Ian Read Gibbons, FRS (30 October 1931 - 30 January 2018) 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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30 October 1931 Rye, East Sussex, England
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Died |
30 January 2018 (aged 86) Orinda, California, United States
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Zodiac | Scorpio |
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