other people Infobox officeholder name FrancisCollins image FrancisCollins official portrait.jpg office ... University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Francis Sellers Collins born April 14, 1950 , is an United ... XVI appointed FrancisCollins to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences . ref cite news url http www.usatoday.com ... distance from an initial probe a circularization method . ref cite web author Francis S. Collins and Sherman ... title Introductory Speech for Francis S. Collins year 2006 url http www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov pmc ... was needed, to speed up the process. For this purpose, he contacted FrancisCollins, who joined ... Dr. Francis S. Collins On The Trail Of Disease Genes . Businessweek . John Carey. May 9, 2005 ... and Francis Crick Crick s seminal publication of the structure of DNA . In 2005 Collins and Venter ... Abernethy s interview with Dr. FrancisCollins, director of the Human Genome Project at the National ... cite web url http www.nytimes.com 1993 11 30 science scientist at work francis s collins unlocking the secrets of the genome.html?pagewanted all&src pm title Scientist at work Francis S. Collins unlocking .... 86 No. 31, Aug. 04, 2008, p. 33, FrancisCollins leaves NIH ref He has received numerous awards ... Director File FrancisCollins with Kathleen Sebelius after swearing in ceremony.jpg right thumb Collins ... office President Obama Announces Intent to Nominate FrancisCollins as NIH Director President Obama Announces Intent to Nominate FrancisCollins as Director ref The US Senate unanimously confirmed ... of Dr. FrancisCollins as Director of the National Institutes of Health 7 Aug 09 ref According ... title White House Taps Former Genome Chief FrancisCollins as NIH Director date 2009, july accessdate ... franciscollins leader for the 21st century nih.html FrancisCollins Leader for the 21st Century NIH ... 2009 franciscollins title FrancisCollins date 2009 10 01 accessdate 2009 10 18 publisher The Colbert ... franciscollins title FrancisCollins date 2006 12 06 accessdate 2009 10 18 publisher The Colbert Report ... more details
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For the theory that psychological traits are hereditary geneticism A geneticist is a biologist who studies genetics , the science of genes , heredity , and genetic variation variation of organism s. A geneticist can be employed as a researcher or lecturer. Some geneticists perform experiments and analyze data to interpret the inheritance of skills. A geneticist is also a Consultant or Medical Doctor who has been trained in genetics as a specialization. They evaluate, diagnose, and manage patients with hereditary conditions or congenital malformations, genetic risk calculation, and mutation analysis as well as refer patients to other medical specialties. Geneticists participate in courses from many areas, such as biology , chemistry , physics , microbiology , cell biology , English studies English , and mathematics . They also participate in more specific genetics courses such as molecular genetics , transmission genetics, population genetics , quantitative genetics , ecological genetics , and genomics . Geneticists can work in many different fields, doing a variety of jobs. There are many careers for geneticists in medical genetics medicine , agriculture , wildlife , general sciences or many other fields. ref Bazzett, T. 2008 Behavior Genetics. Sinauer ref Listed below are a few examples of careers a geneticist may pursue. div style moz column count 3 column count 3 Genetic counseling Medical genetics Gene therapy Pharmacogenomics Molecular ecology Animal breeding Genomics Biotechnology Proteomics Microbial genetics Teaching Management of a Lab Sales and Marketing of science products Publishing of scientific material Patenting procedures Parental testing Paternity testing Forensic DNA div References Reflist Genetics Category Genetics Category Science occupations fi Perinn llisyysl k ri ... more details
see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Collins, Tom Francis ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1886 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1907 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Collins, Tom Francis Category 1886 ...File AlbertCountyGaol NB 2011.jpg thumb Albert County Gaol in Hopewell Cape, New Brunswick where Collins was hanged for murder in 1907. Tom FrancisCollins 1886 1907 was an English drifter who was convicted and hanged for murder in Albert County, New Brunswick in 1907. The events of the murder and trials resulted in several legal firsts in Canada. Background Tom Collins arrived in Albert County in the fall of 1906. He found room and board with the parish priest of New Ireland, north of present day Fundy National Park . He was there about a week when the priest left on church business. When the priest returned he found the body of his housekeeper Mary Ann McAuley in the woodshed with an axe wound to the back of her head and her throat slit. Tom Collins could not be located in the area but was eventually found south of Saint John, New Brunswick Saint John in the community of St. George. He was found with a set of the priest s cloths and a pocket watch belonging to Mary Ann. Tom Collins was taken into custody and questioned later that night. Collins gave his statement of what had happened that day, stating he had had an argument with Mary Ann but denying his guilt in the murder. This statement was not admitted at the first trial due to improper reading of Collins rights. First trial File AlbertCountyCourthouse 2011.jpg thumb The Albert County Courthouse was almost new when Collins went on trial there in 1907. The first trial began in January 1907. The prosecutor s case was circumstantial ... and the judge immediately ordered Collins hanged. The verdict was overturned on the basis of a judicial ... The second trial began on June 25, 1907 with Collins himself taking the stand. ref Saunders. p ... Collins was found guilty and sentenced to be hanged. Execution There were several appeals to Ottawa ... more details
Infobox Congressman name Francis Dolan Collins image name birth date birth date 1841 03 05 death date death date and age 1891 11 21 1841 03 05 birth place Saugerties village , New York Saugerties , New York state Pennsylvania district Pennsylvania s 11th congressional district 11th term start March 4, 1875 term end March 3, 1879 preceded John B. Storm succeeded Robert Klotz party Democratic Party United States Democratic Francis Dolan Collins March 5, 1841 &ndash November 21, 1891 was a Democratic Party United States Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania . FrancisCollins was born in Saugerties village , New York Saugerties, New York . He attended St. Joseph s College, near Montrose, Pennsylvania before moving with his parents to Dinsmore. He attended Wyoming Seminary at Kingston, Pennsylvania . He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1866 and commenced practice in Scranton, Pennsylvania . He was elected district attorney of the mayor s court district in 1869. He served in the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1872 to 1874. Collins was elected as a Democrat to the 44th United States Congress Forty fourth and 45th United States Congress Forty fifth Congresses. He resumed the practice of his profession and died in Scranton in 1891, aged 50. He was interred in Cathedral Cemetery in Hyde Park, Scranton. Sources CongBio C000636 http politicalgraveyard.com bio collins3.html The Political Graveyard s start USRepSuccessionBox state Pennsylvania district 11 before John B. Storm after Robert Klotz years 1875 1879 s end Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Collins, Francis Dolan ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION American politician DATE OF BIRTH March 5, 1841 PLACE OF BIRTH Saugerties village , New York Saugerties , New York DATE OF DEATH November 21, 1891 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Collins, Francis Dolan Category 1841 births Category 1891 deaths Category Members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania ... more details
A plant geneticist is a scientist involved with the study of genetics in botany . Typical work is done with gene s in order to isolate and then develop certain plant Trait biology trait s. Once a certain trait, such as plant height, fruit sweetness, or tolerance to cold, is found, a plant geneticist works to improve breeding methods to ensure that future plant generations possess the desired traits. Plant genetics played a key role in the modern day theories of heredity , beginning with Gregor Mendel s study of pea plants in the 19th century. The occupation has since grown to encompass advancements in biotechnology that have led to greater understanding of plant breeding and Hybrid biology hybridization . Commercially, plant geneticists are sometimes employed to develop methods of making produce more nutritious, or altering plant pigments to make the food more enticing to consumers. References http www.nsta.org main news stories science teacher.php?news story ID 52605 National Science Teachers Association Plant Geneticist Interview http www.ars.usda.gov is kids plants story1 geneticist.htm USDA Agriculture Research Service DEFAULTSORT Plant Geneticist Category Genetics Category Plant reproduction botany stub genetics stub ... more details
Collins may refer to NOTOC General Collins class submarine Tom Collins , a gin cocktail , and the Collins glass in which it is traditionally served Collins English Dictionary People Surname Collins surname Given name Collins Injera born 1986 , Kenyan rugby player Collins John born 1985 , Liberia born Dutch footballer Collins Obuya born 1981 , Kenyan cricketer Companies HarperCollins , publisher Collins Booksellers See also Collin disambiguation Collings disambiguation Collins Township disambiguation Collinstown disambiguation disambig geo ca Collins cs Collins da Collins de Collins fa fr Collins it Collins he lt Collins nl Collins ja pl Collins pt Collins desambigua o ru fi Collins sv Collins vi Collins vo Collins ... more details
An Collins is an English poet, and the otherwise unknown author credited with the authorship of Divine ... and Controversy Next to nothing is known about Collins, apart from the fact that a volume of poetry ... is credited to An Collins. However, this could be misleading, as there is no way to verify the circumstances of the publishing there are no details as to whether or not Collins lived in London, or life ... in determining concrete details about Collins is made even more difficult due to the style .... ref name Gottlieb Gottlieb 2004, Collins, An . ref Convention has led to referring to Collins as a woman ..., though there is evidence within the verses that indicate that Collins is a female, there is, like much else of Collins, no firm evidence. In addition, some scholars have speculated that An could ... Ostrovich and Sauer 2004, p. 387. ref One aspect that can be determined is that Collins suffered from ... a physical deformity, childhood illness, or adult sickness that left Collins confined to an indoors ... environment of English circa the English Civil War . Scholars praise Collins work for its diverse forms and striking language, however, Collins is predominantly studied for topical, thematic ... ref Collins style is praised by some scholars. There has been some work done in analyzing the metric ... Greer et al 1988, p. 150 ref However, it is also true that Collins work has an important historical ... Views Religious Views There has been a substantial amount of writing done on the subject of An Collins religious beliefs. As Ostovich and Sauer state it, An Collins religious beliefs have been ... All of these can be seen as true at different points in Divine Songs . In The Discourse , Collins ... put forth the idea that Collins shows a tendency towards Catholicism . In particular, Collins meditacions ..., Francis de Sales . This is further evidenced by the growing popularity of de Sales Introduction a la Vie Devote , which has three separate English editions published by 1613. ref name Greer Collins viewed ... more details
Sir John Burn is a British geneticist and Professor of Clinical Genetics at Newcastle University . ref http www.ncl.ac.uk igm staff profile john.burn Alphabetic list Institute of Genetic Medicine Newcastle University Bot generated title ref He received a knighthood for services to medicine in 2009. ref http news.bbc.co.uk 1 hi england tyne 8435273.stm BBC News Knighthood for leading geneticist Bot generated title ref References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Burn, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Burn, John Category Year of birth missing living people Category Living people Category British geneticists UK scientist stub ... more details
about the British Geneticist the ice hockey player Don Grierson hockey player Professor Don Grierson Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE , Fellow of the Royal Society FRS is a United Kingdom British geneticist , and Emeritus Professor at University of Nottingham . ref name un cite web url http genomics.nottingham.ac.uk Zoe pslab grierson title Professor Don Grierson publisher University of Nottingham accessdate December 31, 2011 ref Life He graduated from the University of East Anglia with a degree in Biological Sciences in 1967, and obtained his PhD in Plant Science from the University of Edinburgh in 1972. He is Pro Vice Chancellor for Research at University of Nottingham . His daughter Claire Grierson is also a geneticist, and a Professor at Bristol University . ref cite web url http genomics.nottingham.ac.uk Zoe pslab grierson title Don Grierson publisher Genomics.nottingham.ac.uk date 2009 02 04 accessdate 2010 08 23 ref He was involved in creating a genetically modified tomato in the 1990s which ripened more slowly, a tomato puree made from the tomatoes was the first genetically modified food to be sold in the UK. ref cite web url http www.timeshighereducation.co.uk story.asp?storyCode 108313§ioncode 26 title A puree genius at his work publisher Times Higher Education date 1998 07 17 accessdate 2010 08 23 ref References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Grierson, Don ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Grierson, Don Category Alumni of the University of East Anglia Category Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Category Academics of the University of Nottingham Academics of the University of Nottingham Category Fellows of the Royal Society Category Officers of the Order of the British Empire Category Living people geneticist stub ... more details
William Allan 1881 &ndash 1943 was an American physician and geneticist who made pioneering studies in human genetics and hereditary diseases. He established the first course in human genetics, at the Bowman Gray School of Medicine , which is now a part of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center . ref cite web url http www.whonamedit.com doctor.cfm 175.html title Who Named It, William Allan ref At Bowman Gray School of Medicine, the first department of medical genetics in the United States was established, and William Allan was appointed as the department s first chairman. Prior to this appointment, Allan had been in private practice in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he was nationally recognized for his early work in human and medical genetics. As chairman of this new department, William Allan also directed the nation s first research program in medical genetics, funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York Carnegie Foundation . ref cite web url http www1.wfubmc.edu medicalgenetics history.htm title History of Medical Genetics at Wake Forest University School of Medicine ref The American Society of Human Genetics ASHG named its highest honor for Allan in 1961. The William Allan Award is presented annually by ASHG to recognize substantial and far reaching scientific contributions to human genetics carried out over a sustained period of scientific inquiry and productivity. An award of 10,000 and an engraved medal are presented at the ASH annual meeting. Allan Herndon Dudley syndrome main Allan Herndon Dudley syndrome This condition, which occurs exclusively in male s, disrupts development from before birth. It is named eponymously for William Allan , Florence C. Dudley, and C. Nash Herndon. Allan Herndon Dudley syndrome is a rare disorder of brain development that causes moderate to severe mental retardation and problems with movement. References reflist Persondata NAME Allen, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Physician, geneticist DATE OF BIRTH 1881 ... more details
Infobox scientist birth date birth date 1933 9 3 birth place Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia , Pennsylvania death date death date and age 2011 2 15 1933 9 3 death place Tiburon, California Tiburon , California residence citizenship nationality United States American ethnicity field Genetics , Down syndrome work institutions University of California, San Francisco br Buck Institute for Age Research alma mater Central High School Philadelphia br Harvard College br Harvard Medical School spouse Lois Epstein m.1956 2011 his death 4 children doctoral advisor doctoral students known for awards prizes footnotes signature Charles Joseph Epstein September 3, 1933 spaced ndash February 15, 2011 ref name nytimes.com http www.nytimes.com 2011 02 24 health research 24epstein.html , Charles Epstein, Leading Medical Geneticist Injured by Unabomber, Dies at 77, February 23, 2011. ref ref name mercurynews.com http www.mercurynews.com breaking news ci 17412818?nclick check 1 , North Bay survivor of Unabomber attack dies at 77, February 17, 2011. ref ref name sfgate.com http www.sfgate.com cgi bin article.cgi?f 2Fc 2Fa 2F2011 2F02 2F19 2FBA151HQEDB.DTL , Dr. Charles Epstein, Down syndrome pioneer, dies, February 20, 2011. ref of Tiburon, California Tiburon , California , was a geneticist who was severely injured in 1993 when he became a victim of a mail bomb attack by the Unabomber . He died of pancreatic cancer . ref name legacy.com http www.legacy.com obituaries sfgate obituary.aspx?n charles epstein&pid 148693049 , Charles Epstein, February 20, 2011. ref Education He was first in his graduating class at Harvard Medical School . References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Epstein, Charles J. ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH September 3, 1933 PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia, PA DATE OF DEATH February 15, 2011 PLACE OF DEATH Tiburon, CA DEFAULTSORT Epstein, Charles Category 1933 births Category 2011 deaths Category American geneticists C ... more details
Infobox Person name David Dexter Perkins birth date May 2, 1919 death date death date and age 2007 1 2 1919 5 2 occupation geneticist David Dexter Perkins May 2, 1919 &ndash January 2, 2007 was an American geneticist , a member of the faculty of Stanford University for more than 58 years, from 1948 until his death in 2007. He received his PhD in Zoology in 1949 from Columbia University . A member of the United States National Academy of Sciences National Academy of Sciences , he served as President of the Genetics Society of America in 1977. In a scientific career that spanned more than six decades, Perkins collaborated on more than 300 papers. His associates included many graduate students and postdoctoral fellows who went on to scientific careers throughout the world. Scientific career Upon his arrival at Stanford, he began a collaboration with Edward Tatum , who had been working with Neurospora crassa since 1941 in collaboration with George Beadle . In this way, he was connected to the very earliest research with Neurospora. Throughout his career, he continued to work with Neurospora crassa , which he often championed as a model organism . At the time that he died in 2007, a substantial percentage of all researchers in the world who were working with Neurospora crassa had either trained with or collaborated with Perkins or one of his students or associates. Perkins is best known for his research into the control and regulation of cell division and sexual reproduction in fungi. One of the advantages to Neurospora as a model organism is that it undergoes both sexual and asexual reproduction. Working with associates, Perkins identified many of the genes that control meiosis meiotic cell division in Neurospora crassa . In the process, he made fundamental discoveries about the cellular regulation and control of meosis . Building on his discoveries about meiosis, Perkins carried out investigations into ascospore genesis. Ascospore genesis, a form of sexual reproduction ... more details
cave explorer FrancisCollinsgeneticistFrancis S. Collins , American geneticist, administrator of the Human Genome Project , and director of the NIH Francis Dolan Collins , American politician Frank ...The surname Collins has a variety of likely origins in Britain and Ireland Anglo Saxon language Anglo ..., Collins usually signified son of Colin. Irish language Irish cuilein darling, a term of endearment ... Citation author Kimberly Powell title COLLINS Name Meaning & Origin work About.com Genealogy publisher ... Welsh saint, Kollen, all have names related to Colin. In Ireland, Collins may be regarded as a genuinely ... Citation author Bradley Collins publisher Ancestry.com title COLLINS FAMILY HISTORY GENERAL INFORMATION ... side yes top yes num yes A A. E. J. Collins , English cricketer Aidan Collins disambiguation Albert Collins 1932&ndash 1993 , American blues musician Alfred Collins , London s longest serving taxi driver Allen Collins , American guitarist Andrew Collins disambiguation Andrew B. Collins analyst , American research analyst Andrew Collins writer , British writer and broadcaster Andy Collins disambiguation Ann Collins , American painter Annie Collins , New Zealand film editor Anthony Collins , English philosopher Anthony G. Collins , American university president Anthony Vincent Collins 1893 1963 , British film score composer and conductor Arthur Collins disambiguation Arthur Collins singer Arthur A. Collins , founder of Collins Radio Arthur L. Collins , murdered mine manager B Barbara Rose Collins , American politician Barnabas Collins , fictional vampire from Dark Shadows Ben Collins disambiguation Ben Collins driver , British racing driver Ben Collins programmer , Debian Project Leader from January 1999 to March 2001 Bev Collins , Canadian politician Bill Collins disambiguation Bill Collins television presenter , Australian film critic and television presenter Bill Collins racecaller , Australian racecaller Bill Collins baseball outfielder , American baseball outfielder Billy ... more details
Infobox scientist name Michael Lynch image birth date Birth date and age 1951 12 06 df y birth place Auburn, New York Auburn , New York, USA death date death place residence citizenship USA nationality ethnicity fields Genetics , Population genetics , Evolution workplaces Indiana University alma mater University of Minnesota doctoral advisor academic advisors doctoral students Desiree Allen , Hong Wen Deng , Suzanne Estes , Vaishali Katju , Travis Kibota , Britt Koskella , Kendall Morgan , Angela Omilian , Susanne Paland , Michael Pfrender , Sarah Schaack , Meg Snoke Smith , Ken Spitze , Michael Vanni , Lawrence Weider notable students known for contributions to Population Genetics , Quantitative Genetics , influences influenced awards elected member of United States National Academy of Sciences National Academy of Sciences , USA, 2009 Michael Lynch born 1951 is Distinguished Professor of Evolution , Population Genetics and Genomics at Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University , Bloomington, Indiana , USA . Besides many highly acclaimed papers, especially in population genetics, he has written a two volume textbook with Bruce Walsh geneticist Bruce Walsh , widely considered the Bible of quantitative genetics. ref Cite book edition 1 publisher Sinauer Associates isbn 0878934812 last Lynch first Michael coauthors Bruce Walsh title Genetics and Analysis of Quantitative Traits date 1998 01 06 ref He has been a major force in promoting neutral theories to explain genomic architecture based on the effects of population sizes in different lineages he presented this point of view comprehensively in his 2007 book The Origins of Genome Architecture . ref Cite book edition 1 publisher Sinauer Associates Inc isbn 0878934847 last Lynch first Michael title The Origins of Genome Architecture date 2007 03 30 ref In 2009, he was elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences National Academy of Sciences List of members of the National Academy of Sciences Evolution ... more details
Dr. Arthur Riggs , Ph.D, is a geneticist who worked with Genentech to gene expression express the first artificial gene in bacteria . His work was critical to the modern biotechnology industry because it enabled the large scale manufacturing of protein drugs , including insulin . In 2006, Riggs was elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences National Academy of Sciences . He is the director emeritus of the Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope National Medical Center , where he was also the founding dean of City of Hope s graduate school. Riggs also serves on the board of trustees at the Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences . Background Riggs earned his undergraduate degree in chemistry at University of California, Riverside in 1961, and was honored as a distinguished alumnus in 1988 http www.alumni.ucr.edu 50th 50 award recipients.html . He conducted his doctoral thesis work at the California Institute of Technology with Herschel K. Mitchell http www.pnas.org cgi reprint 55 3 599 . As graduate students at Caltech, he and Joel A. Huberman collaborated on work that later led to a classic paper on mammal ian DNA replication , which was published in 1966 http www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov entrez query.fcgi?cmd Retrieve&db PubMed&list uids 5689363&dopt Citation . His postdoctoral work at the Salk Institute resulted in another well known series of papers on the lac repressor and bacteria l gene regulation . Genentech Along with fellow City of Hope researcher Keiichi Itakura , Riggs collaborated with Genentech scientist Herbert Boyer , and used recombinant DNA technology to become the first to produce a human protein in Escherichia coli E. coli . Following the advice of Riggs and Itakura, the group successfully produced the hormone Somatostatin in 1977 as a proof of concept before they attempted to work with the more complicated insulin molecule. http www.nap.edu books 0309051894 html 167.html The group succeeded in producing insulin in 1978, and in 1979 ... more details
John Anthony Hardy born 9 November 1954 is a human geneticist and molecular biologist whose research interests focus on neurological disease . Career Hardy received his B.Sc. Hons degree from the University of Leeds, UK 1976 ref name Neuroscience NIH http neuroscience.nih.gov Lab.asp?Org ID 436 Neuroscience NIH ref and three years later his Ph.D. from Imperial College, London, UK ref name Neuroscience NIH where he studied dopamine and amino acid neuropharmacology. Dr. Hardy performed his postdoctoral training at the MRC Neuropathogenesis Unit in Newcastle upon Tyne , England and then further postdoctoral work at the Swedish Brain Bank in Ume , Sweden where he started to work on Alzheimer s disease . ref name Neuroscience NIH He became Assistant Professor of Biochemistry at St Mary s Hospital, London St. Mary s Hospital , Imperial College , London in 1985 and initiated genetic studies of Alzheimer s disease there. ref name HIH.gov http www.nia.nih.gov NewsAndEvents JohnHardyPhD.htm HIH.gov ref He became Associate Professor in 1989 and then took the Pfeiffer Endowed Chair of Alzheimer s Research at the University of South Florida , in Tampa in 1992. In 1996 he moved to the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville , Florida , as Consultant and Professor of Neuroscience . He became Chair of Neuroscience in 2000 and moved to National Institute of Aging National Institute of Ageing , Bethesda, Maryland, as Chief of the Laboratory of Neurogenetics in 2001. In 2007 he took up the Chair of Molecular Biology of Neurological Disease at the Reta Lila Weston Institute of Neurological Studies , University College London . He is currently the author of 317 articles ref name HIH.gov , with over 23,000 citations, the most cited Alzheimer s disease researcher in the UK 5th internationally . cn date March 2012 Honours and Awards He has won the MetLife, the Allied Signal and the Potamkin Prize for his work in describing the first genetic mutation s, in the amyloid gene in Alzheimer s disease, in 1991 ... more details
Dr. Robert Armstrong , Longwood Gardens newly appointed Geneticist , began a Canna plant canna breeding program in 1967, when it was realized that cultivars available at that time were not suitable for use on display in the Gardens conservatories and lakes. Goals The goals were to develop a clear yellow flowered dwarf canna and a pure white flowered canna that could grow well in the Conservatory. to breed aquatic cannas, capable of thriving as marginal water plants, or in the border Originating stock New blood was required to create something new, and the project started with making crosses involving three cultivars, C. Ambassadour , Moonlight , and Banner , which were obtained from Yalta, Ukraine and South Africa. As the project progressed, other cultivars and species were introduced from around the world. Seeds of five species were received from Lago Maggiore, Italy, Canna glauca was procured from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and in 1972, Dr. John Creech of the US National Arboretum, added three Russian cultivars, C. K.A. Timirazov , Krimsky Riviera , and Soleznaya Krasavaya . Conservatory Group With the new additions to the breeding stock, red, orange and pink cannas were developed for the Conservatory along with the original white and yellow. The selection criteria used were plant vigor, early flowering, foliar appearance, self cleaning ability and good propagation qualities. Between 1972 and 1985, twelve cultivars were selected for release. Named for local historically significant places and events, they were Canna Brandywine Canna Chesapeake Canna Conestoga Canna Constitution Canna Declaration Canna Delaware Canna Franklin Canna Freedom Canna Independence Canna Liberty Canna Lenape Canna Penn . Aquatic Group Canna glauca Canna glauca , which has roots that tolerate being submerged in water, was crossed with the terrestrial hybrids. In 1972, four cultivars were introduced Canna Endeavour Canna Erebus Canna Ra Canna Taney These famous cultivars were all named after famous ... more details
David Reich is a geneticist and professor in the department of genetics at the Harvard Medical School , and an associate of the Broad Institute , whose research studies comparing human DNA with that of chimpanzee s has generated controversy. Dr. Reich s genetics research focuses primarily on finding complex genetic patterns that cause susceptibility to common disease s among large populations, rather than finding specific genetic flaws associated with relatively rare illnesses. Reich s research team at Harvard University has produced controversial evidence that, over a span of at least four million years, various parts of the human genome diverged gradually from those of chimpanzees. He was a co leader, along with statistician Simon Myers , of a team of genetics researchers from Harvard University and the University of Oxford that in July 2011 revealed their completion of the world s most detailed human genetic map to date. ref cite news title Detail distinguishes map of African American genomics author David Cameron url http news.harvard.edu gazette story 2011 07 new territory newspaper Harvard Gazette date July 20, 2011 accessdate July 22, 2011 ref Human origins The split between the human and chimpanzee lineages may have occurred millions of years later than fossil ized bones suggest, and the break may not have been as clean as commonly thought by modern scientists. The new DNA evidence developed by Reich s team suggests that after the two species initially separated, they may have continued interbreeding for several million years. A final genetic split transpired between 6.3 million and 5.4 million years ago, according to a report on their research published in the prestigious science journal Nature journal Nature . Harvard anthropologist David Pilbeam calls the new study terrifically exciting and important work, and commends Reich s method for estimating the time span of human chimpanzee genetic divergence. Controversial implications The hybridization hypothesis ... more details
Norman Harold Horowitz March 19, 1915 June 1, 2005 was a geneticist at California Institute of Technology Caltech who achieved national fame as the scientist who devised Viking biological experiments experiments to determine whether life might exist on Mars . His experiments were carried out by the Viking Lander of 1976, the first U.S. mission to successfully land an unmanned probe on the surface of Mars. ref cite doi 10.1126 science.3659898 ref ref cite pmid 16371517 ref Horowitz was a member of both the United States National Academy of Sciences National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . In 1965 he began work with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California Pasadena , serving for five years as chief of JPL s bioscience section and as a member of the science teams for the Mariner and Viking program Viking missions to Mars. From 1977 to 1980, he was chairman of the biology division at Caltech. Among advocates of space exploration, he was noted for his opposition to a space program centered on the use of human astronauts. Charlene Anderson recalls, In personal discussions, he could be particularly vociferous on the topic of human versus robotic exploration. Norm argued that human exploration could only interfere with scientific exploration and confuse the public as to why we should explore space. In his view, science should drive the endeavor, not a lust for adventure. Scientific career Horowitz earned his Bachelor of Science BS in biology at the University of Pittsburgh in 1936 where his experience conducting research as an undergraduate help to persuade him to pursue further graduate training in science. He later established the endowed Norman H. Horowitz Fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh to support undergraduate research. ref http www.pitt.edu biohome Dept Frame horowitzfellowship.htm The Norman H. Horowitz Fellowship, accessdate 2009 02 06 ref He completed his PhD at Caltech in 1939 under embryologist Albert Tyler ... more details
NOTOC Infobox scientist name Li Zhensheng br image birth date birth date 1931 02 25 birth place Zibo , Shandong , China death date death place residence citizenship nationality China ethnicity Han Chinese field Genetics work institutions alma mater doctoral advisor doctoral students known for wheat breeding through distant hybridization author abbrev bot author abbrev zoo influences enhancing agricultural productivity and food security in China influenced prizes State Preeminent Science and Technology Award 2006 footnotes signature LZSsignature.jpg Li Zhensheng zh c Pinyin L Zh nsh ng born February 25, 1931 is a China Chinese geneticist . He mainly focuses on the study of the genetics of wheat . He is also an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences . Biography Mr. Li was born in Zibo , Shandong . In 1951, he graduated from Shandong Agricultural University . In an interview, he said that three scientists influenced him very much, they are Hua Luogeng for telling him how to learn , Qian Sanqiang how to do research and Ai Siqi Historical Materialism and Dialectical Materialism . ref http it.chinanews.cn it news 2007 02 27 880119.shtml ref Work In Li s scientific career, he has made three notable contributions to wheat genetics and breeding ref http www1.genetics.ac.cn xywwz news 09.htm Faculty Positions Bot generated title ref The series of new wheat cultivars Xiaoyan 4, 5, 6, 54 and 81 The wheat cultivars have greatly enhanced productivity of wheat. Among them, Xiaoyan 6 has been widely grown in China. Research on wheat chromosome engineering system This has enabled him to propose a creative methodology for producing wheat substitution lines through nullisomic backcrossing. The breeding and application of wheat varieties with high nutrient efficiency This kind of breeding needs less natural resources, and it protects the environment which is good for the sustainable development in Chinese agriculture. Awards and Honors ref http www1.genetics.ac ... more details
Notability date August 2008 Deleted image removed Image brookfield.jpg thumb right John Brookfield John Brookfield , born in 1955, is a United Kingdom British Population genetics population geneticist . He is Professor of Evolution ary Genetics at the University of Nottingham ref name nottingham cite web url http www.nottingham.ac.uk biology people john.brookfield title John Brookfield, School of Biology, University of Nottingham ref , in the School of Biology . Research summary Brookfield is interested in how the genome s evolution evolve and has recently focussed on the evolution of DNA sequences which control Developmental biology development , particularly in Drosophila , and on the evolution of transposable elements . Education, appointments and honours John Brookfield received his BA in Zoology from the University of Oxford 1976. He received his Ph.D. in Population Genetics at the University of London in 1980. Following a post as Research Demonstrator in Genetics at the University College of Swansea from 1979 1981, he became a Visiting Fellow in the Laboratory of Genetics at The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences , North Carolina from 1981 1983. Returning to the UK, he became a Lecturer in Genetics at the University of Leicester from 1983 1986. He is now Professor of evolutionary genetics at the University of Nottingham ref name nottingham ref . John Brookfield is a invited Fellow of the Society of Biology ref name SoB List of Fellows cite web url http www.societyofbiology.org membership individual membership list of fellows title Society of Biology List of Fellows ref and Vice President External Relations of the Genetics Society. ref name GS committee cite web url http www.genetics.org.uk About CommitteeMembers.aspx title The Genetics Society Committee ref Popular Science In 2006, John Brookfield was invited to comment on the Chicken or the egg controversy, along with a number of others. All parties came down on the egg first side of the deba ... more details
William Hayes Fellow of the Royal Society FRS ref name frs cite doi 10.1098 rsbm.1996.0011 ref 18 Jan 1913 7 Jan 1994 was an Irish geneticist. Early life He was born in Rathfarnham, Co Dublin, the only son of William Hayes, a successful Dublin pharmacist, and his second wife, Miriam, n e Harris. Hayes was still a child when his father died and he lived with his mother and grandmother and was educated at home by a governess, before going to a preparatory school in Dalkey and then in 1927 to St Columba s College, Dublin St Columba s College at Rathfarnham, where his early interest in science began to develop as a hobby. He read medicine at Trinity College, Dublin , graduated BA in Natural Science in 1936 and qualified in medicine the following year MB, BCh, University of Dublin . ref cite web url http www.royalsoced.org.uk fellowship obits obits alpha hayes william.pdf title WILLIAM HAYES BA, MB, BCh, BAO, ScD, HonLLD Dub , HonDSc Leic, Kent, NUI , DPH, FRCPI, FAA, FRS publisher Ryal Society of Edinburgh accessdate 13 November 2010 ref Career He completed internships at the Victoria Hospital Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Blackpool and Sir Patrick Dun s Hospital , Dublin, before becoming an Assistant to his mentor, Professor J W Bigger, in the Department of Bacteriology at Trinity College. Here his work included routine diagnostic bacteriology and serology and studies of phase variation in Salmonella. During WWII he was a Major in the Royal Army Medical Corps serving with the Indian Army Medical Corps . Here he began work on penicillin, wrote a book on penicillin therapy and published some of his work on Salmonella infection in the Army in India, which was the beginning of his active interest in bacterial genetics. In 1947, Hayes returned to a Lectureship at Trinity College, Dublin where he continued his studies with Salmonella, developing his enthusiasm for bacterial genetics, and being awarded the DSc degree. In 1950 he then moved to a senior Lectureship in bacteriolo ... more details
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