Joshua Sanes

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Joshua R. Sanes
Born1949 (age 74–75)
neurobiology
Institutions

Joshua R Sanes (born 1949) is an American

Boston, Massachusetts with his wife, Susan, and their two children.[1]

Early life and education

Sanes was born in Buffalo, New York in 1949. Sanes' father owned an automobile parts store, and his mother attended school to become a speech pathologist. His father and mother both loved to read and so they kept plenty of books around the house. This is what sparked Sanes interest in the brain at a young age, since popular books during the 1950s included those on psychology. During high school, this interest led him to work in a laboratory at the Buffalo Children's Hospital under the microbiologist Robert Guthrie.[2] They studied mental illnesses as it relates to bacteria. In addition to his laboratory work, as a student at Williamsville South Highschool, Sanes was editor of the school's newspaper, played cello in the orchestra, and was president of the Model U.N.

Academic career and work

Sanes graduated from

Neurobiology in 1976. After he finished his doctorate, he left Harvard to pursue his interest in health policy in Washington, D.C., in the Office of Technology Assessment.[3]

After a year working for the U.S. Congress, Sanes wanted to continue his career studying neurobiology. He completed his postdoctoral work at the

Cellular Biology
at Harvard University.

Research

Brainbow

Professor Sanes' early research focused on the NMJ (

knockout mice
, he and his co-workers showed a particular form of agrin was required for formation of the NMJ. Professor Sanes' later research has focused on synapses that connect nerve cells and the function and formation of them. In particular, his work has been critical in understanding brain disorders. An important discovery he made in the field of neuroscience earlier in his career were the signals discovered in the
embryological perspectives.[5] Most recently, Sanes lab is studying the function of neuronal circuits specifically in the retina.[6] This plays an important role in visual processing
.

Awards and honors

Sanes has received many awards and honors throughout his career studying synapses and their function and formation. He is also known for his work as a mentor and teacher in the scientific community.

In addition to various awards, Sanes also served on several advisory boards and committees, which included ones for the

Stowers Institute, and the Searle Scholars Fund.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Joshua Sanes | Gruber Foundation". gruber.yale.edu. Archived from the original on 2020-08-03. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
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  3. S2CID 34579392
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  4. ^ a b "Joshua Sanes awarded the 2020 Scolnick Prize". MIT McGovern Institute. 2020-02-06. Archived from the original on 2020-03-21. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
  5. ^ pubmeddev. "sanes jr - PubMed - NCBI". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Archived from the original on 2022-10-23. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
  6. ^ "Joshua Sanes". www.nasonline.org. Archived from the original on 2019-03-24. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
  7. doi:10.1002/(ISSN)1096-9861. Archived
    from the original on 2021-05-29. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
  8. ^ "Joshua R. Sanes recognized by Hebrew University". June 15, 2022. Archived from the original on January 22, 2023. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  9. ^ "Scientific Advisory Board". Research in Neuroscience. Archived from the original on 2021-06-17. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
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