Peter McPherson inducted into the Royal Society of Canada
Dr. Peter McPherson, James McGill Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery, and Anatomy and Cell Biology at the Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University has been named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC).
He is one of four new RSC Fellows from McGill University. The others are Professors Nigel Roulet, Constantin Polychronakos and Daniel Wise from the Faculties of Science and Medicine. The induction ceremony will take place Saturday, November 22 at the Fairmont Le Château Frontenac in Quebec City.
Dr. McPherson has made fundamental discoveries underlying the cellular and molecular basis of neurodegenerative diseases. His discoveries of the key proteins operating in clathrin-mediated endocytosis have opened a new research field, the molecular machineries for membrane trafficking. His demonstration that inositol phospholipids function directly in membrane trafficking was revolutionary. He pioneered approaches to quantify protein abundance using mass spectrometry data and discovered a new class of enzymatic regulators in membrane trafficking.
Established in 1882, the RSC is the senior national body of distinguished Canadian scholars, artists and scientists. The RSC consists of nearly 2,000 Fellows selected by their peers for outstanding contributions to the natural and social sciences, arts and humanities. As Canada’s national academy, the RSC not only recognizes academic excellence, but it also advises governments and organizations, and promotes Canadian culture.
McGill Reporter article: http://publications.mcgill.ca/reporter/2014/09/royal-society-of-canada-honours-four-mcgill-researchers-and-scholars/