William Albert Catterall (October 12, 1946 – February 28, 2024) was an American pharmacologist and neurobiologist, who researched ion channels. He was a professor of pharmacology at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle, Washington and is known for his work on sodium and calcium voltage-gated ion channels.[1]
William A. Catterall | |
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| Born | October 12, 1946 Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. |
| Died | February 28, 2024 (aged 77) |
| Alma mater | Brown University (BA), Johns Hopkins University (PhD) |
| Known for | Voltage-gated ion channels |
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| Institutions | University of Washington School of Medicine |
| Thesis | Structural and catalytic properties of mitochondrial ATPase (1972) |
| Website | pharmacology |
Life and career
editCatterall received his B.A. in chemistry from Brown University in 1968 and his Ph.D. in physiological chemistry from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1972. He did his postdoctoral training in neurobiology and molecular pharmacology as a Muscular Dystrophy Association Fellow with Marshall Nirenberg[2] at the NIH from 1972 to 1974. After three years as a staff scientist at the NIH, Catterall joined the University of Washington in 1977 as an associate professor of pharmacology. He earned full professorship in 1981 and served as chair of the University of Washington's pharmacology department from 1984 to 2016. Over the course of his career he published over 500 papers, and trained over 150 junior scientists in his lab.[2]
Catterall died suddenly on February 28, 2024, at the age of 77, of a cardiac arrest.[3][2]
Honors and awards
editCatterall was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science from 2010.[4][5]
In 2003, he received the 16th annual Bristol-Myers Squibb Award for Distinguished Achievement in Neuroscience Research,[2] in recognition of his pioneering research into sodium and calcium channel proteins.[6]
In 2008, he was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society.[7] Catterall was awarded the Canada International Gairdner Award in 2010.
- I. & H. Wachter Award, I. & H. Wachter Foundation (2010)[8]
- Bard Lecture, Johns Hopkins University (2010)
References
edit- ^ "William Catterall". Gairdner Foundation. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
- ^ a b c d Bertil Hille; Ken Mackie; Yvonne Y. Lai (13 June 2024). "William Catterall, pioneering biochemist who opened up the protein chemistry of voltage-gated Na + and Ca 2+ channels". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 121 (26). doi:10.1073/PNAS.2408158121. ISSN 0027-8424. Wikidata Q126914890.
- ^ "Remembering Bill Catterall, ion channel research pioneer". UW Medicine. 5 March 2024. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- ^ Gilles, Nathan (2015). "Sparking curiosity, William Catterall examines electrical signaling and autism". Member Central. AAAS. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
- ^ "Six UW researchers named Fellows of AAAS". UW Today. University of Washington. 7 January 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
- ^ Siddiqui, Obaid (19 June 2003). "William A. Catterall honored". The Scientist. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
- ^ "William A. Catterall, PhD" (PDF). Retrieved 30 August 2015.
- ^ "2010 – William A. Catterall".