2010 IoN News Archive
- Professor Alan Thompson elected as Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology
- Michael J. Fox Foundation awards IoN researcher grant to advance Parkinson's research.
- Traces of the past: computer algorithm ‘reads’ memories
- Professor Lees awarded first Lord Brain Memorial Lecture
- Award for Professor Chris Frith
- Professor John Duncan appointed as NIHR Senior Investigator
- Queen Square Symposium success
- IoN brings the scientific method to London primary schools
- Robot trainer to benefit stroke patients
- Researchers to study how the brain 'rewires itself'
- St Peter's Medal for Professor Clare Fowler
- Elections to the Academy of Medical Sciences Fellowships announced
- New website to help stroke survivors learn to read again
- Queen's Birthday Honours
- Brain study reveals that agreement is rewarding
- Wellcome Success
- Win for IoN at Shape of Science Symposium
- Research shows that two heads are better than one
- Lizard venom offers hope for Parkinson’s disease patients
- Epilepsy prizes
- Developing a cell library resource for dementia research
- Stents may double the risk of stroke in patients over 70
- Scientists identify link between introspection and brain structure
- IoN scientist lands £329k funding boost from dementia research charity.
- Study results consistent with earlier estimates of vCJD prion prevalence in Britain
- Parkinson's UK Fellowship Award
- Award for Professor Lees
- 2010-11 IoN PhD Studentship Round Now Open
- New brain imaging tests to track Huntington’s
- World-leading scientist secures funding for gene research
- Fighter pilots' brains are ‘more sensitive
- Alzheimer’s changes detectable in healthy elderly
- IoN Student wins Santander Formula One Scholarship
- New hope for cluster headache sufferers
- Prestigious European research grant awarded
- New centre brings hope to patients with muscle wasting diseases
- Prestigious stroke program grant awarded
- A role for astrocytes in learning and memory?
IoN EVENTS
Queen Square Alumnus Association Meeting 2013
Published: Jul 8, 2013 2:00:00 PM
MicroRNAs as novel targets in the pathogenesis and treatment of epilepsy
Published: Jun 13, 2013 1:18:00 PM
Synaptic transmission : invertebrate models
Published: May 15, 2013 4:45:54 PM
Statistical Parametric Mapping Courses: May 2013
Published: May 13, 2013 3:05:00 PM
Professor Lees awarded first Lord Brain Memorial Lecture
26 March 2010
Professor Andrew Lees has been awarded the First Lord Brain Memorial Lecture. 'Brainwashed by the Black Stuff" will be delivered at the Royal London Hospital on June 24th at 5pm. Professor Lees is an alumnus of the Royal London and the lecture will be introduced by Professor John Hardy.
Walter Russell Brain, 1st Baron Brain (October 23, 1895 – December 29, 1966) was a British neurologist. He was principal author of the standard work of neurology, Brain's Diseases of the Nervous System, and longtime editor of the neurological medical journal, Brain. In 1922 he was elected to the staffs at Maida Vale Hospital (which was part of the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery). This was the start of an association with the National Hospital which lasted all of his professional life.
