Nigel Unwin
Encyclopedia
Nigel Peter Nigel Tripp Unwin FRS is a British neuroscientist
, Emeritus Scientist, and was Joint Head of Neurobiology Division, Laboratory of Molecular Biology
from 2003 until 2008.
, from 1980 to 1988.
Neuroscientist
A neuroscientist is an individual who studies the scientific field of neuroscience or any of its related sub-fields...
, Emeritus Scientist, and was Joint Head of Neurobiology Division, Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Laboratory of Molecular Biology
The Laboratory of Molecular Biology is a research institute in Cambridge, England, which was at the forefront of the revolution in molecular biology which occurred in the 1950–60s, since then it remains a major medical research laboratory with a much broader focus.-Early beginnings: 1947-61:Max...
from 2003 until 2008.
Life
He earned his Ph.D. from Cambridge University. He was a scientist at the Laboratory of Molecular Biology, from 1968 to 1980. He was Professor of Cell Biology at Stanford UniversityStanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
, from 1980 to 1988.
Works
- O'Brien J, Unwin N (2006), "Organization of spines on the dendrites of Purkinje cells" Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103:1575-1580
- Unwin N (2005), "Refined structure of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor at 4Å resolution", Journal of Molecular Biology 346:967-989
- Miyazawa A, Fujiyoshi Y, Unwin N (2003), "Structure and gating mechanism of the acetylcholine receptor pore" Nature 423:949-955