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May-Britt Moser
Discovering grid cells that help the brain map space.
Grid cells · Border cells
- Born
- 4 January 1963
- Birthplace
- Fosnavåg, Norway
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May-Britt Moser
May-Britt Moser is a Norwegian neuroscientist whose research with Edvard Moser helped explain the brain’s internal positioning system.
Early life
Coastal Norway
Grew up in a family that combined farming with her father’s carpentry work.
Oslo
Studied psychology and completed a doctorate in neurophysiology in 1995.
Career
- 1996
Trondheim
Joined the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
- 2000
Professorship
Became a professor of neuroscience.
- 2002 onward
Research centres
Helped establish dedicated centres for memory and brain research.
Contributions
Grid cells
Co-discovered neurons that fire in a repeating spatial pattern.
Border cells
Co-authored research on cells that represent environmental boundaries.
Nobel Prize
Shared the medicine prize with Edvard Moser and John O’Keefe.
Beyond the lab
Collaboration
Continued scientific collaboration with Edvard Moser after their divorce.
Family
Raised two daughters while building her research career.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗Institutional biography and research ↗Photo: Foto: Henrik Fjørtoft/NTNU Komm.avd.. CC BY-SA 2.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
