Editing Gerald Edelman (section)

==Career==
After a year at the Johnson Foundation for Medical Physics, Edelman became a [[residency (medicine)|resident]] at the [[Massachusetts General Hospital]]; he then practiced medicine in France while serving with [[Army Medical Department (United States)|US Army Medical Corps]].<ref name="Nobel Bio" /> In 1957, Edelman joined the [[Rockefeller University|Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research]] as a graduate fellow, working in the laboratory of Henry Kunkel and receiving a [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] in 1960.<ref name="Nobel Bio" /> The institute made him the assistant (later associate) dean of graduate studies; he became a professor at the school in 1966.<ref name="Nobel Bio" /> In 1992, he moved to [[California]] and became a professor of [[neurobiology]] at [[The Scripps Research Institute]].<ref name="Edelman CV">{{cite web |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1972/edelman-cv.pdf |title=Gerald M. Edelman: Curriculum Vitae |access-date=September 27, 2007}}</ref>

After his Nobel prize award, Edelman began research into the regulation of primary [[cellular process]]es, particularly the control of cell growth and the development of [[multi-celled organism]]s, focusing on cell-to-cell interactions in early [[embryonic development]] and in the formation and function of the nervous system. These studies led to the discovery of [[cell adhesion molecules]] (CAMs), which guide the fundamental processes that help an animal achieve its shape and form, and by which nervous systems are built. One of the most significant discoveries made in this research is that the precursor [[gene]] for the neural cell adhesion molecule gave rise in evolution to the entire molecular system of [[adaptive immunity]].<ref>[http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1972/edelman-bio.html Nobelprize.org - Gerald M. Edelman biography]</ref>

For his efforts, Edelman was an elected member of both the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] (1968) and the [[American Philosophical Society]] (1977).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gerald Maurice Edelman |url=https://www.amacad.org/person/gerald-maurice-edelman |access-date=2022-07-18 |website=American Academy of Arts & Sciences |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=APS Member History |url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=Gerald+Edelman&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced |access-date=2022-07-18 |website=search.amphilsoc.org}}</ref>