Victor P. Whittaker
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 8 years ago |
Date of birth | June 11,1919 |
Zodiac sign | Gemini |
Born | Ainsdale |
Southport | |
United Kingdom | |
Date of died | July 5,2016 |
Died | Addenbrooke's Hospital |
Cambridge | |
United Kingdom | |
Books | The Cholinergic Neuron & Its Target: ELECTROMOTOR SYSTEMS Of Torpedo |
Notable student | Thomas C. Südhof |
Job | Biochemist |
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ID | 555629 |
Victor P. Whittaker Life story
Victor Percy Whittaker was a British biochemist who pioneered studies on the subcellular fractionation of the brain. He did this by isolating synaptosomes and synaptic vesicles from the mammalian brain and demonstrating that synaptic vesicles store the neurotransmitter acetylcholine.