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Viviana Gradinaru, the Glossary

Viviana Grădinaru (born 1981) is a Romanian-American neuroscientist who is a Professor of Neuroscience and Biological Engineering at the California Institute of Technology.^[1]

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Ballroom dance

Ballroom dance is a set of European partner dances, which are enjoyed both socially and competitively around the world, mostly because of its performance and entertainment aspects.

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Biological engineering

Biological engineering or bioengineering is the application of principles of biology and the tools of engineering to create usable, tangible, economically viable products.

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Biology

Biology is the scientific study of life.

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Biomedical sciences are a set of sciences applying portions of natural science or formal science, or both, to develop knowledge, interventions, or technology that are of use in healthcare or public health.

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Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists

Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists was established in 2007 through a partnership between the Blavatnik Family Foundation, headed by Leonard Blavatnik (Russian: Леонид Валентинович Блаватник), chairman of Access Industries, and the New York Academy of Sciences, headed by president Nicholas Dirks.

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Blood–brain barrier

The blood–brain barrier (BBB) is a highly selective semipermeable border of endothelial cells that regulates the transfer of solutes and chemicals between the circulatory system and the central nervous system, thus protecting the brain from harmful or unwanted substances in the blood.

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California Institute of Technology

The California Institute of Technology (branded as Caltech) is a private research university in Pasadena, California.

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Cell (journal)

Cell is a peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing research papers across a broad range of disciplines within the life sciences.

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Chief technology officer

A chief technology officer (CTO) (also known as a chief technical officer or chief technologist) is an officer tasked with managing technical operations of an organization.

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CLARITY

CLARITY is a method of making tissue transparent using acrylamide-based hydrogels built from within, and linked to, the tissue, and as defined in the initial paper, represents "transformation of intact biological tissue into a hybrid form in which specific components are replaced with exogenous elements that provide new accessibility or functionality".

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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) is a private, non-profit institution with research programs focusing on cancer, neuroscience, plant biology, genomics, and quantitative biology.

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Deep brain stimulation

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a surgical procedure that implants a neurostimulator and electrodes which sends electrical impulses to specified targets in the brain responsible for movement control.

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Eastern Europe

Eastern Europe is a subregion of the European continent.

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Gene delivery

Gene delivery is the process of introducing foreign genetic material, such as DNA or RNA, into host cells.

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Indiana University

Indiana University (IU) is a system of public universities in the U.S. state of Indiana.

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Karl Deisseroth

Karl Alexander Deisseroth (born November 18, 1971) is an American scientist. Viviana Gradinaru and Karl Deisseroth are Recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.

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Mouse

A mouse (mice) is a small rodent.

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National Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer Award

National Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer Award is a research initiative first announced in 2004 designed to support individual scientists' biomedical research.

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Neurodegenerative disease

A neurodegenerative disease is caused by the progressive loss of neurons, in the process known as neurodegeneration.

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Neuroscience

Neuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system (the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nervous system), its functions and disorders.

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New York Academy of Sciences

The New York Academy of Sciences (originally the Lyceum of Natural History) is a nonprofit professional society that claims to, “Advance scientific research and knowledge, support scientific literacy, and promote science-based solutions to global challenges.” Founded in January 1817 as the Lyceum of Natural History, it is the fourth-oldest scientific society in the United States.

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Optogenetics

Optogenetics is a biological technique to control the activity of neurons or other cell types with light.

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Parkinson's disease

Parkinson's disease (PD), or simply Parkinson's, is a long-term neurodegenerative disease of mainly the central nervous system that affects both the motor and non-motor systems of the body.

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Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers

The Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) is the highest honor bestowed by the United States federal government on outstanding scientists and engineers in the early stages of their independent research careers.

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Principal investigator

In many countries, the term principal investigator (PI) refers to the holder of an independent grant and the lead researcher for the grant project, usually in the sciences, such as a laboratory study or a clinical trial.

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Quickstep

The quickstep is a light-hearted dance of the standard ballroom dances.

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Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeast Europe.

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Romanian Americans

Romanian Americans (Români Americani) are Americans who have Romanian ancestry.

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Science Olympiad

Science Olympiad is an American team competition in which students compete in 23 events pertaining to various fields of science, including earth science, biology, chemistry, physics, and engineering.

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Serotonin

Serotonin or 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) is a monoamine neurotransmitter.

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Stanford University

Stanford University (officially Leland Stanford Junior University) is a private research university in Stanford, California.

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Takeda Pharmaceutical Company

The is a Japanese multinational pharmaceutical company.

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The Pew Charitable Trusts

The Pew Charitable Trusts is an independent non-profit, non-governmental organization (NGO), founded in 1948.

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Tissue (biology)

In biology, tissue is an assembly of similar cells and their extracellular matrix from the same embryonic origin that together carry out a specific function.

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University of Bucharest

The University of Bucharest (UB) (Universitatea din București) is a public research university in Bucharest, Romania.

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Vaslui

Vaslui, a city in eastern Romania, is the seat of Vaslui County, in the historical region of Western Moldavia.

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Vectors in gene therapy

Gene therapy utilizes the delivery of DNA into cells, which can be accomplished by several methods, summarized below.

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Vilcek Foundation

The Vilcek Foundation is an American nonprofit organization.

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World Economic Forum

The World Economic Forum (WEF) is an international non-governmental organization, think tank, and lobbying organisation based in Cologny, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland.

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Zebrafish

The zebrafish (Danio rerio) is a freshwater fish belonging to the minnow family (Cyprinidae) of the order Cypriniformes.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viviana_Gradinaru

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People from Vaslui

Romanian neuroscientists

Romanian women academics

Romanian women neuroscientists

Romanian women scientists

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