The Ulf von Euler lecture
The Ulf von Euler Lecture is an official annual named lecture of 探花精选. It was instituted by decision of the faculty at KI upon an initiative taken by Ulf von Euler's former students at the time of his passing away in 1983.
About the lecture
The intention of the lecture is that it should be given on a subject from one of the fields where Ulf von Euler made major contributions or a field where he today would have taken an interest, were he still alive and active.
It was made possible by forming a foundation, The Ulf von Euler Lectureship Foundation, which stems from donations by Ulf's family and friends and by generous donations from industry. The founders were Lennart Stj盲rne, Per Hedqvist, 脜ke Wennmalm and Hugo Lagercrantz.
Ulf von Euler
Ulf von Euler made major contributions to Science in the area of neuroscience, notably his Nobel prize awarded discovery of noradrenaline, in neuropeptide research by the discovery of substance P, and in lipid pharmacology by the discovery of prostaglandin.
The Euler-Liljestrand mechanism of regulation of pulmonary blood flow stemmed from research on muscular exercise effects on blood flow. A personal account of Ulf von Euler's life has been given by Hermann Blaschko.
Lecturers since 1985
Year, lecturer and title.
2024 Jens Juul Holst "Treatment of Metabolic Diseases with Gut Hormones"
2023 Dr. Radu Aricescu, "The wide wild world of human GABAa receptors鈥
2022 Diane Mathis, 鈥漈hymic mimetic cells: tolerogenic masqueraders鈥
2021 Jeremy Nathans, "Molecular genetic studies of central nervous system vascular development and disease"
2019 John H. Krystal, "Rapid Acting Antidepressants: The path to ketamine and beyond"
2018 Susan S. Taylor, "Lessons learned from PKA: From molecules to cells"
2017 Gregg L. Semenza, "Molecular Mechanisms of Oxygen Homeostatis"
in Physiology or Medicine together with William G. Kaelin Jr. and Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe 鈥渇or their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability鈥
2016 Sadaf Farooqi, "Obesity: neural mechanisms involved in eating behavior"
2015 Andrew R Marks, "Towards a structural basis of complex disorders of heart, muscle and brain"
2014 Susan G Amara, "A New Take on Uptake: Neurotransmitter transporters and the cellular mechanisms of amphetamine action"
2013 Bruce Spiegelman, "Brown and Beige Fat: Basic Biology and Novel Therapeutics"
2012 Masashi Yanagisawa, and Tsukuba, "From Novel Bioactive Peptides to Therapeutic Targets -- Journey on Endothelin and Orexin"
2010 Timothy J Williams, "Discovery of Eotaxin"
2005 Garret A Fitzgerald, "Lessons in drug development from the arachidonic acid cascade"
2004 Thoms S眉dhof, "How calcium triggers neurotransmitter release"
in Physiology or Medicine together with James E. Rothman and Randy W. Schekman 鈥渇or their discoveries of machinery regulating vesicle traffic, a major transport system in our cells鈥
2003 Solomon H Snyder, "Strange signaling in the brain"
2001 Warren M Zapol, "Oxygenation of the blood: Experience from antarctic seals, knockout mice and ARDS"
2000 Peter Agre, "Aquaporin water channel proteins: Nature麓s plumbing system in mammals, microbes and plants"
in Chemistry together with Roderick MacKinnon 鈥渇or discoveries concerning channels in cell membranes鈥
1999 Linda Buck, "Deconstructing Smell"
in Physiology or Medicine together with Richard Axel 鈥渇or their discoveries of odorant receptors and the organization of the olfactory system鈥
1998 Richard Palmiter, "Life without noradrenaline"
1997 Paul Patterson, "Cytokine regulation of neuronal gene expression and the neuroimmune response to injury"
1996 John A Clements, "The roles of pulmonary surfactant in lung function"
1995 Thomas M Jessell, "Genetic control of neural cell fate in vertebrates"
1994 Raphael Mechoulam, 鈥淭he long, unpaved road to a family of endogenous cannabinoid ligands - the anandamides鈥
1993 Philippe Ascher, "Modulations of the NMDA glutamate receptor"
1992 Robert J Lefkowitz, "The molecular biology and physiology of adrenoceptors"
in Chemistry together with Brian K. Kobilka 鈥渇or studies of G-protein-coupled receptors鈥
1991 Salvador Moncada, "The discovery and biological significance of the L-arginine nitric oxide pathway"
1990 G C Liggins, "Prostanoids and parturition"
1989 Robert F Furchgott, "Present status of the endothelium-derived relaxing factor"
1998 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Together with Louis J. Ignarro and Ferid Murad, for their discoveries concerning nitric oxide as a signalling molecule in the cardiovascular system
1988 Fred Lembeck, "Substance P: From extract to excitement鈥"
1987 Rodolfo R Llinas, "What can single cell electrophysiology tell us about global brain function? Lessons from the cerebellum"
1986 Eric R Kandel, "Cell and molecular biological approaches to learning: On the relationship between short-term and long-term memory"
in Physiology or Medicine Together with Arvid Carlsson and Paul Greengard, for their discoveries concerning signal transduction in the nervous system鈥
1985 Geoffrey Burnstock, "The Changing Face of Autonomic Neurotransmission"