Her report was published last year in the journal Science. The magazine’s senior editor, Peter Stern, is leading the committee that will choose the 2013 Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology. Eppendorf is based in Germany. The company develops and manufactures laboratory equipment.

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