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