John Garthwaite#
| Membership Number: | 1499 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 1993 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.ucl.ac.uk/npp/people/garthwaite-john |
Present and Previous Positions
- since 1996 Professor of Experimental Neuroscience, Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London, UK
- 1992-1995 Head, Neuroscience Research, Wellcome Research Laboratories, Beckenham, Kent, UK
- 1987-1992 Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Reader/Professor, Department of Physiology, University of Liverpool, UK
- 1980-1987 Lecturer in Physiology, Dept. Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Liverpool, UK
- 1976-1980 Research/Scientific Officer, MRC Developmental Neurobiology Unit, Carshalton and London, UK
- 1977 PhD. Pharmacology, University of London, UK
Fields of Scholarship
- Central nervous system
- Neuroscience
- Neurotransmission
- Biology
- Glutamate
- Nitric oxide
- Cyclic nucleotides
- Ion channels
- Synaptic plasticity
Honours and Awards
- 1991 Plenary lecturer: "The Centennial of the Neuron: A Decade of the Brain Event", National Academy of Sciences, Washington DC, USA
- 1994 Member of Academia Europaea
- 1994 Plenary Lecturer, XIIth International Congress of the International Union of Pharmacology, Montreal, Canada
- 1995 Astra Anglo-Nordic Pharmacology Prize
- 1996 9th McEwen Prize Lecturer, Queen's University, Ontario, Canada
- 1996 Physiological Society Crisp Lecturer, University of Leeds
- 2002 Highly Cited Researcher (Original Member) in both Pharmacology and Neuroscience
- 2006 The Federation of European Neurosciences (FENS) EJN Prize
- 2009 Totman Lecturer, University of Vermont, USA
