John E. Casida
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John E. Casida (1929) is an American entomologist and a professor at the University of California, Berkeley.[1]
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[edit] Birth and education
John E. Casida was born in 1929 in the United States. He completed this BS from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1951. He completed his MS in 1951 and PhD in 1954 from the same university.
[edit] Research
John E. Casida is konwn for his research on the mode of action of most major insecticides and their synergists. This research included the discovery that ryanoid and cyclodiene insecticides disrupt the calcium and GABA channels, which has opened up research directed towards identifying new compounds that interact with GABA receptors.
He has synthesized compounds that are more active and less persistent than insecticides currently commonly used in agricultural practice and his contributions has provided a rational basis for the evaluation of the risks and benefits of pesticides and toxicants.
In 1993, he was awarded the Wolf Prize in Agriculture "for his pioneering studies on the mode of action of insecticides, design of safer pesticides and contributions to the understanding of nerve and muscle function in insects".[2]
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- The Wolf Prize in Agriculture in 1993[1]
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