We鈥檙e deep into Nobel Prize season, and a brain researcher with North Texas roots is celebrating.
Dr. Thomas C. S眉dhof is one of three scientists who shared the Nobel for Physiology or Medicine on Monday. The Stanford professor did his prize-winning research 鈥� on 鈥渟ynaptic transmission,鈥� or how brain cells communicate with chemical signals 鈥� during his in Dallas.
Dr. Thomas C. S眉dhof was chairman for the neuroscience department at UT Southwestern.
Credit UT Southwestern
鈥淚鈥檓 absolutely surprised,鈥� S眉dhof, 57, , which reached him in the remote town of Baeza, Spain, where he was lecturing at a conference. 鈥淓very scientist dreams of this. I didn鈥檛 realize there was chance I would be awarded the prize. I am stunned and really happy to share the prize with James Rothman [of Yale] and Randy Schekman [of California-Berkeley].鈥�
While in Dallas, S眉dhof worked under two previous Nobel winners, and . In fact, he鈥檚 UT Southwestern鈥檚 seventh winner 鈥� six professors and one graduate student.
S眉dhof left for Stanford in 2008, but he鈥檚 still an adjunct professor of neuroscience at UT Southwestern.
