Walter Boron

Walter F. Boron
Born November 18, 1949
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Institutions Case Western Reserve University
Alma mater Saint Louis University, Washington University in St. Louis
Academic advisors Emile L. Boulpaep, Albert Roos

Walter F. Boron (born November 18, 1949)[1] is an American scientist and the 72nd president of the American Physiological Society (from 1999 to 2000).[2] He is currently secretary-general of the International Union of Physiological Sciences.[3] Additionally, Boron is co-editor, along with Emile L. Boulpaep, of the text book Medical Physiology and former editor-in-chief of two leading physiology journals, Physiological Reviews and Physiology.

Career

Boron is the David N. and Inez Myers/Antonio Scarpa Professor and chairman of the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at Case Western Reserve University.[4] From 1980-2007, he was a member of the faculty of Yale University.

Boron's lifelong research interest has been acid-base homeostasis. With his colleagues, he was the first to demonstrate cell-pH regulation,[5] discovered and cloned several bicarbonate transporters,[6] elucidated the sensing of molecular carbon dioxide and bicarbonate,[7] and introduced several experimental paradigms for studying cellular acid-base physiology.[8]

More recently, following the initial descriptions of a membrane that is impermeable to gases and a channel that is permeable to gases, Boron's group has extended its interest to understanding mechanisms of gas movement through aquaporins[9] and Rh proteins, and the physiological significance of this movement.

Education

Boron obtained his undergraduate degree in chemistry at Saint Louis University in 1971. He studied medicine and physiology at Washington University in St. Louis, where he received his M.D. and Ph.D. degrees in 1977 under the mentorship of Albert Roos.[10] During this time, Boron also collaborated with Paul De Weer and John Russell. Boron joined Yale University as a postdoctoral fellow with Emile L. Boulpaep in 1978.

Bibliography

References

  1. ↑ Walter Boron Curriculum Vitae
  2. ↑ "Walter F. Boron". Presidents. American Physiological Society. Retrieved 23 March 2015. 72nd APS President (1999-2000)
  3. ↑ IUPS Council
  4. ↑ Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University
  5. ↑ Russell, John M.; Boron, Walter F. (1976). "Role of chloride transport in regulation of intracellular pH". Nature 264 (5581): 73–4. doi:10.1038/264073a0. PMID 12472.
  6. ↑ http://www.joplink.net/prev/200107/24.html[][]
  7. ↑ Boron, Walter F.; De Weer, Paul (1976). "Active proton transport stimulated by CO2/HCO3−, blocked by cyanide". Nature 259 (5540): 240–1. doi:10.1038/259240a0. PMID 2874.
  8. ↑ Boron, Walter F. (2006). "Acid-Base Transport by the Renal Proximal Tubule". Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 17 (9): 2368–82. doi:10.1681/ASN.2006060620. PMID 16914536.
  9. ↑ Musa-Aziz, Raif; Chen, Li-Ming; Pelletier, Marc F.; Boron, Walter F. (2009). "Relative CO2/NH3 selectivities of AQP1, AQP4, AQP5, AmtB, and RhAG". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106 (13): 5406–11. doi:10.1073/pnas.0813231106. PMC 2664022. PMID 19273840.
  10. ↑ The American Physiological Society