James Halliwell, Emeritus Reader in Physiology at UCL, died on 7 March after a short illness. He was very much a ‘hands-on’ electrophysiologist who made substantial contributions to the physiology of ion channels in the CNS.

In recent years he focused on the roles of dopamine receptors in the mesolimbic system, and on the modulation of glutamatergic transmission in the olfactory tubercle. He was elected a Member in 1985.