| Authorised form of name | Catterall; William Albert (1946 - 2024); pharmacologist and neurobiologist |
| Dates | 1946 - 2024 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Providence, Rhode Island, USA |
| Date of birth | 12/10/1946 |
| Place of death | Boracay, Western Visayas, Philippines, western Pacific Ocean |
| Date of death | 28/02/2024 |
| Occupation | Professor |
| Research field | Cellular neuroscience |
| Physiology |
| Molecular biology |
| Biochemistry |
| Neurobiology |
| Pharmacology |
| Activity | Education: Brown University (BA), John Hopkins University (Ph.D)
Career:
Undertook posdoctoral training in neurobiology and molecular pharmacology as a Muscular Dystrophy Association Fellow with Marshall Nirenberg (1972-1974); Associate professor of pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Washington (1977); earned full professorship (1981); served as chair of the University of Washington's pharmacology department (1984-2016); published widely and trained many scientists at his lab; died suddenly of cardiac arrest whilst snorkeling, whislt attending the Sixth International Calcium Channel Conference.
Awards/Medals:
Bristol-Myers Squibb Award for Distinguished Achievement in Neuroscience Research 2003
Canada International Gairdner Award 2010
Memberships:
American Association for the Advancement of Science 2010 |
| Membership category | Foreign Member |
| Date of election | 15/05/2008 |
| Age at election | 61 |
| Relationships | Spouse: Tina Catterall.
Children: Elizabeth and Dounglas Catterall. |
| PublishedWorks | RCN R79835 |
| OtherInfo | Distinguished for his work on voltage-gated ion channels, which are essential for electrical signalling in the brain and body.
Discovered the proteins that make up the sodium and calcium channels and shaped our understanding of their atomic-level structure and its relevance to medicine.
Determined how toxins and common medicines interact with sodium channels to block ion transport.
Used his expertise to identify potential solutions for diseases that are caused by channel dysfunction. |
| Source | Fellows Directory Professor William Catterall ForMemRS, on The Royal Society website [URL: https://royalsociety.org/people/william-catterall-11201/; last accessed: 04/12/2024]
Obituary, William Albert Catterall (1946–2024), Nature Neuroscience volume 27, pages1035–1036 (2024), on the Nature Neuroscience website [URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-024-01641-3; last accessed: 04/12/2024]
Hell, Johannes W; Herlitze, Stefan; Isom, Lori; Lee, Amy; and Yarov-Yarovoy, Vladimir, Obituary, William Albert Catterall (1946-2024), Nature articles [URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-024-01641-3.pdf; last accessed: 04/12/2024] |
| Code | NA9588 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/007334 | Catterall, William Albert | 2008 |