John R. Riordan
John Richard Riordan OC (* 2 September 1943 in St. Stephen , New Brunswick ) is a Canadian biochemist who on cystic fibrosis research (Cystic fibrosis).
Life
Riordan received his bachelor's degree from the University of Toronto in 1966 , where he received his PhD in biochemistry in 1970. From 1970 to 1973 he was at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysics in Frankfurt am Main . From 1974 he was a professor at the University of Toronto. He is a professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and has been a visiting scholar at the Salhgrenska Academy (of which he is an honorary doctor) and the University of Gothenburg.
In 1989 Riordan and colleagues discovered the gene for the protein CFTR ( Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator ), which is defective in cystic fibrosis. In the following years he also explored its function as a chloride channel and its role in the regulation of other ion channels.
In 1992 he received the Gairdner Foundation International Award .
Web links
- Riordan in Gothenburg (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Birth and career data according to American Men and Women of Science , Thomson Gale 2004
- ↑ JR Riordan, JM Rommens, B. Kerem, N. Alon, R. Rozmahel, Z. Grzelczak, J. Zielenski, S. Lok, N. Plavsic, JL Chou, ML Drumm, MC Iannuzzi, FS Collins, and LC Tsui : "Identification of the Cystic Fibrosis Gene: Cloning and Characterization of Complementary DNA." In: Science , Volume 245, 1989, pp. 1073-1080.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Riordan, John R. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Riordan, John Richard (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian biochemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 2, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Stephen , New Brunswick |