Ian R. Gibbons
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Gender | Male |
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Date of birth | October 30,1931 |
Zodiac sign | Scorpio |
Born | Rye |
United Kingdom | |
Died | United States |
Doctor advisor | John Bradfield |
Awards | E.B. Wilson Medal |
International Prize for Biology | |
Guggenheim Fellowship for Natural Sciences, US & Canada | |
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ID | 3703589 |
Ian R. Gibbons Life story
Ian Read Gibbons, FRS 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.