The Brain Prize

The Brain Prize is the world's largest brain research prize - awarded to researchers with ground-breaking impact on neuroscience. DKK 10 million.

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"Together, we work to foster unity and share ideas, expertise, tools, and reagents. It’s a privilege to go to a workplace full of friends and vibrant with energy and exciting research."

Meet Patrik Ernfors: https://t.co/9iuw6YkUR5
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Behind every scientific breakthrough is a team. David Ginty says the 2026 Brain Prize discoveries were made possible by his laboratory members' creativity, dedication, and collaboration over the years.

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If you had met Patrik Ernfors as a child, becoming a scientist might not have been your first prediction. His journey took unexpected turns before leading to groundbreaking discoveries in neuroscience.

Read his story: https://t.co/9iuw6YkUR5
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As a teenager, David Ginty wasn't interested in school. It was his mother who encouraged him to attend college, a decision that ultimately led him to become the 2026 Brain Prize winner.

Read David Ginty's story: https://t.co/dda0ffRI89
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How do you feel a basketball, or a hot stove? 2026 Brain Prize winners mapped the neurons of touch and pain — work now pointing toward treatments such as chronic pain.

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At the ECNP Congress, Brain Prize 2025 recipient Frank Winkler delivered The Brain Prize Lecture on “Malignant Networks in the Brain,” presenting his research on tumor–brain network interactions.

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2026 Brain Prize winner David Ginty spent his career mapping the nerve cells sensing pain. Then he got shingles — and used his own body to identify the neurons responsible.

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Just 6 days to go until 2025 Brain Prize winner Frank Winkler presents his lecture, ‘Malignant Networks in the Brain,’ at the 39th ECNP Congress in Munich.

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2026 Brain Prize winner Patrik Ernfors has spent his career studying pain. Then lifting a heavy sofa left him with years of chronic pain — and a deeper appreciation of why finding treatments matters.
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What makes a great scientist? For Brain Prize winners David Ginty and Patrik Ernfors, it starts with mentorship - trusting the next generation to find their own path, and even surpass them.

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Do you know what the brain does while we sleep?

Find out by visiting in The Brain Prize collection at Frontiers for Young Minds.
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Brain Prize winner 2025 Frank Winkler will be delivering The Brain Prize lecture: Malignant Networks in the Brain, at the 39th ECNP Congress, Munich Germany.

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https://t.co/cjr70j1Rtb

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"I really thrive on curiosity." Meet David Ginty & Patrik Ernfors, the 2026 Brain Prize laureates whose work on touch and pain is reshaping neuroscience - and who aren't done asking questions yet.

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Did you know that you can control the brain with light?

Find out how light is used to control brain activity in the Frontiers for Young Minds Brain Prize collection.
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Brain Prize 2022 winner Ole Kiehn delivered The Brain Prize Lecture at the KSBNS Annual Meeting in Daejeon, presenting his work on brainstem circuits for movement in brain-wide motor networks and their role in movement disorders.

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In four days at the KSBNS Annual Meeting in Daejeon, Korea, 2022 Brain Prize winner Ole Kiehn will deliver The Brain Prize Lecture.

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https://t.co/LVKJmGlPdK

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Is it possible to watch a living brain at work? Yes!

Find out about the technology for watching the brain in action at the Frontiers for Young Minds Brain Prize collection.
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Nominations for the world's largest neuroscience research prize close September 1st.

Nominate a candidate for The Brain prize at https://t.co/WDZ30VcmxN

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Only 5 days left to go! Nominate a candidate for The Brain Prize and their groundbreaking work in neuroscience by September 1st.

Submit your nomination today at: https://t.co/WDZ30VcmxN

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