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Reflecting on 50 years of long-term potentiation: Insights from the Royal Society's LTP50 conference.
Brain Neurosci Adv
October 2024
Department of Psychology, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, UK.
On November 20-21 2023, the Royal Society in London hosted a landmark scientific meeting led by Professor Wickliffe C Abraham, Professor Timothy VP Bliss, Professor Graham L Collingridge, and Professor Richard GM Morris. The conference, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the discovery of Long-Term Potentiation, focused on discussing the latest research and developments in the field of synaptic plasticity. We have invited former presidents of the British Neuroscience Association, Professor Graham Collingridge CBE FRS and Professor Richard Morris CBE FRS, for interviews.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnraveling the Genetic Code: The Legacy of Har Gobind Khorana (January 9, 1922, to November 9, 2011).
Cureus
May 2024
Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA.
Dr. Har Gobind Khorana was an innovative chemist and Nobel laureate whose groundbreaking research laid the foundation for our understanding of the genetic code and revolutionized the field of molecular biology. Born in 1922 in Punjab, India, his journey from a small village to academic greatness showcases his intellect and determination.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCross-Cultural Teachings from Cremation Practices: Atmaram for the Departed, Shiva Linga for the Living, and Odontoid Fracture for the Neurosurgeons!
Neurol India
June 2023
Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, University of Messina, Messina ME, Italy.
Atmaram bone (C2 axis vertebra) is usually handed over to the family of the deceased on the next day after cremation during the ''Asthi sanchaya '' commemoration. ''Asthi visarajan'' involves the practice of immersing the bones and ashes of the deceased in the Holy Ganges river as per Hindu beliefs. Atmaram bone, which usually does not burn during cremation, is handed over to the family of the departed (asthi sanchaya) after cremation which is then immersed in the holy Ganges river ( asthi visarajan).
View Article and Find Full Text PDF[Late forced emigration without perspectives: Alfred Hauptmann and Adolf Wallenberg].
Nervenarzt
October 2022
Institut für Geschichte, Theorie und Ethik der Medizin, Medizinische Fakultät und Universitätsklinikum, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Moorenstr. 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Deutschland.
Archival documents and further biographical testimonies reveal that dismissal and expulsion on racist grounds also affected neurologists in leading clinical positions and at an advanced age. Alfred Hauptmann (1881-1948), full professor for neurology and psychiatry in Halle/Saale, member of the Leopoldina and discoverer of phenobarbitone treatment for epilepsy, emigrated first to Switzerland and then to the USA after the anti-Jewish pogroms in November 1938 and a subsequent "protective custody" imposed on him at the age of 58 years. Adolf Wallenberg (1862-1949), a self-made neurologist, described the syndrome later named after him in 1895.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Problem is Not Monsters: The FRANKENCON Panel on Science and Ethics.
Sci Eng Ethics
September 2021
University of California Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064, USA.
In November of 2019, the University of California Santa Cruz hosted a 3-day interdisciplinary conference to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the publication of Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley. A panel of senior researchers convened to discuss the impact of the novel on modern discussions of scientific ethics. The panel featured Nandini Bhattacharya, George Blumenthal, Michael M.
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