| RefNo | EC/2024/69 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Wisden, William: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Date | 21 April 2024 |
| Description | Certificate endorsing election of William Wisden as a Fellow of the Royal Society. Includes personal details of the elected Fellow, citation giving the reasons for election, and names of proposers. Signed by the Executive Director of the Royal Society, Julie Maxton. |
| Citation | William Wisden’s contributions impact across molecular, circuit and behavioural neuroscience. He was at the centre of studies characterising gene families for GABA and glutamate receptors, and in linking immediate-early genes with long-term potentiation. Wisden discovered GABA and glutamate circuitries that promote wakefulness, control sleep preparatory behaviours, track sleep need, co-regulate sleep and body temperature, and respond to psychosocial stress to induce beneficial sleep. Overall, Wisden’s work has contributed to core knowledge on how brain cells communicate, how they generate sleep and wakefulness, how their selective loss generates insomnia, and how the selective enhancement of specific sleep circuitry reduces anxiety. |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Computer printout |
| PhysicalDescription | A4 papers |
| AccessStatus | Closed |
| AccessConditions | Election certificates are subject to 50 year closure period from date of election. Details of proposers and date certificate was first submitted for candidacy are kept confidential until the 50 year closure period has elapsed. |