Previous Recipients | UNC Neuroscience Center

2000

David Jay Julius, PhD^{#,^,*}
University of California, San Francisco
Cloning the Capsaicin Receptor

Roderick MacKinnon, MD*
The Rockefeller University
Solving the Crystal Structure of the Potassium Channel

Linda Buck, PhD*
Richard Axel, MD*
Discovery of the Family of Olfactory Receptor Proteins

Yves Barde, MD
Biozentrum, University of Basel
Discovery of Brain-Derived, Neurotrophic Factor

Roger Tsien, PhD*
University of California, San Diego
Development of Tools for Monitoring Signaling in Living Nerve Cells

Robert Malenka, MD, PhD
Roger Nicoll, MD
Discovery of Mechanisms that Underlie Long Term Synaptic Plasticity

Solomon Snyder, MD
Johns Hopkins University
Identification of Opiate Receptors in the Brain

Huda Y. Zoghbi, MD^{#,^}
Baylor College of Medicine
Discovery of the Genetic Basis of Rett Syndrome

Michael Greenberg, PhD
Harvard Medical School
Discovery of Signaling Pathways Underlying Activity-Regulated Gene Transcription in Neurons

Thomas Jessell, PhD^
Columbia University Medical Center
Defining Molecular Mechanisms that Regulate the Development of Neural Circuits

Catherine Dulac, PhD^#
Cori Bargmann, PhD^{^,#}
Discover of Chemosensory Circuits that Regulate Social Behaviors

Karl Deisseroth, PhD^#
Edward Boyden, PhD^#
Feng Zhang, PhD
Development and Application of Optogenetics for Studying Neural Circuit Functions

Edvard Moser, PhD*
May-Britt Moser, PhD*
Discovery of key principles governing the internal representation of space and episodic memory

Marcus Raichle, MD^
Discoveries related to the default mode network of brain function

David W Tank, PhD
Discovery of fundamental mechanisms of neural computation

Christopher A Walsh, MD, PhD^
Discovery of genes and mechanisms regulating human cortical development

David J. Anderson, PhD
Discovery of neural circuit mechanisms controlling emotional behaviors

Winrich Freiwald, PhD^
Doris Y. Tsao, PhD^
Discovery of brain mechanisms of face recognition

S. Lawrence Zipursky, PhD
Joshua R. Sanes, PhD
Discovery of cell-surface proteins that control circuit assembly in the visual system

Lily Jan, PhD
Yuh-Nung Jan, PhD
Discovery and functional characterization of potassium channels

Maiken Nedergaard, MD, DMSc
Discovery of the glymphatic system

Leslie Vosshall, PhD
Discovery of receptors involved in mosquito host-seeking behavior

* subsequently received Nobel Prize in physiology and medicine

^ subsequently received Kavli Prize in neuroscience

^#subsequently received Breakthrough Prize