David Nicholls PhD

David Nicholls has researched mitochondrial function for 50 years and has more than 300 publications. He is perhaps best known as the author (with Stuart Ferguson) of the standard textbook ‘Bioenergetics’, the 4th edition of which was published in 2013.

He is known in addition for his discovery of the original uncoupling protein, UCP1, for work on mitochondrial calcium transport and isolated nerve terminals and for his research into mitochondrial dysfunction in nerve cells. Most recently he has critically reviewed current hypotheses for the control of insulin secretion and has contributed novel techniques to the field.