Paul Adams (scientist)
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Paul Richard Adams, FRS
is a neurobiologist currently serving as a Professor in the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior at Stony Brook University in New York
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He graduated from London University with a PhD, and postdoctoral work with Bert Sakmann
at the Max Planck Institute.
He won the Novartis Memorial Prize in 1979 and the Gaddum Memorial Award in 1984, both from the British Pharmacological Society. He was made an MacArthur Foundation Prize Fellow
in 1986, and elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society
in 1991. From 1987 to 1995 he was an investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
.
With others, he pioneered the concepts of open channel block and neuromodulation, which now play central roles in neuroscience. He is now working on a theory about the neocortex, centering on the idea that the key to sophisticated learning is extremely specific synaptic strength adjustment.
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is a neurobiologist currently serving as a Professor in the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior at Stony Brook University in New York
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He graduated from London University with a PhD, and postdoctoral work with Bert Sakmann
Bert Sakmann
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at the Max Planck Institute.
He won the Novartis Memorial Prize in 1979 and the Gaddum Memorial Award in 1984, both from the British Pharmacological Society. He was made an MacArthur Foundation Prize Fellow
MacArthur Fellows Program
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in 1986, and elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society
Royal Society
The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, known simply as the Royal Society, is a learned society for science, and is possibly the oldest such society in existence. Founded in November 1660, it was granted a Royal Charter by King Charles II as the "Royal Society of London"...
in 1991. From 1987 to 1995 he was an investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Howard Hughes Medical Institute is a United States non-profit medical research organization based in Chevy Chase, Maryland. It was founded by the American businessman Howard Hughes in 1953. It is one of the largest private funding organizations for biological and medical research in the United...
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With others, he pioneered the concepts of open channel block and neuromodulation, which now play central roles in neuroscience. He is now working on a theory about the neocortex, centering on the idea that the key to sophisticated learning is extremely specific synaptic strength adjustment.