Co-founder of olfactory research.
He discovered how the sense of smell is encoded in genes and neurons.
His work transformed neuroscience and sensory biology.
In 1946, he was born in the USA.
In 1970, he earned his MD from Columbia University.
In 1991, he began pioneering research on olfactory receptors.
Olfactory research, studying how genes and neurons detect smells.
It helps understand sensory processing and brain function.
It supports treatments for smell disorders and neurological diseases.
In 2004, he received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
His discoveries reshaped neuroscience and sensory biology.
He currently leads research on neural circuits at Columbia University.
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