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The native form of this personal name is Somogyi Péter. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Peter Somogyi FRS FMedSci
Born	1950 02 17 Szentendre, Hungary
Nationality	Hungarian, British
Occupation	Professor of Neurobiology
Employer	University of Oxford
Known for	Research on neuronal networks in the brain
Website	https://pharm.ox.ac.uk/research/somogyi-group

Peter Somogyi FRS FMedSci is the former Director of the Medical Research Council Anatomical Neuropharmacology Unit at the University Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, England.

Amongst many scientific honours he was elected as a fellow of the Royal Society in 2000, and awarded the first (together with hungarian co-winners Gyorgy Buzsaki and Tamas Freund) Grete Lundbeck European Brain Research Foundation Brain Prize in 2011.

Education

First Degree:1975, Biology, first class, (5 year course, including final year research project for a Degree equivalent to an M.Sc.) Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.Graduating Thesis: Electron microscopic cytochemical studies on cholinesterases in the adrenal medulla (in Hungarian).

Second Degree: 1977, Ph.D., (summa cum laude) Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary. Title of Thesis: The Synthesis and Release of Acetylcholinesterase(in Hungarian).

Higher Degree: 1987, D.Sc., Doctor of Biological Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

Professional appointments

1975-1976: Junior Research Fellow Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1st Department of Anatomy, Semmelweis University Medical School, Budapest, Hungary. Supervisors: Dr. J. Hámori, Professor J. Szentágothai.

1976-1983: Research Fellow Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1st Department of Anatomy, Semmelweis University Medical School, Budapest, Hungary. On leave from above post as visiting scientist: 1977-1978: Departmental Demonstrator, Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford. Supervisor: Dr A.D. Smith. 1978-1979: Wellcome Trust Research Fellow, (18 months) Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford. 1980-1982: Visiting scientist as above (4 month/year).

1983-1985: Senior Research Fellow, (25 months) Department of Human Physiology, Flinders Medical School, South Australia.

1985- 2015: Associate Director, later Co-Director, then Director of the M.R.C. Anatomical Neuropharmacology Unit, Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford.

2015 April 1st – 31st Dec, Associate Director, Brain Network Dynamics Unit of the MRC, Department of Pharmacology, Oxford University, U.K.

2016 Jan. 1st – to date, Professor of Neurobiology, Department of Pharmacology, Oxford University, U.K.

Invited Faculty Member on Postgraduate Courses

1986 Biological Aspects of Neuron Activity, International School of Biophysics Erice, Italy

1987 Molecular Neuroanatomy, ETP/ENA/IBRO Course, Amsterdam, Netherlands Advanced Neuroanatomy, ESF/ETP Course, Budapest, Hungary Cerebral Cortex as a Unified Structure, Soc. for Neurosci. Course, New Orleans, U.S.A.

1994 Ionic Channels in Nerve Cells, Winter School, Alicante, Spain Neuroscience for Clinicians, Jesus College, Cambridge, UK

1996 Postgraduate Course in Neurotransmission , Debrecen Med. Sch., Hungary, Cerebral Cortex, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Postgraduate Course,

2000 IBRO Summer School, Functional Neuroanatomy, Tihany, Hungary

Named and Honorary Lectures

1990 Moruzzi Lecture, European Neuroscience Association, Stockholm

1995 Julian Tobias Memorial Lecture, University of Chicago

2001 Jerzy Olszewski Lecture, Montreal Neurological Institute, Canada

2002 János Szentágothai Memorial Lecture, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary

2003 Wenner-Gren Distinguished Lecturer, Sweden

2003 Segerfalk Award Lecture, University of Lund, Sweden

2004 Special Plenary Lecture, 16th IFAA Conference, Kyoto, Japan

2005 1st János Szentágothai Memorial Lecture, University of California, Irvine, USA

2006 Quastel Lecure, Otto Loewi Conference, Eilat, Israel

2006 Servier Conference Lecture, Neuroscience Research Centre, University of Montreal

2008 The IBRO Lecture, Univ. Debrecen, Hungary

2008 The 1st Hans Kosterlitz Lecture, University of Aberdeen, Scotland

2009 Keynote Lecure, in: EMBO, Cortical Interneurons in Health and Disease, Mallorca, Spain

2012 The Brain Prize Lecture, FENS Conference, Barcelona, Spain

2012 János Szentágothai Memorial Lecture, Hungarian Medical Assoc. of America, Sarasota, USA

2012 Dezső Miskolczy Memorial Lecture, Univ. of Medicine and Pharmacy, Targu Mures, Romania

2013 Loránd Eötvös Day Lecture, Loránd Eötvös University, Budapest

2013 Keynote Lecture, Conference on Inhibitory Control of Brain Plasticity, Krakow, Poland

2015 Opening Plenary Lecture, Multinational Congress of Microscopy, Eger, Hungary

Editorial board member

1978-2011 Neuroscience

1987-1989 Journal of Neurocytology

1988- 2005 Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

1988- European Journal of Neuroscience (1996-99 receiving editor)

1989- 2019 Experimental Brain Research

1990- Cerebral Cortex

1992-2005 J. Hirnforschung

1995-2001 J. Neuroscience

2003- Hippocampus

2007- Brain Structure and Function

2008- J. Experimental Neuroscience

2013- Neuroscience Bulletin

Prizes and Awards

1976: Scientific Prize of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences for Junior Scientists. First prize

1977: Scientific Prize of the Hung. Acad. Sci. for Junior Scientists. First Prize

1982: M. Lenhossek Prize of the Association of Hungarian Anatomists and Embryologists

1984: Charles Judson Herrick Award of the Association of American Anatomists

1988: Merck Sharp and Dohme Visiting Professor at the Department of Medicine, Flinders University, South Australia

1990 Honorary Doctorate, Jozsef Attila University, Szeged, Hungary

1991 Krieg Cortical Discoverer Award of the Cajal Club, American Anatomical Society,

1995 Yngve Zotterman Prize, Physiological Society, Stockholm, Sweden

1996 Professor of Neurobiology, Oxford University

1998 Distinguished Visiting Professor, Kyoto University

2002 Visiting Professor, National Institute of Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, Japan

2004 Elected Nicholas Kurti Senior Research Fellow, Brasenose College, Oxford

2006 János Arany Medal, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Presidential Committee for Contribution to Hungarian Science from Abroad

2006 István Báthory Award from the Hungarian National Council of Transylvania for working on restoring Hungarian higher education in Romania

2008 Elected Associate, Neuroscience Research Program, The Neurosciences Institute, San Diego

2009 The Feldberg Prize and Lectures, Germany, Feldberg Foundation, London, UK

2010 Sanford L. Palay Prize (USA), The Journal of Comparative Neurology and the Cajal Club

2011 The Brain Prize, Grete Lundbeck European Brain Research Foundation, Copenhagen

2012 The Semmelweis – Budapest Award, Semmelweis Med. University, Budapest, Hungary

2013 Honorary Doctorate, Loránd Eötvös University, Budapest

2013 Pro Urbe Prize of the town of Szentendre, Hungary, for contribution to education

2014 Honorary Doctorate, The University of Zurich, Switzerland

2014 Elected Member of the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO)

Membership of Learned Societies

2000 Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of London

2004 Elected Corresponding Fellow of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences,

2006 Elected Fellow of The Medical Academy of Sciences, London

2006 Elected Member of The German National (Leopoldina) Academy of Sciences

2009 Elected Member of the Academia Europaea

2013 Elected Full Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Commissions of Trust

1994 to date Trustee of the Hugh Blaschko European Research Trust, The University of Oxford

2005-2016 Founder, Chair, the Oxford Ramon y Cajal Scholarship Award, Central Europe

2012 to date Founder of the Steven Kuffer Research Foundation

Some senior scientists mentored as students or postdocs and their positions

Dr. M. Antal, Professor, Head, Dept. Anatomy, Univ. Medical Sch., Debrecen, HungaryDr. A. Baude, Senior Scientist, CNRS, Marseille, France

Dr. E. H. Buhl, (deceased) Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Leeds, U.K.

Dr. P. Bolam, Professor (ad hominem) MRC Unit, Dept. Pharmacology, Univ. Oxford, U.K.

Dr. S. Cobb, Reader, Dept. Pharmacology, Univ. Glasgow, UK

Dr. F. Ferraguti, Professor of Pharmacology, Chair, Innsbruck University, Austria

Dr. T. F. Freund, Professor, Director, Inst. of Exp. Med., Hungarian Acad. Sci., Budapest, Hungary

Dr. P. Gabbott, Lecturer, Open University, Milton Keynes, U.K.

Dr. K. Halasy, Professor, Dept. Anatomy & Histology, Veterinary School, Budapest, Hungary

Dr. Z. F. Kisvarday, Docent, Dept. Anatomy, Univ. Medical Sch., Debrecen, Hungary

Dr. T. Klausberger, Professor, Univ. Vienna, Austria; Senior Scientist, MRC Unit, Oxford, U.K.

Dr. M. Kritzer, Associate Prof. Dept. Neurobiol. Behav., SUNY at Stony Brook, New York, U.S.A.

Dr. P. R. Lowenstein, Cedars Sinai Med Center, Gene Therapuetics Res Inst, Los Angeles, U.S.A.

Dr. R. Lujan-Miras, Lecturer, Facultad de Medicina, Univ. Castilla-La Mancha Albacete, Spain

Dr. G. Maccaferri, Assistant Prof., Dept Physiol, Sch. Med., Northwestern Univ. Chicago, USA

Dr. L. Marton, (deceased) Docent, EMTE-Sapientia Univeristy, Targu-Mures, Romania

Dr. G. Nyiri, Inst. of Exp. Med., Hungarian Acad. Sci., Budapest, Hungary

Dr. Z. Nusser, Research Professor, Inst. Exp. Med., Hungarian Acad. Sci., Hungary

Dr. O. Paulsen, Professor of Physiology, Cambridge University, U.K.

Dr E. Pissadaki, IBM Thomas J Watson Research, New York, U.S.A.

Dr. J. V. Priestley, Professor Emeritus, Dept. Physiol., St. Thomas Hosp. Med. Sch., London, U.K.

Dr. R. Shigemoto, Professor, IST, Vienna, Austria

Dr. I. Soltesz, Full Professor, Chairman, Dept. Anat. & Neurobiol., Univ. California Irvine, U.S.A.

Dr. T. Szilagyi, Prof. of Physiology, Medical School, University of Targu Mures, Romania

Dr. S. Totterdell, Retired Senior Res. Fellow, Dept. Pharmacology, Univ. Oxford, U.K.

Dr. G. Tamas, Professor, Dept. Comparative Physiology, Univ. Szeged, Hungary.

Dr. I. Vida, Professor, Dept. Physiology, Berlin, Germany

Reviews and Book Chapters

Somogyi P, Klausberger T (2018) Hippocampus: Intrinsic Organization, In: Shepherd, G., & Grillner, S. (Eds.), Handbook of Brain Microcircuits. Oxford, Oxford University Press, pp 199-216.

^*Barth A L, Burkhalter A, Callaway E M, Connors B W, Cauli B, DeFelipe J, Feldmeyer D, Freund T, Kawaguchi, Y Kisvarday Z, Kubota Y, McBain C, Oberlaender M, Rossier J, Rudy B, Staiger J F, Somogyi P, Tamas G and Yuste R. (2016) Comment on “Principles of connectivity among morphologically defined cell types in adult neocortex” Science, 353, 1108. PMID: 27609882

^*Somogyi P, (2010) Hippocampus: Intrinsic Organisation. In: Shepherd G, Grillner S (eds) Handbook of Brain Microcircuits. Oxford University Press, pp.148-664.

^*Klausberger, T. & Somogyi, P. (2008) Neuronal diversity and temporal dynamics: the unity of hippocampal circuit operations. Science. 321:53-57.

Ascoli GA, Alonso-Nanclares L, Anderson SA, Barrionuevo G, Benavides-Piccone R, Burkhalter A, Buzsaki G, Cauli B, DeFelipe J, Fairén A, Feldmeyer D, Fishell G, Fregnac Y, Freund TF, Gardner D, Gardner EP, Goldberg JH, Helmstaedter M, Hestrin S, Karube F, Kisvarday ZF, Lambolez B, Lewis DA, Marin O, Markram H, Muñoz A, Packer A, Petersen CCH, Rockland KS, Rossier J, Rudy B, Somogyi P, Staiger JF, Tamas G, Thomson AM, Toledo-Rodriguez M, Wang Y, West DC, Yuste R (2008) Petilla terminology: nomenclature of features of GABAergic interneurons of the cerebral cortex. Nat Rev Neurosci 9:557-566.

^*Agid Y, Buzsáki G, Diamond DM, Frackowiak R, Giedd J, Girault J-A, Grace A, Lambert J, Manji H, Mayberg H, Popoli M, Prochiantz A, Richter-Levin G, Somogyi P, Spedding M, Svenningsson P, Weinberger D (2007) How can drug discovery for psychiatric disorders be improved? Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 6:189-201.

^*Somogyi P & Klausberger T (2005) Defined types of cortical interneuron structure space and spike timing in the hippocampus. J. Physiol. 562:9-26.

^*Somogyi P, Tamas G, Lujan R, Buhl EH (1998) Salient features of synaptic organisation in the cerebral cortex. Brain Res Rev 26:113-135.

Somogyi P, Nusser Z, Roberts JDB, Lujan R (1998) Precision and variability in the placement of pre- and postsynaptic receptors in relation to neurotransmitter release sites. In: Faber DS, Korn H, Redman SJ, Thompson SM, Altman JS (eds) Central Synapses: Quantal Mechanisms and Plasticity. Human Frontier Science Program Workshop IV. pp.82-93.

Paulsen O, Buhl EH, Heggelund P, Somogyi P, Stricker C, Tamas G (1998) The importance of independent estimates of quantal parameters. In: Faber DS, Korn H, Redman SJ, Thompson SM, Altman JS (eds) Central Synapses: Quantal Mechanisms and Plasticity. Human Frontier Science Program Workshop IV. pp. 47-55.

^*Nusser Z, Somogyi P (1997) Compartmentalised distribution of GABAA and glutamate receptors in relation to transmitter release sites on the surface of cerebellar neurones. In: de Zeeuw CI, Strata P, Voogd (eds) Progress in Brain Research, Vol. 114, The Cerebellum: From Structure to Control. Elsevier Science BV, Amsterdam, pp 109-127.

Somogyi P (1994) The order in synaptic circuits of the cerebral cortex: Lessons from the hippocampus. In: Albowitz B, Albus K, Kuhnt U, Nothdurft H-Ch, Wahle P (eds) Structural and Functional Organization of the Neocortex. Proceedings of a Symposium in Memory of Otto D Creutzfeldt. Springer Verlag, Berlin, pp 148-161.

Somogyi P (1993) The GABAergic synapse in neuronal circuits of the brain. Neuroscience Facts 4:5-6.

Somogyi P (1992) Guide to the Anatomy of the Brain: Neuron. In: Squire LR (ed) Encyclopedia of Learning and Memory. Macmillan Publ Comp, New York, pp 219-225.

Somogyi P (1991) Molecular neuroanatomy of synapses, cells and systems in the brain. In: Calas A, Eugene D (eds) Neurocytochemical Methods, NATO ASI Series. Series H: Cell Biology. Springer-Verlag, pp 117-135.

Chalmers J, Badoer E, Morilak D, Drolet G, Minson JB, Llewellyn-Smith IJ, Somogyi P, Kapoor V, Pilowsky P (1991) Afferent inputs to ventrolateral medulla. In: Kunos G, Ciriello J (eds) Central Neural Mechanisms in Cardiovascular Regulation. Birkhauser, pp 3-13. Antal M, Buzsaki G, Czeh G, Gaal G, Gulyas B, Horvath Z, Jakab R, Kabai P, Kiss J, Kocsis B, Komoly S, Kovach J, Lendvay J, Leranth C,

Mezey E, Molnar Z, Seregi A, Soltesz I, Somogyi P, Toth T, Urban L, Vadasz C (1991) The path forward in Hungarian neuroscience. Trends Neurosci 14:185-187.

^*Somogyi P (1990) Synaptic connections of neurones identified by Golgi impregnation: Characterization by immunocytochemical, enzyme histochemical, and degeneration methods. J Electron Micro Tech 15:332-351.

Somogyi P, Freund TF (1989) Immunocytochemistry and synaptic relationships of physiologically characterized, HRP-filled neurons. In:

Heimer L, Zaborszky L (eds) Neuroanatomical Tract-Tracing Methods II: Recent Progress. Plenum Publishing Corporation, pp 239-264. ^*Somogyi P (1989) Synaptic organisation of GABAergic neurons and GABAA receptors in the lateral geniculate nucleus and visual cortex. In: Lam DK-T, Gilbert CD (eds) Neural Mechanisms of Visual Perception. Proc Retina Res Found Symp. Portfolio Publ, pp 35-62. Freund TF, Somogyi P (1989) Synaptic relationships of Golgi impregnated neurons as identified by electrophysiological or immunocytochemical techniques. In: Heimer L, Zaborszky L (eds) Neuroanatomical Tract-Tracing Methods. II: Recent Progress. Plenum Publishing Corporation, pp 201-238.

Gilbert CD, Bourgeois J-P, Eckhorn R, Goldman-Rakic PS, Jones EG, Kruger J, Luhmann HJ, Lund JS, Orban GA, Prince DA, Sillito AM, Somogyi P, Toyama K, van Essen DC (1988) Group Report: Neuronal and synaptic organization in the cortex. In: Rakic P, Singer W (eds.) Neurobiology of Neocortex. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester, pp 219-240.

^*Somogyi P (1988) Immunocytochemical demonstration of GABA in physiologically characterized, HRP-filled neurons and their postsynaptic targets. In: van Leeuwen FW, Buijs RM, Pool CW, Pach O (eds) Molecular Neuroanatomy. Techniques in the Behavioral and Neural Sciences. Elsevier, pp 339-359.

Somogyi P (1987) Synaptic organization and transmitters of intracortical circuits. In: Soc. Neurosci Short Course, Cortical Mechanisms. New Orleans, pp 37-53.

Freund TF, Somogyi P (1987) Immunocytochemical and histochemical characterization of neurons identified by Golgi impregnation. Molecular Neuroanatomy Course Meeting. Netherlands Institute for Brain Research,

^*Somogyi P, Martin KAC (1985) Cortical circuitry underlying inhibitory processes in cat area 17. In: Rose D, Dobson VG (eds) Models of the Visual Cortex. John Wiley & Sons, pp 514-523.

^*Martin KAC, Somogyi P (1985) Local excitatory circuits in area 17 of the cat. In: Rose D, Dobson VG (eds) Models of the Visual Cortex. John Wiley & Sons, pp 504-513.

^*Somogyi P, Cowey A (1984) Double bouquet cells. In: Peters A, Jones EG (eds) Cerebral Cortex. Cellular components of the Cerebral Cortex. Plenum Press, pp 337-360.

Smith AD, Bolam JP, Somogyi P (1981) An approach to the identification of neurotransmitters in characterized synapses of complex neuronal networks: application to the basal ganglia of the rat. In: Stjarne L, Hedquist P, Lagercrantz J (eds) Chemical Neurotransmission. 75 Years. Academic Press, pp 463-480.

Cuello AC, Del Fiacco M, Paxinos G, Somogyi P, Priestley JV (1981) Neuropeptides in striato-nigral pathways. J Neurol Trans 51:83-96.

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