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BayAreaEventPhotography.com Generous mentor: Thomas Südhof's postdoctoral fellows say he urged them to keep working on projects they began in his lab, even if it made them his competitors.
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Agent provocateur: Although he is soft-spoken, Simon Baron-Cohen courts controversy, from his 'extreme male brain' theory of autism to his objections to incorporating Asperger syndrome into the spectrum.
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Careful creativity: Ricardo Dolmetsch (center) is known for doing risky experiments with meticulous care.
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Triple threat: Colleagues say that Wendy Chung combines strengths in teaching, research and patient care with a finely tuned ethical sensibility.
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Model mentor: Matthew State still sees patients at a community health center while juggling multiple roles — as geneticist, teacher and administrator — at Yale University.
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Out for adventure: Language guru Helen Tager-Flusberg, shown here on a recent trip to Costa Rica, loves to travel around the world.
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Family ties: Nelson measures brain waves in young children — including his son, Colin, pictured here in 1986 at 6 months old.
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Lost children: Charles Nelson’s most famous work follows the lives of orphans, like this young girl, at institutions in Romania.
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New explorations: Thomas Bourgeron has pushed his research into areas that he hopes will more directly affect people with autism.
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Safe thrills: In graduate school, Philpot often went rock climbing when he wasn’t in the lab.
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Family guy: Benjamin Philpot, here with his family on Chiloé Island off the coast of Chile, loves seeing the world through his daughters’ naiveté.