1. Paul Greengard was an American neuroscientist best known for his work on the molecular and cellular function of neurons.
13 Facts About Paul Greengard
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Paul Greengard was born in New York City, the son of Pearl and Benjamin Paul Greengard, a vaudeville comedian.
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Paul Greengard decided against graduate school in physics because most post-war physics research was focusing on nuclear weapons, and instead became interested in biophysics.
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Paul Greengard began his graduate studies at Johns Hopkins University in the lab of Haldan Keffer Hartline.
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Paul Greengard received his PhD in 1953 and began postdoctoral work at the University of London, Cambridge University, and the University of Amsterdam.
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Paul Greengard then became director of the Department of Biochemistry at the Geigy Research Laboratories.
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Paul Greengard was a member of the Board of Scientific Governors at The Scripps Research Institute.
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Paul Greengard was the acting chairman of the Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Research Foundation and served on the board of the Michael Stern Parkinson's Research Foundation, which later merged with The Michael J Fox Foundation.
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Paul Greengard's research focused on events inside the neuron caused by neurotransmitters.
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Paul Greengard shared the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Arvid Carlsson and Eric Kandel for his work on the central regulatory protein DARPP-32.
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Paul Greengard had two sons from his first marriage, Claude and Leslie.
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Claude Paul Greengard holds a PhD in mathematics from UC Berkeley, and is the Founder of Foss Hill Partners.
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Paul Greengard used his Nobel Prize honorarium to help fund the Pearl Meister Greengard Prize, an award for women scientists.