The Grass Foundation
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The Grass Foundation was founded in 1955. It's mission is to support education in Neuroscience Research
Los Angeles
Joined December 2011
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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The application for summer 2025 Grass Fellowships is now live at https://t.co/tXUTvv8Y4N! 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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https://t.co/texM2YBgYs another great Grass lab paper from Kristina Lippmann
mdpi.com
Major burdens for patients suffering from stroke are cognitive co-morbidities and epileptogenesis. Neural network disinhibition and deficient inhibitive pulses for fast network activities may result...
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It was fun being interviewed for this @NatGeo piece by @SofiQuaglia about all the wild ways cephalopods use dynamic color change! 🐙🦑🌈 https://t.co/8ZoOv86MlP
nationalgeographic.com
Camouflage isn't the only way cephalopods have evolved to change their appearance.
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So happy for @DrNancyPadilla to have such exciting science and the sweetest baby🥰
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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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: https://t.co/tXvGCyqRaz
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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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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
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So excited to be part of this team!
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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https://t.co/O4KESfcZAm Grass fellow, 1958, co-founder with John Dowling of the Neurobiology course
mbl.edu
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🌱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 https://t.co/xe9tokkopm
#KavliNeuro
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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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Academy Members Receive Nation’s Highest Honors in Science and Engineering https://t.co/WneW3viWyG via @theNASEM Former trustee Eve Marder receives National Medal of Science
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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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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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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
Synopsis. The minds of cephalopods have captivated scientists for millennia, yet the extent that we can understand their subjective experiences remains con
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🚨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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To all who qualify, make sure to apply for the Henry Grass Rising Star in Neuroscience Award! As a previous awardee I highly recommend.
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
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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
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