BRSF Awards
Distinguished Neuroscientist of the Year
Awarded at the Neuroscience Finland event to an outstanding neuroscientist whose work has significantly contributed to brain research in Finland. The recipient gives a plenary lecture at the same meeting.
Best Neuroscience PhD Thesis
Recognizes the best doctoral thesis in neuroscience defended in Finland. Awarded at the Neuroscience Finland event, where the awardee presents their work.
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Distinguished Neuroscientist of the Year — Recipients
- 2023 Professor Iiris Hovatta, University of Helsinki
- 2020 Associate Professor Petri Ala-Laurila, Aalto University and University of Helsinki From photons to behaviour: resolving the neural code
- 2018 Professor Miia Kivipelto, University of Eastern Finland and Karolinska Institute Multidomain interventions to prevent cognitive impairment and Alzheimer
- 2016 Professor Asla Pitkänen, University of Eastern Finland Post-traumatic epilepsy: from mechanisms to therapy
- 2014 Professor Kai Kaila, University of Helsinki Brain development and disease: focusing on ion-regulatory molecules
- 2013 Professor Eero Castrén, University of Helsinki Reactivation of juvenile-like plasticity in the adult brain
Best Neuroscience PhD Thesis — Recipients
- 2023 Olesia Ignatenko Astrocyte contribution to the pathogenesis of mitochondrial dysfunction
- 2020 Felix Siebenhühner The role of multi-scale phase synchronization and cross-frequency interactions in cognitive integration
- 2016 Jaakko Kopra Endogenous GDNF as a regulator of midbrain dopamine neurons
- 2015 Enrico Glerean Dynamic similarity of brain activity in humans: from single areas to functional networks
- 2013 Aino Vesikansa Developing glutamatergic connectivity in the hippocampus: the role of tonically active kainate receptors
- 2012 Maria Sundvik The histaminergic neurotransmitter system: its development and role in neuronal plasticity in zebrafish, Danio rerio
- 2010 Timo Verneri Anttila Identification of genetic susceptibility loci for migraine
- 2008 Jan Kujala Study of cortical rhythmic activity and connectivity with magnetoencephalography
- 2007 Satu Palva Neuronal oscillations in gamma- and alpha-frequency bands: from object representations to sensory awareness
- 2006 Sampsa T. Sipilä Cellular and network mechanisms generating spontaneous population events in the immature rat hippocampus
- 2005 Matias Palva Interactions among neuronal oscillations in the developing and adult brain
- 2005 Jan V.M. Kaslin The aminergic and cholinergic neurotransmitter systems in the zebrafish brain
- 2004 Jari Rossi Roles of GDNF-family receptor GFRa2 in the peripheral nervous system
- 2003 Henri Huttunen Role of RAGE as an amphoterin receptor: from development to disease
- 2002 Auli Verkkoniemi Variant Alzheimer's disease with spastic paraparesis: clinical, neuropathological and molecular genetic characterization
- 2001 Tommi Raij Neuromagnetic characterization of dynamic cortical networks supporting human cognition
- 2000 Juhana M. Hakumäki Characterization of tissue response in cerebral ischemia and tumor apoptosis: a quantitative 1H NMR spectroscopy study
- 1999 Tarja Kinnunen Mechanism of N-syndecan-mediated neurite outgrowth
- 1998 Stephan Salenius Reactivity of human cortical rhythms during movements, somatosensory stimulation and mental imagery