Nicholas Peter FranksFRSFRSB (born 14 October 1949) has been Professor of Biophysics and Anaesthetics at
Imperial College London since 1993.[1] His research focuses on how general
anaesthetics act at the cell and
molecular levels as well as with
neuronal networks.[2] Franks holds patents on use of
xenon gas as a neuroprotectant [3] and has published research on the use of the anesthetic properties of xenon.[4]
He was educated at
Mill Hill School and
King's College London (BSc 1972; PhD 1975).[5] He was a lecturer in biophysics at Imperial College London from 1977 to 1989 and a reader in
biophysics from 1989 to 1993.
Franks, N.P.; Lieb, W.R. (1978). "Where do general anaesthetics act?". Nature. 274 (5669): 339–342.
doi:
10.1038/274339a0.
Franks, N.P.; Lieb, W.R. (1979). "The structure of lipid bilayers and the effects of general anaesthetics: An X-ray and neutron diffraction study". Journal of Molecular Biology. 133 (4): 469–500.
doi:
10.1016/0022-2836(79)90403-0.
Nelson, L.E.; Guo, T.Z.; Lu, J.; Saper, C.B.; Franks, N.P.; Maze, M. (2002). "The sedative component of anesthesia is mediated by GABAA receptors in an endogenous sleep pathway". Nature Neuroscience. 5 (10): 979–984.
doi:
10.1038/nn913.
Nicholas Peter FranksFRSFRSB (born 14 October 1949) has been Professor of Biophysics and Anaesthetics at
Imperial College London since 1993.[1] His research focuses on how general
anaesthetics act at the cell and
molecular levels as well as with
neuronal networks.[2] Franks holds patents on use of
xenon gas as a neuroprotectant [3] and has published research on the use of the anesthetic properties of xenon.[4]
He was educated at
Mill Hill School and
King's College London (BSc 1972; PhD 1975).[5] He was a lecturer in biophysics at Imperial College London from 1977 to 1989 and a reader in
biophysics from 1989 to 1993.
Franks, N.P.; Lieb, W.R. (1978). "Where do general anaesthetics act?". Nature. 274 (5669): 339–342.
doi:
10.1038/274339a0.
Franks, N.P.; Lieb, W.R. (1979). "The structure of lipid bilayers and the effects of general anaesthetics: An X-ray and neutron diffraction study". Journal of Molecular Biology. 133 (4): 469–500.
doi:
10.1016/0022-2836(79)90403-0.
Nelson, L.E.; Guo, T.Z.; Lu, J.; Saper, C.B.; Franks, N.P.; Maze, M. (2002). "The sedative component of anesthesia is mediated by GABAA receptors in an endogenous sleep pathway". Nature Neuroscience. 5 (10): 979–984.
doi:
10.1038/nn913.