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The Ferrier Lecture is a Royal Society lectureship given every three years "on a subject related to the advancement of natural knowledge on the structure and function of the nervous system". [1] It was created in 1928 to honour the memory of Sir David Ferrier , a neurologist who was the first British scientist to electronically stimulate the ...
In his 50-year career, Ferrier published 180 papers, reviews and books, and gave 10 invited plenary lectures at international symposia. [15] His reviews were of particular benefit to the chemical community but perhaps of most value was the book "Monosaccharide Chemistry, [ 16 ] written with Dr Peter Collins in 1972 and majorly updated as ...
Sir David Ferrier FRS (13 January 1843 – 19 March 1928) was a pioneering Scottish neurologist and psychologist.Ferrier conducted experiments on the brains of animals such as monkeys and in 1881 became the first scientist to be prosecuted under the Cruelty to Animals Act, 1876 which had been enacted following a major public debate over vivisection.
Lecture Created Description Recent lecturers Notes Bakerian Lecture: 1775: Given annually "on such part of natural history or experimental philosophy, at such time and in such manner as the President and Council of the Society for the time being shall please to order and appoint" the Bakerian Lecture is named after Henry Baker and is the premier lecture of the Royal Society for the physical ...
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FORT JACKSON, S.C. – On a rainy Wednesday last month, soldiers shuffled into lecture halls eager for the end of their 10-week introduction to Army life. The morning’s training wouldn’t be ...
He summarised research on brain plasticity in his 2005 Harveian Lecture to the Royal College of Physicians [33] and explored the role of plasticity in human cultural evolution in his 2010 Ferrier Lecture at the Royal Society. He served on the editorial board of the journal Neuroscience of Consciousness. [34]
The last image we have of Patrick Cagey is of his first moments as a free man. He has just walked out of a 30-day drug treatment center in Georgetown, Kentucky, dressed in gym clothes and carrying a Nike duffel bag.