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Robert T. Gerlai
Robert Gerlai, August 2009
Born1960 (age 63–64)
Budapest, Hungary
CitizenshipCanadian
Alma materEötvös Loránd University
Scientific career
FieldsBehavior genetics
InstitutionsUniversity of Toronto
Doctoral advisorVilmos Csanyi
Websitehttps://www.utm.utoronto.ca/gerlai-lab/home

Robert T. Gerlai is a Canadian behaviour geneticist and behavioural neuroscientist.

Early life and education[edit]

Gerlai obtained his PhD in 1987 from the Eötvös Loránd University and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest.[citation needed]

Career[edit]

Gerlai has worked in the biotechnology (Genentech) and biopharmaceutical research industries (Eli Lilly and Company and Saegis Pharmaceuticals) as Senior Scientist and Vice President of Research, and led pre-clinical as well as clinical research teams developing drugs to treat mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's Disease. He also worked at different universities in North America and Europe. He is a Distinguished Professor of behavioral neuroscience at the Department of Psychology at the University of Toronto.[1]

The Web of Science lists over 340 peer-reviewed publications for Gerlai, which have been cited over 17500 times, resulting in an h-index of 68.[2] Gerlai has worked with several different animal species, including paradise fish and mice. He was among the first to use transgenic mice in the analysis of learning and memory[citation needed] and showed that astrocytes play important roles in synaptic plasticity. He is also known for discovering the role of Eph tyrosine kinases and their ephrin ligands in neuronal plasticity.[citation needed] He is considered a leader[citation needed] of zebrafish behavioral neuroscience research, and has been using this species, and studies the effects of alcohol on brain function and behaviour, including social behaviour, fear-anxiety, and learning and memory.[1][3]

Honours[edit]

Gerlai is an elected Fellow of the International Behavioral Neuroscience Society, of which he also has been president.[4] He is a member of the editorial boards of Biology,[5] Genes, Brain and Behavior,[6] Neurotoxicology and Teratology,[7] Behavioral and Brain Functions,[8] Learning and Behavior,[9] Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, Zebrafish, and F1000. He is section editor for behavioral neuroscience of BMC Neuroscience.[10] In 2013, Gerlai received the Distinguished Scientist Award from the International Behavioural and Neural Genetics Society.[11] In 2015, he received the Research Excellence Award from the University of Toronto.[12] In 2019 he received the Outstanding Achievement Award from the International Behavioral Neuroscience Society.[13] In 2019 and again in 2024, he received the 5-year John Carlin Roder Distinguished Professorship in Behavioural Neuroscience at the University of Toronto Mississauga.[14][15] In 2023, he was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.[citation needed]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Gerlai Laboratory @ The University of Toronto, Mississauga". Retrieved 2009-04-15.
  2. ^ Science Citation Index Expanded (Science ed.). Clarivate. 2023-12-01 – via Web of Science.
  3. ^ Wilkes, Jim (6 February 2011). "Drunk fish may hold secrets to alcoholism in humans". Toronto Star. Toronto. Retrieved 2015-08-04.
  4. ^ "Past Presidents". International Behavioral Neuroscience Society. Retrieved 2015-08-04.
  5. ^ "Editorial Board". Biology. MDPI. Retrieved 2022-05-11.
  6. ^ "Journal Information". Genes, Brain and Behavior.
  7. ^ "Editorial Board". Neurotoxicology and Teratology. Elsevier. Retrieved 2015-08-04.
  8. ^ "Editorial Board". Behavioral and Brain Functions. BioMed Central. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  9. ^ "Editorial board". Learning & Behavior. Retrieved 2015-08-04.
  10. ^ "Section Editors". BMC Neuroscience. BioMed Central. Retrieved 2015-08-04.
  11. ^ "IBANGS Awards". International Behavioural and Neural Genetics Society. Retrieved 2013-11-19.
  12. ^ "Desmond Morton Research Excellence Award - Research". University of Toronto Mississauga. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  13. ^ "Awards". www.ibnsconnect.org. International Behavioral Neuroscience Society.
  14. ^ "Distinguished Professors". Division of the Vice-President & Provost. University of Toronto Mississauga.
  15. ^ "U of T Distinguished Professor Awards | Office of the Vice-Principal Academic and Dean". University of Toronto. Retrieved 2024-01-11.

External links[edit]

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Gerlai

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