Annu Rev Pharmacol Toxicol. 2017 Jan 06;57:1-11. doi: 10.1146/annurev-pharmtox-010716-104511. Epub 2016 Jul 22.
Annual review of pharmacology and toxicology
Solomon H Snyder
PMID: 27483340 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-pharmtox-010716-104511
Development of scientific creativity is often tied closely to mentorship. In my case, two years with Julius Axelrod, the sum total of my research training, was transformative. My mentoring generations of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows has been as nurturing for me as it has been for them. Work in our lab over fifty years has covered the breadth of neurotransmitters and related substances, focusing on the discovery and characterization of novel messenger molecules. I can't conceptualize a more rewarding professional life.
Keywords: Axelrod; autobiography; dopamine; enkephalin; nitric oxide; opiate receptor