{"id":28900,"date":"2022-02-14T10:33:46","date_gmt":"2022-02-14T09:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/protocolo.umh.es\/?p=28900"},"modified":"2026-02-13T11:32:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T10:32:26","slug":"torsten-nils-wiesel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/protocolo.umh.es\/ca\/2022\/02\/14\/torsten-nils-wiesel\/","title":{"rendered":"Torsten Nils Wiesel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8221;Solemne Acte d&#8217;Obertura del Curs Acad\u00e8mic 1998-99 i investidura com a Doctors Honoris causa de David H. Hubel, Torsten N. Wiesel i Jaime Carvajal i Urquijo&#8221; celebrat el 3 d&#8217;octubre de 1998 en el Gran Teatre d&#8217;Elx.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 14%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-28900 gallery-columns-7 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/protocolo.umh.es\/ca\/2021\/04\/08\/solemne-acto-de-apertura-del-curso-academico-1998-99\/torsten-n-wiesel-25\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/protocolo.umh.es\/files\/2022\/04\/Torsten-N.-Wiesel-25-150x150.jpg\" 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width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/protocolo.umh.es\/files\/2022\/04\/CEREMONIAL-apertura-1998-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/protocolo.umh.es\/ca\/2021\/04\/08\/solemne-acto-de-apertura-del-curso-academico-1998-99\/jose-maria-gomez-gras\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/protocolo.umh.es\/files\/2022\/04\/Jose-Maria-Gomez-Gras-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><strong>Biograf\u00eda\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umh.es\/img\/honoris-causa\/torsten-wiessel.jpg\" alt=\"Excmo. Sr D. Torsten N. Wiesel\" width=\"167\" height=\"259\" \/> \u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/wikiimg.tojsiabtv.com\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/9\/90\/Nobel_Laureate_Torsten_Wiesel_in_2011_Photo_by_Markus_Marcetic_for_Young_Academy_of_Sweden_(cropped).jpg\/440px-Nobel_Laureate_Torsten_Wiesel_in_2011_Photo_by_Markus_Marcetic_for_Young_Academy_of_Sweden_(cropped).jpg\" alt=\"El premio Nobel Torsten Wiesel en 2011 Foto de Markus Marcetic para la Academia Joven de Suecia (recortada) .jpg\" width=\"212\" height=\"259\" \/><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Nils Wiesel (Upsala, Su\u00e8cia, 3 de juny de 1924) \u00e9s un neurobi\u00f3logo suec guanyador del Premi\u00a0 Nobel de Medicina en 1981.<\/p>\n<p>Wiesel va estudiar medicina en l&#8217;Institut\u00a0 Karolinska d&#8217;Estocolm,\u00a0 graduant-se en 1954. Va iniciar la seua carrera docent en eixe mateix institut, per a posteriorment traslladar-se als Estats Units on va impartir c\u00e0tedres de Fisiologia a l&#8217;Escola de Medicina de la Universitat Harvard i la Universitat Johns Hopkins. En 1983 es trasllada a la Universitat Rockefeller de Nova York sent president d&#8217;esta universitat des de 1992.<\/p>\n<p>Wiesel va ser distingit amb el Premi Nobel de Fisiologia i Medicina en 1981 per les seues aportacions en l&#8217;estudi de l&#8217;\u00e0rea visual de l&#8217;escor\u00e7a cerebral. Va compartir este honor amb el canadenc David Hubter *Hubel i l&#8217;estatunidenc Roger Wolcott Sperry.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"section-heading collapsible-heading\">Carrera professiona<\/h2>\n<p class=\"section-heading collapsible-heading\">Wiesel era el menor de cinc germans. En 1947, va comen\u00e7ar la seua carrera cient\u00edfica en el laboratori de Carl Gustaf Bernhard en l&#8217;Institut\u00a0 Karolinska , on va rebre el seu t\u00edtol de metge en 1954. Despr\u00e9s va passar a ensenyar en el departament de fisiologia de l&#8217;Institut i va treballar en la unitat de psiquiatria infantil del Karolinska. Hospital. En 1955 es va mudar als Estats Units per a treballar a l&#8217;Escola de Medicina Johns Hopkins amb Stephen Kuffler . Wiesel va comen\u00e7ar una beca en oftalmologia i en 1958 es va convertir en professor assistent. Eixe mateix any va con\u00e9ixer a David Hubel , iniciant una col\u00b7laboraci\u00f3 que duraria m\u00e9s de vint anys. En 1959, Wiesel i Hubel es van traslladar a la Universitat d&#8217;Harvard . Es va convertir en instructor de farmacologia a l&#8217;Escola de Medicina d&#8217;Harvard, comen\u00e7ant una carrera de 24 anys en la universitat. Es va convertir en professor en el nou departament de neurobiologia en 1968 i el seu president en 1971.En 1983, Wiesel es va unir a la facultat de la Universitat Rockefeller com a professor Vincent i Brooke *Astor i director del Laboratori de Neurobiologia. Va ser president de la universitat de 1991 a 1998. En la Universitat Rockefeller continua sent el director del Shelby White and Leon Levy Center for Mind, Brain and Behavior.de 2000 a 2009, Wiesel va ocupar el c\u00e0rrec de Secretari General del Human Frontier Science Program, una organitzaci\u00f3 amb seu a Estrasburg, Fran\u00e7a, que dona suport a la col\u00b7laboraci\u00f3 internacional i interdisciplin\u00e0ria entre investigadors de les ci\u00e8ncies de la vida. Wiesel tamb\u00e9 ha presidit la junta assessora cient\u00edfica de l&#8217;Institut Nacional de Ci\u00e8ncies Biol\u00f2giques de la Xina (NIBS) [16] a Pequ\u00edn, i copreside la junta de governadors de l&#8217;Institut\u00a0 de Ci\u00e8ncia i Tecnologia de Okinawa (OIST). Tamb\u00e9 \u00e9s membre de les juntes directives del Pew\u00a0 Center on Global Climate Change , l&#8217;Hospital\u00a0 for Special Surgery i membre de la junta assessora del European Brain Research Institute (EBRI).Wiesel tamb\u00e9 s&#8217;ha exercit com a president de la junta del Centre\u00a0 d&#8217;Investigaci\u00f3 de la SIDA Aaron Diamond (1995-2001), president de la Societat de Neuroci\u00e8ncies (1978-1979) i de l&#8217;Organitzaci\u00f3 Internacional d&#8217;Investigaci\u00f3 del Cervell (1998-2004). Va ser president de la junta de governadors de l&#8217;Acad\u00e8mia de Ci\u00e8ncies de Nova York (2001-2006); i va ser president i director inter\u00ed de l&#8217;acad\u00e8mia en 2001-2002.\u00a0 Wiesel forma part del Consell del President de la Universitat del Poble i \u00e9s membre del Consell Assessor de Salut.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"section-heading collapsible-heading\">Investigacions<\/h2>\n<p class=\"section-heading collapsible-heading\">Els experiments de Hubel i Wiesel van ampliar enormement el coneixement cient\u00edfic del processament sensorial. En un experiment, realitzat en 1959, van inserir un microel\u00e8ctrode en l&#8217;escor\u00e7a visual prim\u00e0ria d&#8217;un gat anestesiat. Despr\u00e9s van projectar patrons de llum i foscor en una pantalla enfront del gat. Van descobrir que algunes neurones es disparaven r\u00e0pidament quan es presentaven amb l\u00ednies en un angle, mentres que unes altres responien millor a un altre angle. Van cridar a estes neurones &#8221; c\u00e8l\u00b7lules simples &#8220;. Altres neurones, a les quals van denominar &#8221; c\u00e8l\u00b7lules complexes &#8221; , van respondre millor a les l\u00ednies d&#8217;un cert angle que es movien en una direcci\u00f3. Estos estudis van mostrar com el sistema visual constru\u00efx una imatge a partir d&#8217;est\u00edmuls simples en representacions m\u00e9s complexes. Hubel i Wiesel van ser guardonats amb el Premi Nobel en 1981 pel seu treball en columnes de domin\u00e0ncia ocular en les d\u00e8cades de 1960 i 1970. En privar als gatets d&#8217;usar un ull, van mostrar que les columnes en l&#8217;escor\u00e7a visual prim\u00e0ria que reben entrades de l&#8217;altre ull s&#8217;apoderen de les \u00e0rees que normalment rebrien informaci\u00f3 de l&#8217;ull privat. Estos gatets tampoc van desenrotllar \u00e0rees que reberen informaci\u00f3 dels dos ulls, una caracter\u00edstica necess\u00e0ria per a la visi\u00f3 binocular . Els experiments de Hubel i Wiesel van demostrar que el domini ocular es desenrotlla irreversiblement \u00a0d&#8217;hora en el desenrotllament infantil. Estos estudis van obrir la porta per a la comprensi\u00f3 i el tractament de les cataractes i l&#8217;estrabisme infantils . Tamb\u00e9 van ser importants en l&#8217;estudi de la plasticitat cortical .<\/p>\n<h2>Premis i honors<\/h2>\n<p>Wiesel \u00e9s membre de la Reial Acad\u00e8mia Sueca de Ci\u00e8ncies , l&#8217;Acad\u00e8mia S\u00e8rbia de Ci\u00e8ncies i Arts , \u00a0i membre estranger de l&#8217;Acad\u00e8mia Nacional de Ci\u00e8ncies de l&#8217;\u00cdndia. \u00a0Tamb\u00e9 t\u00e9 els seg\u00fcents premis i honors:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>T\u00edtol honorari de la Universitat de Pav\u00eda en 2006.<\/li>\n<li>Orde del Sol Naixent, Gran Cord\u00f3 , 2009 (el Jap\u00f3).<\/li>\n<li>Doctorat honorari en ci\u00e8ncies, Universitat de Cambodja en 2010<\/li>\n<li>Premi Nobel de Fisiologia o Medicina en 1981<\/li>\n<li>Premi Louisa Gross Horwitz de la Universitat de Columbia , en 1978<\/li>\n<li>Premi Dr. Jules C. Stein en 1971<\/li>\n<li>Medalla Ferrier i confer\u00e8ncia de la Royal Society en 1971<\/li>\n<li>Premi Lewis S. Rosenstiel \u00a0en 1972<\/li>\n<li>Premi Freidenwald en 1975<\/li>\n<li>Premi Karl Spencer Lashley \u00a0en 1977<\/li>\n<li>Premi Ledlie en 1980<\/li>\n<li>Triat membre estranger de la Royal Society (*ForMemRS) en 1982<\/li>\n<li>Premi WH Helmerich III \u00a0en 1989<\/li>\n<li>Premi Ralph W. Gerard de Neuroci\u00e8ncia en 1993<\/li>\n<li>Premi Helen Keller d&#8217;Investigaci\u00f3 de la Visi\u00f3 en 1996<\/li>\n<li>Premi Presidencial en 1998<\/li>\n<li>Medalla David Rall \u00a0en 2005<\/li>\n<li>Medalla Nacional de Ci\u00e8ncies en 2005 (els EUA).<\/li>\n<li>Marshall M. Parks MD Medalla d&#8217;Excel\u00b7l\u00e8ncia en 2007<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>En 2001, Wiesel va ser nominada per a un lloc en un panell assessor dels Instituts Nacionals de Salut per a assessorar sobre l&#8217;assist\u00e8ncia a la investigaci\u00f3 als pa\u00efsos en desenrotllament. El republic\u00e0 Tommy Thompson , qui en eixe moment era secretari de Salut i Servicis Humans, va rebutjar a Wiesel. A m\u00e9s de Wiesel, l&#8217;oficina de Thompson va rebutjar altres 18 nominacions (de 26) ja canvi va recomanar a altres cient\u00edfics que el denunciant Gerald Keusch va descriure en una entrevista com a &#8220;pesos lleugers&#8221; sense &#8220;credibilitat cient\u00edfica&#8221;. Quan el nom de *Wiesel va ser rebutjat, un funcionari de l&#8217;oficina de Thompson li va dir a Keusch que Wiesel havia &#8220;firmat massa cartes de p\u00e0gina completa en The New York Times cr\u00edtiques amb el president Bush&#8221;. Este incident va ser citat pel grup de defensa Union of Concerned *Scientists com a part d&#8217;un informe que detalla les seues acusacions d&#8217;ab\u00fas de la ci\u00e8ncia sota l&#8217;administraci\u00f3 del president George W. Bush .<\/p>\n<p>Wiesel va ser un dels huit guanyadors de la Medalla Nacional de Ci\u00e8ncies en 2005 .En 2006, va ser guardonat amb la medalla d&#8217;or I Cajal Ram\u00f3n del Consell d&#8217;Investigaci\u00f3 Nacional espanyol (CSIC &#8211; Consell Superior d&#8217;Investigacions Cient\u00edfiques ). En 2007, tant Wiesel com Hubel van rebre la Medalla Marshall M. Parks, MD de The Children&#8217;s Eye Foundation.<\/p>\n<h2>Vida personal<\/h2>\n<p>Wiesel est\u00e0 casat amb Lizette Mususa Reyes (m. 2008).\u00a0 Wiesel va estar casada amb Teeri Stenhammar de 1956 a 1970, Ann Yee de 1973 a 1981, i l&#8217;autor i editor Jean *Stein de 1995 a 2007. \u00a0La seua filla Sara Elisabeth va n\u00e0ixer en 1975.<\/p>\n<h3>Drets humans<\/h3>\n<p>Wiesel ha treballat molt com a defensor dels drets humans a nivell mundial. Es va exercir durant 10 anys (1994-2004) com a president del Comit\u00e9 de Drets Humans de les Acad\u00e8mies Nacionals de Ci\u00e8ncies dels Estats Units, aix\u00ed com de la Xarxa Internacional d&#8217;Acad\u00e8mies i Societats Acad\u00e8miques de Drets Humans. \u00a0Va ser guardonat amb la medalla David Rall de l&#8217;Institut de Medicina en 2005, en reconeixement a este important treball. En 2009, Wiesel va rebre la Medalla del Gran Cord\u00f3 del Sol Naixent al Jap\u00f3.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c9s membre fundador de l&#8217;Organitzaci\u00f3 Cient\u00edfica Israeliana-Palestina, una organitzaci\u00f3 no governamental sense fins de lucre establida en 2004 per a donar suport a la investigaci\u00f3 col\u00b7laborativa entre cient\u00edfics d&#8217;Israel i Palestina.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8221;Solemne Acte d&#8217;Obertura del Curs Acad\u00e8mic 1998-99 i investidura com a Doctors Honoris causa de David H. Hubel, Torsten N. 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