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Canan Dagdeviren awarded the NARSAD Young Investigator Award

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by David Sadat

Oct. 4, 2018

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The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation today announced the awarding of its Young Investigator Grants valued at more than $13.8 million to 200 of the world’s most promising young scientists.

Canan Dagdeviren has been awarded the NARSAD Young Investigator Grant to support the development of a neuronal interface to study Parkinson’s disease. She is the only recipient of the award from MIT in 2018.

2018 Young Investigators Press Release - FINAL.PDF ()
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