Jerzy Vetulani
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Vetulani at the TEDx Kraków conference, 2011
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Jerzy Adam Vetulani 21 January 1936 Kraków, Poland |
| Died | 6 April 2017 (aged 81) Kraków, Poland |
| Citizenship | Polish |
| Occupation | neuroscientist pharmacologist biochemist |
| Spouse(s) | Maria née Pająk (m. 1963–2017, his death) |
| Children | Marek Tomasz |
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Adam Vetulani Irena Latinik |
Jerzy Adam Gracjan Vetulani (21 January 1936 – 6 April 2017) was a Polish neuroscientist, pharmacologist and biochemist, professor of natural sciences, member of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Polish Academy of Learning, one of the most frequently cited Polish scientists in the field of biomedicine after 1965.
Professor, Head of the Department of Biochemistry (1976–2006), Deputy Director for Science Affairs (1994–2001) and Vice Chairman of the Scientific Council (2002–2017) of the Institute of Pharmacology of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Kraków, he published more than 200 original research papers. He first gained recognition for an early hypothesis of the mechanism of action of antidepressant drugs, suggesting in 1975, together with Fridolin Sulser, that downregulation of beta-adrenergic receptors is responsible for their effects. In 1983 he received Anna-Monika Prize for research on mechanisms of action of electroconvulsive therapy. Beside depression, his scientific interests included memory, addiction and neurodegeneration. Active also in the field of popularization of science, for more than twenty years he was the editor-in-chief of the magazine Wszechświat (1981–2002); he was also known for his popular lectures, gathering large audiences on various occasions, and since 2010 he ran a blog and social media channels.
He participated in several artistic projects; in his twenties he was an announcer at Piwnica pod Baranami cabaret (1954–1961), and in his seventies became a regular participant of the anthropological talking magazine Gadający Pies (The Talking Dog, 2010–2015). An activist of the democratic opposition in the Polish People's Republic, he was a member of the Solidarity trade union since 1980. He was a candidate for president of Kraków in 2002 elections.
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