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May 5, 2021
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The 2021 Gruber Neuroscience Prize is being awarded to neuroscientists Christine Petit, M.D., Ph.D., of the Institut Pasteur and Collège de France, and Christopher A. Walsh, MD, PhD, of Harvard Medical School, Boston Children’s Hospital and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, for their groundbreaking work in revealing the genetic and molecular mechanisms behind the development of inherited neurodevelopmental disorders.
Petit is receiving the award for her seminal contributions to the understanding of the mechanisms involved with hearing and hearing loss. Walsh is receiving the award for his novel and fundamental insights into the development of the cerebral cortex and genetic brain disorders, including inherited forms of epilepsy and autism spectrum disorder.
National Academy of Sciences adds two UWâMadison faculty members April 29, 2021
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Two members of the University of WisconsinâMadison faculty, astronomy and physics Professor Ellen Zweibel and neuroscience Professor Robert Fettiplace, have been honored with membership in the National Academy of Sciences.
Ellen Zweibel
Robert Fettiplace
Zweibel is among 120 new members â and one of 59 women, the largest group ever â elected to the academy, one of the highest honors that can be conferred on an American scientist. Fettiplace, originally from the United Kingdom, is one of 30 new international associates. Members are chosen âin recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.â