David Julius
David Jay Julius (born November 4, 1955 in Brighton Beach , Brooklyn , New York City ) is an American sensory physiologist and professor at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).
Life
Julius acquired in 1977 a Bachelor in Life Sciences ( Life Sciences ) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge , Massachusetts , where he first research experience in the laboratory of Alexander Rich gained. In 1984 he received a Ph.D. from Jeremy Thorner and later Nobel Prize winner Randy Schekman. in Biochemistry from the University of California, Berkeley in Berkeley , California . Julius worked as a postdoctoral fellow with the later Nobel Prize winner Richard Axel at Columbia University in New York City. In 1990 Julius became a faculty member at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) in San Francisco , California, where he now (as of 2020) heads the Department of Physiology .
Julius' wife, Holly Ingraham , is also a professor of physiology at UCSF. The couple has a son.
Act
Julius was able to gain fundamental knowledge about the molecular and functional properties of ionotropic receptors , which react to serotonin and ATP , or which are responsible for modalities of the pain , heat and cold receptors . Julius' discoveries are central to understanding the molecular basis of temperature perception, for which cold and warmth are integrated.
Julius discovered that the TRPV1 channel is a capsaicin receptor that mediates the body's response to various stimuli such as temperature, inflammation, and other forms of tissue damage. This was an important finding for the treatment of chronic pain syndrome and other syndromes associated with neurogenic inflammation , osteoarthritis , cancer or asthma . The understanding of allodynia and hyperalgesia was also promoted, a pain sensation with stimuli that are usually not pain-inducing or an excessive pain sensation with only minor pain stimuli.
Julius is u. a. Editor of the prestigious Annual Review of Physiology .
Since 2014 Thomson Reuters has counted him among the favorites for a Nobel Prize ( Thomson Reuters Citation Laureates ) due to the number of his citations .
Awards (selection)
- 2000 Perl-UNC Neuroscience Prize
- 2004 membership in the National Academy of Sciences
- 2005 membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 2006 Zülch Prize
- 2007 W. Alden Spencer Award
- 2010 Passano Award
- 2010 Shaw Prize
- 2010 Prince of Asturias Prize for Scientific and Technical Research
- 2010 membership in the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 2013 Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research
- 2017 HFSP Nakasone Award
- 2017 Canada Gairdner International Award
- 2019 Rosenstiel Award
- 2020 Kavli Prize for Neuroscience
- 2020 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences
Web links
- Julius Lab and Profile at the University of California, San Francisco (ucsf.edu)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 49th Annual Faculty Research Lecture at ucsf.edu; accessed on May 27, 2020.
- ↑ 2014 Predictions at Thomson Reuters (sciencewatch.com); Retrieved September 25, 2014
- ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter J. (PDF; 354 kB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved April 5, 2018 .
- ↑ Zülch Prize at mpg.de; accessed on May 27, 2020.
- ↑ recipients of the passano laureate and physician scientist awards. In: passanofoundation.org. Passano Foundation, accessed May 27, 2020 .
- ^ The Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine 2010 at shawprize.org; accessed on May 27, 2020.
- ^ Prince of Asturias Awards. Technical & Scientific Research 2010 at fpa.es; accessed on May 27, 2020.
- ↑ Julius, David. In: mta.hu. Retrieved April 5, 2018 (Hungarian).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Julius, David |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Julius, David J .; Julius, David Jay (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American sensory physiologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 4th 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brighton Beach , Brooklyn , New York City |