William Catterall#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 1518 |
| Membership type: | FOREIGN |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 1994 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED STATES |
| Homepage(s): | https://pharmacology.uw.edu/team-member/william-catterall/ |
William Catterall passed away February 28, 2024.
Positions Held
- Professor of pharmacology at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle
Fields of Scholarship
- Electrical signaling mechanisms in nerve and muscle
- Molecular mechanisms in epilepsy, autism, and heart failure
- Molecular pharmacology of ion channels
- Ion channel regulation and Ion channelopathies
- Structure of voltage gated sodium and calcium channels
Honours and Awards
- 2003 16th annual Bristol-Myers Squibb Award for Distinguished Achievement in Neuroscience Research, in recognition of his pioneering research into sodium and calcium channel proteins
- 2008 Foreign Member of the Royal Society
- 2010 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
- 2010 Canada International Gairdner Award
- 2010 I. & H. Wachter Award, I. & H. Wachter Foundation
- 2010 Bard Lecture, Johns Hopkins University
