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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2005-10-26 human Annette Alafaci updated 2026-01-15 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004640b.htm person Gage Peter William FAA AACR2 23 October 1937 13 August 2005 Place of Birth Auckland, New Zealand Place of Death Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Medical researcher 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. 1960 1960 Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (ChB), University of New Zealand 1961 1963 Career position - Clinician in New Zealand 1963 1963 Life event - Migrated to Australia (Canberra) for study 1966 1966 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University in Canberra 1966 1968 Career position - Post-Doctoral Fellow then Assistant Professor at Duke University in North Carolina, USA 1968 1976 Career position - Senior Lecturer in the School of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of New South Wales 1976 1984 Career position - Personal Chair in Physiology, University of New South Wales 1977 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA) 1982 1984 Career position - Director of a Centre of Excellence (Nerve Muscle Research Centre), University of New South Wales 1984 Career position - Professor of Physiology at the John Curtin School of Medical Research 1999 2004 Career position - President, Australian Physiological and Pharmacological Society 2004 2004 Award - Bob Robertson Medal, Australian Society for Biophysics Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )

Fellow 1977 - 2005

 Gage, Peter William (19371023-20050813)

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 'Gage, Peter William', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Gage, Peter William Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Obituaries: Peter Gage, Renfrey Potts, George Szekeres Obituaries: Peter Gage, Renfrey Potts, George Szekeres 2005 Newsletter, Australian Academy of Science 63 August-November 10-11 Article: Obituary to Professor Peter Gage Barry, P.; Adams, D. Obituary to Professor Peter Gage 2005 Australian Society For Biophysics Newsletter 5 3-5 Journal Article: Peter William Gage 1937-2005 Adams, D. J.; and Barry, P. H. Peter William Gage 1937-2005 2009 Historical Records of Australian Science 20 2 233-254