Born in 1963, May-Britt is a professor and head of the department of Neural Computation at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). Located in a remote corner of northern Europe, the University is just 200 miles south of the Arctic Circle.
May-Britt shot to fame in 2005 with her discovery of grid cells deep in the brains of rats.
“These intriguing cells, which are also present in humans, work much like the Global Positioning System, allowing animals to understand their location. Grid cells interact with other specialized neurons to form what may be a complete navigation system that tells animals where they are going and where they have been. Studies of grid cells could help to explain how memories are formed, and why recalling events so often involves re-envisioning a place, such as a room, street or landscape.” (Nature, October 6, 2014)
She was awarded the 2014 Noble Prize for Medicine for her discovery.
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