Silvia Arber receives the International Prize of the Fyssen Foundation

Silvia Arber - neurobiologist at the FMI and the Biozentrum of the University of Basel, and the new co-director of the FMI - has been awarded the International Prize 2018 of the Fyssen Foundation. Arber receives this recognition for her investigations on the development and function of neuronal circuits involved in motor control. With the International Prize 2018, the Fyssen Foundation honors Silvia Arber for her scientific achievements in the field of neurobiology. "Her research has significantly advanced our understanding of neuronal circuit organization and function, both at a cellular and molecular level," states the Foundation. The International Prize, endowed with Euro 60 000, is awarded annually to an internationally recognized scientist. The award ceremony took place on March 22, 2019 in the Grande Galerie de l'Evolution in the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, in Paris. Architecture of Neuronal circuits - from synapses to cognition - Silvia Arber, one of the world's most prominent neurobiologists, is a leading figure in the study of neuronal circuitry controlling motor behavior.