The restructure of the College of Health and Medicine would see the end of neuroscience research at the Eccles Institute for Neuroscience at the Australian National University. 23 staff will lose their jobs on top of the 30 jobs lost in 2020. Sir John Eccles, after whom the Institute was named made pioneering discoveries on how nerves work. He was awarded the Nobel Prize, the first awarded to any researcher at ANU. John Eccles also helped set up the first undergraduate honours course at the university. David Mark and Jonathan Webb respond to the announcement.

ANU plans to end neuroscience research as it struggles to save $103 million annually - ABC News

A portrait of Sir John Eccles - Australian Nobel laureate who devoted his life to unravelling the complexities of the human brain The Science Show 16th January 2021

GuestsDavid MarkNational Sport Reporter ABC

Jonathan WebbScience Editor ABC

PresenterRobyn Williams

ProducerDavid Fisher

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