# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ian-read-gibbons
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:33:14.802Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ian-read-gibbons"
name: "Ian Read Gibbons"
slug: "ian-read-gibbons"
description: "Ian Read Gibbons, 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."
tagline: "Research Cell Biologist, University of California, Berkeley (1931-2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ian_R._Gibbons.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1931-10-30"
deathDate: "2018-01-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.406336
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump