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Authorised form of nameCatterall; William Albert (1946 - 2024); pharmacologist and neurobiologist
Dates1946 - 2024
NationalityBritish
Place of birthProvidence, Rhode Island, USA
Date of birth12/10/1946
Place of deathBoracay, Western Visayas, Philippines, western Pacific Ocean
Date of death28/02/2024
OccupationProfessor
Research fieldCellular neuroscience
Physiology
Molecular biology
Biochemistry
Neurobiology
Pharmacology
ActivityEducation: 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 categoryForeign Member
Date of election15/05/2008
Age at election61
RelationshipsSpouse: Tina Catterall.
Children: Elizabeth and Dounglas Catterall.
PublishedWorksRCN R79835
OtherInfoDistinguished 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.
SourceFellows 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]
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