Helena Moussatché

"It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge." - Albert Einstein

Helena Moussatché | Interior design professor

Awards, recognition and honors

Teacher of the Year, College of Design, Construction and Planning, University of Florida; Literati Club/Emerald (UK) Awards for Excellence; Outstanding Paper "Flooring Materials: Life Cycle Costing for Educational Facilities"; Regional Chair Award; Best Paper at 2001 IDEC International Conference: "Assessing the Service Life Cycle Costs of Interior Materials Through Collaboration;" Inductee to International Design Educators Council Academy of ReviewersEnrico Sereni: research on the nervous system of cephalopods.
This essay focuses on a paradigmatic moment in neurobiological studies of invertebrates: the research on the nervous system of cephalopods carried out by Enrico Sereni at the Naples Zoological Station between 1925 and 1931. Although he remained unknown on the historiographic scenario, probably due to his early death, he contributed to Italian science of the first half of the twentieth century. In my paper particular attention will be given to Sereni's study on the pigmentary-effector, neurohumoral, and peripheral nervous systems, since they also accounted for the historical foundation of the experimental vein that, through the years, would lead John Zachary Young, Sereni's follower, to the most well-known discovery of the giant nerve fibers.