Clay Armstrong
Clay Margrave Armstrong (* 1934 in Chicago ) is an American physiologist and former professor at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania .
Life
Armstrong earned a bachelor's degree from Rice University in Houston , Texas in 1956 . He graduated with an MD from Washington University in St. Louis , Missouri, in 1960 with an MD . As a postdoctoral fellow he worked from 1961 to 1964 with Kenneth Stewart Cole at the National Institutes of Health and from 1964 to 1966 with Andrew Fielding Huxley at University College London . After positions at Duke University in Durham , North Carolina , and the University of Rochester in Rochester , New York , he was appointed professor of physiology at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania in 1976 . As emeritus he continues to lead a working group there.
Act
Armstrong is one of the pioneers in the study of ion channels . Using electrophysiological methods such as the patch-clamp technique , Armstrong researched how changes in the membrane potential of cells or drugs lead to changes in the permeability of ion channels. Armstrong's work is fundamental to understanding the effects of numerous drugs on heart muscle , muscle or nerve cells .
Awards (selection)
- 1987 membership in the National Academy of Sciences
- 1996 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize together with Bertil Hille
- 1999 Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research together with Bertil Hille and Roderick MacKinnon
- 1999 membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 2001 Gairdner Foundation International Award together with Bertil Hille, Roderick MacKinnon and Marc Kirschner
Web links
- Clay M. Armstrong, MD, Emeritus Professor of Physiology at upenn.edu; accessed on January 24, 2016
- Clay M. Armstrong, MD, Neuroscience Graduate Group at upenn.edu; accessed on January 24, 2016
Individual evidence
- ^ Columbia University Awards 1996 Horwitz Prize to Biophysicists for Work on Nerve and Muscle Signals at columbia.edu; Retrieved January 1, 2011
- ^ Past Recipients of the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize at columbia.edu; Retrieved January 1, 2011
- ^ Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award 1999 Winners: Clay Armstrong, Bertil Hille and Roderick MacKinnon at laskerfoundation.org; Retrieved August 29, 2012
- ^ Clay Armstrong MD PhD at the Gairdner Foundation (gairdner.org); Retrieved December 14, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Armstrong, Clay |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Armstrong, Clay M .; Armstrong, Clay Margrave (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American physiologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago |