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Dear friends, colleagues and alumni of the Division of Science,

This is the inaugural edition of what will be a biannual e-Newsletter that brings you news of the Division and the people in it, together with the most recent scientific results and discoveries from the laboratories and research groups. more


Eve Marder wins the 2016 Kavli Prize for Neuroscience

 
Eve Marder '69, the Victor and Gwendolyn Beinfield Professor of Neuroscience at Brandeis, has been awarded the renowned Kavli Prize in Neuroscience for her groundbreaking research on the nervous system. 

"Inside the Marder Lab" by Maria Genco

Celebrating Chris Miller at Christravaganza Millerpalooza


Friends, former students and colleagues celebrated the life, research, mentoring, and lunacy of Chris Miller, Biochemistry Professor on July 8-9, 2016.

 

Two professors participate in new research collaborations funded by the Simons Foundation


With multi-million dollar funding from the Simons Foundation, Matthew Headrick (Physics) and Bong H. Lian (Mathematics) are co-PIs in two separate international collaborations of theoretical physicists and mathematicians to find answers to some of the biggest and most fundamental questions in their disciplines.

Chemistry research: Why Fire is Hot


In a paper that appeared in the Journal of Chemical Education, Chemistry's Klaus Schmidt-Rohr explores the eternal question of why fire is hot.

 

REU students arrive for summer research


Along with 100+ Brandeis science undergrads doing summer research, 19 students are participating in 2 REU programs. This is a 10-week paid research experience in several of the Molecular & Cell Visualization and Materials Research Science and Engineering Center labs in the Division of Science.

How they are spending their summer


A group of Brandeis students are spending their summer building mobile apps in the Voice, Web & Mobile Applications program that is being offered through the Justice Brandeis Semester. 

Scientific innovation for positive impact: SPROUT awards announced


Eight teams share $100,000 to advance research at Brandeis. SPROUT awards support entrepreneurial activity for Brandeis graduate and undergraduate students, postdocs, faculty and staff. 
 

Grants & Awards in the Division of Science (1/1/16 - 6/30/16)

During the first 6 months of 2016, faculty researchers in the Division of Science received almost $18 million in grants and awards for new or competitively renewed projects.  Additionally, 4 Brandeis undergraduate received the 2016 National Science Foundation's Graduate Fellowships Awards.
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