Pasko Rakic, M.D., Ph.D.

Pasko Rakic, M.D., Ph.D., chair and professor of neurobiology and the Dorys McConnell Duberg Professor of Neuroscience, received the 15th annual Bristol-Myers Award for Distinguished Achievement in Neuroscience Research for his discovery of the principles and molecular mechanisms of neuronal migration. He was awarded $50,000 and a commemorative medallion. The latest research from Rakic’s laboratory indicates that genes associated with neuronal stem cell differentiation in early development also have a role in maintaining neuronal structure and their connections in the adult brain, thereby participating in the origin of neurodegenerative diseases.