北京大学医学部科研处

北京大学神经科学研究所

                                           2007年4月27日

                                  
   
     

      
                                          Brief  introduction to Prof.　A.J. Kastin ：                                  
   
     
                                  
   
     

      
                                                                             
   
     
                                  
   
     

      
                                          Abba J. Kastin was born in Ohio and educated at Harvard College and Medical School. After starting his work on neuropeptides at NIH, he went to Louisiana where he now holds an endowed chair at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center. Dr Kastin has been made an honorary member of 7 foreign medical societies, has received 2 honorary doctorates (1 American and 1 foreign), and has won several national and international awards. Author of more than 800 papers, he has been listed among the 100 researchers most cited (25,000) in the scientific literature. He is president of The International Neuropeptide Society and has been editor-in-chief of the international journal Peptides for its entire 25+ years