Three cells from cortical layer 2/3 of a P36 male mouse (visual area), imaged at 3.58 x 3.58 x 40 nm resolution. Image credit: www.microns-explorer.org.
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The Kavli and Dr. William and Marisa Rastetter Chancellor’s Endowed Chair in Neurobiology
Dec 05, 2023
Neuroscience Science Spotlights
Neurobiology and Changing Ecosystems Kavli Exploration Awards
Nov 11, 2023
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The Kavli Foundation launches a new initiative to explore how neural systems adapt to changing environments
Aug 28, 2023
Neuroscience Profile
Researchers at the Kavli Neuroscience Discovery Institute combine state of the art in vivo imaging with machine learning
Jun 21, 2023
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In partnership with The Grass Foundation, The Kavli Foundation supports early career scientists’ inquiry into neurobiology and changing ecosystems
Jun 16, 2023
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Cynthia Friend on the foundation’s funding approach and basic neuroscience research
May 18, 2023
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Alipasha Vaziri and Mary E. Hatten create spaces for neuroscience to flourish in the Kavli Neural Systems Institute
Feb 20, 2023
Neuroscience Science Spotlights
2022 Scialog Collaborative Innovation Awards
Jan 20, 2023
Astrophysics Research Highlights
Remarkable basic research in astrophysics, theoretical physics, nanoscience, and neuroscience
Dec 19, 2022
Kavli Institutes
- Kavli Institute for Brain and MindUniversity of California, San Diego, and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies
- Kavli Institute for Brain ScienceColumbia University
- Kavli Institute for Fundamental NeuroscienceUniversity of California, San Francisco
- Kavli Institute for NeuroscienceYale University
- Kavli Institute for Systems NeuroscienceNorwegian University of Science and Technology
- Kavli Neural Systems InstituteRockefeller University
- Kavli Neuroscience Discovery InstituteJohns Hopkins University
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The Kavli Prize in Neuroscience
The Kavli Prize in Neuroscience is awarded for outstanding achievement in advancing our knowledge and understanding of the brain and nervous system, including molecular neuroscience, cellular neuroscience, systems neuroscience, neurogenetics, developmental neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, computational neuroscience, and related facets of the brain and nervous system.
Neuroscience is the science of the brain. The brain itself is the most complex and the most advanced product of nature and basic to the very existence of the human being.
- Fred Kavli