{"id":1844,"date":"2006-03-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-03-17T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vermont.salk.edu\/news-release\/four-of-the-nations-preeminent-research-institutions-announce-stem-cell-research-alliance\/"},"modified":"2006-03-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-03-17T08:00:00","slug":"four-of-the-nations-preeminent-research-institutions-announce-stem-cell-research-alliance","status":"publish","type":"disclosure","link":"https:\/\/www.salk.edu\/zh\/news-release\/four-of-the-nations-preeminent-research-institutions-announce-stem-cell-research-alliance\/","title":{"rendered":"Four of the Nation&#8217;s Preeminent Research Institutions Announce Stem Cell Research Alliance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>La Jolla, CA \u2013 Salk Institute professor <a href=\"\/zh\/faculty\/bellugi.html\/\">Ursula Bellugi<\/a>, who  pioneered the study of the biological foundation of language, has been elected  a member of the National Academy of Sciences. The Academy made the announcement  today during its 144th annual meeting in Washington,   DC. Election to the Academy recognizes distinguished and continuing  achievements in original research, and is considered one of the highest honors  accorded a U.S.  scientist.<\/p>\n<p> Dr. Bellugi,  director of the Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience at the Salk Institute for  Biological Studies, is regarded as the founder of the neurobiology of American  Sign Language, since her research revealed that there are primary linguistic  systems, passed down from one generation of deaf people to the next, which have  been forged into a complexly structured language with complex grammatical  properties not derived from spoken languages. <\/p>\n<p>Before, it  had been assumed that the organizational properties of language are connected  with the sounds of speech. Her work has led to the finding that the left  hemisphere of the human brain has an innate predisposition for language, even  for a language in which spatial and visual processing plays a central role.  This predisposition of certain brain systems to process language, whether  spoken or signed, is a striking demonstration of neuronal plasticity.<\/p>\n<p>During her  whole career, Bellugi has been seeking new avenues for understanding the ties  between molecular genetics, the brain and cognition. So she reached out across disciplines and  assembled a team of experts under the umbrella of a Program Project from the  National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development, one of the first of  its kind, to help her trace the influence of individual genes on the  development and function of the brain. Led by Bellugi, the researchers are looking to Williams  syndrome to provide clues to some of the mysteries of the genetic basis of  behavior.<\/p>\n<p>This puzzling genetically based disorder leaves language, facial recognition  and social skills remarkably well preserved in contrast to severe inadequacy in  other cognitive aptitudes. This disorder arises from a faulty  recombination event during the development of sperm or egg cells. As a result,  almost invariably the same set of about 20 genes is deleted from one copy of  chromosome seven, making Williams syndrome a unique model system to study how a  genetic predisposition interacts with the environment to sculpt the brain in  unique ways. With unflagging  enthusiasm, Bellugi moves closer to understanding how missing genes and the  resulting changes in brain structure and function ultimately shape behavior.<\/p>\n<p>As of today,  14 of the Salk Institute&#8217;s 59 faculty are members of the National Academy of  Sciences. <\/p>\n<h3>About Ursula Bellugi:<\/h3>\n<p>Ursula  Bellugi graduated from Antioch College in Yellow Springs,  Ohio, and earned her doctorate at Harvard University. She served briefly on the  faculty at Harvard   University before joining  the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, where she directs the Laboratory for  Cognitive Neuroscience. <\/p>\n<p>Dr. Bellugi  has been the recipient of multiple honors, including two MERIT awards from the National Institute of Child Health  and Development; the Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award from the National  Institute on Deafness; and the Foundation IPSEN Prize in Neuronal Plasticity,  together with Torsten Wiesel and Wolfgang Singer. Dr. Bellugi has served on an  Advisory Council to the NIH, and is an Associate of the Neurosciences Research  Program as well as the Dana Brain Alliance. Her research has been presented to  Congress as part of the <em>Decade of the  Brain<\/em> and at recent symposia on <em>Genes,  Brain and Cognition<\/em>. Dr. Bellugi has been awarded the Distinguished  Scientific Contribution Award from the American Psychological Association and  the Distinguished Woman of the Decade Award from the City of Los Angeles. <\/p>\n<h3>About the National Academy  of Sciences:<\/h3>\n<p>The National Academy  of Sciences is an organization of scientists and engineers established by  Congress and dedicated to the furtherance of science and its use for the  general welfare. It was established in 1863 by a congressional act of  incorporation, signed by Abraham Lincoln, which calls on the Academy to act as  an official adviser to the federal government, upon request, in any matter of  science or technology.<\/p>\n<p>Additional  information about the Academy is available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasonline.org\">www.nasonline.org<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>About the Salk  Institute for Biological Studies:<\/h3>\n<p>Internationally renowned for its groundbreaking basic  research in the biological sciences, the Salk Institute was founded in 1960 by  Dr. Jonas Salk, five years after he developed the first safe and effective  vaccine against polio. The Institute&#8217;s 59 faculty members are scientific  leaders in the fields of molecular biology, neurosciences and plant biology.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","faculty":[],"disease-research":[],"class_list":["post-1844","disclosure","type-disclosure","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Four of the Nation&#039;s Preeminent Research Institutions Announce Stem Cell Research Alliance - Salk Institute for Biological Studies<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.salk.edu\/zh\/news-release\/four-of-the-nations-preeminent-research-institutions-announce-stem-cell-research-alliance\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"zh_CN\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Four of the Nation&#039;s Preeminent Research Institutions Announce Stem Cell Research Alliance - Salk Institute for Biological Studies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"La Jolla, CA \u2013 Salk Institute professor Ursula Bellugi, who pioneered the study of the biological foundation of language, has been elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences. 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