Ian R. Gibbons
Ian Read Gibbons, FRS (30 October 1931 – 30 January 2018) was a biophysicist and cell biologist. He discovered and named dynein, and demonstrated energy source as ATP is sufficient for dynein to walk on microtubules. In 2017, he and Ronald Vale received the Shaw Prize for their research on microtubule motor proteins.
Ian Read Gibbons | |
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| Born | 30 October 1931 Rye, East Sussex, England |
| Died | 30 January 2018 (aged 86) Orinda, California, United States |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania King's College, Cambridge |
| Known for | Research in dynein |
| Spouse | Barbara Gibbons (1961 to 2013) |
| Children | 2 |
| Awards | Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine (2017) International Prize for Biology (1995) E.B. Wilson Medal (1994) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biophysics Cell biology |
| Institutions | University of California, Berkeley University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Harvard University |
| Doctoral advisor | John Bradfield |
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Great Britain in 1983. The Society stated:
- He discovered, named and characterised the founding member of the dynein ATPase family of motor proteins and other microtubular components in cilia and flagella. By elegantly combining biochemical techniques with light and electron microscopy, he greatly advanced our understanding of microtubule-based motility, particularly by the direct visual demonstration of active dynein-dependent sliding between adjacent microtubules in structurally weakened flagella.
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