Institute of Pharmacology of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Spouse(s)
Maria née Pająk (m. 1963–2017, his death)
Children
Marek Tomasz
Parent(s)
Adam Vetulani Irena Latinik
Jerzy Adam Gracjan Vetulani (Polish pronunciation:[ˈjɛ.ʐɨa.damɡrat͡s.jan]; 21 January 1936 – 6 April 2017) was a Polish neuroscientist, pharmacologist and biochemist, professor of natural sciences, member of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Polish Academy of Learning, one of the most frequently cited Polish scientists in the field of biomedicine after 1965.[1]
Associated with the Institute of Pharmacology of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Kraków, at which he was a professor, head of the Department of Biochemistry (1976–2006), deputy director for Science Affairs (1994–2002) and vice chairman of the Scientific Council (2003–2017),[2] he published more than 240 original research papers. He first gained recognition for an early hypothesis of the mechanism of action of antidepressant drugs, suggesting in 1975 together with Fridolin Sulser that downregulation of beta-adrenergic receptors is responsible for their effects.[3][4] At the time, Vetulani was a Research Associate Professor at the Vanderbilt University (1973–1975). In 1983, he received Anna-Monika Prize for research on the mechanisms of the electroconvulsive therapy.[5] Beside depression, his scientific interests included memory, addiction and neurodegeneration.
He was active in the field of popular science and became a recognizable science communicator in Poland. He headed the popular science magazine Wszechświat as its editor-in-chief (1981–2002), and was known for his popular lectures that gathered large audiences on various occasions. Since 2010 he ran a blog and social media channels, and authored several popular science books, some of which became bestsellers.
In the Polish People's Republic, he was active in the democratic opposition and became a member of the Solidarity in 1980. In 2002 he unsuccessfully ran for the presidency of Kraków. Throughout his life, he engaged in several cultural and social initiatives. In his twenties, he was an announcer at Piwnica pod Baranami cabaret (1954–1961), and in his seventies he became a performer in the live magazine Gadający Pies (The Talking Dog, 2010–2015).
He publicly argued for the legalization of marijuana and wide depenalization of drugs for adult users, severely criticizing repressive drug policy of Poland and other countries. He was an atheist.
An honorary fellow of Indian Academy of Neurosciences and Oxford Neurological Society, honorary doctor of the Medical University of Silesia and the Medical University of Łódź, he received numerous awards and state distinctions, including the Knight's Cross of Polonia Restituta.
^Pilc, Andrzej. "Najczęściej cytowani naukowcy oraz prace naukowe w Polsce, raport za lata 1965 – 2001 na podstawie bazy "Science Citation Index" dotyczącej wszystkich światowych publikacji" (in Polish). biotechnologia.pl. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
^"Jerzy Vetulani" (in Polish). Polska Akademia Nauk. Archived from the original on 24 August 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
^Sulser F., Vetulani J.: Action of various antidepressant treatments reduces reactivity of noradrenergic cyclic AMP generating system in limbic forebrain, "Nature", 257, 1975.
^Healy, David (1997). The Antidepressant Era. Harvard University Press. p. 162. ISBN 0-674-03958-0.
^"1982 / 1983 – 2nd Prize (Vetulani)". Anna Monika Stiftung. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
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