Perl-UNC Neuroscience Prize

The Perl-UNC Neuroscience Prize is a science award from the University of North Carolina in the field of neuroscience in memory of Edward R. Perl († 2014). The prize is endowed with US $ 20,000 (as of 2017) . Six of its 23 winners later won a Nobel Prize (as of early 2017).

Award winners

• 2000 David Julius , Cloning the Capsaicin Receptor
• 2001 Roderick MacKinnon , Solving the Crystal Structure of the Potassium Channel
• 2002 Linda B. Buck , Richard Axel , Discovery of the Family of Olfactory Receptor Proteins
• 2003 Yves Barde , Discovery of Brain-Derived, Neurotrophic Factor
• 2004 Roger Tsien , Development of Tools for Monitoring Signaling in Living Nerve Cells
• 2005 Robert Malenka , Roger A. Nicoll , Discovery of Mechanisms that Underlie Long Term Synaptic Plasticity
• 2006 Solomon H. Snyder , Identification of Opiate Receptors in the Brain
• 2007 Huda Zoghbi , Discovery of the Genetic Basis of Rett Syndrome
• 2008 Michael E. Greenberg , Discovery of Signaling Pathways Underlying Activity-Regulated Gene Transcription in Neurons
• 2009 Thomas Jessell , Defining Molecular Mechanisms that Regulate the Development of Neural Circuits
• 2010 Catherine Dulac , Cori Bargmann , Discovery of Chemosensory Circuits that Regulate Social Behaviors
• 2011 Karl Deisseroth , Edward Boyden , Feng Zhang , Development and Application of Optogenetics for Studying Neural Circuit Functions
• 2012 Edvard Moser , May-Britt Moser , discovery of key principles governing the internal representation of space and episodic memory
• 2013 Marcus Raichle , discoveries related to the 'default mode network' of brain function
• 2014 David Tank , discovery of fundamental mechanisms of neural computation
• 2015 Christopher Walsh , discovery of genes and mechanisms regulating human cortical development
• 2016 David Anderson , discovery of neural circuit mechanisms controlling emotional behaviors
• 2017 Winrich Freiwald , Doris Y. Tsao , discovery of brain mechanisms of face recognition
• 2018 S. Lawrence Zipursky , Joshua R. Sanes , discovery of cell-surface proteins that control circuit assembly in the visual system
• 2019 Lily Jan , Yuh-Nung Jan , discovery and functional characterization of potassium channels

Web links

• Perl-UNC Neuroscience Prize at the University of North Carolina (med.unc.edu)