Officer of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: May 6, 2010
• Invested on: May 27, 2011

Claudio Cuello is one of our country's leading neuroscientists. His research focuses on the degenerative and regenerative processes in the central nervous system as they relate to aging and Alzheimer's disease. Also, he made pioneering contributions to the development of hybridoma technology-the production of cloned, antibody-producing cells-and the launching in Canada of biotechnological enterprises based on such technologies. Former chair of McGill's Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, and now professor and Charles E. Frosst/Merck Chair in Pharmacology, he has helped the department evolve into one of the most productive of its kind in North America.