Prof. Thomas M. Jessell
Claire Tow Professor - Departments of Neuroscience, and Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
Prof. Jessell has carried out pioneering research on the genetic control of neuronal differentiation, the mechanisms that specify neuronal identity, the growth of axonal projections and the establishment of synaptic connections between nerve cells. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society and a Foreign Member of the US National Academy of Sciences. His awards include the Bristol Myers Squibb Neuroscience Award, the March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology, the Ameritec Foundation Prize and the Kavli Prize in Neuroscience.