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William G. North

Biography

Dr. William G. North was born in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. Education: B.Sc.: Australian National University, Canberra, 1964. Chemistry and zoology. M.S.(equiv.): University of Melbourne, 1966. Comparative Physiology. Estimations of catecholamines in vertebrate tissues. Ph.D: Departments of Biochemistry and of Physiology, University of Queensland,Brisbane, 1973 Postdoctoral Training And Faculty Appointments: Visiting Research Associate with Dr. Roderich Walter, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City. Purification and amino acid sequencing of bovine and human neurophysins. 1973-1974. Honors: Commonwealth Graduate Fellowship, 1967 (awarded but declined offer). Research Career Development Award, 1979-1984. Member NIDDK Study Section, 2008-present Member of DOD Study Section, Neurofibromatosis Publications: 1.Hawker, R.W., North, W.G., Colbert, I.C., and Lang, L.P. Oxytocin blood levels in two cases of dysmenorrhea. J. Obstet. Gynaec. Brit. Cwlth. 74:430, 1967. 2. Keegan, B.P. and North, W.G.A Strategy for Generating Anti-NRSA scFv Molecules for Targeting Tumors. Proc. Int. Congr. Vasopressin and Oxytocin, Bordeaux, September, 2001. 3.Lynch, L.M.J., Kristic, K., and North, W.G. AACR, Front. Cancer Prevent. Res. A, 2004.

Research Interest

Endocrinology, Neuroendocrinology, G.I. physiology, Protein/peptide chemistry and physiology.