Stephen Kuffler
Stephen Kuffler · Science & Medicine
Neuroscientist widely regarded as a founder of modern neuroscience for his work on neural signaling.
1913, Táp, Hungary — 1980, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States
Hungary · Austria · Australia · United States (Johns Hopkins · Harvard Medical School)
Stephen Kuffler is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Neuroscientist widely regarded as a founder of modern neuroscience for his work on neural signaling.
Kuffler, born to a Hungarian Jewish landowning family, fled Europe after the 1938 Anschluss and rebuilt his career via Australia and the United States. His precise recordings of nerve signalling — inhibition, the center-surround organisation of retinal receptive fields, and synaptic transmission — made him widely regarded as a founder of modern neuroscience, and he created Harvard's neurobiology department. He mentored a generation of leading neuroscientists.
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Neuroscientist widely regarded as a founder of modern neuroscience for his work on neural signaling.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
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