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You'd have to blame Peter Gage on the company named 'Biotron', who is revered by many of us here. The name is directly connected to his work and research.

Contributed byEncyclopedia of Australian Science

Peter William Gage was Professor of Physiology at the John Curtin School of Medical Research at the Australian National University from 1984. He and his group were pioneers of the use of ion channels as a treatment for viral disease. His studies included trying to determine how exactly ions move across a membrane barrier through channels and examining proteins from viruses that also form ion channels. This work lead to the formation of Biotron Limited of which Gage was Founder and Research Director.

• Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (ChB) completed at the University of New Zealand
• Career position - Clinician in New Zealand
• Life event - Migrated to Australia (Canberra) for study
• Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the John Curtin School of Medical Research at the Australian National University in Canberra
• Career position - Post-Doctoral Fellow then Assistant Professor at Duke University in North Carolina, USA
• Career position - Senior Lecturer in the School of Physiology and Pharmacology at the University of New South Wales
• Career position - Personal Chair in Physiology at the University of New South Wales
• Award - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
• Career position - Director of a Centre of Excellence (Nerve Muscle Research Centre) at the University of New South Wales
• Career position - Professor of Physiology at the John Curtin School of Medical Research
• Career position - President of the Australian Physiological and Pharmacological Society
• Award - Bob Robertson Medal received from the Australian Society for Biophysics