Larry Abbott
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Larry F. Abbott | |
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Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Oberlin College[1]
Brandeis University |
Known for | |
Awards | Irving Institute MOTY Award IBT Math. Neuro. Prize NIH Pioneer Award Swartz Prize |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Theoretical Neuroscience |
Institutions | Columbia University |
Thesis | The Hartree approximation in quantum field theory (1977) |
Doctoral advisor | |
Doctoral students | Tim Vogels |
Laurence Frederick Abbott[2] (born 1950) is an American theoretical neuroscientist, who is currently the William Bloor Professor of Theoretical Neuroscience at Columbia University, where he helped create the Center for Theoretical Neuroscience. He is widely regarded as one of the leaders of theoretical neuroscience, and is coauthor, along with Peter Dayan, on the first comprehensive textbook on theoretical neuroscience, which is considered to be the standard text for students and researchers entering theoretical neuroscience.[3] He helped invent the alongside Eve Marder.[4]
Abbott has received numerous awards for his work in the field, including memberships in the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2010, he received the Swartz Prize for Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience.
Biography[]
Abbott attended Oberlin College from 1968 to 1971, where he received a bachelors degree in physics.[2] He subsequently attended graduate school at Brandeis University from 1973 to 1977, where he received his Ph.D. in physics. He subsequently worked in theoretical particle physics, serving as research associate at Stanford Linear Accelerator Center from 1977 to 1979, as a Scientific Associate at the Theory division at CERN from 1980 to 1981, and as a tenure track professor in the physics department at Brandeis from 1979 to 2005.[5] Abbott began his transition to neuroscience research in 1989, joined the Department of Biology at Brandeis in 1993, and was the co-director of Brandeis Sloan Center for Theoretical Neurobiology from 1994 to 2002, the director of the at Brandeis from 1997–2002, and a visiting faculty at UCSF Sloan Center for Theoretical Neuroscience from 1994 to 2002.[2] At Brandeis, he held the position of the Nancy Lurie Marks Professor of Neuroscience from 1997 to 2002 and the Zalman Abraham Kekst Professor of Neuroscience from 2003 to 2005.[1] In 2005, he joined the faculty of Columbia University, where he is currently a member of the Department of Neuroscience, and the Department of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics. He is co-director of the Center for Theoretical Neuroscience.[6][7] He has been a senior fellow at HHMI Janelia Farm Research Campus since 2015.[2][1]
Select publications[]
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- Vogels, T. P.; Sprekeler, H.; Zenke, F.; Clopath, C.; Gerstner, W. (2011-12-16). "Inhibitory Plasticity Balances Excitation and Inhibition in Sensory Pathways and Memory Networks". Science. 334 (6062): 1569–1573. Bibcode:2011Sci...334.1569V. doi:10.1126/science.1211095. hdl:10044/1/21441. PMID 22075724. S2CID 45134325.
- Vogels, T. P.; Abbott, L. (2009-03-22). "Gating multiple signals through detailed balance of excitation and inhibition in spiking networks". Nature Neuroscience. 12 (4): 483–491. doi:10.1038/nn.2276. PMC 2693069. PMID 19305402.
Awards, Honors, and Memberships[]
- National Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer Award[8]
- Swartz Prize[9]
- ’ Mathematical Neuroscience Prize.[10]
- First Annual Prize in Mathematical Neuroscience.
- Mentor of the Year Award.
- National Academy of Sciences member[11]
- Member,
- Member of the Motor Neuron Center, Columbia University
- Senior Fellow,
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Steering Committee, , Hebrew University
- Scientific Advisory Panel, , UCL
- Advisory Council for Physics Department, Princeton University
- Scholars Selection Committee, McKnight Foundation
- Mindscope Advisory Council, Allen Institute for Brain Science
- Scientific Advisory Board,
- Brain and Cognitive Sciences Visiting Committee, MIT
- Scientific and Academic Advisory Committee, Weizmann Institute
- Executive Committee, on the Global Brain
Bibliography[]
- Prinz, Astrid A.; Abbott, L.F.; Marder, Eve (April 2004). "The dynamic clamp comes of age" (PDF). Trends in Neurosciences. Elsevier. 27 (4): 218–224. doi:10.1016/j.tins.2004.02.004. PMID 15046881. S2CID 11246529. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 8, 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Columbia University. "Larry Abbott". Retrieved on 31 March 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "LAURENCE F. ABBOTT CV". Retrieved on 31 March 2020.
- ^ Plunkett, John. "Theoretical Neuroscience", MIT Press, Retrieved on 31 March 2020.
- ^ "A physicist in the neurobiology lab". Symmetrymagazine.org. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
- ^ "Larry Abbott". Neuron. 92 (1): 9–10. 5 October 2016. doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2016.09.041.CS1 maint: date and year (link)
- ^ "Larry Abbott, PhD". Columbia.edu. Retrieved Jan 22, 2020.
- ^ "Learning How Little We Know About the Brain". The New York Times. November 10, 2014. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
- ^ "2004 Pioneer Award Recipients". National Institutes of Health. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
- ^ "Abbott Receives Swartz Prize for Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience". Society for Neuroscience. November 15, 2010. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
- ^ "Larry Abbott, PhD". Columbia.edu. Retrieved Jan 22, 2020.
- ^ "Larry Abbott". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
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- 1950 births
- Living people
- American neuroscientists
- Columbia Medical School faculty
- Brandeis University faculty
- Brandeis University alumni
- Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
- Oberlin College alumni
- People associated with CERN
- American physicists
- American textbook writers