John Lisman - F1000 Faculty Member (since 20 February 2003)
Department of Biology, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA
BIOGRAPHY
ACADEMIC POSITION:Professor of Biology: Department of Life Sciences, Brandeis University
EDUCATION:
PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MEMBERSHIPS:
• The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
• Biophysical Society
• Society for Neuroscience
HONORS:
• MBL Award, 1971: for best research by a young investigator
• Grass Foundation Fellow, 1972
• 1988-1998 Merit Award, NIH Grant for study of vision
• 1989-1996 Jacob Javits Award, NIH Grant for study of memory
• Chairman, Summer 1993; FASEB Conference: The Biology and Chemistry of Vision
• Regular Member of NIH Visual Disorders Study Section 1983 to 1988
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
My laboratory is interested in two questions: the mechanisms of memory in the brain and the mechanisms of phototransduction in photoreceptors. In both cases, we seek to determine how chemical and electrical processes can work as a system to perform physiological function.
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