Biaggi de Blasys Award

The Biaggi de Blasys award is attributed once at year to the author of the best doctoral thesis in Neuroscience defended at the Universities of Geneva or Lausanne, or the EPFL. Candidates obtained a PhD from:

• the Lemanic Neuroscience Doctoral Schoo (Universities of Lausanne and Geneva)
• the EPFL-EDNE program (including those from non-BMI labs)
• the EPFL-EDBB program (only those from BMI labs)

The prize of 5'000 CHF will be awarded on March 14th, 19h30, at the CHUV in Lausanne, on the occasion of the Brain Awareness Week.

Applications from LN and EPFL-EDNE graduates should include:

• cover letter
• curriculum vitae
• list of publications
• 5 printed copies of the thesis
• 1-3 letters of recommendation

Deadline for submission: January 15th 2013

Address:
Sonia Bolea
Lemanic Neuroscience Doctoral School
Biophore 2204, Unil-Sorge
1015 Lausanne
Switzerland

The Biaggi de Blasys awardee for 2011 was Irina Oana Constantinescu, for her thesis entitled "Influence of sleep-wake states on human memory and underlying neural plasticity: insights from EEG recordings and parasomnia", defended at the Faculty of Medecine, University of Geneva, on March 21st 2011. Irina obtained her Medical degree at the University "Gr.T.Popa", in Iasi, Romania. She then enrolled in the Lemanic Neurosience Doctoral School for her PhD thesis, under the supervision of Dr. Sophie Schwartz and Prof. Margitta Seeck.

Prof. Prof. Stephanie Clarke and Mr. Gianni Biaggi de Blasys giving the prize to Dr. Irina Oana Constantinescu, at the CHUV on March 14^th 2012.