SHUTTERSTOCK, IDESIGN
Neuroscientist William “Bill” Luttge recognized that the brain was a complex organ, and to understand it would take significant collaboration among scientists in diverse fields of research. With that in mind, he brought together the disparate University of Florida research groups studying the brain into the $60 million Evelyn F. and William L. McKnight Brain Institute, where researchers in neuroscience, neurology, psychiatry, cognitive science, and related areas have been working together since its founding in 1998.
Luttge, 67, passed away last Saturday (March 24) at a UF medical center, after being diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a cancer of the bone marrow, in January. The Institute continues to contribute to science’s understanding of the most enigmatic organ in the human body.
“Bill Luttge was always private ...
