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With sadness, the �ֲ���ý shares news of the passing of Eduardo Macagno on September 25, 2023. He was a member of the �ֲ���ý Society since 1979. The �ֲ���ý flag will be lowered in his memory. 

A dean and professor at University of California-San Diego and, previously, at Columbia University, Dr. Macagno was a longtime faculty member in the �ֲ���ý’s Neural Systems and Behavior course (1979-80, 85-93; course co-director 1981-84) and Cellular Neurobiology in the Leech course (1984-86, 89, 91, 93, 97 and 2000).

Dr. Macagno was a physicist-turned-neurobiologist whose research focused on the development of the nervous system and the intricate interplay of the neurons that form it, first using the water flea Daphnia magna and then the medicinal leech, Hirudo medicinalis.

He met his future wife, Laura Wolszon, Ph.D., who survives him, at the �ֲ���ý in 1988. He was an alumnus of the �ֲ���ý Neurobiology course (1970) and, along with the faculty service listed above, he also taught in the �ֲ���ý Embryology course (1978) and Neurobiology course (1995). He further served the �ֲ���ý on internal committees, including the Fellowship Committee and Research Space Committee.

An obituary shared by Columbia University