John Nicholls#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 888 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 1990 |
| Main Country of Residence: | ITALY |
John Nicholls passed away July 13, 2023.
Positions Held
- Professor Emeritus
- 1998 Professor of Neurobiology atthe International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Triest
- 1998 Professor emeritus, University of Basel
- 1983 Professor of Pharmacology at the Biozentrum University of Basel
- Employment at the University College London, and the universities of Oxford, Harvard, Yale, and Stanford
Fields of Scholarship
- Rhythm of respiration
- Regeneration of the nervous system
- Synaptic transmission
Honours and Awards
- 1988 Fellow of the Royal Society
- 2003 John Nicholls Fellowship
- 2007 D.Sc. Honoris Causa, University of Trieste
- 2010 Society for Neuroscience Award for Education in Neuroscience
- 2011 Endowed John G. Nicholls Lecture
- Fellowship named in his honour by the International Brain Research Organization (IBRO)
