About David Gadsby
Lived 1947 – 2019 (aged 71). David Gadsby was a British physiologist.
David Christopher Gadsby FRS (26 March 1947 – 3 March 2019) was a British physiologist, and Patrick A. Gerschel Family Professor Emeritus at The Rockefeller University. He was best known for his studies on the mechanisms by which ions move across cell membranes.
He earned a BSc in 1969 and MSc in 1973, from Trinity College, Cambridge, and Ph.D. in 1978 from University College London. He studied with Paul F. Cranefield. He won the Kenneth S. Cole Award of the Biophysical Society in 1995. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 2005.
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Who was David Gadsby?
physiologist
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David Gadsby was born on 26 March 1947 in Cardiff.
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David Gadsby died on 9 March 2019 in New York City.
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David Gadsby was a physiologist.
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David Gadsby was British.
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