In memoriam: Dr. Arnold Scheibel helped shape UCLA's neuroscience community

Arnold “Arne” Scheibel, a renowned neuroanatomist whose passion for teaching and for understanding the workings of the human brain inspired generations of students and helped shape the neuroscience community at UCLA, died Monday, April 3, in Oakland, California. He was 94.Scheibel, an emeritus distinguished professor of neurobiology and psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences, taught medical students, graduate students and undergraduates about the structure of the brain as a member of UCLA's Department of Neurobiology. “He was passionate about the nervous system, and he spent his life uncovering its mysteries and explaining them to thousands of students,” said Paul Micevych, professor and department chair of neurobiology. “If there was something Arne loved more than the structure and the function of the brai n, it was teaching. He was a master at mesmerizing students both with the facts about the structure of the brain, but [also] with his ability to make it live in the students’ imagination.”  Scheibel led theUCLA Brain Research Institute (BRI) from 1987 to 1995 as acting director and later as its director. Under his leadership, working groups of scientists from across the campus were organized, a move that underscored  a culture of multidisciplinary collaboration that helped the institute become well-known for its multidisciplinary and team-based neuroscience.These affinity groups, which met regularly to discuss cross-cutting topics, led to the development of...
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