12 Facts About Geoffrey Burnstock

Geoffrey Burnstock is best known for coining the term purinergic signalling, which he discovered in the 1970s.

Geoffrey Burnstock retired in October 2017 at the age of 88.

Geoffrey Burnstock played a key role in the discovery of ATP as neurotransmitter.

Geoffrey Burnstock was appointed to a Senior Lectureship in Melbourne University in 1959 and became Professor and Chairman of Zoology in 1964.

Geoffrey Burnstock has been Director of the Autonomic Neuroscience Institute at the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine since 1997.

Geoffrey Burnstock was elected to the Australian Academy of Science in 1971, the Royal Society in 1986, the International Academy of Science, Munich, the Academy of Medical Sciences in 1998 and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons and the Royal College of Physicians in 1999 and 2000.

Geoffrey Burnstock was awarded the Royal Society Gold Medal in 2000.

Geoffrey Burnstock supervised over 100 PhD and MD students and published over 1400 original papers, reviews and books.

Geoffrey Burnstock was awarded the 2017 Australian Academy of Science's Macfarlane Burnet Medal in recognition of his outstanding scientific research in the biological science.

Geoffrey Burnstock died on 2 June 2020 at the age of 91.

Geoffrey Burnstock's lasting work with ATP-related signalling was first published in the 1970s, which led to a rapid surge in interest in the field and subsequently made him the most cited scientist in pharmacology and toxicology for several years during the 2000s.

Geoffrey Burnstock was the founding president of the International Society for Autonomic Neuroscience.