David Attwell FRS (born 1953ATTWELL, Prof. David Ian
''Who's Who 2015'', A & C Black, 2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014) is a British

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, and the Jodrell Professor of Physiology at

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in the Faculty of Life Sciences.

Life

David Ian Attwell studied physics and physiology at

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, and earned D.Phil. in neuroscience from

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, where he studied with

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. He also studied at the

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with

Frank Werblin Frank Werblin is Professor of the Graduate School, Division of Neurobiology at the University of California, Berkeley. Education Werblin earned his Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins University studying with Professor John Dowling. He was a Guggenheim Fellow ...

References

External links

Professor David Attwell page on The Academy of Medical Sciences
(archived)
"David Attwell family tree"
''Neurotree'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Attwell, David Ian 1953 births Living people British neuroscientists Fellows of the Royal Society Academics of University College London Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford Fellows of Magdalen College, Oxford Jodrell Professors of Physiology Presidents of The Physiological Society