W. Alden Spencer Award
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| W. Alden Spencer Award | |
|---|---|
| Date | 1978 |
| Country | United States |
| Website | Website |
The W. Alden Spencer Award is awarded to an investigator in recognition of outstanding research contributions by the College of Physicians and Surgeons, the Department of Neuroscience, and The Kavli Institute for Brain Science at Columbia University. It is named after W. Alden Spencer, a Professor of Physiology and Neurology at Columbia University. The award winner also gives a lecture.[1] In 2018, it took place at on October 9, 2018.[2] Since 2018, the award transitioned to a biennial schedule, alternating with the Eric R. Kandel Lecture, providing a platform for honoring developing talent in the field.[3]
Recipients
[edit]- 1978 Emilio Bizzi
- 1979 Charles F. Stevens
- 1980 John Heuser, Thomas Reese
- 1981 Gerald Fischbach
- 1982 Patricia Goldman-Rakic
- 1983 Erwin Neher, Bert Sakmann
- 1984 Paul H. Patterson
- 1985 A.J. Hudspeth
- 1986 H. Robert Horvitz, John Sulston
- 1987 Robert H. Wurtz
- 1988 Lily Yeh Jan, Yuh Nung Jan
- 1989 Holger Wigstrom, Bengt Gustafsson, Roger Nicoll
- 1990 Michael P. Stryker
- 1991 Roger Y. Tsien
- 1992 Corey S. Goodman
- 1993 Richard H. Scheller, Thomas C. Südhof
- 1994 Richard A. Andersen, William T. Newsome III
- 1995 Richard W. Aldrich, Christopher Miller
- 1996 Carla Shatz
- 1997 Cornelia Bargmann
- 1998 Roderick MacKinnon
- 1999 David Anderson
- 2000 Joshua Sanes
- 2001 Joseph Takahashi
- 2002 Eric Knudsen, Charles Gilbert
- 2003 Huda Zoghbi
- 2004 Thomas R. Insel, Emmanuel Mignot
- 2005 Edvard Moser, May-Britt Moser
- 2006 Winfried Denk, David W. Tank
- 2007 David Julius, Charles G. Zuker
- 2008 Nikos K. Logothetis
- 2009 Michael N. Shadlen
- 2010 S. Lawrence Zipursky, Marc Tessier-Lavigne
- 2011 Karl Deisseroth
- 2012 Allison J. Doupe, Michael S. Brainard
- 2013 Eric Gouaux
- 2015 Atsushi Miyawaki, Loren L. Looger
- 2016 Winrich Freiwald, Doris Y. Tsao
- 2017 Ardem Patapoutian, David Ginty
- 2018 Silvia Arber and Botond Roska
- 2022 Leslie Vosshall
See also
[edit]- The Kavli Prize
- The Brain Prize
- Gruber Prize in Neuroscience
- Karl Spencer Lashley Award
- The Mind & Brain Prize
- Perl-UNC Prize
- Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience
- List of neuroscience awards
References
[edit]- ^ "W. ALDEN SPENCER LECTURE". Retrieved 19 November 2014.
- ^ "40th W. Alden Spencer Award goes to Silvia Arber and Botond Roska - press release", EurekAlert, Aug 29, 2018
- ^ "W. Alden Spencer Memorial Lecture and Award". Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. 2023-09-13. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
External links
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