Leslie Iversen
Leslie Lars Iversen CBE FRS MAE (31 October 1937 – 30 July 2020)[1], was a British pharmacologist, known for his work on the neurochemistry of neurotransmission.[2]
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| Born | Leslie Lars Iversen 31 October 1937 Exeter, England |
| Died | 30 July 2020 (aged 82) |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
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| Awards | Ferrier Lecture |
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| Fields | Pharmacology |
| Institutions | University of Oxford University of Cambridge |
Career and research
From 1971 to 1982, Iversen was Director of the MRC Neurochemical Pharmacology Unit in Cambridge. Between 1982 and 1995 he worked as Director of the Merck, Sharp & Dohme Neuroscience Research Centre. In 1995 he became Visiting Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Oxford.[3]
Awards and honours
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1980[4] and gave the Society's Ferrier Lecture in 1983.[5]
References
- IN MEMORY OF LESLIE IVERSEN
- Leslie Iversen on the History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group website
- Tilli Tansey; Peter Catterall; Sonia V Willhoft; Daphne Christie; Lois Reynolds, eds. (1997), Technology Transfer in Britain: The Case of Monoclonal Antibodies; Self and Non-Self: A History of Autoimmunity; Endogenous Opiates; The Committee on Safety of Drugs, Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine, History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group, ISBN 978-1-869835-79-8, Wikidata Q29581528
- "Leslie Iversen". Royal Society.
- "Ferrier Medal and Lecture". Royal Society.
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