Education
University of London.
University of London.
He is known for his work on chemical signals that play a role when nerve cells assemble to form neuronal circuits. He was a co-recipient, with Pasko Rakic and Sten Grillner, of the inaugural Kavli Prize for Neuroscience in 2008. In 2014, he was awarded the Vilcek Prize in Biomedical Science.
Jessell is also a co-editor, with Eric R. Kandel and James Schwartz, of the well-known textbook Principles of Neural Science.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1996.
Royal Society; National Academy of Sciences. American Academy of Arts and Sciences.