Antony Giuseppe Galione

Early life and education Antony Giuseppe Galione was born on 13 September 1963 in Chelmsford, England, to Angelo and Margaret Galione. He was educated at Felsted School

Research and career Galione's research investigates calcium signalling. HC Lee established the concept of multiple calcium mobilising messengers which link cell surface stimuli to release of internal calcium stores, while Zhu, Evans and co-workers identified their target two-pore channels (TPCs) and organelles. This has enhanced our understanding of how calcium as a ubiquitous cellular regulator may control a myriad of cellular processes with precision. and that Nicotinic acid adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NAADP) is a ubiquitous trigger for initiating and co-ordinating calcium signals, often involving communication between organelles at contact sites.

Galione served as head of the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Oxford from 2006 until 2015.

Awards and honours Galione was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci) in 2010 He was awarded the Novartis Prize from the British Pharmacological Society in 2001.