Robert Gerlai

Robert T. Gerlai is a Canadian behaviour geneticist. He obtained his PhD in 1987 from the Eötvös Loránd University and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest. He has worked in the biotechnology (Genentech) and biopharmaceutical research industries (Eli Lilly and Company and Saegis Pharmaceuticals) as Senior Scientist and Vice President of Research, and led pre-clinical as well as clinical research teams developing drugs to treat mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's Disease. He also worked at different universities in North America and Europe. Currently, he is a Distinguished Professor of behavioral neuroscience at the Department of Psychology at the University of Toronto.[1] The Web of Science lists over 300 peer-reviewed publications for him, which have been cited over 12000 times, resulting in an h-index of 56.[2] Gerlai has worked with several different animal species, including paradise fish and mice. He was among the first to use transgenic mice in the analysis of learning and memory and showed that astrocytes play important roles in synaptic plasticity. He is also known for discovering the role of Eph tyrosine kinases and their ephrin ligands in neuronal plasticity. He is considered a leader of zebrafish behavioral neuroscience research. For the past two decades, he has been using this species, and studies the effects of alcohol on brain function and behaviour, including social behaviour, fear-anxiety, and learning and memory.[1][3]

Robert T. Gerlai
Robert Gerlai, August 2009
Born1960 (age 60–61)
Budapest, Hungary
CitizenshipCanadian
Alma materEötvös Loránd University
Scientific career
FieldsBehavior genetics
InstitutionsUniversity of Toronto
Doctoral advisorVilmos Csanyi
Websitehttps://www.utm.utoronto.ca/gerlai-lab/home

Honors

Gerlai is an elected Fellow of the International Behavioral Neuroscience Society, of which he also has been president.[4] He is a member of the editorial boards of Genes, Brain and Behavior,[5] Neurotoxicology and Teratology,[6] Learning and Behavior,[7] Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, Zebrafish (https://home.liebertpub.com/publications/zebrafish/122/editorial-board) and F1000. He is section editor for behavioral neuroscience of BMC Neuroscience.[8] In 2013, Gerlai received the Distinguished Scientist Award from the International Behavioural and Neural Genetics Society.[9] In 2015 he received the Research Excellence Award from the University of Toronto.[10] In 2019 he received the Outstanding Achievement Award from the International Behavioral Neuroscience Society[11] and became the John Carlin Roder Distinguished Professor in Behavioural Neuroscience at the University of Toronto Mississauga.[12]

References
  1. "Gerlai Laboratory @ The University of Toronto, Mississauga". Retrieved 2009-04-15.
  2. Science Citation Index. Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2019-05-25.
  3. Wilkes, Jim (6 February 2011). "Drunk fish may hold secrets to alcoholism in humans". Toronto Star. Toronto. Retrieved 2015-08-04.
  4. "Past Presidents". International Behavioral Neuroscience Society. Retrieved 2015-08-04.
  5. "Journal Information". Genes, Brain and Behavior.
  6. Neurotoxicology and Teratology Editorial Board. Neurotoxicology and Teratology. Elsevier. Retrieved 2015-08-04.
  7. "Editorial board". Learning & Behavior. Retrieved 2015-08-04.
  8. "Section Editors". BMC Neuroscience. BioMed Central. Retrieved 2015-08-04.
  9. "IBANGS Awards". International Behavioural and Neural Genetics Society. Retrieved 2013-11-19.
  10. "Desmond Morton Research Excellence Award - Research". University of Toronto Mississauga. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  11. "Awards". www.ibnsconnect.org. International Behavioral Neuroscience Society.
  12. "Distinguished Professors – Division of the Vice-President & Provost". University of Toronto Mississauga.


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