Medicine University of Calgary. He is also the director of the Hotchkiss Brain Institute, sits on numerous national and international peer review committees, has authored many publications, holds key patents in the neural stem cell field and has founded two biotechnology companies. The second company, Stem Cell Therapeutics, is currently developing his discoveries for the treatment of various CNS disorders, including stroke. Honors and awards 2002: Fondation IPSEN (France) prize in Neuronal Plasticity 2004: Canadian Federation of Biological Societies Presidents’ Award in Life Sciences Research 2008: Gairdner Foundation International Award "for his seminal discovery of adult neural stem cells in the mammalian brain and its importance in nerve cell regeneration" 2009: Elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada 2010: CCNP Innovations in Neuropsychopharmacology Award. Bibliography Reynolds, B.A. and Weiss, S. (1992) “Generation of neurons and astrocytes from isolated cells of the adult mammalian central nervous system” (Science 255, pp 1707–1710) Weiss, S., Reynolds, B. A., Vescovi, A., Morshead, C., Craig, C.G., and van der Kooy, D. (1996) “Is there a stem cell in the mammalian forebrain?” (Trends in Neurosciences 19, pp 387–93) van der Kooy, D. and Weiss, S. (2000) “Why stem cells?” (Science 287, pp 1439–1441) References External links Weiss' page at Calgary Short piece on Weiss (archivated link) 1955 births Living people University of Calgary alumni McGill University Faculty of Science alumni Canadian biochemists Canadian neuroscientists Place of birth missing (living people)