PTXatUCD and @BMCDB. Also representing @grassfoundation @MBLScience on panel 'Broadening Access to Neuroscience' today (Wed) at 1:45pm - Rm 105-106.
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19 Sep 2023
Five new articles written by five @NobelPrize winners. 🎉
Discover our new collection of exceptional scientific articles written for and reviewed by kids from Martin Chalfie, Ada Yonath, David Gross, Randy Schekman, and Eric Betzig. ⬇️
#NobelPrize
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4 Oct 2023
Exciting news! We just published an opinion piece delving into the enigmatic inner lives of cephalopods. What do we truly understand about their subjective experiences? 🐙🦑🧠 @nickyclayton22 academic.oup.com/icb/advance…
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30 Aug 2023
🚨NEUROBIOLOGY AND CHANGING ECOSYSTEMS
Kavli Foundation Director of Life Sciences Amy Bernard @ab2 explains our new $5M initiative to support research that explores how neural systems adapt to changing environments.
#KavliNeuro
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1 Sep 2023
The Grass Foundation is now accepting applications for the 2024 Henry Grass Rising Stars in Neuroscience Award, which supports postdoctoral scientists from underrepresented communities at a pivotal point in their careers. Read more and apply or share at grassfoundation.org/henry-gr…
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1 Sep 2023
We are now accepting applications for our signature Grass Fellowship at @MBLScience in summer 2024! See grassfoundation.org/fellowsh…! A partnership with @KavliFoundation will support Fellowships for research related to neurobiology and changing ecosystems! Please share widely!
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29 Aug 2023
We are excited for this new initiative from our partners at @KavliFoundation. For more information, see this discussion, which features remarks by incoming Grass Foundation President Matt McFarlane. youtu.be/wavJtCKSNz0?si=hSuM…
29 Aug 2023
We are launching a $5M initiative to explore how neural systems adapt to changing ecosystems.
kavlifoundation.org/news/neu…
#KavliNeuro #Neurobiology #ChangingEcosystems #Environment #Eco #Ecosystems
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