2013 David Cushing Prize

David Hubel 1926–2013

Hydraulic microelectrode advancermade by David Hubel. David Hubel was a giant in our field, yet he waswarm, friendly, and humble in person. He and Torsten Wiesel, following in the footsteps of their mentor Steve Kuffler, discovered fundamental principles of information processing in the brain and fundamental principles of how the brain wires itself up. I think many people in the field see David...

COAP 2013 Best Paper Prize

David H. Hubel (1926–2013)

canopy density is linked to weaker or no thermophilisation. By offering more shadow, it appears, the trees are shielding the ground vegetation from the temperature rise. “We believe that the effect of the tree canopy is to moderate changes in temperature at the lower levels in the wood — particularly where, as is the case in much of Europe, woods have been becoming denser and shadier in recent ...

David Hunter Hubel (1926?2013)

David Hunter Hubel studied the development of the visual system and how the brain processes visual information in the US during the twentieth century. He performed multiple experiments with kittens in which he sewed kitten?s eyes shut for varying periods of time and monitored their vision after reopening them. Hubel, along with colleague Torsten Wiesel, received the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physiolo...

Appreciating David Barker (1938-2013).

title ‘... from sceptic to convert’ [3] . By then, the epidemiological research that David Barker had initiated was maturing from ecological observations to cohorts with primary data collection, improved follow-up rates and better control for confounding, along with an expanding series of rich interdisciplinary investigations. Owing to the fertile ground laid by Professor Barker, we and numerou...