Neuroscientist Honored in First Off-Island Heritage Trail Site | MV Times
James G. Townsel, co-founder of the MBL Summer Program in Neuroscience, Excellence and Success, is honored at a new MBL station on the Martha's Vineyard African American Heritage Trail. Photo courtesy of Meharry Medical College
Supporters from across the region cheered as scissors snipped the commemorative ribbons in Woods Hole to celebrate Dr. James G. Townsel, a pioneering neuroscientist whose plaque has become the first off-Island addition of the Martha’s Vineyard African American Heritage Trail.
Huddled at the sidewalk by the Marine Biological Laboratory’s quadrangle on a chilly Tuesday afternoon, students, educators, and scientists honored Townsel — who worked out of the local laboratory for decades — for his efforts to make neuroscience accessible to individuals from communities underrepresented in the field. Read rest of the story here.
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