American Society of Physiology Awards
Larry H Bernstein, MD, FCAP, Curator
Leaders in Pharmaceutical Innovation
Series E. 2;
Past Awardees:
2014
Harshita Chodavarapu, Louisiana State Univ. – New Orleans
Jennifer Richards, Saint Louis Univ. – Missouri
2013
Ho-Jin Koh, Joslin Diabetes Center
Danielle Shepherd, West Virginia Univ.
2012
Kavaljit H. Chhabra, LSUHSC – New Orleans
Hariom Yadav,NIDDK – National Institutes of Health
2011
Xuemei Shi, Baylor Col. of Med.
Gina Yosten, St. Louis Univ.
2010
Abid Abdulaziz Kazi, Pennsylvania St. Univ.
Sarah Hoffman Lindsey, Wake Forest Univ
2009
Sharell Monique Bindom, Louisiana St. Univ. Hlth. Sci. Ctr.
Daniele Nunes Ferreira, Univ. of Sao Paulo Sch. of Med.
2008
Michella Soares Coelho, Univ. of Sao Paulo Sch. of Med.
Gordon Ian Smith, Washington Univ. School of Medicine
2007
Andrew Shin, Michigan State Univ.
Carol A. Witczak, Joslin Diabetes Center
2006
Sherry O. Kasper, Lee Univ.
Damian Gaston Romero, Univ. of Mississippi Med. Ctr.
2005
Patrick T. Fueger, Duke Univ. Med. Ctr.
Christos S. Katsanos, Shriners Burns Hosp., Univ. of Texas Med. Br.
2004
Ali Hassan, Georgetown Univ. Med. Ctr.
Pierre Turini, Cent Hospital Univ. – Vaudois
2003
Stephane Cook, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland
Edward Wolfgang Lee, Georgetown Univ. Med. Ctr.
2002
Khadijeh Rezaei, Med. Col. of Ohio
Matthew Barber, Michigan St. Univ.
2015 Graham Hardie Univ. of Dundee Col. Life Sci.
2014
Carol F. Elias, Univ. of Michigan
2013
Ellis R. Levin, Univ of California
2012
Michael Schwartz, Univ. of Washington
2011
Christos Mantzoros, Harvard Med. Sch. and VA Boston Healthcare Sys.
2010
Iain CAF Robinson, MRC Natl. Inst. for Med. Res.-Mill Hill, London
2009
Paul Davis, Ordway Res. Inst., Albany
2008
David Wasserman, Vanderbilt Univ.
2007
Roger D. Cone, Oregon Hlth. Sci. Univ.
2006
Richard N. Bergman, Univ. Southern California
2005
Amira Klip, Hosp. for Sick Children, Toronto
2004
Bert O’Malley, Baylor Col. of Med.
2003
Christopher B. Newgard, Duke Univ. Med. Ctr.
2002
Bruce M. Spiegelman, Dana-Farber Cancer Inst.
2001
Frank Talamantes, Univ. of California, Santa Cruz
2000
Jeffrey S. Flier, Beth Israel Deaconess
1999
Leonard S. Jefferson, Hershey Med. Ctr., Penn. State Univ.
1998
Phyllis M. Wise, Univ. of Kentucky
1997
Ronald Kahn, Harvard Univ.
1996
Robert J. Lefkowitz, Duke Univ.
2015
Karl Deisseroth, M.D., Ph.D., HHMI, Stanford Univ.
2014
Barry E. Levin, M.D., New Jersey Med. Sch. Va Med. Ctr.
2013
Charles Bourque, Ph.D., Research Institute of McGill University Health Centre
2012
Stephen Woods
Univ. of Cincinnati
2011
Larry Swanson
Univ. of Southern California
“Organization of Neural Systems Controlling Eating and Drinking”
2010
Allan Basbaum
Univ. of California, San Francisco
“The Generation and Control of Pain: from Molecules to Circuits to Behavior”
2009
Jeffrey Friedman
The Rockefeller Univ., HHMI Investigator
“Leptin and the Homeostatic Control of Energy Balance”
2008
Eve Marder, Brandeis Univ.
2007
Eric Kandel, Columbia Univ.
2006
Paul Sawchenko, The Salk Inst.
2005
Sten Grillner, Karolinska Inst.
2004
Paul Greengard, Rockefeller Univ.
2003
Fred H. Gage, The Salk Inst.
2002
Celia Sladek, Finch Univ., Chicago Med. Sch.
2001
Gerald D. Fischbach, NINDS, NIH
2000
Catherine Rivier, Salk Inst.
1999
William D. Willis, Jr., Univ. of Texas Med. Br., Galveston
1998
Lawrence B. Cohen, Yale Univ.
2015
Anita Chatarina Aperia Ph.D., M.D., Karolinska Inst.
“Identification of Na,K,ATPase as a signal transducer that regulates mitochondrial functions.”
2014
Raymond A. Frizzel, Ph.D., Univ Pittsburgh Sch. of Med.
“Insulin signal transduction meets vesicle traffic via Rab GTPases and unconventional myosins”
2013
Amira Klip, Ph.D., Univ. of Toronto
“Insulin signal transduction meets vesicle traffic via Rab GTPases and unconventional myosins”
2012
Mark Knepper, NHLBI/NIH
“After the interlude: Cell-level systems biology in the 21st century”
2011
Dennis Brown, Mass. General Hosp.
“Trafficking of proton pumps and aquaporins in urogenital epithelia: a tale of two CTs (cell types)”
2010
Sergio Grinstein, Hosp. for Sick Children, Toronto
2009
Jennifer L. Stow, Univ. of Queensland, Australia
“Control central: the intersection of exocytic and endocytic pathways.”
2008
Douglas C. Eaton, Emory Univ.
2007
David Clapham, Harvard Med. Sch.
2006
Michael J. Welsh, Univ. of Iowa
2005
Randy Schekman, Univ. of California, Berkeley
2004
Peter Agre, Johns Hopkins Univ.
2003
Roger Tsien, Univ. of California, San Diego
2002
Harvey F. Lodish, MIT/Whitehead Inst. for Biomed. Res.
2001
Carolyn W. Slayman, Yale Univ.
2000
Ferid Murad, Univ. of Texas, Houston
1999
Jens Christian Skou, Univ. of Aarhus, Denmark
1998
Sir Andrew Huxley, Trinity Col., UK
1997
Erwin Neher, Max Planck Inst.
1996
Günter Blobel, Rockefeller Univ.
1995
Michael J. Berridge, AFRC Lab. of Molec. Signalling
1994
Hugh E. Huxley, Brandeis Univ.
2015
Jere H. Mitchell, Univ of Texas Southwestern Med. Ctr.
“Abnormal cardiovascular response to exercise in hypertension: contributing neural factors.”
2014
Mohan K. Raizada, Ph.D., University of Florida, Gainesville
“Dysfunctional brain-bone marrow communication in hypertension”
2013
Roger A. L. Dampney, Ph.D.
University of Sydney
“Central mechanisms regulating co-ordinated cardiovascular and respiratory function in stress and arousal”
2011
Allyn Mark, Univ. of Iowa College of Medicine
Lecture: “The Neurobiologic Regulation of Blood Pressure and Activity in Obesity: Insights from Leptin”
2010
Shaun Morrison, Oregon Hlth. & Sci. Univ. Sch. of Med.
“Central Pathways for Thermoregulation”
2009
Murray Esler, Baker Heart Res. Inst., Alfred Hosp., Melbourne
“Autonomic Dysregulation of Blood Pressure: High & Low”
2008
Patrice Guyenet, Univ. of Virginia Hlth. Sys.
“Retrofacial nucleus, central chemoreception and breathing automaticity.”
2007
John Andrew Armour, Univ. of Montreal
“A Little Brain on the Heart”
2006
Gunnar Wallin, Univ. of Stockholm, Goteborg
“Inter-individual differences in sympathetic activity: A key to new insight into cardiovascular regulation.”
2005
Julian F. R. Paton, Univ. of Bristol
“Genes and Proteins in the Blood Brain Barrier Affecting Arterial Pressure Regulation: Implications for the Etiology
of Hypertension”
Pinchas Cohen, M.D.
Dr. Cohen graduated with highest honors in 1986 from the Technion Medical School in Israel, and trained in Pediatrics and Endocrinology at Stanford University until 1992. He was until 1998 an Associate Professor and Pediatric Endocrinology Program Director at the University of Pennsylvania & Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. He is currently a Professor and Chief of Pediatric Endocrinology at UCLA and the associate director of the UCSD/UCLA Diabetes/Endocrinology Research Center. He was inducted into both the Society of Pediatric Research and the American Pediatric Society (APS). He is the recipient of the American Diabetes Association, Pediatric Endocrine Society, Eli-Lilly & Ross awards, and most recently, the APS Best Science Award. Dr. Cohen published over 250 papers focusing on cancer, aging, growth disorders, diabetes, GH/IGF biology and the emerging science of mitochondrial-derived peptides. He received grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), FDA, and various foundations including the Prostate cancer Foundation. He recently received a EUREKA-Award and the NIH-Director-Transformative RO1-Grant. He serves on several NIH study sections and his editorial services include being an associate editor of Pediatric Research and a member of the editorial boards of Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, Endocrinology, and the Journal of GH and IGF Research as well as being an executive officer of the GH Research society, the IGF society and the Endocrine Society Steering Committee.
Publications:
| Cohen Pinchas, Rogol Alan D, Weng Wayne, Kappelgaard Anne-Marie, Rosenfeld Ron G, Germak John, Germak John Efficacy of IGF-based growth hormone (GH) dosing in nonGH-deficient (nonGHD) short stature children with low IGF-I is not related to basal IGF-I levels Clinical endocrinology, 2013; 78(3): 405-14.
Wan JunXiang, Atzmon Gil, Hwang David, Barzlai Nir, Kratzsch Jurgen, Cohen Pinchas Growth hormone receptor (GHR) exon 3 polymorphism status detection by dual-enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism, 2013; 98(1): E77-81. Lee Changhan, Yen Kelvin, Cohen Pinchas Humanin: a harbinger of mitochondrial-derived peptides? Trends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM, 2013; 24(5): 222-8. Seligson David B, Yu Hong, Tze Sheila, Said Jonathan, Pantuck Allan J, Cohen Pinchas, Lee Kuk-Wha IGFBP-3 nuclear localization predicts human prostate cancer recurrence Hormones & cancer, 2013; 4(1): 12-23. Parrella Edoardo, Maxim Tom, Maialetti Francesca, Zhang Lu, Wan Junxiang, Wei Min, Cohen Pinchas, Fontana Luigi, Longo Valter D Protein restriction cycles reduce IGF-1 and phosphorylated Tau, and improve behavioral performance in an Alzheimer’s disease mouse model Aging cell, 2013; 12(2): 257-68. Dean James P, Sprenger Cynthia C, Wan Junxiang, Haugk Kathleen, Ellis William J, Lin Daniel W, Corman John M, Dalkin Bruce L, Mostaghel Elahe, Nelson Peter S, Cohen Pinchas, Montgomery Bruce, Plymate Stephen R Response of the Insulin-Like Growth Factor (IGF) System to IGF-IR Inhibition and Androgen Deprivation in a Neoadjuvant Prostate Cancer Trial: Effects of Obesity and Androgen Deprivation The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism, 2013; 98(5): E820-8.
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CNUP DISTINGUISHED SCIENTIST SEMINAR SERIES
The Distinguished Scientist Seminar Series brings internationally known neuroscientists to Pittsburgh to give lectures of broad interest to the University community. These occasions also allow students and faculty to interact informally with the visitors.
PAST SPEAKERS IN THIS SERIES INCLUDE:
2014
Eric J. Nestler, MD, PhD
Professor and Chair Neuroscience; Director, Friedman Brain Institute,
Professor, Pharmacology & Systems Therapeutics and Psychiatry
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
2011
Rodolfo Llinas, MD, PhD
Thomas and Suzanne Murphy Professor of Neuroscience;
Director, Neuroscience Graduate Program,
Department of Physiology and Neuroscience
NYU Langone Medical Center
2008
Eric I. Knudsen, PhD
Professor of Neurobiology, Stanford eric i. University School of Medicine
2006
Amy Arnsten, PhD
Department of Neurobiology, Yale University School of Medicine
2005
Gina G. Turrigiano, PhD
Associate Professor of Biology, Brandeis University
“Homeostatic Plasticity in the Developing Visual Cortex”
2004
Chris J. McBain, PhD
Branch Chief, Laboratory of Cellular and Synaptic Neurophysiology, NICHD
“Do Lilliputian-Sized Mossy Fiber-Interneuron Synapses Hold the Balance of Power?”
2002–03
Carla J. Shatz, PhD
Chair, Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School
“Brain Waves and Immune Genes in Synaptic Remodeling During Development”
Alan F. Sved, PhD
Professor and Chair, Department of Neuroscience; Co-Director, Center for Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh
“The Neurobiology of Hypertension: Studies on the Central Neural Control of Blood Pressure”
2002
Paul M. Plotsky, PhD
Director, Stress Neurobiology Laboratory and SmithKline Beecham Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine
“Altering the Developmental Trajectory of the Brain: Short and Long Term Consequences of Early Experience in Animal Models”
1999–2000
Tobias Bonhoeffer, PhD
Director, Max-Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Martinsreid
“Activity Dependent Plasticity: New Insights into Functional and Morphological Changes on the Synaptic Level”
Judy L. Cameron, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh; Associate Scientist, Oregon Regional Primate Research Center, and Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Oregon Health Sciences University
“Neural Mechanisms Underlying the Development of Anxiety and Depression”
1998–99
Linda Buck, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurobiology, Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, and Associate Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
“Reconstructing Smell”
Steven T. DeKosky, MD
Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology, and Neurobiology, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic and University of Pittsburgh
“Brain Injury and Self Repair: Modeling Human Therapies in Experimental Models”
Patricia Goldman-Rakic, PhD
Professor of Neuroscience, Yale University School of Medicine
“Functional and Neurochemical Architecture of Prefrontal Cortex”
Corey S. Goodman, PhD
Professor of Neurobiology, and Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley
“Wiring up the Brain: Mechanisms and Molecules that Control Axon Guidance”
1997–98
Robert Desimone, PhD
Chief, Laboratory of Neuropsychology and Scientific Director, National Institute of Mental Health
“Neuronal Mechanisms of Attention”
James L. McClelland, PhD
Professor of Psychology and Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University; Co-Director, Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition
“Reopening the Critical Period: A Hebbian Account of Successes and Failures in Adult Learning and Memory”
1996–97
Eric Frank, PhD
Professor, Department of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh
“Strategies for the Formation of Specific Synaptic Connections in the Developing Spinal Cord”
Michael E. Greenberg, PhD
Professor, Department of Neurology and Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School; Director, Division of Neuroscience, Children’s Hospital, Boston
“Neurotrophin and Neurotransmitter Regulation of Gene Expression and Neuronal Adaptive Responses”
Ronald M. Lindsay, PhD
Vice President, Neurobiology, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
“Neurotrophic Factors: Biology, Trafficking and Therapeutic Potential of the Neurotrophins and CNTF in PNS and CNS Disorders”
Nicholas C. Spitzer, PhD
Professor of Biology, University of California at San Diego
“Breaking the Code: Regulating Neuronal Differentiation by Patterns of Calcium Transients”
2015 Distinguished Career Contributions Award.
Marta Kutas, PhD
“45 years of Cognitive Electrophysiology: neither just psychology nor just the brain but the visible electrical interface between the twain”
Marta Kutas, MD
Distinguished Professor and Chair, Cognitive Science and Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Neurosciences, and Director of the Center for Research in Language, University of California, San Diego.
I’ve spent my scientific life demonstrating that event related brain potentials (ERPs) – warts and all – are temporally exquisite instruments for investigating what the brain does – loosely, the mind. ERPs are effective instruments because they are continuous and instantaneous reflections of brain activity (neuronal communication) which have been proven systematically sensitive to sensory, motor, and psychological variables. Moreover, after careful study in their own right, ERPs in known paradigms, can offer opportunities for looking at what the brain considers qualitatively similar or just quantitatively different and by when, at brain activity that may or may not lead to overt behavior, as well as at hypothetical psychological processes that may not otherwise be readily accessible. I was smitten with ERPs from the beginning; others have warmed up more slowly, if at all. I plan to share aspects of my scientific journey: P3 latency and mental chronometry, RP and specific movement preparation, N400, meaning and modularity, the nogo N200 and seriality of language production, and what ERP data say about the functional role of the visual system in accessing knowledge about an object from its name.
A scientific refrain
Brain brain please don’t go away
And do come again each and every day
Please help me find the right connection
That missing link to my mind to help instruct me
On how I think (for I think I do), upon reflection.
Nu? How it is my neural and body cells construct
What I see, what I hear
What I think, and what I fear
but dare not or care not to reveal in utterances aloud.
yet have routinely allowed to be read
from sensors bound to my head
Electrical and magnetic
— empirically prophetic.
About
Marta Kutas is Distinguished Professor and Chair, Cognitive Science and Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Neurosciences, and Director of the Center for Research in Language, University of California, San Diego. Born behind the Iron Curtain, Kutas immigrated to the United States with her family after the Hungarian Revolution. She received her B.A. in Psychology from Oberlin College in 1971, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Biological Psychology with Professor Emanuel Donchin (and Michael G. Coles) from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 1977. She then packed up all her stuff, arrived in San Diego, January 1, 1978, and has yet to leave except for a two year gap as a visitor at the psychology department at Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel. Kutas went to the UCSD Department of Neurosciences as a postdoctoral fellow to work with Professors Steven A. Hillyard (and Robert Galambos). Two years later, Kutas was fortunate to receive two Research Scientist Development Awards from NIMH back to back and ten years whizzed by. She next joined the (first!) Department of Cognitive Science as a Professor soon after it opened its doors. Kutas holds Honorary Degrees from Oberlin College and Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen. She is interested in the relationships between mind, body, brain, and behavior, which she investigates as part of a scientific village with lots of head scratching, elbow grease, with behavioral and cognitive electrophysiological measures and paradigms.
Previous Winner:
2014 Marsel Mesulam, M.D., Northwestern University
2013 Robert T. Knight, M.D., University of California, Berkeley
2012 Morris Moscovitch, Ph.D., University of Toronto
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