We are very pleased to announce that Dr. Sara J. Aton, a recent graduate of the Washington University Neuroscience Program (Ph.D. 2006), was awarded the 2007 Donald B. Lindsley Prize in Behavioral Neuroscience.  

Sara conducted her thesis work in Erik Herzog's laboratory in the Department of Biology, and studied the synchronization and maintenance of circadian rhythms in the suprachiasmatic nucleus. Sara is now a postdoctoral associate in Marcos Frank's laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania.

The Grass Foundation established the Lindsley Prize in 1979 to recognize meritorious research in behavioral neuroscience. The annual prize recognizes outstanding doctoral studies in the general area of behavioral neuroscience and is awarded at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, this year taking place in San Diego.

Congratulations to Sara! and to Erik, and to our Program!