2015

2-Photon Microscopy

The Brain Prize in 2015 was awarded to Winfried Denk, Arthur Konnerth, Karel Svoboda and David Tank for 'invention, refinement and use of two-photon microscopy to provide detailed, dynamic images of activity in individual nerve cells, dendrites and synapses, thereby transforming the study of development, plasticity and functional circuitry of the brain.'

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Brain Prize Films

The Brain Prize Winners 2015

Winfried Denk

Winfried Denk

Arthur Konnerth

Arthur Konnerth

Karel Svoboda

Karel Svoboda

David Tank

David W. Tank

The Brain Prize 2015 Portrait film:

Winfried Denk, Arthur Konnerth, Karel Svoboda and David Tank describe the scientific journeys that led to the development of 2-photon microscopy and how this new technique is revolutionizing the study of neuronal structure and function in the intact brain.

2015 Educational film: 2 photon microscopy- its inventors and applications

Sir Colin Blakemore, who was chair of The Brain Prize selection committee in 2015, describes how each of the four prize winners contributed to the development and application of 2 photon microscopy.