Thomas Jessell
Thomas Michael Jessell (born August 2, 1951 in London - † April 28, 2019 ) was a British developmental and neurobiologist at the Kavli Institute for Brain Science at Columbia University in New York City .
Life
Jessell acquired at the Chelsea College of the University of London with a degree in pharmacology and in 1977 at the British University of Cambridge a Ph.D. in Neuropharmacology with a work on the substance P . As a postdoc , he worked with Gerald Fischbach at Harvard Medical School, among others . 1981 Jessell received a first professorship (assistant professor) for neurobiology at Harvard University in Cambridge , Massachusetts. There he was, among other things, the doctoral supervisor of Thomas Reardon . From 1985 he was a professor at Columbia University in New York City, where he also conducted research for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI).
Act
Jessell's research revolutionized the understanding of the development of the central nervous system of vertebrates at the molecular level. He was able to show how cells in different parts of the embryo are fixed in a certain position in the body and how the cells then defined as nerve cells behave differently depending on their position. He made a significant contribution to the elucidation of the development of serious congenital malformations of the brain and spinal cord . Jessell built a bridge between developmental biology and neurobiology . He was part of the international group of researchers who identified the three mammalian genes that code for proteins in the hedgehog signaling pathway ( sonic hedgehog , Indian hedgehog, and desert hedgehog ).
Awards (selection)
- 1992 membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 1994 NAS Award for Scientific Reviewing
- 1996 member of the Royal Society
- 2001 March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology (with Corey S. Goodman )
- 2002 Foreign member of the National Academy of Sciences
- 2003 Pasarow Award in Neuropsychiatry
- 2008 Kavli Prize for Neuroscience (with Pasko Rakic and Sten Grillner )
- 2009 Perl-UNC Neuroscience Prize
- 2012 Canada Gairdner International Award
- 2014 Gruber Prize for Neuroscience
- 2016 Ralph W. Gerard Prize
- Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), foreign member of the Norwegian Academy of Sciences
- Honorary doctorates from Umeå University (1998) and University College London (2004)
Fonts (selection)
- Eric Kandel , James Schwartz, Thomas Jessell: Neuroscience: An Introduction. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag 1995. 29th edition 2012. ISBN 978-3-8274-2905-6
- Lewis Wolpert , Rosa Beddington , Jeremy Brockes , Thomas Jessell: Developmental Biology . Spektrum Akademischer Verlag 1999. ISBN 978-3-8274-0494-7
- Lewis Wolpert , Thomas Jessell, Peter Lawrence , Elliot Meyerowitz , Elizabeth Robertson , Jim Smith (translator A. Held): Principles of Development: The original with translation aids. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag , 3rd edition 2007. ISBN 978-3-8274-1856-2
literature
- Who's Who 2012 . 164th edition. A & C Black, London 2011, ISBN 978-1-4081-4229-5 , pp. 1206 .
Web links
- Thomas M. Jessell , Motor Neuron Center and Jessell Lab at Columbia University (columbia.edu)
- Thomas Jessell, Motor Neuron Center ( Memento from March 11, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- Thomas M. Jessell, Ph.D. and Research Abstract at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (hhmi.org)
- Robert Rust: Thomas M. Jessell, BPharm, MPS, PhD at icnapedia.org, Published by the International Child Neurology Association
Individual evidence
- ↑ Obituary
- Jump up ↑ Thomas Jessell, prominent neuroscientist and former director of the Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, is dead. In: columbiaspectator.com. April 30, 2019, accessed May 29, 2020 .
- ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present (PDF, 96 kB) of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org); Retrieved March 25, 2012
- ^ NAS Award for Scientific Reviewing at the National Academy of Sciences (nasonline.org); accessed on January 13, 2016
- ^ Fellows of the Royal Society (royalsociety.org); Retrieved March 25, 2012
- ↑ March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology - Previous Recipients ( Memento from February 13, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Thomas Jessell. In: kavliprize.org. Retrieved February 13, 2016 .
- ↑ Thomas M. Jessel Ph.D. at the Gairdner Foundation (gairdner.org); Retrieved August 7, 2012
- ↑ 2014 Gruber Neuroscience Prize at the Gruber Foundation (gruber.yale.edu); Retrieved June 6, 2014
- ↑ Medisinske fag in the Norwegian Academy of Sciences (dnva.no); Retrieved March 25, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jessell, Thomas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jessell, Thomas M .; Jessell, Thomas Michael (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British developmental biologist and neurobiologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd August 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 28, 2019 |