The Society of Neuroscience (SfN) will honor Michael P. Stryker, Ph.D., with the Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience. The award recognizes an outstanding scientist who has made significant contributions to neuroscience and is named after neuroscientist Dr. Ralph W. Gerard who helped establish the Society for Neuroscience and served as its honorary president. The award includes a $30,000 prize.
Michael Stryker is a neuroscientist and the former Chair of Physiology at the University of California San Francisco. His work and research profoundly transformed the understanding of how the visual system functions, develops, and changes based on sensory experience.
