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The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details

Torsten N. Wiesel

Title:

President Emeritus

Affiliation:

Rockefeller University

1230 York Avenue

New York,New York 10021 USA

Gender:

Male

Award Discipline:

Biological Sciences

Award Year:

2005

Citation:

"For providing key insights into the operation of the visual system and for the discovery of the manner in which neural connections in the brain are made during development and how they are maintained."

Awarded by President George W. Bush in a White House ceremony on July 27, 2007.

Nobel Laureate:

Physiology or Medicine, 1981

 

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