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Marc Tessier-Lavigne

Marc Tessier-Lavigne

Marc Tessier-Lavigne Executive Vice President: Research and Chief Scientific Officer

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Awards & Honors

Ferrier Prize Lecture of the Royal Society, U.K. 2007
Reeve-Irvine Research Medal
2007
Awarded Honorary Degree in Medicine from University of Pavia, Italy 2006
Elected Member of the National Academy of Sciences 2005
Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, U.K. 2004
Robert Dow Neuroscience Award, Neurological Sciences Institute, Oregon Health & Science University 2003
Susan B. Ford Professorship in the School of the Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University 2001
Fellow of the Royal Society of the U.K. 2001
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 2001
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada 1999
Wakeman Award for Contributions in the Field of Neuronal Regeneration (shared) 1998
Viktor Hamburger Award, International Society for Developmental Neuroscience 1997
Young Investigator Award, Society for Neuroscience, USA 1997
Foundation IPSEN Prize for Neuronal Plasticity (shared) 1996
Ameritec Prize 1995
Charles Judson Herrick Award in Comparative Neurology, American Association of Anatomists 1995
McKnight Investigator Award 1994
Basil O'Connor Starter Scholar Research Award, March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation 1992
Klingenstein Fellow 1992
McKnight Scholar 1991
Searle Scholar 1991
Lucille P. Markey Scholar in Biomedical Science 1989
Schaffer Prize for Distinction in Research in Physiology (University College London) 1987
Commonwealth Scholar (Canada) for Ph.D. Studies 1983
First Class Honors, Philosophy and Physiology (Oxford University) 1982
Rhodes Scholar 1980
Anne Molson Gold Medal for highest achievement in Mathematics and Physics (McGill University) 1980
McGill University:   
Emily Ross Crawford Scholar
James McConnell Award
Anne Molson Scholar
University Scholar
Rowlinson Travelling Prize
First Class Honors, Physics
1978-1980