| 1 | Name: | Dr. Solomon H. Snyder | |
| Institution: | Johns Hopkins University | ||
| Year Elected: | 1992 | ||
| Class: | 2. Biological Sciences | ||
| Subdivision: | 208. Plant Sciences | ||
| Residency: | Resident | ||
| Living? : | Living | ||
| Birth Date: | 1938 | ||
Solomon H. Snyder received his undergraduate and medical training at Georgetown University and his psychiatric training at The Johns Hopkins University (JHU). In 1966, he joined the staff of the Department of Pharmacology at JHU's School of Medicine. Presently he is Distinguished Service Professor of Neuroscience, Psychiatry, and Pharmacology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Many advances in molecular neuroscience have stemmed from Dr. Snyder's identification of receptors for neurotransmitters and drugs and elucidation of the actions of psychotropic agents. He pioneered the labeling of receptors by reversible ligand binding in the identification of opiate receptors and extended this technique for all the major neurotransmitter receptors in the brain. In characterizing each new group of receptors, he also elucidated actions of major neuroactive drugs. The isolation and subsequent cloning of receptor proteins stems from the ability to label, and thus monitor, receptors by these ligand binding techniques. The application of Dr. Snyder's techniques has enhanced the development of new agents in the pharmaceutical industry by enabling rapid screening of large numbers of candidate drugs. Dr. Snyder is the recipient of numerous professional honors including the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Biomedical Research (1978), the Wolf Foundation Prize in Medicine (1983), the Franklin Institute's Bower Award (1991), the Albany Prize in Medicine (2007), and the National Medal of Science (2004). He is the author of more than 900 journal articles and several books including Uses of Marijuana (1971), Madness and the Brain (1974), The Troubled Mind (1976), Biological Aspects of Abnormal Behavior (1980), Drugs and the Brain (1986) and Brainstorming (1989). Dr. Snyder was elected to membership in the American Philosophical Society in 1992. | |||