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Harold Atwood - F1000 Former Member (10 January 2005 to 13 January 2011)

University of Toronto, ON, Canada

BIOGRAPHY

Education:
BA in Biology (University of Toronto)
MSc in Zoology (University of California at Berkeley)
PhD in Zoology (University of Glasgow)
DSc in Science (University of Glasgow)

Memberships:
Medical Research Council of Canada Distinguished Scientist
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

Research Interests:
Neuromuscular physiology, comparative physiology and structure of nerve cells and synapses, exploring different mechanisms of long- and short-term adaptation and plasticity, and the basics for neuronal and synaptic variation.