Stanley B. Prusiner
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Stanley Ben Prusiner (born May 28, 1942
Early life, career and research
He was born in
After three years at NIH, Prusiner returned to UCSF to complete a residency in neurology. Upon completion of the residency in 1974, Prusiner joined the faculty of the UCSF neurology department. Since that time, Prusiner has held various faculty and visiting faculty positions at both UCSF and UC Berkeley.[citation needed]
Since 1999, Prusiner has been director of the Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases research laboratory at UCSF, working on prion diseases, Alzheimer's disease and tauopathies.[9]
Prion: A heretical idea
In his 1998 PNAS review article on Prions,
Awards and honors
Stanley Prusiner was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1997 for his work in proposing an explanation for the cause of bovine spongiform encephalopathy ("mad cow disease") and its human equivalent, Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease.[3] In this work, he coined the term prion, which comes from the words "proteinaceous" and "infectious," in 1982 to refer to a previously undescribed form of infection due to protein misfolding.[13]
Prusiner was elected to the
- Potamkin Prize for Alzheimer's Disease Research from the American Academy of Neurology (1991)
- The Richard Lounsbery Award for Extraordinary Scientific Research in Biology and Medicine from the National Academy of Sciences (1993)
- Dickson Prize (1993)
- The Gairdner Foundation International Award(1993)
- The Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (1994)
- The Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize from the Federal Republic of Germany (1995)
- The Wolf Prize in Medicine from the Wolf Foundation/State of Israel (1996)
- Grand Prix Charles-Leopold Mayer (1996)
- The Keio International Award for Medical Science (1996)
- Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement (1996)[18]
- The Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize from Columbia University (1997)
- The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1997)[3]
- The Benjamin Franklin Medal from the Franklin Institute (1998)[19]
- Honorary Doctorate from CEU Cardinal Herrera University (2005)
- The National Medal of Science (2010)[20]
See also
References
- ^ "MetLife Foundation Awards for Medical Research in Alzheimer's Disease" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 October 2018.
- ^ a b "Fellows of the Royal Society". London: Royal Society. Archived from the original on 2015-03-16.
- ^ a b c d e f Stanley B. Prusiner on Nobelprize.org
- ^ Stanley Prusiner on ResearchGate
- ^ Fintschenko, Y, Salamanzadeh, A, Davalos, R (2014). "AES 2013: Annual Meeting of the AES Electrophoresis Society". American Laboratory. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
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- ^ "Jewish Nobel Prize Winners in Medicine". www.jinfo.org. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
- ^ "UCSF - Prusiner Laboratory - Stanley B. Prusiner, M.D." 28 August 2008. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
- ^ Stanley Prusiner (1998-11-10). "Prions". PNAS.
- ^ Sandra Blakeslee (October 8, 1991). "Heretical Theory On Brain Diseases Gains New Ground". New York Times.
- ^ "Stanley B. Prusiner, M.D." Boston University, Amyloidosis Center. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
- ^ "What really causes mad cow disease?". Wired. January 31, 2007. Archived from the original on October 28, 2011. Retrieved 2007-01-02.
- ^ "Stanley B. Prusiner". www.nasonline.org. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
- ^ "Stanley Ben Prusiner". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
- ^ "Fellowship of the Royal Society 1660-2015". Royal Society. Archived from the original on 2015-10-15.
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
- American Academy of Achievement.
- ^ "Franklin Laureate Database - Benjamin Franklin Medal 1998 Laureates". Franklin Institute. Archived from the original on 2013-04-03. Retrieved 2013-02-14.
- ^ "White House Announces National Medal of Science Laureates - NSF - National Science Foundation". www.nsf.gov. Archived from the original on 22 May 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
External links
- Stanley B. Prusiner on Nobelprize.org