7 Women in STEM Named 2013 MacArthur Fellow Sheila Nirenberg

What does it feel like to win $500,000 for your research? Ask any one of these 7 brilliant women, who along with 24 others were named 2013 MacArthur Fellows. For those of you unfamiliar with the MacArthur Foundation, they award "creative people" that they deem committed to "building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world." Sounds like a pretty awesome goal to me! And the awardees they chose are doing just that. If you want to feel inspired today, hit "play" on the videos below!  - Julia Tartaglia (Co-Founder of Scientista / @juliatartaglia)

Sheila Nirenberg, Neuroscientist 

Associate Professor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, NY

Sheila Nirenberg is a neuroscientist exploring fundamental questions about how the brain encodes visual information and developing an alternative approach to restoring sight after photoreceptor cell degeneration.

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This video was originally published on The MacArthur Foundation website. Click here to view the video on their website and browse through the full list of winners, including their biographies!