Garth L. Nicolson
Garth L. Nicolson | |
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| Born | October 1, 1943 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of California, Los Angeles (BS) University of California, San Diego (PhD) |
| Known for | Fluid Mosaic Model Gulf War syndrome |
| Spouse | Nancy L. Nicolson |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biochemistry Cell biology |
| Institutions | Salk Institute for Biological Studies University of California, Irvine University of Texas Texas A&M University The Institute for Molecular Medicine |
| Website | www |
Garth L. Nicolson (born October 1, 1943) is an American biochemist who made a landmark scientific model for cell membrane, known as the fluid mosaic model. He is the founder of The Institute for Molecular Medicine at California, and he serves as the president, chief scientific officer and emeritus professor of molecular pathology. He is also a conjoint professor in the Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Newcastle, Australia.
During the outbreak of the Gulf War syndrome, he was the leading authority on the study of the cause, treatment and prevention of the disease. He was appointed chairman of the Medical-Scientific Panel for the Persian Gulf War Veterans Conference. On suspicion of the bacterium that caused the disease as a product of biological warfare, he made extensive scientific investigations and served as authority to the United States House of Representatives. For his service he was conferred honorary Colonel of the US Army Special Forces and honorary US Navy SEAL.
With S.J. Singer, Nicolson published a paper titled "The Fluid Mosaic Model of the Structure of Cell Membranes" in 1972, which is now regarded as a classic paper in cell biology.
With over 600 scientific papers, the majority of Nicolson's research is in cancer biology and cellular properties related to aging.