John H. Byrne
John H. "Jack" Byrne (born 1946) is an American neuroscientist, is the Virgil and June Waggoner Chair of Neurobiology and Anatomy[1] at McGovern Medical School in Houston, Texas.
John H. Byrne | |
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 Byrne in 2019 | |
| Born | 1946 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | New York University Tandon School of Engineering |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Neuroscience |
| Thesis | Receptive Fields and Response Properties of Aplysia Mechanoreceptor Neurons (1973) |
| Doctoral advisor | Eric Kandel |
| Doctoral students | Dean Buonomano |
Teaching
John Byrne is the editor-in-chief for the Cold Spring Harbor Press journal Learning & Memory.[2]
Honors, awards, and memberships
- Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science[3]
- The University of Texas System Regent's Teaching Award[4]
- International Neural Network Society Hebb Award[5]
- Dana Foundation[6]
- Society for Neuroscience[7]
- Chair, NIH Study Section on Learning, Memory and Decision Neuroscience[8]
References
- "UTHealth faculty members recognized by UT System for teaching excellence -News - Story - The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health". daj9cl0xcfutq.cloudfront.net. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
- "Learning & Memory". learnmem.cshlp.org. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
- "AAAS.org".
- "Byrne, John | University of Texas System". www.utsystem.edu. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
- "INNS Award Recipients". www.inns.org. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
- "Members' Views: John H. Byrne". Dana Foundation. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
- "Member Detail". www.sfn.org. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
- "NIH.gov Study Sections".
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