Neurobiology

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  • Brooks Lecture
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Brooks Lecture

*Next Brooks Lecture 2/10/2009 - See Details

The Alice and Joseph Brooks International Lecture on the Neurosciences is supported by an endowed fund created at Harvard Medical School in 1984 by Alice and Joseph Brooks and nearly 200 other generous donors they recruited. The Brooks fund supports lectures at Harvard Medical School by international neuroscientists recognized as experts in their fields. The fund also provides fellowships to international scholars working within the Department of Neurobiology at Harvard Medical School. The intention of both the lecture and fellowship programs is to enhance collegial interaction among Harvard Medical School neuroscientists and their peers around the world.

At the time they created the endowment, Mr. and Mrs. Brooks were noted for their philanthropic support of the arts and health care. Mr. Brooks was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lord & Taylor in New York City. He served in various capacities supporting New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York Public Library, the Museum of the City of New York, and the International Tennis Hall of Fame and Tennis Museum in Newport.

Past speakers have been:

Date	Speaker
February 2009	Dr. Rüdiger Wehner, University of Zurich
February 2008	Barry Dickson , Institute of Molecular Pathology, Vienna
May 2007	Daniel Wolpert, University of Cambridge
May 2006	Christine Holt, University of Cambridge
May 2005	Ranulfo Romo, National Autonomous University of Mexico
May 2004	Arthur Konnerth, Ludwig-Maximillians University
May 2003	Amiram Grinvald, The Weizmann Institute
May 2002	Shigetada Nakanishi, Kyoto University
March 2000	Philippe Ascher, Universitè Pierre et Marie Curie
May 1998	Wolfhard Almers, University of Heidelberg
April 1996	Andrew Lumsden, London University
March 1997	Jeremy Brockes, University College London
April 1995	Keiji Tanaka, The Institute for Physical & Chemical Research
March 1994	Friedrich Bonhoeffer, Max-Planck-Institut für Entwicklungsbiologie
May 1993	Wolfrum Schultz, Universitè de Fribourg Suisse
March 1992	Sten Grillner, The Nobel Institute for Neurophysiology
April 1990	Wolf Singer, Max-Planck-Institut für Hirnforschung
September 1990	Erwin Neher, Max-Planck-Institut für Biophysikalisch Chemie
October 1988	Christine Nüsslein-Volhard, Max-Planck-Institut für Entwicklungsbiologie
October 1987	Michael Berridge, University of Cambridge
May 1987	Hans Thoenen, Max-Planck-Institut für Phychiatrie
November 1986	Anders BjÖrkLund, University of Lund
October 1985	Martin Raff, University College of London & Albert Aguayo, McGill University