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William Catterall


November 30, 2023

More than 40 UW experts on Highly Cited Researchers 2023 List

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The University of Washington is proud to announce that more than 40 faculty and researchers who completed their work while at UW have been named on the annual Highly Cited Researchers 2023 list from Clarivate.


November 15, 2022

UW celebrates researchers on Highly Cited Researchers 2022 List

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The University of Washington is proud to announce that more than 44 faculty and researchers who completed their work while at UW have been named on the annual Highly Cited Researchers 2022 list from Clarivate.


December 2, 2019

Faculty/staff honors: Housing association nod, honorary doctorate, distinguished fellow, best conference paper

Recent honors to UW faculty and staff members include an honorary doctorate from the University of Bucharest, membership in an inaugural class of distinguished fellows in pharmacology, and a leadership position in a national student housing association.


March 19, 2014

Anti-anxiety drug ameliorates autistic behaviors in mice

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Increasing cell signals that put the brake on excitatory brain cells reduces repetitive behaviors and learning problems and improves social interactions in a mouse model of autism. This was achieved with a low dose of benzodiazipine, a common anti-anxiety, anti-seizure medication.


November 24, 2013

How living cells solved a needle in a haystack problem to generate electrical signals

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Filtered from a vast sodium sea, more than 1 million calcium ions per second gush through our cells’ pores to generate charges