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Chemistry Professor Dalibor Sames and his collaborator,
Professor David Sulzer of the Department of Neuroscience, have received a
2008-2009 McKnight Foundation Technical Innovations in Neuroscience Award for
their project “Development of Fluorescent False Neurotransmitters: Novel Probes
for Direct Visualization of Neurotransmitter Release from Individual
Presynaptic Terminals.”
The McKnight Foundation supports research on diseases of the brain and behavior. As part of that effort, it offers four awards annually in the Technical Innovations category. Each award can be up to $100,000 a year for two years. The foundation also offers up to 12 awards annually in two other categories.
More information about the awards can be found on the McKnight Foundation website. Information on Prof. Sames’ research program can be found here, and here for Professor Sulzer.
Congratulations to Professor Gerard Parkin on receiving a 2008 Presidential Teaching Award. The presidential awards honor the best of Columbia's teachers for the influence they have on the development of their students and their part in maintaining the university's longstanding reputation for educational excellence. Each year, the president of the university writes to faculty, students, and alumni asking for nominations for the awards, which are announced at the spring commencement ceremony. More information can be found on the university's teaching award website.
Columbia Professor Louis Brus is among the first recipients of the Kavli Prize, awarded to pioneering scientists who "...have transformed human knowledge in the fields of nanoscience, neuroscience and astrophysics." The awardees were announced during a live simulcast between Oslo and New York at the opening ceremony of the World Science Festival, which included an address by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.