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Cajal

British  
/ kaˈxal /

noun

  1. Santiago Ramon y. 1852–1934, Spanish histologist, a pioneer of modern neurophysiology: shared the Nobel prize for medicine 1906.

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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That has been the practice since the pioneering work of Spanish neuroscientist Santiago Ramón y Cajal more than a century ago.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

This organization gives rise to unique pH profiles within nucleoli, which they measured and compared with the pH of nearby non-nucleolar condensates including nuclear speckles and Cajal bodies.

From Science Daily Mar. 18, 2024

“We want to lose this lack of trust that exists between vulnerable communities and the doctors,” said Ignacio Muñoz-Sanjuan, the founder of Factor H and the chief executive of Cajal Neurocience, a Seattle-based drug-discovery company.

From New York Times May 23, 2023

Even the color palette is an ode to Cajal, inspired by the color schemes in some of his artistic works, Hunter says.

From Scientific American Aug. 26, 2022

Dr. Ramon y Cajal, professor of histology at Madrid, and Dr. C. J. Kapteyn, professor of astronomy at Groningen, have been appointed foreign knights of this order.

From Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 by Anonymous

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