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Former Eppendorf & Science

Prize Winner is Learning More

Than Ever Before.

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fortheAdvancementofScience,USA.Harvard

University®isaregisteredtrademark

ofPresidentandFellowsofHarvard

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“Having good people is 90% of the success of any

lab. The best part of my job is sitting down with one of

the students or postdocs and listening to them tell me

about a new experimental result. I need to keep read-

ing and learning all the time to keep up so that I can be

a good sounding board for their ideas. I also need to be

the toughest referee, so it´s important for me to figure

out what tough questions to ask them. I’m learning

more now than I ever did at any other time in my life.”

Although Rachel did not believe she had a chance of

winning the Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobi-

ology, she was excited to share her work on the first

projects she had completed in her own lab. She wanted

her research to be better known to attract great scien-

tists to join her. Winning the prize also helped Rachel at

an early stage in her career to feel confident about her

research.

“Every junior scientist gets snubbed sometimes,

and it’s easier to bounce back when you have the

knowledge that you have earned some recognition.”

Rachel encourages scientists at the early stage of their

career to apply for this prize.

“If you feel passionate about your science, and you

have a story to tell, then you’ve got something to write

about. My general advice is (1) read your writing aloud,

and (2) get lots of feedback.”

Rachel Wilson was awarded the Eppendorf & Science

Prize for Neurobiology in 2007 for her work on the

sense of smell. Using the tiny brain of the fruit fly,

Rachel wanted to learn how sensory stimuli are en-

coded in the electrical activity of specific groups of

neurons. Her research aimed to help design artificial

devices that can detect odors associated with diseases

or hazardous chemicals. Since then, she has branched

out to study hearing, touch, temperature perception,

vision, motor control, and learning. Her current long-

term goal is to understand how walking flies navigate.

“Navigation in flies depends on external information

such as smells, visual objects, sounds and on internal

information such as goals, memories and 'states of

mind'. We want to know how these sources of informa-

tion are combined, and how they translate into specific

patterns of leg movements to govern pathfinding and

speed control.”

Over the years, Rachel’s lab at Harvard University has

grown from 3 people in the beginning to 10 people

now.

Dr. Rachel Wilson received the Eppendorf & Science Prize for

Neurobiology in 2007 and is now Martin Family Professor of Basic

Research in the field of Neurobiology at Harvard University®.

Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology

This annual international research prize of

US$25,000 is awarded to one young scientist for

their outstanding contributions to neurobiologi-

cal research based on methods of molecular and

cell biology. Researchers who are not older than

35 years are invited to apply by June 15, 2019.

www.eppendorf.com/prize

Former Eppendorf & Science

Prize Winner is Learning More

Than Ever Before.

AAAS®andScience®are

registeredtrademarksoftheAmericanSociety

fortheAdvancementofScience,USA.Harvard

University®isaregisteredtrademark

ofPresidentandFellowsofHarvard

College,USA.

Eppendorf

®andtheEppendorfBrandDesignare

registeredtrademarksofEppendorfAG,Germ

any.Allrights

reserved,includinggraphicsandim

ages.Copyright©

2019byEppendorfAG.

“Having good people is 90% of the success of any

lab. The best part of my job is sitting down with one of

the students or postdocs and listening to them tell me

about a new experimental result. I need to keep read-

ing and learning all the time to keep up so that I can be

a good sounding board for their ideas. I also need to be

the toughest referee, so it´s important for me to figure

out what tough questions to ask them. I’m learning

more now than I ever did at any other time in my life.”

Although Rachel did not believe she had a chance of

winning the Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobi-

ology, she was excited to share her work on the first

projects she had completed in her own lab. She wanted

her research to be better known to attract great scien-

tists to join her. Winning the prize also helped Rachel at

an early stage in her career to feel confident about her

research.

“Every junior scientist gets snubbed sometimes,

and it’s easier to bounce back when you have the

knowledge that you have earned some recognition.”

Rachel encourages scientists at the early stage of their

career to apply for this prize.

“If you feel passionate about your science, and you

have a story to tell, then you’ve got something to write

about. My general advice is (1) read your writing aloud,

and (2) get lots of feedback.”

Rachel Wilson was awarded the Eppendorf & Science

Prize for Neurobiology in 2007 for her work on the

sense of smell. Using the tiny brain of the fruit fly,

Rachel wanted to learn how sensory stimuli are en-

coded in the electrical activity of specific groups of

neurons. Her research aimed to help design artificial

devices that can detect odors associated with diseases

or hazardous chemicals. Since then, she has branched

out to study hearing, touch, temperature perception,

vision, motor control, and learning. Her current long-

term goal is to understand how walking flies navigate.

“Navigation in flies depends on external information

such as smells, visual objects, sounds and on internal

information such as goals, memories and 'states of

mind'. We want to know how these sources of informa-

tion are combined, and how they translate into specific

patterns of leg movements to govern pathfinding and

speed control.”

Over the years, Rachel’s lab at Harvard University has

grown from 3 people in the beginning to 10 people

now.

Dr. Rachel Wilson received the Eppendorf & Science Prize for

Neurobiology in 2007 and is now Martin Family Professor of Basic

Research in the field of Neurobiology at Harvard University®.

Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology

This annual international research prize of

US$25,000 is awarded to one young scientist for

their outstanding contributions to neurobiologi-

cal research based on methods of molecular and

cell biology. Researchers who are not older than

35 years are invited to apply by June 15, 2019.

www.eppendorf.com/prize

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