Nicholas Franks

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Nicholas Peter Franks FRS FRSB (born 14 October 1949) has been Professor of Biophysics and Anaesthetics at Imperial College London since 1993. [1] His research focuses on how general anaesthetics act at the cell and molecular levels as well as with neuronal networks. [2] Franks holds patents on use of xenon gas as a neuroprotectant [3] and has published research on the use of the anesthetic properties of xenon. [4]

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He was educated at Mill Hill School and King's College London (BSc 1972; PhD 1975). [5] 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, [6] Franks was elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2004, [7] and a Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists in 2008. [8] He was awarded the Gold Medal, Royal College of Anaesthetists in 2003, [9] the Excellence in Research Award, American Society of Anesthesiologists in 2006 [10] and an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Montreal in 2011. [11]

Selected publications

References

  1. "Professor Nick Franks, FRS". Imperial College London . Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  2. Franks, Nicholas (2014). "The role of K2P channels in anaesthesia and sleep". European Journal of Physiology. 467 (5): 907–916. doi:10.1007/s00424-014-1654-4. PMC   4428837 . PMID   25482669.
  3. Dickinson, R (2007). "Competitive inhibition at the glycine site of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor by the anesthetics xenon and isoflurane: evidence from molecular modeling and electrophysiology". Anesthesiology. 107 (5): 756–67. doi: 10.1097/01.anes.0000287061.77674.71 . PMID   18073551.
  4. Franks, Nicholas (1998). "How does xenon produce anaesthesia?". Nature. 396 (6709): 324. Bibcode:1998Natur.396..324F. doi: 10.1038/24525 . PMID   9845069. S2CID   4415640.
  5. "FRANKS, Prof. Nicholas Peter", Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, 2016
  6. "Nicholas Franks". The Royal Society. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  7. "Fellow: Professor Nicholas Franks FRS FMedSci". Academy of Medical Sciences. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  8. Criteria for Honours and Prizes (PDF) (Report). Royal College of Anaesthetists. November 2023. p. 14.
  9. "The Gold Medal". Royal College of Anaesthetists. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  10. Evers, Alex S. (2006). "Nicholas P. Franks, Ph.D.: Recipient of the 2006 Excellence in Research Award". Anesthesiology. 105 (4): 649–651. doi: 10.1097/00000542-200610000-00006 .
  11. "Doctorats honoris causa 2011". Université de Montréal. Retrieved 4 January 2024.