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Brain Awareness Week

Brain Awareness Week (BAW) is the global campaign to increase public awareness of the progress and benefits of brain research.

The Allen Brain Atlases Projects were initiated in September 2003 with a $100 million donation from Paul G. Allen and the first atlas went public in September 2006. As of May 2012, seven brain atlases have been published...It is the hope of the Allen Institute that their findings will help advance various fields of science, especially those surrounding the understanding of neurobiological diseases. The atlases are free and available for public use online.

Stories of surgeons and researchers

Rosalind Picard

By: Wendy Jewell from The MY HERO Project
Rosalind Picard is internationally known as a leader in envisioning and creating innovative technology.

Audrey Penn: Just Do It

By: Nancy Touchette, Ph.D.
Audrey Penn: Just Do It is a medical doctor who has devoted herself to studying diseases that affect muscle control.

Ben Carson

By: Dr. Renee Shackelford
Ben Carson is the chief of neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins University Hospital.

Neil Turok

By: Claudia Hudson
Neil Turok recruits talented students from all over Africa to be Africa's next generation of scientists and mathematicians.

Lydia Villa-Komaroff

By: Liz from Raleigh
"There are more cells in the brain than there are stars in the universe."

Christiane Nusslein-Volhard

By: Nat Johnson
Christiane Nusslein-Volhard is a Nobel Prize winner and pioneer genetic researcher.

Dr. Sara W. Lazar Neuroscientist - Meditator

By: Wendy Jewell
Dr. Sara W. Lazar Neuroscientist - Meditator researches the effects of meditation on the brain.

Erich Jarvis

By: Lauren Zeranski
Erich Jarvis observes song birds and uses his training with molecular biology to learn about brain behavior.

Dr. J. Larry Brown

Dr. J. Larry Brown directs the national Center on Hunger and Poverty.

Dr. Van Halbach

By: Jeanne Meyers
Dr. Van Halbach is a hero to the Ghenender family for saving Ingrid's life.

Paul Greengard

By: Inje from Mission Viejo
Paul Greengard received a Nobel Prize for Medicine for his understanding of the nervous system.

Claudia Gerwin: Keeping the Neurons Firing

By: Nancy Touchette, Ph.D.<br><h5>Permission to use this material was granted by...
Claudia Gerwin: Keeping the Neurons Firing researches how nerve cells relay messages to each other.
Sadik Esener
By: Barbara Field
“When I was 10 years old, I saw the movie, Fantastic Voyage, and I loved it.”

Stories of those who fought brain cancer

Alexandra Scott
By: Carly S. Sycamore Jr. High

Alicia O'Brien

By: Cherie Bennett
Alicia O'Brien was the inspiration for Cherie Bennett's novel Zink.
Krista Brewer
By: Lydia from Gainesville

Uncle Jeff

By: Mary from Glenbrook
"A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road." By Henry Ward Beecher

Art

SHOUT

By: Alessandro Gottardo

Art Saves Lives

By: Leavenworth Jackson

Head

By: Sabrina Acquardo

The Art of the Brain

By: courtesy of Memeburn

Paint

By: Shalmor Avnon Amichay/Y&R Interactive Tel Aviv, Israel.

Music

By: Shalmor Avnon Amichay/Y&R Interactive Tel Aviv, Israel

Passion

By: Shalmor Avnon Amichay/Y&R Interactive Tel Aviv, Israel

My Hero, Josh Harner

By: Anna Harner

Axons Get a Kiss

By: Dr. Christine Jasoni - Senior Lecturer - University of Otago, Dept. of Anato...

Intelligent Design

By: Lisa Boulanger (faculty)<br>Dept. of Molecular Biology and Princeton Neurosc...

Film

Brain Power: From Neurons to Networks

Producer: Tiffany Shlain
Based on new brain research from Harvard University's Center on the Developing Child and University of Washington's I-LABS, the film explores the parallels between a child's brain development and the way the Internet is developing, offering insights into the best ways to shape both our children's brains and the global brain of the Internet.

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