title: Livin' with NCX and lovin' it: a 45 year romance.
abstract: This conference commemorates, almost to the day, the 45th anniversary of the discovery of the Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger (NCX). The discovery was serendipitous, as is so often the case with scientific breakthroughs. Indeed, that is what is so fascinating and romantic about scientific research. I will describe the discovery of NCX, but will begin by explaining how I got there, and will then discuss how the discovery influenced my career path.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 210201, USA. mblaustein@som.umaryland.edu
authors.forename: Mordecai P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Blaustein
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000846:Anniversaries and Special Events; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D019831:Sodium-Calcium Exchanger
chemical_list: D019831:Sodium-Calcium Exchanger