The birth of the Cyprus Neuroscience Institute

The idea for the establishment of a neuroscience institute in Cyprus was conceived for the first time in Paphos in 1988 when {Yiannis Laouris]], Uwe Windhorst and Hans Diedrich Henatsch organized in Cyprus a symposium called Perspectives in Motor Control. During an enchanting dinner offered by Bishop of Paphos Chrysostomos in his Bishopric one of the guests proposed the establishment of a research institute. The Bishop immediately proposed to offer land at Tsada. Even though the 100 donums of land offered to the institute on a 100-year lease have not yet been used, the institute was established 3 years later.