Cornelia I. Bargmann
Personal Information
Born: 1961
Country of Birth: USA
Nationality: USA
Ethnicity: White
Education
1981, BA in Biochemistry University of Georgia, 1987; PhD in Biology, MIT
Professional Life
Field of Study: Biochemistry; Neurobiology
Institution/Corporation: Rockefeller University
Degrees & Memberships: Member: US National Academy of Sciences, American Philosophical Society, & American Academy of Arts & Sciences. 1990-1995, Lucille P. Markey Award; 1992-1995, Searle Scholar Award
Awards & Achievements
Awards: 2013, Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences; 2015, Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Sciences; 2004, Dargut & Milena Kemali International Prize for Research in the Field of Basic & Chemical Neurosciences; 2009, Richard Lounsbery Award, U.S.& French National Academies of Science; 2012, Kavli Prize, Norwegian Academy of Science & Letters in Neuroscience; 2012, DART/NYU Biotechnology Achievement Award; Taskago Prize for Olfation Research; W. Alden Spencer Award for Neuroscience Research; Charles Judson Herick Award for Comparative Neurology; 1990-95, Lucille P. Markey Award; 1992-95, Searle Scholar Award
Achievements: discovered roundworms can smell & taste in wider & more subtle ways than ever believed; helped identify the role of RAS in bladder cancer, later led to advances in breast cancer research; identified SYG-1, a matchmaker molecule
Appointed by President Obama as co-chairwoman of the advisory commission for the Brain Initiative
Made a discovery that ultimately led to the breast cancer drug Herceptin
1993, conducted experiments that determined worms could smell
Helped identify the role of Ras in bladder cancer
Identified SYG-1 a "matchmaker" molecule that directs neurons to form connections with each other during development