Thomas L Schwarz is an American

neuroscientist A neuroscientist (or neurobiologist) is a scientist who has specialised knowledge in neuroscience, a branch of biology that deals with the physiology, biochemistry, psychology, anatomy and molecular biology of neurons, neural circuits, and glial ...

and

molecular biology Molecular biology is the branch of biology that seeks to understand the molecular basis of biological activity in and between cells, including biomolecular synthesis, modification, mechanisms, and interactions. The study of chemical and physi ...

researcher at Children's Hospital, Boston, and a professor of Neurology and Neurobiology in the Department of Neurobiology at

Harvard Medical School Harvard Medical School (HMS) is the graduate medical school of Harvard University and is located in the Longwood Medical Area of Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1782, HMS is one of the oldest medical schools in the United States and is consi ...

. Thomas Schwarz is best known for discovering and characterizing the ''Drosophila'' protein ''Milton''. This protein has been shown to be crucial to mitochondrial localization to the nerve terminal.

Education

Thomas Schwarz graduated from

Harvard College Harvard College is the undergraduate college of Harvard University, an Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636, Harvard College is the original school of Harvard University, the oldest institution of higher lea ...

, where he was heavily involved with the college's

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radio, before earning a PhD from

. His doctoral advisor was scientist

Edward Kravitz Edward Arthur Kravitz (born December 19, 1932) is the George Packer Berry Professor of Neurobiology at Harvard Medical School. He is widely recognized for demonstrating that gamma-aminobutyric acid ( GABA) functions as a neurotransmitter. In add ...

References

Living people American neuroscientists Harvard Medical School faculty Harvard College alumni Harvard Medical School alumni Year of birth missing (living people) Scientists from New York City American molecular biologists {{US-biologist-stub