Peter Nigel Tripp Unwin FRS is a British

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at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, where he was Head of the Neurobiology Division from 1992 until 2008. He is currently also Emeritus Professor of Cell Biology at the

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Life

Nigel Unwin was born in New Zealand. He was a Ph.D. student in the Department of Metallurgy

Cambridge University The University of Cambridge is a Public university, public collegiate university, collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209 and granted a royal charter by Henry III of England, Henry III in 1231, Cambridge is the world' ...

from 1965–68, and then took a position at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology from 1968 to 1980. He was Professor of Cell Biology at Stanford University from 1980 to 1987. In 1988 he returned to the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, taking also a joint appointment at the Scripps Research Institute.

Works

*Unwin N (2015)
"Experiments in electron microscopy: from metals to nerves"
''Physica Scripta'' 90:048002 *Zuber B, Unwin N (2013)
"The structure and superorganization of acetylcholine receptor-rapsyn complexes"
''Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences'' 110:10622-10627 *Unwin N, Fujiyoshi Y (2012)
"Gating movement of acetylcholine receptor caught by plunge-freezing"
''Journal of Molecular Biology'' 422:617-634 *O'Brien J, Unwin N (2006)
"Organization of spines on the dendrites of Purkinje cells"
''Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences'' 103:1575-1580 *Unwin N (2005)
"Refined structure of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor at 4Å resolution"
''Journal of Molecular Biology'' 346:967-989 *Miyazawa A, Fujiyoshi Y, Unwin N (2003)
"Structure and gating mechanism of the acetylcholine receptor pore"
''Nature'' 423:949-955 *Unwin N (1995)

''Nature'' 373:37-43 *Berriman J, Unwin N (1994)
"Analysis of transient structures by cryo-microscopy combined with rapid mixing of spray droplets"
''Ultramicroscopy'' 56:241-252 *Toyoshima C, Unwin N (1988)
"Ion channel of acetylcholine receptor reconstructed from images of postsynaptic membranes"
''Nature'' 336:247-250 *Toyoshima C, Unwin N (1988)
"Contrast transfer for frozen-hydrated specimens: determination from pairs of defocussed images"
''Ultramicroscopy'' 25:279-292 *Brisson A, Unwin P N T (1985)
"Quaternary structure of the acetylcholine receptor"
''Nature'' 315:474-477 *Unwin P N T, Milligan R A (1982)
"A large particle associated with the perimeter of the nuclear pore complex"
''Journal of Cell Biology'' 93:63-75 *Unwin P N T, Zampighi G (1980)
"Structure of the junction between communicating cells"
''Nature'' 283:545-549 *Unwin P N T (1977)
"Three-dimensional model of membrane-bound ribosomes obtained by electron microscopy"
''Nature'' 269:118-122 *Henderson R, Unwin P N T (1975)
"Three-dimensional model of purple membrane obtained by electron microscopy"
''Nature'' 257:28-32 *Unwin P N T, Henderson R (1975)
"Molecular structure determination by electron microscopy of unstained crystalline specimens"
''Journal of Molecular Biology'' 94:425-440 *Unwin P N T (1971)
"Phase contrast and interference microscopy with the electron microscope"
''Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. Lond.'' B261:95-104

Honors

Unwin was elected a Fellow of the

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(FRS) in 1983, and of

Trinity College, Cambridge Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1546 by King Henry VIII, Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges, with the largest financial endowment of any college at either Cambridge or Oxford. ...

in 1987. He is an Honorary Fellow of the

Royal Microscopical Society The Royal Microscopical Society (RMS) is a learned society for the promotion of microscopy. It was founded in 1839 as the Microscopical Society of London making it the oldest organisation of its kind in the world. In 1866, the society gained its ...

. His awards include the Rosenstiel Award for Basic Medical Research (1991), the

Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine Established in 1986, the Louis-Jeantet Prizes are funded by the ''Fondation Louis-Jeantet'' and awarded each year to experienced researchers who have distinguished themselves in the field of biomedical research in one of the member states of t ...

(1996),Louis-Jeantet Prize
/ref> the Gregori Aminoff Prize in Crystallography (1999), and the Royal Society

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and Medal (2000).

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