Ian Read Gibbons
Research Cell Biologist, University of California, Berkeley (1931-2018) · United Kingdom · On the map · Academics · Died at 86
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.
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2018Died30 January 20182017Shaw Prize in Life Science and MedicineAward1995International Prize for BiologyAward1994E. B. Wilson MedalAward1931Born30 October 1931
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United Kingdom
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Academics
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Deceased
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Lived 1931 to 2018 · aged 86
