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APS Member Shares
in $1 Million Kavli Prize in Neuroscience
APS Member Sten Grillner, of
the Karolinska Institute, in Sweden was one of three scientists sharing the
$1-million Kavli Foundation Prize in Neuroscience. Joining Grillner as
award recipients were Pasko Rakic, of the Yale University School of Medicine
and Thomas Jessell, of Columbia University. The prize honors their
contributions to explaining how networks of cells in the brain and spinal
cord develop and function.
The California businessman and physicist Fred Kavli started the Kavli
Foundation in 2000. The Kavli prizes are awarded by the foundation in
partnership with the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and the
Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research.
APS Member
Receives Lefoulon-Delalande Foundation Prize
Professor Dario DiFrancesco received the
prestigious Lefoulon-Delalande Foundation Prize for the discovery of the If
current in the sinus node, which is the physiological “pacemaker” of the
heart. Professor DiFrancesco demonstrated that the If current is a key
determinant for the generation and control of heart rate.
Created in 2002, the Lefoulon-Delalande Foundation Prize is awarded each
year to a scientist who has made important contributions to cardiovascular
physiology, biology, or medicine. Based on the suggestion of an
international scientific panel, chaired by Professor Alain Carpentier, the
Institut de France awarded the “Grand Prix Scientifique” 2008 to Dario
DiFrancesco, Director of the Laboratory of Molecular Physiology and
Neurobiology, University of Milan, Italy. The prize, which is recognized
internationally as the most prestigious in the cardiovascular field, was
awarded for Professor DiFrancesco’s discovery of the cellular mechanism
underlying the generation and regulation of heart rate, and the therapeutic
application of this discovery.
APS Member
Accepted to National Academy of Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences announced
the election of 72 new members and 18 foreign associates from nine countries
in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in
original research.
APS Member J. Anthony Movshon, Silver Professor and director, Center for
Neural Science, New York University, New York City has been elected to the
Academy.
The National Academy of Sciences is a private organization of scientists and
engineers dedicated to the furtherance of science and its use for the
general welfare. It was established in 1863 by a congressional act of
incorporation signed by Abraham Lincoln that calls on the Academy to act as
an official adviser to the federal government, upon request, in any matter
of science or technology.
Additional information about the Academy and its members is available online
at http://www.nasonline.org.
Rochelle Buffenstein is Associate
Professor, University Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio Department of
Physiology, Barshop Institute of Aging & Longevity, San Antonio, TX. Prior
to her new position Buffenstein was in the Department of Biology at the City
College of New York, NY.
Indika Edirisinghe is currently an Assistant Research Professor at the
National Center for Food Safety & Technology, Illinois Institute of
Technology, Summit-Argo, IL. Edirisinghe was formerly a Postdoctoral Fellow,
University of Rochester NY.
David Harder has been named associate dean for research at the Medical
College of Wisconsin. This is a new position, charged with overseeing
mentorship and faculty development programs for laboratory-based faculty.
Harder, a cardiovascular researcher, will continue to serve as interim
director of the MCW Cardiovascular institute.
Kyoko Miyasaka is Department Head at Tokyo Kasei University, Department of
Nutrition and Physiology, Tokyo, Japan. Prior to his new position, Miyasaka
was at the Tokyo Metropolis Institute of Gerontology, Department of Clinical
Physiology, Tokyo, Japan.
Robert B. Schoene is now at Bozeman Deaconess Hospital, Department of
Medicine, Bozeman, MT. Prior to his new position, Schoene was at University
California, San Diego, CA.
Javier E. Stern is currently Professor at Medical College of Georgia,
Augusta. Prior to his new position Stern was Associate Professor at
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH.
Per A. Tesch is presently a Professor at Mid Sweden University,
Department of Health Sciences, Ostersund, Sweden. Prior to his new position,
Tesch was at Karolinska Institute, Department of Physiology, Stockholm,
Sweden.
Richard Vari has joined Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine,
Department of Physiology and Therapeutics, Roanoke VA. Prior to his new
position, Vari was at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine,
Department Pharmacology, Grand Forks, ND. |
