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Paul Greengard
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American neuroscientist (1925-2019)
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Paul Greengard was born on December 11, 1925, and died on April 13, 2019. He was recognized in the Nobel Laureates collection, the Nobel Medicine collection, the American Academy Arts Sciences collection, and the National Medal Of Science collection.
Greengard was associated with one Nobel Prize. He also had an Erdős number of 5.
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine2000
“for their discoveries concerning signal transduction in the nervous system”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Paul
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- Manhattan
- Spouse
- Ursula von Rydingsvard
- Sibling
- Chris Chase
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Hamilton College
- Employer
- Yeshiva University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- molecular biology
- Image
- Paul Greengard.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1925-12-11
- Erdős number
- 5
- member of
- American Philosophical Society
- Commons category
- Paul Greengard
- date of death
- 2019-04-13
- name in native language
- Paul Greengard
- interested in
- neurobiology
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Encyclopedic overview
Paul Greengard (December 11, 1925 – April 13, 2019) was an American neuroscientist best known for his work on the molecular and cellular function of neurons. In 2000, Greengard, Arvid Carlsson and Eric Kandel were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries concerning signal transduction in the nervous system. He was Vincent Astor Professor at Rockefeller University, and served on the Scientific Advisory Board of the Cure Alzheimer's Fund, as well as the Scientific Council of the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation. He was married to artist Ursula von Rydingsvard.
Biography
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