Spicy science: David Julius and the discovery of temperature-sensitive TRP channels.
Temperature (Austin) 2015;
2:135-41. [PMID:
27227012 PMCID:
PMC4843893 DOI:
10.1080/23328940.2015.1047077]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2015] [Revised: 04/27/2015] [Accepted: 04/28/2015] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
Abstract
This invited biographical review covers the career of Dr. David Julius and his discovery of thermosensitive TRP channels. Dr. Julius is currently the Morris Herzstein Chair in Molecular Biology and Medicine and Professor and Chair of Physiology at the University of California, San Francisco Medical School. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and has received many distinguished awards for his landmark discoveries of the molecular basis of pain and thermosensation.
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