1. Jerzy Vetulani first gained recognition for an early hypothesis of the mechanism of action of antidepressant drugs, suggesting in 1975 together with Fridolin Sulser that downregulation of beta-adrenergic receptors is responsible for their effects.
At the time, Vetulani was a Research Associate Professor at the Vanderbilt University.
Jerzy Vetulani was active in the field of popular science and became a recognizable science communicator in Poland.
Jerzy Vetulani headed the popular science magazine Wszechswiat as its editor-in-chief, and was known for his popular lectures that gathered large audiences on various occasions.
Jerzy Vetulani publicly argued for the legalization of marijuana and wide depenalization of drugs for adult users, severely criticizing repressive drug policy of Poland and other countries.
Jerzy Vetulani was born on January 21,1936 at the private gynecological hospital at Garncarska Street in Krakow, Poland as the son of Adam Vetulani, Professor and head of the Department of Church Law at the Jagiellonian University, and Irena Latinik, a biologist and daughter of Polish Army general Franciszek Latinik.
Jerzy Vetulani recalled the war years as interesting, full of fascinating activity and exploring the surrounding world, undermining the collective, martyrological picture of despair and misery.
Jerzy Vetulani began his education in 1942 and immediately entered the second class of secret sets led by Mrs Iwiczowa, as he was already able to read and write.
Already as a teenager, Jerzy Vetulani has completely walked away from religion.
Jerzy Vetulani was removed from the organization as a result of a typo in the school newspaper article.
Jerzy Vetulani belonged to the Revolutionary Youth Union, a formation of idealistic communists who were striving for reform of Polish communist system that they considered defective.
In 1957, after obtaining master's degree, Jerzy Vetulani was hired as an assistant.
Jerzy Vetulani rented a room at a senior Welsh marriage and studied English intensively; every day he bought an edition of Daily Mirror and underlined unknown words, that he later learned.
Jerzy Vetulani was one of the founders and permanent regulars of the Piwnica pod Baranami cabaret.
In 1958, when Piotr Skrzynecki left for Paris, Jerzy Vetulani temporarily replaced him as a conference caller.
Jerzy Vetulani received his habilitation degree in 1976, an associate professor in 1983, and a professor in 1989.
In 1983 Jerzy Vetulani received International Anna-Monika Prize for his research on the mechanism of electroconvulsion.
Jerzy Vetulani was the editor-in-chief of the Polish Journal of Pharmacology and Pharmacy.
Jerzy Vetulani obtained the title of associate professor in 1983 and the title of full professor in 1989.
Jerzy Vetulani was a member of the Solidarity Work Committee to the Department and Branches of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Krakow and was the 56th member of the Coordinating Commission for Science.
Jerzy Vetulani mainly dealt with programming matters and advised organization's authorities in the region.
Jerzy Vetulani was a member of Solidarity Citizens' Committee and Krakow Solidarity Club.
Jerzy Vetulani introduced Polish term for neurofibrillary tangles, which he called splatki neurofibrylarne.
Jerzy Vetulani was a member of the board of the Krakow Society of Friends of Fine Arts and a member of the chapter of the Laurel of Krakow Award.
Jerzy Vetulani was a member of the board of the Society for the Advancement and Promotion of Science and member of the Warsaw Scientific Society and the European Dana Alliance for the Brain.
Jerzy Vetulani was the secretary of the Committee of Physiological Sciences, chair of the Neurobiology Committee, a member of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Experimental Biology and the Institute of Experimental and Clinical Medicine of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
In 2006, Jerzy Vetulani left the position of head of the department of biochemistry of the Institute of Pharmacology of the Polish Academy of Sciences and devoted himself to a large degree to popular science.
Since June 2010 Jerzy Vetulani ran a blog titled Piekno neurobiologii on WordPress.
Jerzy Vetulani chose this form of sharing his texts because of the ability to reach wide group of readers, as well as because of the independence and freedom of content and deadlines.
Jerzy Vetulani published several popular articles on the topic of neuroscience, he has often given interviews for various magazines and appeared in the radio and television, becoming, especially in the last decade of his life, a celebrity in science.
Jerzy Vetulani has publicly supported specific candidats for public offices.
Jerzy Vetulani lectured at the Faculty of Applied Psychology at the Jagiellonian University and at the Pontifical University of John Paul II.
Jerzy Vetulani appeared in its opening sequence as a grandfather of a little girl, the main character in the clip.
Also from 2010 Jerzy Vetulani regularly appeared on the stage of the talking magazine Gadajacy Pies, of which he became one of the main attractions and recognizable signs over time.
Jerzy Vetulani compared the atmosphere of The Talking Dog to the ambience present in the beginnings of Piwnica pod Baranami.
In 2013 Jerzy Vetulani performed and was the executive producer of the short film Hydrophobia, a mockumentary that ridiculed social phobias and premiered at The Talking Dog.
Jerzy Vetulani supported Black Protest, what he manifested by simply wearing black clothes.
On March 2,2017, in the evening, Jerzy Vetulani, who was at the age of 81, was hit by an automobile at the pedestrian crossing receiving serious injuries.
Jerzy Vetulani was walking home from his regular place of work, the Institute of Pharmacology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, taking a route he knew very well.
Jerzy Vetulani was being treated at the Emergency Medicine Rescue and Disaster Center at the Szpital Uniwersytecki in Krakow, under the supervision of the team of Professor Jerzy Wordliczek.
Jerzy Vetulani's health did not improve and he died in the hospital on April 6,2017.
Jerzy Vetulani was buried on April 18,2017, in the Avenue of the Meritorious at the Rakowicki Cemetery in Krakow.
Aleksander Janicki, visual artist and Jerzy Vetulani's friend was the master of the ceremony which was carried out in a secular rite.
Jerzy Vetulani defined the source of happiness and fulfillment of life, considered from the perspective of biology, as the immortalization of one's own genes by passing them on to the next generations.
Jerzy Vetulani often referred to Theodosius Dobzhansky's well-known quotation and the title of one of Dobzhansky's works: Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution.