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Geoffrey Burnstock
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| Born | 10 May 1929 London, England
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| Died | 2 June 2020 (aged 91) |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Alma mater | King's College London University College London |
| Awards | Royal Medal (2000) FRS (1986) |
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| Fields | Purinergic signalling |
| Institutions | UCL Medical School |
Geoffrey Burnstock AC FRS FMedSci (10 May 1929 – 2 June 2020) was an English-born Australian neurobiologist. He was President of the Autonomic Neuroscience Centre of the UCL Medical School. He was best known for creating the term purinergic signalling, which he discovered in the 1970s. He retired in October 2017.
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