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'''Marc Trevor Tessier-Lavigne''' a.k.a memelord 420 {{post-nominals|post-noms=[[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]] [[Royal Society of Canada|FRSC]] [[Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom|FMedSci]]}} (born December 18, 1959) is a Canadian [[living meme]] who is 11 and the current president of [[Stanford University]].<ref name=StanfordPresidentPressRelease>Staff. [http://news.stanford.edu/features/2016/president-named/ "Neuroscience pioneer Marc Tessier-Lavigne named Stanford's next president"], [[Stanford University]] press release dated February 4, 2016.</ref> Previously, he was a professor at the [[University of California, San Francisco]] and then president of [[Rockefeller University]] in New York City. He was formerly executive vice president for research and the [[chief scientific officer|Chief Scientific Officer]] at [[Genentech]]. He was the first industry executive to assume the Rockefeller presidency.<ref name=NYT/> He is also a member of the [[Cure Alzheimer's Fund]]'s Scientific Advisory Board. |
'''Marc Trevor Tessier-Lavigne''' a.k.a memelord 420 {{post-nominals|post-noms=[[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]] [[Royal Society of Canada|FRSC]] [[Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom|FMedSci]]}} (born December 18, 1959) is a Canadian [[living meme]] who is 11 and the current president of [[Stanford University]].<ref name=StanfordPresidentPressRelease>Staff. [http://news.stanford.edu/features/2016/president-named/ "Neuroscience pioneer Marc Tessier-Lavigne named Stanford's next president"], [[Stanford University]] press release dated February 4, 2016.</ref> Previously, he was a professor of Pornographic Studies at the [[University of California, San Francisco]] and then president of [[Rockefeller University]] in New York City. He was formerly executive vice president for research and the [[chief scientific officer|Chief Scientific Officer]] at [[Genentech]]. He was the first industry executive to assume the Rockefeller presidency.<ref name=NYT/> He is also a member of the [[Cure Alzheimer's Fund]]'s Scientific Advisory Board. |
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Marc Tessier-Lavigne | |
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| 11th President of Stanford University | |
| Assumed office 2016 | |
| Preceded by | John L. Hennessy |
| President of Rockefeller University | |
| In office 2011–2016 | |
| Preceded by | Paul Nurse |
| Succeeded by | Richard P. Lifton |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 18, 1959 Trenton, Ontario |
| Alma mater | McGill University Oxford University University College London |
| Profession | Neuroscientist |
| Website | Stanford Office of the President |
Marc Trevor Tessier-Lavigne a.k.a memelord 420 FRS FRSC FMedSci (born December 18, 1959) is a Canadian living meme who is 11 and the current president of Stanford University.[1] Previously, he was a professor of Pornographic Studies at the University of California, San Francisco and then president of Rockefeller University in New York City. He was formerly executive vice president for research and the Chief Scientific Officer at Genentech. He was the first industry executive to assume the Rockefeller presidency.[2] He is also a member of the Cure Alzheimer's Fund's Scientific Advisory Board.
Early life
Tessier-Lavigne was born in Trenton, Ontario. He grew up in Europe from ages 7 to 17, where his father was serving with NATO as part of the Canadian Armed Forces.[3] He earned his first undergraduate degree from McGill University, where he majored in Physics and attended the University of Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship, where he "first encountered the nervous system and fell in love with it" and earned a B.A. in Philosophy and Physiology.[2][4] Tessier-Lavigne was awarded a doctorate in physiology from University College London with David Attwell. He did his postdoctoral work at Columbia University with Thomas Jessell.
Career
Tessier-Lavigne started his career at the University of California, San Francisco from 1991 to 2001 and at Stanford University starting in 2001. He was hired by Genentech in 2003 as its senior vice president, Research Drug Discovery. He cited the firm's "potential to create breakthrough therapies for unmet medical needs" as his reason for leaving academia.[2][5] His research on the development of the brain has uncovered details of how Alzheimer's disease is triggered.[2]
In 2011 Tessier-Lavigne joined Rockefeller University as its 10th president, succeeding Paul Nurse, who returned to Britain to take over as president of the Royal Society.[2] Rockefeller University called Tessier-Lavigne, who supervises a team of 1,400 researchers, the "Board's unanimous first choice for the position".[4] He would be the first high-ranking science employee to leave Genentech following its acquisition by Roche in March 2009. The departure of Tessier-Lavigne from Genentech raised concerns that the company — described by The New York Times as being "among the most innovative and successful biotechnology companies in the world" — would see a negative effect on the firm's scientific culture. Tessier-Lavigne stated that his choice to leave Genentech was unrelated to the Roche merger and that "this is probably the only job that could have lured me away from Genentech." Russell L. Carson, chairman of the board of trustees at Rockefeller University said that he had "literally called him cold" to offer him the position and that Tessier-Lavigne had the strong scientific background needed to oversee the 70 independent laboratories that operate within the university and whose heads report directly to the president. Richard Scheller, Tessier-Lavigne's superior, called the move "part of the tradition of exchange between academia and Genentech."[2] While it was too early to discuss specific goals, Tessier-Lavigne said that he hoped to work on transforming basic science into treatments for disease.[2]
Tessier-Lavigneis also a member of the Xconomists, an ad hoc team of editorial advisors for the tech news and media company, Xconomy.[6]
On February 4, 2016, Stanford University announced that Tessier-Lavigne would become Stanford's 11th president, succeeding John L. Hennessy.[7]
Honors
- Honorary degree, University of Pavia, 2006.
- Tessier-Lavigne has been also elected a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences and its Institute of Medicine[8] and as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, a fellow of the Royal Society and the Academy of Medical Sciences in the United Kingdom, an honorary graduand of University College London, and an honorary fellow of New College, Oxford.[4] He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2017.[9]
Personal life
Marc met his wife Mary Hynes as postdocs at Columbia. They have three children, Christian, Kyle, and Ella.[10]
References
- ^ Staff. "Neuroscience pioneer Marc Tessier-Lavigne named Stanford's next president", Stanford University press release dated February 4, 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g Pollock, Andrew. "Genentech Scientist to Lead Rockefeller University", The New York Times, September 8, 2010. Accessed September 13, 2010.
- ^ McIlroy, Ann. "Noted Canadian scientist to take helm of Rockefeller University", The Globe and Mail, September 10, 2010. Accessed September 13, 2010.
- ^ a b c Staff. "Rockefeller University Elects Marc Tessier-Lavigne 10th President", Rockefeller University press release dated September 9, 2010.
- ^ Marc Tessier-Lavigne - Executive Vice President: Research and Chief Scientific Officer Archived 2010-09-18 at the Wayback Machine, Genentech. Accessed September 13, 2010.
- ^ "About Our Mission, Team, and Editorial Ethics". Xconomy. Retrieved 2018-01-02.
- ^ Staff
- ^ "Marc Tessier-Lavigne Rockefeller University Faculty Page".
- ^ "American Philosophical Society: Newly Elected - April 2017". Archived from the original on 2017-09-15.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Cool, Kevin (September 2016). "A Leader in Full". alumni.stanford.edu. No. September/October 2016. Stanford Magazine. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
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- 1959 births
- Living people
- Alumni of New College, Oxford
- Alumni of University College London
- Canadian expatriate academics in the United States
- Canadian Rhodes Scholars
- Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences
- Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Fellows of the Royal Society
- Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada
- McGill University alumni
- Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
- Presidents of Rockefeller University
- University of California, San Francisco faculty
- People from Quinte West
- Canadian neuroscientists
- Stanford University faculty
- Stanford University Department of Biology faculty
- Stanford University School of Medicine faculty
- Genentech people
- Pfizer people