Nigel Bunnett
Nigel Bunnett is a National Health and Medical Research Council Australia Fellow, Professor of Pharmacology and Medicine, and Deputy Director of the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Science. He obtained a Ph.D. degree from the University of Cambridge, was a post-doctoral fellow at UCLA, and an Assistant Professor at the University of Washington. In 1987 he joined UCSF, and remained there for 25 years, becoming Professor of Surgery and Physiology, Vice Chair of Surgery, and Director of the UCSF Center for the Neurobiology of Digestive Diseases. Nigel relocated to Monash University, Melbourne in 2011. Nigel’s research focuses on the mechanisms of neurogenic inflammation and pain. He is particularly recognized for his work on the signaling, trafficking and functions of G protein-coupled receptors and transient receptor potential ion channels, two major classes of cell-surface proteins that are essential for the transmission of neurogenic inflammation and pain.
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