Professor Iván Antonio Izquierdo (1937-2021)

Jaderson Costa Da Costa

doi:10.1590/0004-282x-anp-2021-m001

Abstract

On February 9th, 2021, at the age of 83, Professor Ivan Antonio Izquierdo () passed away after a life dedicated to researching the molecular and physiological mechanisms of memory. Prof. Izquierdo was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on September 16, 1937. He held an undergraduate degree in Medicine from the University of Buenos Aires (1961), institution in which he also completed his doctorate, and a postdoctoral degree obtained in the Brain Research Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles [...]

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Professor of Physiology, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal de São Paulo — UNIFESP (1975); Professor of Biochemistry, UFRGS (1978); Professor of Neurology and Chairman of the Memory Center, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul
Jaderson Costa DA COSTA https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6776-1515 Correspondence: Jaderson Costa da Costa; E-mail: jcc@pucrs.br Conflict of interest: There is no conflict of interest to declare
Izquierdo supervised over a hundred masters and doctors who excel in research, teaching, and academic positions

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Professor of Physiology, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal de São Paulo — UNIFESP (1975); Professor of Biochemistry, UFRGS (1978); Professor of Neurology and Chairman of the Memory Center, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul. Jaderson Costa DA COSTA https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6776-1515 Correspondence: Jaderson Costa da Costa; E-mail: jcc@pucrs.br Conflict of interest: There is no conflict of interest to declare. Received on February 23, 2021; Accepted on February 25, 2021. Izquierdo supervised over a hundred masters and doctors who excel in research, teaching, and academic positions.

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