Prix Roger de Spoelberch
The Prix Roger de Spoelberch is a Swiss science award in the field of neurodegenerative and psychiatric diseases . It is awarded by the Fondation Roger de Spoelberch based in Geneva and - as of 2017 - endowed with 750,000 euros. The award commemorates Roger de Spoelberch (1875–1950), member of the Dutch-Belgian noble and industrialist family De Spoelberch and mayor of Londerzeel in Flemish Brabant .
Award winners
- 2009 - Pierre Vanderhaeghen : Study of the mechanisms of the development of the cerebral cortex, from stem cells to circuits, in health and disease.
- 2010 - Pierre Gressens : La recherche du Professeur Pierre Gressens porte sur la compréhension des mécanismes responsables des lésions cérébrales du nouveau-né et sur la mise en évidence de nouvelles stratégies pour protéger le cerveau de ces nouveau-nés.
- 2011 - Alexis Brice : Elucidation of the genetic basis of neurodegenerative diseases.
- 2012 - Stanislas Dehaene : Signatures of consciousness: From theory to clinical applications in coma and vegetative patients.
- 2013 - Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg : Advancing treatment discovery in schizophrenia through functionally relevant neuronal intermediate phenotypes.
- 2014 - Oscar Marin : Understanding the aetiology of neuropsychiatric illness through neural circuit interrogation in animal models.
- 2015 - Franck Polleux : Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the development, maintenance and evolution of cortical connectivity.
- 2016 - Magdalena Götz : The Götz lab works on the mechanisms of neurogenesis and applies these after brain injury towards replacing degenerated neurons and improving scar formation.
- 2017 - David Rubinsztein : Which Mendelian neurodegeneration-causing genes impact autophagy?
- 2018 - Frank Bradke : Axon Growth and Regeneration
- 2019 - Bassem Hassan