2004-2005 Winner

Dr. Sergey Fedoroff University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon, SK

Winner of the Gordin Kaplan Award Lecture

When Sergey Ferdoroff retired he took on the task of organizing the Saskatchewan Neuroscience Network in 1997. One of the major functions of this network is public awareness of neuroscience and it does this mainly during Brain Awareness Week in March through organizing public lectures, school outreach via graduate students and a Brain Show that brings together researchers, various charitable societies concerned with different CNS diseases and problems. To get a flavour of the events of the SNN Brain Awareness week, go to the bottom of the following web page and click on the individual years since 1997: http://www.usask.ca/snn/baw.html

Dr. Sergey is very worthy of the Kaplan Award.