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An Israeli professor is among 10 international recipients of an award for innovative neurobiological and behavioral research.
Prof. Dorit Ben-Shachar from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (opens in a new tab) is one of the 10 senior-level scientists to equally share the grant of $1 million from the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (opens in a new tab) (BBRF).
Ben-Shachar aims to target mitochondria (the producers of energy within a cell) with a treatment that can help with biological and behavioral problems in schizophrenia. If successful, it can offer a better understanding of the role of mitochondria in schizophrenia, and potentially a new way of treating the condition.