AMSTERDAM--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ERA-Net NEURON, an initiative of the European Commission aimed at advancing transnational European research in the field of disease-related neuroscience, announced today the winners of the Excellent Paper in Neuroscience award for young scientists for the year 2009. The two winners, awarded each a prize of €3,000, are Dr. Heidi O. Nousiainen from the National Institute for Health and Welfare, Biomedicum, Finland and Dr. Asya Rolls from the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel. The award ceremony took place during the 7th Forum of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) yesterday in Amsterdam. Dr. Heidi Nousiainen was invited to the Conference as the special ERA-Net NEURON Young Investigator lecturer.
