Ian Anthony Meinertzhagen (born 1944, in Kent, United Kingdom) is a Canadian neurobiologist, a University Research Professor at Dalhousie University, in Halifax, Nova Scotia and Senior Fellow at the Janelia Research Campus of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Ashburn, Virginia.[1][2][3] He is a graduate of the Universities of Aberdeen (BSc) and St. Andrews (PhD, DSc) and undertook postdoctoral work at the Australian National University and Harvard University. His research has pioneered studies on simple nervous systems of invertebrate species, especially the Drosophila visual system and the diminutive chordate nervous system of the ascidian tadpole larva,.[4]

Publications

His most cited publications are:

  • R.Steven Stowers, Laura J. Megeath, Jolanta Górska-Andrzejak, Ian A. Meinertzhagen, Thomas L. Schwarz "Axonal Transport of Mitochondria to Synapses Depends on Milton, a Novel Drosophila Protein" Nature Volume 36, Issue 6, p1063–1077, 19 December 2002. According to Google Scholar, this article has been cited 381 times.[5]
  • Wenbo Xu* M. H. Jericho, I. A. Meinertzhagen, and H. J. Kreuzer "Digital in-line holography for biological applications" PNAS vol. 98 no. 20 11301–11305 doi: 10.1073/pnas.191361398 According to Google Scholar, this article has been cited 351 times.[5]

Awards

2002-3 Guggenheim Fellow[6][7]

2007-9 Killam Research Fellow of the Canada Council[8][9]

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 September 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ↑ "University Research Professorships". Dalhousie University. Archived from the original on 20 September 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "Senior Fellows". Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "The Draft Genome of Ciona intestinalis: Insights into Chordate and Vertebrate Origins" Science 298, 2157 (2002); DOI: 10.1126/science.1080049
  5. 1 2 "Google Scholar".
  6. ↑ "Ian A. Meinertzhagen". Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  7. ↑ "All Fellows". Archived from the original on 29 September 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  8. ↑ "About the Killam Program". Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  9. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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