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Inaugural Kavli Prize Awarded to Pioneering Columbia Scientist
Thomas Jessell, PhD, the Claire Tow Professor of Neuroscience and Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics at the Center for Neurobiology and Behavior at CUMC and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, is one of three inaugural recipients of the 2008 Kavli Prize in Neuroscience. The award was given for discoveries related to the developmental and functional logic of neuronal circuits. Dr. Jessell has worked for more than two decades on understanding how nerve cells in the developing spinal cord assemble into the circuits that control sensory perception and movement. He pioneered the molecular analysis of neural circuit assembly in the vertebrate central nervous system.
The Kavli prizes are a partnership between the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, the Kavli Foundation and the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research. The Kavli Prize is named for and funded by Fred Kavli, the Norwegian-born entrepreneur and philanthropist. The prize was announced as part of the opening of the first World Science Festival in late May in New York City.
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Cardiovascular Research Initiative Launched
