Bill Harris (neuroscientist) facts for kids
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Bill Harris
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| Born | November 26, 1950 |
| Spouse(s) | Christine Holt |
| Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society (2007), Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (2007), Elected Member of EMBO (20120; Waddington Medal (2017) |
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| Fields | neuroscience |
| Institutions | University of California, San Diego Cambridge University |
| Thesis | Color Vision in Drosophila (1976) |
| Doctoral advisor | Seymour Benzer David Hubel, Torsten Wiesel (postdoc) |
William Anthony Harris, born on November 26, 1950, is a scientist from Canada. He is a neuroscientist, which means he studies the brain and nervous system. He worked as a Professor of Anatomy at Cambridge University in England.
Professor Harris was also the head of the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience at Cambridge. He led this important department from 2006 until he retired in 2018.
Awards and Achievements
Professor Harris has received many special awards for his scientific work. In 2007, he was chosen as a Fellow of the Royal Society. This is a very high honor for scientists in the United Kingdom.
He also became a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in the same year. In 2012, he was elected as a member of the European Molecular Biology Organisation.
In 2017, he received the Waddington Medal. This award was given to him by the British Society for Developmental Biology. He earned it for his important research on how the visual system develops.
External Links
- http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/harris/
- http://www.neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/directory/profile.php?harris
- http://thenode.biologists.com/waddington2017/societies/
- https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691211312/zero-to-birth
