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Profile of Lily and Yuh Nung Jan, winners of the 2017 Vilcek Prize in Biomedical Science.

Authors :
Nair, Prashant
Vilcek, Jan
Source :
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; 2/21/2017, Vol. 114 Issue 8, p1748-1752, 5p
Publication Year :
2017

Abstract

The article presents the profile of professors Lily Y. Jan and Yuh Nung Jan at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and winner of the 2017 Vilcek Prize in Biomedical Science. It mentions that both Lily and Yuh-Nung Jan have shared in developing groundbreaking research careers that have solved some of the most basic and crucial questions in neuroscience. The article mention that they were recognized for identifying the genes that give neurons, as wells as dendrites.

Subjects

Subjects :
MEDICAL sciences
GENES
AWARDS

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00278424
Volume :
114
Issue :
8
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
121432413
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1621487114