Alcino J. Silva

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Full Name	Alcino J. Silva
Occupation	Neuroscientist
Date Of Birth	Apr 9, 1961(1961-04-09)
Age	63
Birthplace	Marco de Canaveses
Country	Portugal
Birth City	Porto District
Horoscope	Aries

Alcino J. Silva Biography

Alcino J. Silva is one of the most popular and richest Neuroscientist who was born on April 9, 1961 in Marco de Canaveses, Porto District, Portugal.

Silva was born in Portugal in 1961, but spent his early years in Luanda, Angola. He left Africa when he was only 12 and in Portugal he went through the Carnation Revolution of 1974. He arrived in the United States in 1978, attended Rutgers University, where he studied biology and philosophy and worked in the Drosophila laboratory of William Sofer. After that he pursued graduate studies in Human Genetics at the University of Utah. There, he worked with Raymond White, one of the pioneers of modern Human Genetics.

Alcino J. Silva (born April 9, 1961) is an American neuroscientist who was the recipient of the 2008 Order of Prince Henry and elected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2013 for his contributions to the molecular cellular cognition of memory, a field he pioneered with the publication of two articles in Science in 1992.

Alcino J. Silva Net Worth

Alcino J. Silva is one of the richest Neuroscientist from Portugal. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Alcino J. Silva 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

After spending three years in the Tonegawa laboratory, Silva set up his own laboratory at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in Long Island, New York, a research institute then run by James Watson, best known as the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA in 1953 with Francis Crick. Initially, the Silva laboratory focused its studies on molecular and cellular mechanisms of hippocampal learning and memory. For example, Rousudan Bourtchuladze led a project in the Silva laboratory that uncovered a role for the transcription factor CREB in the stability of hippocampal long term potentiation and long- term memory. This was the first report of a genetic manipulation that affected the stability of synaptic plasticity and specifically long-. but not short- term memory. Other notable studies of memory mechanisms in the early years of the Silva laboratory in Cold Spring Harbor included the discovery that hippocampal pre-synaptic short-term plasticity mechanisms have a role in hippocampal learning and memory. This early work with hippocampal mutations that affected long term potentiation and learning & memory became the basis for a large literature that now has definitively implicated stable changes in synaptic plasticity in the hippocampal CA1 region in hippocampal dependent learning and memory.

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Nuno Ranked on the list of most popular Neuroscientist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Portugal. Alcino J. Silva celebrates birthday on April 9 of every year.

Top Facts about Alcino J. Silva

1. Alcino J. Silva is a Brazilian-American neuroscientist born in 1961.
2. He is a professor at UCLA and director of the Integrative Center for Learning and Memory.
3. Silva’s research focuses on understanding the molecular mechanisms of memory formation.
4. He has published over 200 scientific papers and received numerous awards for his work.
5. Silva co-founded two biotech companies, including one focused on developing treatments for Alzheimer’s disease.
6. He holds multiple patents related to neuroscience research and technology.
7. Silva earned his PhD from Rockefeller University in New York City.
8. His lab has made significant contributions to the field of optogenetics, which uses light to control neurons in the brain.
9. Silva is a member of several prestigious scientific organizations, including the National Academy of Sciences and American Association for the Advancement of Science.
10. He advocates for increased diversity in STEM fields and mentors underrepresented students in neuroscience research.