Plenary Lectures Speakers

Joseph S. Takahashi, PhD is the Loyd B. Sands Distinguished Chair in Neuroscience and Chair of the Department of Neuroscience at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. He pioneered the use of genetics in the mouse as a tool for discovery of genes underlying neurobiology and behavior, and his discovery of the mouse and human Clock genes led to a description of a conserved circadian clock mechanism in animals. Dr. Takahashi was born in Tokyo, Japan and grew up in Burma, Italy and the Washington, DC suburbs. His awards include: Honma International Prize in Biological Rhythms Research in 1986, W. Alden Spencer Award in Neuroscience, Columbia University in 2001, and the Gruber Neuroscience Prize in 2019. He is a Member of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Medicine.