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2003 Roderick MacKinnon
Faculty: Neurobiology
1987-1988
2002 H. Robert Horvitz
Instructor: Neurobiology 1982, 1992
2000 Paul Greengard
Instructor: Neurobiology
2000 Eric Kandel
Corporation Member
1991 Bert Sakmann
Instructor: Neurobiology
1981 Torsten Wiesel
Trustee
1981 David Hubel
Lecturer
1970 Bernard Katz
Researcher
1967 Keffer Hartline
Corporation Member
1967 George Wald
Corporation Member
1963 Andrew Huxley
Researcher
1963 Alan Hodgkin
Individual Investigator
1963 John Eccles
Individual Investigator
1960 Donald Glaser
Student
1944 Herbert Gasser
Corporation Member
1936 Otto Loewi
Corporation Member
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The Neuroscience Institute continues a long and rich tradition of neuroscience at the Marine Biological Laboratory. It was here that Nobelist H. Keffer Hartline and Stephen Kuffler performed their groundbreaking studies of single nerve fibers that revealed the receptive field organization of retinal neurons. It was also here that LW Williams (1910) and later JZ Young (1932) discovered the squid giant axon on which KC Cole (1937) then made the first measurements of the resistance changes underlying the nervous impulse.
This unique preparation later served as the basis for the elegant analysis of the action potential by Nobelists Alan Hodgkin and Andrew Huxley who used the voltage clamp technique they had learned from KC Cole at the MBL. The squid giant synapse was discovered by Bullock and Hagiwara (1968) at MBL and continues to be exploited at MBL and elsewhere for elucidating the mechanisms of synaptic transmission. All of these neurophysiologists acknowledged with gratitude the benefits they derived from their association with the MBL, its stimulating environment, and the opportunities it provided and continues to provide for interaction with neuroscientists with diverse research interests from around the world. |
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