Albert Aguayo

Albert Aguayo
Born	Albert Juan Aguayo (1934-07-16)July 16, 1934 Argentina
Occupation	neuroscientist
Known for	Research in neural regeneration
Awards	Order of Canada

Albert Juan AguayoOCFRSC(born July 16, 1934) is aCanadianneurologist atMcGill University.Hailing from theBahia Blancain Argentina, Dr. Aguayo graduated in medicine from theNational University of Córdoba.After graduating from Argentina, Aguayo continued to train in neurology, working as an assistant physician inNeurologyUniversity of TorontoandMcGill University.In the year 1967, McGill University appointed Aguayo as assistant professor in the department of Neurology and Neurosurgery. From the years 2000 to 2005, Aguayo served as the Secretary General for theInternational Brain Research Organizationand then proceeded to become the President of the International Brain Research Organization from the years 2006 to 2008

Research and career

Dr. Aguayo is best known for his revolutionary research of the demonstration of nerve fibres and nerve function. Aguayo and his team were the first to demonstrate that nerve fibres that are located in thecentral nervous systemand the brain of a mammal are capable of restoring themselves after considerable damage and/or injury. During this research, Aguayo used different techniques such as using lab animals.Aguayo's finding completely revolutionized the research of regenerative medicine. Even though Aguayo was highly skilled inclinical neurology,he decided to pursue his passion in experimental studies, focusing his research in neurobiology. In the beginning of his career at McGill University, Aguayo was recruited byDonald Baxterin the clinical neurosciences at McGill University. Recently, Aguayo implemented new types of policies inNeuroscience

Other work

Aguayo's past organizational responsibilities also include the Presidency of the North-American Society for Neuroscience, the Canadian Association for Neuroscienceand the Canadian Neurological Society. He also served for the Canadian Neuroscience Network of Centres of Excellence, working as the Scientific Director. As well as being a strong advocate ofneuroscience,Aguayo has also given many lectures in Canadian, American and foreign universities that includeMcGill UniversityandHarvard University.He strongly believes in the advancement of Neuroscience in Higher educational institutes. Aguayo is the author of more than 150 scientific publications and has received prestigious degrees fromLund UniversityadQueen's University.He has also taken part in the editorial board of 26 notable journals.

Honorable Mentions

From 2005 to 2008, Aguayo was the president of theInternational Brain Research Organizationas well as being the former Director of McGill University's Centre of Research in Neuroscience.Aguayo is also the Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Friedrich Miescher Institute located in the city of Basel, Switzerland and has also newly been appointed into theConsortium Advisory Panel.He has been the recipient of many awards and honorable mentions, including theOrder of Canada.He was appointed fellow of theRoyal Societyin 1993. In 1988, Aguayo received the Canada Gairdner International Award For the discovery of the regrowth of neural connections being possible in injured mammalians' central nervous systems.

References

• http:// mcgill.ca/channels/events/item/?item_id=116557