Nicholas Peter Franks FRS FRSB (born 14 October 1949) has been Professor of Biophysics and Anaesthetics at Imperial College London since 1993. His research focuses on how general anaesthetics act at the cell and

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levels as well as with

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. Franks holds patents on use of xenon gas as a neuroprotectant and has published research on the use of the anesthetic properties of xenon. He was educated at

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and

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(BSc 1972; PhD 1975). He was a lecturer in biophysics at Imperial College London from 1977 to 1989 and a reader in biophysics from 1989 to 1993.

Awards and honours

Along with being made a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2011, Franks was elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2004, and a Fellow of the

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in 2008. He was awarded the Gold Medal, Royal College of Anaesthetists in 2003, the Excellence in Research Award, American Society of Anesthesiologists in 2006 and an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Montreal in 2011.

Selected publications

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References

External links

Neuroprotexeon Scientific Advisory Board"Moderate hypothermia within 6 h of birth plus inhaled xenon versus moderate hypothermia alone after birth asphyxia (TOBY-Xe): a proof-of-concept, open-label, randomised controlled trial"
''The Lancet Neurology'', volume 15, issue 2, p 145-153, 1 February 2016
"Xenon Improves Neurologic Outcome and Reduces Secondary Injury Following Trauma in an In Vivo Model of Traumatic Brain Injury"
''Critical Care Medicine'', January 2015, volume 43, issue 1, p 149-158, doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000000624 {{DEFAULTSORT:Franks, Nicholas Peter 1949 births Living people People educated at Mill Hill School Alumni of King's College London Fellows of the Royal Society Academics of Imperial College London Fellows of the Royal Society of Biology