The lecture is free of charge and open to all, 5.30pm in The Frank and Katherine May Lecture Theatre, Henry Wellcome Building, University of Leicester For a range of incurable neurodegenerative diseases there is a small timeframe in which the devastating loss of brain function could potentially be treated or prevented. Professor Giovanna Mallucci is to discuss this ‘window of opportunity’ as the focus of her research at the 2012 Frank May Prize Lecture, entitled ‘Degenerating Brain...