John White (biologist)
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John G White co-developed confocal microscopy
and mapped the complete nervous system of C. elegans
, consisting of 302 neurons and over 7000 synapses. The study was published in 1986 by the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London , and is considered to be the first work in the emerging field of connectomics
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White received his Ph.D. from University of Cambridge in 1974 and is currently a Professor of Anatomy and Molecular Biology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison
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Confocal microscopy
Confocal microscopy is an optical imaging technique used to increase optical resolution and contrast of a micrograph by using point illumination and a spatial pinhole to eliminate out-of-focus light in specimens that are thicker than the focal plane. It enables the reconstruction of...
and mapped the complete nervous system of C. elegans
Caenorhabditis elegans
Caenorhabditis elegans is a free-living, transparent nematode , about 1 mm in length, which lives in temperate soil environments. Research into the molecular and developmental biology of C. elegans was begun in 1974 by Sydney Brenner and it has since been used extensively as a model...
, consisting of 302 neurons and over 7000 synapses. The study was published in 1986 by the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London , and is considered to be the first work in the emerging field of connectomics
Connectomics
Connectomics is a high-throughput application of neural imaging and histological techniques in order to increase the speed, efficiency, and resolution of maps of the multitude of neural connections in a nervous system...
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White received his Ph.D. from University of Cambridge in 1974 and is currently a Professor of Anatomy and Molecular Biology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison
University of Wisconsin–Madison
The University of Wisconsin–Madison is a public research university located in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1848, UW–Madison is the flagship campus of the University of Wisconsin System. It became a land-grant institution in 1866...
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