Press : Haaretz : Secret of Epilepsy Discovered in Jerusalem

Tuesday, Jul 11, 2017

Unable to figure out what causes the neurological disorder, the scientists thought to ask: What causes normal people (or lab animals) not to have it? Epileptic seizures are caused by abnormal...

Josh Sanes receives Gruber Prize - 2017

Wednesday, May 31, 2017

ELSC congratulates Prof. Joshua Sanes, head of the International Steering committee, for being awarded the Gruber prize for his pioneering work on the formation and specificity of neural...

Prof. Hagai Bergman receives Blumberg prize - 2017

Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Professor Hagai Bergman of the Department of Neurobiology at the Hebrew University is the recipient of the third Dr. Otto and Alice Blumberg Prize, which is administered by JNF KKL Germany, for his...

Article: Stimulus-specific adaptation in a recurrent network model of primary auditory cortex

Monday, May 29, 2017

Article on Plos : Stimulus-specific adaptation in a recurrent network model of primary auditory cortex Neurons in the auditory cortex respond strongly to stimuli that are deviant within a regular,...

ELSC alumni, Dr. Shahar Barbash received the 2016 award of the Dimitris N. Chorafas Foundation

Sunday, May 28, 2017

The Dimitris N. Chorafas Foundation awards scientific prizes for outstanding work in selected fields in the engineering sciences, medicine and the natural sciences. It rewards research characterized...

Prof. Haim Sompolinsky wins EMET Prize 2016

Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Jury Statement “The Emet Prize is awarded to Prof. Haim Sompolinsky for the establishment of the theoretical framework for the understanding of the principles of brain function and the behavior of...

Safra Philanthropic Foundation Make Additional Development Gift to HU’s ELSC

Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Five years after its initial donation of $20 million for the establishment of the Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences (ELSC) at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Edmond J....

Dr. Michael London – Transforming Our Understanding of Brain Activity

Monday, Dec 8, 2014

The brain is constantly abuzz with electrical signals transferring information between brain cells. The results of this intense electrical activity are the perceptions, thoughts, ideas, decisions,...

Dr. Yoram Burak - ELSC

Monday, Sep 22, 2014

The ancient Greek philosophers understood that nature’s most sophisticated wonders could be described entirely through the languages of mathematics and physics. Now ELSC researcher, Dr. Yoram...

Dr. Ami Citri - ELSC

Tuesday, Jul 15, 2014

Drug addiction is one of the most prominent neuropsychiatric disorders, affecting up to 3% of the U.S. population. While the cost of drug addiction to society is tremendous, the neurological cause...

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