Editing Roderick MacKinnon (section)

===Early life and education===
MacKinnon was born in [[Burlington, Massachusetts]] and initially attended the [[University of Massachusetts Boston]]. MacKinnon then transferred to [[Brandeis University]] after one year, and there he received a bachelor's degree in [[biochemistry]] in 1978, studying [[calcium]] transport through the [[cell membrane]] for his honors thesis in Christopher Miller's laboratory. It was also at Brandeis where MacKinnon met his future wife and working-colleague Alice Lee.<ref name="autobio">{{cite book|last=MacKinnon|first=Roderick|title=The Nobel Prizes 2003|editor=Tore Frängsmyr|publisher=Nobel Foundation|location=Stockholm, Sweden|date=October 2003|access-date=11 February 2010|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2003/mackinnon/auto-biography/}}</ref>

After receiving his bachelor's degree from [[Brandeis University]], MacKinnon entered medical school at [[Tufts University]].<ref name="pmid11385491" /> He got his M.D. in 1982 and received training in Internal Medicine at [[Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center|Beth Israel Hospital]] in Boston. He did not feel satisfied enough with the medical profession, so in 1986 he returned to Christopher Miller's laboratory at Brandeis for postdoctoral studies.<ref name="autobio" />