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Bill Harris (neuroscientist)

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Bill Harris
Born (1950-11-26) November 26, 1950 (age 73)
SpouseChristine Holt
AwardsFellow of the Royal Society (2007), Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (2007), Elected Member of EMBO (20120; Waddington Medal (2017)
Scientific career
Fieldsneuroscience
InstitutionsUniversity of California, San Diego
Cambridge University
ThesisColor Vision in Drosophila (1976)
Doctoral advisorSeymour Benzer
David Hubel, Torsten Wiesel (postdoc)
Websitewww.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/william-harris

William Anthony Harris (born November 26, 1950) is a Canadian-born neuroscientist, Professor of Anatomy at Cambridge University, and fellow of Clare College, Cambridge. He was head of the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience[1] since its formation in 2006 [2] until his retirement in 2018.

Awards and honours

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He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2007,[3] a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2007,[4] and a member of the European Molecular Biology Organisation in 2012.[5] In 2017, he was awarded the Waddington Medal[6] by the British Society for Developmental Biology[7] for his work on the development of the visual system.[8]

Bibliography

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  • Harris, W. A. (24 May 2022). Zero to Birth: How the Human Brain Is Built. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691211312.

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