Victor P. Whittaker

Victor P. Whittaker
Victor P. Whittaker
Born	Victor Percy Whittaker; 11 June 1919; Ainsdale, England
Died	5 July 2016 (aged 97); Cambridge, England
Known for	Isolation of synaptosomes and synaptic vesicles and biochemistry of synaptic vesicles
	Scientific career
Fields	Neurobiochemistry and Cholinergic Transmission
Doctoral students	Thomas C. Südhof

Victor Percy Whittaker (11 June 1919 – 5 July 2016) was a British biochemist. He pioneered studies on the subcellular fractionation of the brain. He did this by isolating synaptosomes and synaptic vesicles from the mammalian brain and demonstrating that synaptic vesicles store the neurotransmitter acetylcholine.[1]

Whittaker died in Cambridge, England on 5 July 2016 at the age of 97.[2]

References

"History of Neuroscience Lecture".
"Family Announcements, WHITTAKER - Bereavement - Haverhill Weekly News Announcements". Archived from the original on 2016-08-27. Retrieved 2016-07-16.

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[2] "Family Announcements, WHITTAKER - Bereavement - Haverhill Weekly News Announcements". Archived from the original on 2016-08-27. Retrieved 2016-07-16.