[PAR] [TLE] Sliding filament theory [SEP] The sliding filament theory explains the mechanism of muscle contraction based on muscle proteins that slide past each other to generate movement.  It was independently introduced in 1954 by two research teams, one consisting of Andrew F. Huxley and Rolf Niedergerke from the University of Cambridge, and the other consisting of Hugh Huxley and Jean Hanson from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  It was originally conceived by Hugh Huxley in 1953.  Andrew Huxley and Niedergerke introduced it as a "very attractive" hypothesis. [PAR] [TLE] Andrew Huxley [SEP] Sir Andrew Fielding Huxley {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (22 November 191730 May 2012) was a Nobel Prize-winning English physiologist and biophysicist.  He was born into the prominent Huxley family.  After graduating from Westminster School in Central London, from where he won a scholarship to Trinity College, Cambridge, he joined Alan Lloyd Hodgkin to study nerve impulses.  Their eventual discovery of the basis for propagation of nerve impulses (called an action potential) earned them the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1963.  They made their discovery from the giant axon of the Atlantic squid.  Soon after the outbreak of the Second World War, Huxley was recruited by the British Anti-Aircraft Command and later transferred to the Admiralty.  After the war he resumed research at The University of Cambridge, where he developed interference microscopy that would be suitable for studying muscle fibres.
[PAR] [TLE] Sliding filament theory [ SEP ] The sliding filament theory explains the mechanism of muscle contraction based on muscle proteins that slide past each other to generate movement . It was independently introduced in 1954 by two research teams , one consisting of Andrew F. Huxley and Rolf Niedergerke from the University of Cambridge , and the other consisting of Hugh Huxley and Jean Hanson from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . It was originally conceived by Hugh Huxley in 1953 . Andrew Huxley and Niedergerke introduced it as a " very attractive " hypothesis . [PAR] [TLE] Andrew Huxley [ SEP ] Sir Andrew Fielding Huxley { ' 1 ' : " , ' 2 ' : " , ' 3 ' : " , ' 4 ' : " } ( 22 November 191730 May 2012 ) was a Nobel Prize - winning English physiologist and biophysicist . He was born into the prominent Huxley family . After graduating from Westminster School in Central London , from where he won a scholarship to Trinity College , Cambridge , he joined Alan Lloyd Hodgkin to study nerve impulses . Their eventual discovery of the basis for propagation of nerve impulses ( called an action potential ) earned them the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1963 . They made their discovery from the giant axon of the Atlantic squid . Soon after the outbreak of the Second World War , Huxley was recruited by the British Anti - Aircraft Command and later transferred to the Admiralty . After the war he resumed research at The University of Cambridge , where he developed interference microscopy that would be suitable for studying muscle fibres .
Which University of Cambridge Nobel Prize-winning English physiologist and biophysicist earned the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1963?
Which University of Cambridge Nobel Prize - winning English physiologist and biophysicist earned the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1963 ?
Sir Andrew Fielding Huxley {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (22 November 191730 May 2012) was a Nobel Prize-winning English physiologist and biophysicist.
Sir Andrew Fielding Huxley {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (22 November 191730 May 2012) was a Nobel Prize-winning English physiologist and biophysicist.