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There is no place like Harvard

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I mentioned Al Sandrock, who I really enjoyed and loved to reconnect with. But one person I do want to make sure I talk about is Gabriel Corfas, who came from South America via Israel, who's very talented. Who worked on neuromuscular junctions and intraneuronal synapses. He's now head of otolaryngology science at the University of Michigan and doing very, very well.

Harvard neurobiology was an extraordinary place. It's the neurobiology department that drew me to Harvard, even though I joined pharmacology. I had befriended Steve Kuffler, who was chairman of neurobiology, who used to be in Harvard pharmacology before he split off.

Gerald Fischbach (b. 1938) is an American neuroscientist and pioneering researcher. He pioneered the use of nerve cell cultures to study the electrophysiology, morphology and biochemistry of developing nerve-muscle and inter-neuronal synapses.

Listeners: Christopher Sykes

Christopher Sykes is an independent documentary producer who has made a number of films about science and scientists for BBC TV, Channel Four, and PBS.

Tags: Harvard University, Al Sandrock, Gabriel Corfas, Linda Buck, Rod MacKinnon

Duration: 1 minute, 2 seconds

Date story recorded: July 2023

Date story went live: 16 May 2025