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Ricardo Miledi

1927-09-15 – 2017-12-18

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Title: The Biological bulletin Identifier: biologicalbullet201mari (find matches) Year: [1] (s) Authors: Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass. ); Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass. ). Annual report 1907/08-1952; Lillie, Frank Rattray, 1870-1947; Moore, Carl Richard, 1892-; Redfield, Alfred Clarence, 1890-1983 Subjects: Biology; Zoology; Biology; Marine Biology Publisher: Woods Hole, Mass. : Marine Biological Laboratory Contributing Library: MBLWHOI Library Digitizing Sponsor: MBLWHOI Library View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: 224 S. J. ZOTTOLI Text Appearing After Image: Figure 3. Albert Grass and Ricardo Miledi in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. The picture on the left was taken in 1955 at the Marine Biological Laboratory when Miledi was a Grass Fellow. The picture on the right was a reenactment of the 1955 photograph taken in 1990 at the National Academy of Sciences in Woods Hole when Miledi was a Forbes Lecturer for a second time in 1990. The 1990 photograph was taken by Steve Zottoli. "excellent science." The tireless efforts of Albert and Ellen to monitor the pulse and flow of neuroscience have led to initiatives in support of the field, especially in helping those in need or just starting out. The greatest achievements of the Foundation's initiatives, such as the Grass Fellowship Pro- gram at the MBL, have resulted from the ability of the Trustees to listen, hear and respond to needs of scientists in a rapidly changing discipline. Acknowledgments I would like to thank Ernst-August Seyfarth for his help and support during this project. George Acheson, Ellen Grass, Hank Grass. Ron Hoy, Don Lindsley, Ricardo Miledi. John Reuben, and Richmond Woodward provided important suggestions for the improvement of an earlier version of this manuscript. I also thank Helena Warburg for her efforts in providing biographical information. Mrs. Elin L. Wolfe at the Countway Library of Medicine deserves special mention for the research she did on Catherine Thacher. Finally. I would like to acknowledge the help, enthusiasm, and ;.alienee of Mike Greenberg. Literature Cited Acheson. G. H. 1938. The topographical anatomy of the smooth muscle of the cat's nictitating membrane. Aunt. Rec. 71: 297-311. Acheson, G. H., A. Rosenblueth, and P. F. Partington. 1936. Some afferent nerves producing reflex responses of the nictitating membrane. ,4»i. ./. Physiol. 115: 308-316. Acheson, G. H., K. S. Lee, and R. S. Morison. 1942. A deficiency in the phrenic respiratory discharges parallel to retrograde degeneration. J. Neuroplmiol. 5: 269-273. Barger, A. C. 1981. New technology for a new century: Walter B. Cannon and the invisible rays. Physiologist 24: 6-14. Barnard, F. A., R. Miledi, and K. Sumikawa. 1982. Translation of exogenous messenger RNA coding for nicotinic acetylcholine recep- tors produces functional receptors in Xcnoniis oocytes. Prat: R. Soc. Liintl. H 215: 241-246. Benison, S., A. C. Barger, and E. L. Wolfe. 1987. Walter B. Cannon: Tin- Life and Times of a Young Scientist. The Belknap Press of Harvard Univ. Press. Cambridge. MA. 520 pp. Berger, H. 1929. Uher das Elektroenkephalogram des Menschcn. I. Arch. Psychitilr. 87: 527-570. Berger, H. 1932. Uher das Hlcktrenkeplialognmi des Menschen. Arch. Psychuin: 97: 6-26. Brazier, M. A. B. 1968. The Elcctriial Activity of the Nervous S\stcin. Williams and Wilkens. Baltimore. 317 pp. Brobeck, J. R., O. E. Reynolds, and T. A. Appel, eds. 1987. History of Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.Credit: Internet Archive Book Images

Life & Legacy

Ricardo Miledi (15 September 1927 – 18 December 2017) was a Mexican neuroscientist known for his work deciphering the role of calcium in neurotransmitter release. He also helped to develop a technique for studying native receptors in frog oocytes for drug development.

Occupation & Career

neuroscientist, physician, biologist

Education

National Autonomous University of Mexico

Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications

Fellow of the Royal Society; Royal Medal; Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research; King Faisal Prize in Science; Ralph W. Gerard Prize; Honorary Doctorate from the National Autonomous University of Mexico

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Honors & Awards

Fellow of the Royal Society · Honorary Doctorate from the National Autonomous University of Mexico · King Faisal Prize in Science · Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research · Ralph W. Gerard Prize · Royal Medal

Organizations & Memberships

American Academy of Arts and Sciences · Hungarian Academy of Sciences · National Academy of Sciences · Royal Society of London

Education & Institutions

National Autonomous University of Mexico

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