John H. Byrne

John H. "Jack" Byrne (born 1946) is an American neurophysiologist, is the Virgil and June Waggoner Distinguished Chair of Neurobiology and Anatomy[1] at McGovern Medical School in Houston, Texas.

John H. Byrne
Born1946 (age 74–75)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materNew York University Tandon School of Engineering
Scientific career
FieldsNeurophysiology
ThesisReceptive Fields and Response Properties of Aplysia Mechanoreceptor Neurons (1973)
Doctoral advisorEric Kandel
Doctoral studentsDean Buonomano

Career

Byrne joined the faculty at the Department of Physiology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, where he investigated the ink motor reflex of Aplysia. In 1982, Byrne moved to Houston for a faculty position in the Department of Physiology and Cell Biology at McGovern Medical School of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth). Byrne served as professor and chair of the Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy at McGovern Medical School from 1987 to 2017. He is currently the director of the UTHealth Neuroscience Research Center.

Research

In collaboration with faculty in the Department of Neurobiology & Anatomy, Byrne, et al., developed and launched Neuroscience Online: an Electronic Textbook for the Neurosciences, an Open-Access Electronic Textbook for the Study of Neuroscience. As a complement to Neuroscience Online, Byrne with the department of Neurobiology & Anatomy launched Neuroanatomy Online: an open-access electronic laboratory for the neurosciences.

John Byrne is the editor in chief for the Cold Spring Harbor Press journal Learning & Memory.[2]

Honors, awards, and memberships
  • The University of Texas System Regent's Teaching Award[3]
  • International Neural Network Society Hebb Award[4]
  • Dana Foundation[5]
  • Society for Neuroscience[6]
  • Neurobiology of Learning and Memory Study Section

References
  1. "UTHealth faculty members recognized by UT System for teaching excellence -News - Story - The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health". daj9cl0xcfutq.cloudfront.net. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  2. "Learning & Memory". learnmem.cshlp.org. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  3. "Byrne, John | University of Texas System". www.utsystem.edu. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
  4. "INNS Award Recipients". www.inns.org. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
  5. "Members' Views: John H. Byrne". Dana Foundation. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
  6. "Member Detail". www.sfn.org. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
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