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2010 Kavli Prize Laureates in Neuroscience. Three US-based scientists - Thomas Südhof, of Stanford University School of Medicine, Richard Scheller, of the biotech company Genentech, and James Rothman, of Yale University - are the joint recipients of the Kavli neuroscience prize for their work to reveal the precise molecular basis of the transfer of signals between nerve cells in the brain. Further details.

It is with great sadness that we report the death of Professor Dr Stefan Hormuth, President of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). Stefan Hormuth, who died on 21st February, was a good friend of the Union’s international mission, most recently supporting the Union in gaining funding for a programme of workshops for capacity development in the Caucasus region. The leadership of IUPsyS has had the privilege of his advice and support on issues of Psychology's international representation and development, and will miss him as a friend and colleague. Read a tribute to Professor Hormuth.

 Past IUPsyS President elected to the post of Secrétaire Perpétuel of the Belgium Royal Academy of Sciences: Congratulations are due to Géry d'Ydewalle, Professor of Psychology at the University of Leuven and President of the Union from 1996 to 2000, who has been elected by a large majority of academicians to be Secrétaire Perpétuel at the Royal Academy of Sciences in Brussels. The position has a very high level of scientific and political influence in Belgium.