Samuel Weiss (biochemist)
Samuel Weiss (* 1955 ) is a Canadian biochemist and neurophysiologist . He is a professor at the University of Calgary in Calgary , Canada .
Life
Weiss earned a bachelor's degree in biochemistry from McGill University in Montreal , Canada in 1978 and a Ph.D. in 1983 from the University of Calgary in Calgary , Canada. in neurobiology . As a postdoctoral fellow he worked at the Center de Pharmacologie-Endocrinologie , a facility of CNRS and INSERM in Montpellier , France , and at the University of Vermont at Burlington , Vermont . In 1988 he received a professorship (assistant professor) at the University of Calgary, where he is today (as of 2011) full professor of cell biology and pharmacology .
Act
In 1985 Weiss and Fritz Sladeczek discovered the metabotropic glutamate receptor , which became an important target of pharmacological research for the development of substances for the treatment of various neurological diseases. In 1992 Weiss discovered stem cells (neural stem cells) in the brains of adult mammals . This discovery was the basis for new approaches to the therapy of various neurological diseases and injuries to the central nervous system .
More recent work deals with the cellular and molecular biology of neural progenitor cells (see neurogenesis ). Using animal models of brain and spinal cord injuries, he investigates the regulation of neural stem cells and their role in restoring function. In addition, White is concerned with the role of new nerve cells in the formation of a "social memory" in experimental animals (social memory) and with the autocrine regulating the growth of cancer stem cells of human brain tumors .
Awards (selection)
- 2002 Neuronal Plasticity Prize
- 2004 Canadian Federation of Biological Societies Presidents' Award in Life Sciences Research
- 2008 Gairdner Foundation International Award
- 2009 Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
- 2010 Canadian College of Neuropsychopharmacology (CCNP) Innovations in Neuropsychopharmacology Award
Web links
- Samuel Weiss at the University of Calgary ; Retrieved June 5, 2011
- Dr. Samuel Weiss at the Hotchkiss Brain Institute ; Retrieved June 5, 2011
Individual evidence
- ^ Neurosciences. (No longer available online.) In: fondation-ipsen.org. Archived from the original on July 21, 2017 ; accessed on February 6, 2016 .
- ^ Samuel Weiss, PhD at the Gairdner Foundation (gairdner.org); Retrieved December 4, 2012
- ^ Canadian College of Neuropsychopharmacology 2010 Award Winners. J Psychiatry Neurosci. 2010 May; 35 (3): 200th PMC 2861137 (free full text)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Weiss, Samuel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Weiss, Sam |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian biochemist and neurophysiologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1955 |