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Johnstone, Brian Manning (1924 - )
 
Physiologist
Born: 25 February 1924
Brian Manning Johnstone was the founder of The Auditory Laboratory at The University of Western Australia's Department of Physiology. He first came to the department in 1962 as a lecturer and some of his many achievements include the first direct measurements of basilar membrane motion in the living cochlea using the Mössbauer effect, and the measurement of the electrical properties of the cochlea using multi-electrode techniques.
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1955Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Melbourne
1960sFounder of The Auditory Laboratory at The University of Western Australia
1961Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University fo Melbourne
1963 - Lecturer and eventually Emeritus Professor in Physiology at the University of Western Australia
1988 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

 
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Published by The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre on ASAPWeb, 1994 - 2007
Originally published 1994-1999 by Australian Science Archives Project, 1999-2006 by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
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