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Alcino J. Silva (born April 9, 1961) is an American neuroscientist who was the recipient of the 2008 Order of Prince Henry and elected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2013 for his contributions to the Molecular cellular cognition of memory, a field he pioneered with the publication of two articles in Science (journal) in 1992. Silva is a Distinguished Professor of neurobiology, psychiatry and psychology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, director of the (Integrated Center for Learning and Memory ) at UCLA and the (Founding President ) of the (Molecular and Cellular Cognition Society. ) He is former Scientific Director of the Division of Intramural Research Programs (DIRP) at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), having also served as member of the Board of Regents of the (University of Minho ), Portugal. == Early years == Silva was born in Portugal in 1961, but spent his early years in Luanda, Angola. He left Africa when he was only 12 and in Portugal he went through the Carnation Revolution of 1974. He arrived in the United States in 1978, attended Rutgers University, where he studied biology and philosophy and worked in the Drosophila laboratory of William Sofer. After that he pursued graduate studies in Human Genetics at the University of Utah. There, he worked with Raymond White, one of the pioneers of modern Human Genetics. His graduate work showed that epigenetic patterns of DNA methylation can be polymorphic and that they are inherited in a Mendelian fashion. During his graduate studies he became intrigued by the inner processes of science, and organized yearly graduate symposia where leading scientists shared their insights on this subject. It was in Utah that he realized that he could combine his passion for biology with his interest in epistemology.〔Silva, A.J. and R. White, Thesis for a Ph.D. in the Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah: The genetics of human methylation. UMI, Bell and Howell Information Company, #3058. 1989.〕 It was also in Utah, while working with Mario Capecchi, that he had the idea of bringing the newly developed mouse gene targeting approaches to studies of memory. Capecchi shared the Nobel prize with Martin Evans and Oliver Smithies for the development of gene targeting strategies in mice.〔(【引用サイトリンク】The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2007 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alcino J. Silva」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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