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Marcello Costa (1940 - 2024)

Simon Brookes , David Wattchow, Nick Spencer, Phil Dinning

Abstract

Marcello Costa (1940 – 2024) was a leading researcher in neuroscience. He was a lecturer in the School of Medicine at Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia for 47 years; during this time his research concentrated on the autonomic nervous system, particularly the gastrointestinal tract and the control of motility. He published many multi-disciplinary studies based on a wide range of highly innovative methods. He played a key role in defining the roles of neuropeptides, in devising methods to characterise different classes of nerve cells and in the quantitative analysis of intestinal motility. He was also a humanist and a passionate advocate for public education in science.

HR25008  Accepted 03 July 2025

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