Edward Ruthazer
{{short description|Canadian neuroscientist}}
{{Orphan|date=June 2021}}
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|birth_name = Edward Scott Ruthazer
|birth_date = {{nowrap|{{birth date and age|1966|9|14}}}}
|birth_place = New York, U.S.
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|spouse = Shiho Kanamaru
|education = Princeton University (AB)
University of California, San Francisco, PhD)
|known_for = Neurodevelopmental research
|fields = Development
Visual System
Neurobiology
|workplaces = McGill University
|doctoral_advisor = Michael Stryker
|academic_advisors = Nobuhiko Yamamoto
Hollis Cline
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Edward S. Ruthazer (born in 1966 in New York, NY) is a Canadian neuroscientist and James McGill Professor in the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec.
Research
Ruthazer's research utilizes in vivo multiphoton fluorescence microscopy of developing brain cells in conjunction with patterned visual stimulation and electrophysiological recordings to understand how patterned sensory experience impacts the development and refinement of neural connectivity in the visual circuits of the brain. His work has also helped underscore the significance of glial cells in this process.{{cite web|url=https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=OzQAlZsAAAAJ&hl=en|title=Edward S. Ruthazer Scholar Profile|website=scholar.google.ca}}
Career
Ruthazer is a full professor in the Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.{{cite web|url=http://ruthazerlab.mcgill.ca|title=Ruthazer Lab Website|website=ruthazerlab.mcgill.ca}} He obtained his undergraduate AB degree in Biology from Princeton University in 1988 and his PhD in Neuroscience from UCSF in 1996. After carrying out postdoctoral research on visual system development at Osaka University and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, he established an independent research lab at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (The Neuro) in 2005. With the support of Drs. David Colman, Director of The Neuro, and Josephine Nalbantoglu, Director of the McGill Integrated Program in Neuroscience (IPN), at that time, Ruthazer founded the IPN Graduate Rotation Program in 2009,{{cite web|url=https://www.mcgill.ca/ipn/programs-courses/rotation-phd|title=The IPN Rotation Ph.D. Program|website=Integrated Program in Neuroscience}} which is currently the oldest graduate rotation program in the field of neuroscience in Canada. In 2022, Ruthazer was appointed Director of the McGill University Integrated Program in Neuroscience (IPN) graduate program,{{cite web|url=https://www.mcgill.ca/ipn/|title=Integrated Program in Neuroscience|website=Integrated Program in Neuroscience}} the largest Neuroscience graduate training program in North America with over 600 registered full-time students.{{cite web|url=https://www.mcgill.ca/ipn/|title=McGill University Integrated Program in Neuroscience|website=Integrated Program in Neuroscience}}
From 2018 to 2023,{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} Ruthazer, together with Dr. Takao Hensch (Harvard University), served as Chief Editor of the open access journal Frontiers in Neural Circuits published by Frontiers Media.{{cite web|url=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neural-circuits|title=Frontiers in Neural Circuits|website=www.frontiersin.org/journals/neural-circuits}}
Recognition
Ruthazer is a James McGill Professor{{cite web|url=https://www.mcgill.ca/provost/academics/distinguished-professorships/jmp|title=James McGill Professors|website=www.mcgill.ca}} and was the recipient of a tier II Canada Research Chair (2005–2015) from the Canadian government and a FRQS chaire de recherche (2015–2019), Quebec's most prestigious career award recognizing research excellence.{{cite web|url=http://www.frqs.gouv.qc.ca/fr/bourses-et-subventions/consulter-les-programmes-remplir-une-demande/bourse?id=0moja8xx1458672509853|title=Fonds Santé - Chaires de recherche|website=www.frqs.gouv.qc.ca}} Ruthazer is also a March of Dimes Basil O’Connor Starter Scholar (2005–2007), an EJLB Foundation Scholar (2006–2010), an MNI Killam Scholar (2007–2012){{cite web|url=https://www.mcgill.ca/neuro/about/killam-institution/killam-scholars|title=Killam Scholars|website=The Neuro}} and two time winner of the NARSAD Young Investigator Award (2004,2007).{{cite web|url=https://www.bbrfoundation.org/grants-prizes/narsad-young-investigator-grants|title=NARSAD Young Investigator Grants|date=15 March 2017|website=Brain & Behavior Research Foundation}} He was the inaugural recipient of the Young Investigator Award from the Canadian Association for Neuroscience in 2011.{{cite web|url=https://can-acn.org/ruthazer-awardee-2011|title=Inaugural CAN Young Investigator is Dr. Ed Ruthazer|website=Canadian Association for Neuroscience}}
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