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Home » Speakers » William Catteral
William Catteral

William Catteral

University of Washington
Canada Gairdner Award National Academy of Sciences Royal Society

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Bill Catterall is Professor and Chair of the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Washington where he has been a faculty member since 1977.  Catterall received his BA in Chemistry from Brown University and his PhD in Physiological Chemistry from Johns Hopkins University.  He was a post-doctoral fellow with Dr. Marshall Nirenberg and a staff scientist at the NIH for a few years before moving to the University of Washington.

Catterall and his colleagues discovered the voltage-gated sodium and calcium channels responsible for generating the electrical impulses necessary for most physiological functions.  His lab continues to study the structure and function of these channels, their physiological regulation, and their interaction with medically important drugs.  Catterall is also interested in understanding how impaired channel function may lead to human disease.

Catterall has been recognized with numerous awards and honors for his contributions to the fields of electrophysiology, pharmacology, neuroscience, and cell biology.  These include receiving The Bristol-Myers Squibb Award for Distinguished Research in neuroscience in 2003, The Gairdner International Award of Canada in 2010, election to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 1989, the Institute of Medicine and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2000, and as a Foreign Member of the Royal Society of London in 2008.

Talks with this Speaker

Electrical Signaling: Life in the Fast Lane - Sodium channels

William Catterall describes the structure and function of sodium channels. He discusses the important role of sodium channels in physiology and pharmacology. (Talk recorded in February 2014)

  • Part 1: Electrical Signaling: Life in the Fast Lane
    Part 1: Electrical Signaling: Life in the Fast Lane
    Audience:
    • Researcher
    • Educators of Adv. Undergrad / Grad
    Duration: 26:50
  • Part 2: Voltage-gated Na+ Channels at Atomic Resolution
    Part 2: Voltage-gated Na+ Channels at Atomic Resolution
    Audience:
    • Researcher
    • Educators of Adv. Undergrad / Grad
    Duration: 39:42
  • Part 3: Voltage-gated Calcium Channels
    Part 3: Voltage-gated Calcium Channels
    Duration: 35:53

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