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Prof Peter Stanfield

Job Title
Professor
Department
Life Sciences
Phone
76572503
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Research Interests

The molecular physiology group was established in the University of Warwick partly as a result of the foundation of the Leicester Warwick Medical School with Warwick offering a four year course to its graduate only entry. I was appointed to the newly established chair of Molecular Physiology in March 2001, having previously been Professor of Physiology (since 1986) in the University of Leicester. I have strong links with The Physiological Society, having served on its Committee for two terms (1985-1990; 1995-1999). From 1996-1999, I acted as Honorary Secretary of the Society. I have served as a member of the UK Life Sciences Committee, which is now the Biosciences Federation.

My research interests centre on the properties and physiological function of ion channels. I am co-author (with the late David Aidley) of a text book Ion Channels: Molecules in Action, published by CUP. Part of my research work has been carried out in collaboration with colleagues in the USA and in Hungary (at the University of Debrecen). I have been visiting professor at Purdue University and at the University of Illinois at Chicago. I was appointed an Honorary Member of the Hungarian Physiological Society in 2001.

I was elected Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2003.

Biography

I am a member of a Leicester-Warwick MRC Co-operative concerned with mechanisms of synaptic action in the nervous system. I am co-author (with the late David Aidley) of a text book Ion Channels: Molecules in Action. Part of my research work has been carried out in collaboration with colleagues in the USA and in Hungary (at the University of Debrecen). I have been visiting professor at Purdue and at the University of Illinois at Chicago. I was appointed an Honorary Member of the Hungarian Physiological Society in 2001.

Title Funder Award start Award end
Mechanisms of Gating in Physcological Responses of PH Sensitive Tanden Pore Potassiun Channels. Wellcome Trust 01 May 2006 30 Apr 2009