John Wilson Moore, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American biophysicist
Date of Birth: 01-Nov-1920
Place of Birth: Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
Date of Death: 30-Mar-2019
Profession: biophysicist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About John Wilson Moore
- John Wilson Moore (November 1, 1920 – March 30, 2019) was an American biophysicist who pioneered the emergent power of computers, beginning in the 1950s, to reveal how signals are generated, integrated, and then travel in neurons.
- He is well known for his discovery (with Toshio Narahashi), that the puffer fish toxin tetrodotoxin causes death by blocking the sodium ion channels that are responsible for nerve activity.
- Moore was emeritus professor of Neurobiology at Duke University Medical School where he had been a member of the faculty since 1961.
- Moore's NEURON simulator software, begun with and now carried forward by Michael Hines, is used worldwide.
- Moore received the Cole Award of the Biophysical Society in 1981.
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