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Former Eppendorf & Science
Prize Winner is Learning More
Than Ever Before.
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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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