Ian R. Gibbons

For other people with the same name, see Ian Gibbons.

Ian Read Gibbons[2]
FRS
Born(1931-10-30)30 October 1931[3]
Rye, East Sussex, England[3]
Died30 January 2018(2018-01-30) (aged 86)[2]
Orinda, California, United States[2]
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Pennsylvania
King's College, Cambridge
Known forResearch in dynein
SpouseBarbara Gibbons (1961 to 2013)
Children2[4]
AwardsShaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine (2017)
International Prize for Biology (1995)
E.B. Wilson Medal (1994)
Scientific career
FieldsBiophysics
Cell biology
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Berkeley
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Harvard University
Doctoral advisorJohn Bradfield[1]

Ian Read Gibbons, FRS (30 October 1931 – 30 January 2018) was a biophysicist and cell biologist.[5] 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.[6]

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Great Britain in 1983. The Society stated:

He discovered, named and characterised the founding member of the dynein ATPase family of motor proteins and other microtubular components in cilia and flagella. By elegantly combining biochemical techniques with light and electron microscopy, he greatly advanced our understanding of microtubule-based motility, particularly by the direct visual demonstration of active dynein-dependent sliding between adjacent microtubules in structurally weakened flagella.[7]
  1. ^ Gibbons, Ian R. (22 November 2017). "Discovery of dynein and its properties: A personal account". In King, Steven M. (ed.). Dyneins: The Biology of Dynein Motors (2nd ed.). Academic Press. pp. 3–87. ISBN 978-0-12-809471-6.
  2. ^ a b c Sanders, Robert (14 February 2018). "Sunday (18 Feb.) memorial service for prize-winning biologist Ian Gibbons". Berkeley News. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  3. ^ a b Gibbons, Ian R. (26 September 2017). "Autobiography of Ian R Gibbons". Shaw Prize Foundation. Archived from the original on 11 July 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  4. ^ Sanders, Robert (25 May 2017). "Ian Gibbons awarded Shaw Prize for discovery of molecular motors". Berkeley News. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  5. ^ Gibbons, Wendy E.; Vale, Ronald D.; Sale, Winfield S. (2019). "Ian Read Gibbons. 30 October 1931—30 January 2018". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 66: 201–223. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2018.0034.
  6. ^ "Announcement of The Shaw Laureates 2017" (Press release). Shaw Prize Foundation. 17 June 2018. Archived from the original on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  7. ^ See "Professor Ian Gibbons FRS" The Royal Society