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Election of fellows to the royal society
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Grapevine Election of Fellows to the Royal Society At a meeting of the Royal Society held in London on 17 March 1988, 40 new Fellows were elected. Among these were: Professor Nam.Hai Chua. Professor and Head of the Laboratory of Plant Molecular Biology, the Rockefeller University, New York, USA. Distinguished for his elucidation of the mechanisms regulating the development of the photosynthetic apparatus, his work is characterized by the application of the most modern techniques of molecular and cellular biology.
Dr Lionel Vivian Crawford. Head of the Molecular Virology Laboratory, Imperial Cancer Research Fund Laboratories, London, UK. Distinguished for his studies on the nature of the genetic material of viruses that cause tumours in animals and for the demonstration that purified nucleic acid from such a virus can act in this way. A new protein was discovered during this work which is of importance in many kinds of cancers. Dr James Thomas Fitzshnous. Reader in Physiology in the University of Cambridge, UK. Distinguished for his work on the mechanism of thirst and of appetite for common salt, and especially for establishing the importance in these respects, of the action of the chemical mediator, angiotensin H, in the brain. Professor Henricus Gerardus Jacobus Maria Kuypers. Professor of Anatomy and Head of the Departments of Anatomy and Veterinary Anatomy in the University of Cambridge, UK. Distinguished for his morphological and functional studies of the motor system, especially in primates, he has revealed neuronal pathways connecting the cerebral cortex to other brain regions. Professor John Joseph Thomas Owen. Sands Cox Professor of Anatomy and Head of the Department of Anatomy in the University of Birmingham, UK. Distinguished for his investigations into the development of the cells of the mammalian immune system, their sites of origin, their migration pathways, and the ways in which they differentiate.
Dr Tomas Lindahl. Assistant Director of Imperial Cancer Research Fund and Director of the ICRF Clare Hall Laboratories, Potters Bar, UK. Distinguished for his important discovery of enzymes that mediate repair of DNA in bacterial and mammalian cells, and of enzymes that mediate methylation of DNA in mammalian cells. He has shown that a clinical disorder (Bloom's syndrome) is associated with the lack of a particular DNA repair enzyme. Dr Salvador Moncada. Director of Research at the Wellcome Foundation Limited, Beckenham, UK. Distinguished for his work on the actions and identification of various substances liberated from the walls of bronchioles in the lung, and of blood vessels, as well as platelets, all of which play an important role in normal lung function and circulation of the blood, and may be altered in disease. Professor Howard Redfern Morris. Professor and Head of the Department of Biochemistry ~,! the Imperial College of Science ,~nd lechnology, London, UK. Distinguished for his development of new methods of determining the structures of complex molecules of great biological importance. Professor John Gareth Morris. Professor of Microbiology in the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK. Distinguished for his studies of the molecular biology, physiology, and sporulation of clostridia (a biotechnologically important group of anaerobic bacteria) and the discovery of the multifactorial nature of oxygen intolerance in obligately anaerobic bacteria. Professor Eric Manvers Shooter. Professor of Neurobiology at Stanford University School of Medicine, California, USA. Distinguished for his important studies on the biochemistry of Nerve Growth Factor. He has shown, by structural and other studies, how this protein is formed from a complex precursor, and has characterized cell surface receptors for Nerve Growth Factor.
Dr Barbara Mary Frances Pearse. Member of the Scientific Staff of the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK. Distinguished for her studies on the isolation, structure and function of coated vesicles from eukaryotic cells, her discoveries of the protein clathrin, its structural arrangement in the vesicle and interaction with other proteins, have thrown new light on the processes by which molecules selectively enter cells.
Dr Robert Henry Symons. Reader in Biochemistry in the University of Adelaide, Australia. Distinguished for his many contributions to nucleic acid biochemistry, including the synthesis of radioactive nucleotides of high specific activity. He has also made notable contributions to the molecular biology of plant viruses and our understanding of the structure and self-cleavage of viroids, and the nature of virusoids, all agents of considerable agricultural importance. Dr Jeffrey Clifton Watkins. Leader of the Excitatory Amino Acid Transmitter Group in the Department of Pharmacology, University of Bristol, UK. Distinguished for his outstanding contributions to excitatory amino acid neurotransmission in the vertebrate central nervous system. He is responsible for work fundamental to the development of new therapeutic strategies. Dr Hugh Reginald BrentnaH Pelham. Member of the Scientific Staff of the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK. Distinguished for his outstanding contributions to diverse aspects of the mechanisms of gone expression. His studies of heat shock genes led to the discovery of a regulatory DNA sequence that alone confers heat inducibility of another gone. He also showed that a C-terminal tetrapeptide sequence represents a novel signai for cell sorting.
Election to the Fellowship is recognized as ae~ honour and represents the recognitiot~ by the scientific community of major contributions to science.
T I B S 13 - J u n e 1988 i
Iw
Grapevine Election of Fellows to the Royal Society At a meeting of the Royal Society held in London on 17 March 1988, 40 new Fellows were elected. Among these were: Professor Nam.Hai Chua. Professor and Head of the Laboratory of Plant Molecular Biology, the Rockefeller University, New York, USA. Distinguished for his elucidation of the mechanisms regulating the development of the photosynthetic apparatus, his work is characterized by the application of the most modern techniques of molecular and cellular biology.
Dr Lionel Vivian Crawford. Head of the Molecular Virology Laboratory, Imperial Cancer Research Fund Laboratories, London, UK. Distinguished for his studies on the nature of the genetic material of viruses that cause tumours in animals and for the demonstration that purified nucleic acid from such a virus can act in this way. A new protein was discovered during this work which is of importance in many kinds of cancers. Dr James Thomas Fitzshnous. Reader in Physiology in the University of Cambridge, UK. Distinguished for his work on the mechanism of thirst and of appetite for common salt, and especially for establishing the importance in these respects, of the action of the chemical mediator, angiotensin H, in the brain. Professor Henricus Gerardus Jacobus Maria Kuypers. Professor of Anatomy and Head of the Departments of Anatomy and Veterinary Anatomy in the University of Cambridge, UK. Distinguished for his morphological and functional studies of the motor system, especially in primates, he has revealed neuronal pathways connecting the cerebral cortex to other brain regions. Professor John Joseph Thomas Owen. Sands Cox Professor of Anatomy and Head of the Department of Anatomy in the University of Birmingham, UK. Distinguished for his investigations into the development of the cells of the mammalian immune system, their sites of origin, their migration pathways, and the ways in which they differentiate.
Dr Tomas Lindahl. Assistant Director of Imperial Cancer Research Fund and Director of the ICRF Clare Hall Laboratories, Potters Bar, UK. Distinguished for his important discovery of enzymes that mediate repair of DNA in bacterial and mammalian cells, and of enzymes that mediate methylation of DNA in mammalian cells. He has shown that a clinical disorder (Bloom's syndrome) is associated with the lack of a particular DNA repair enzyme. Dr Salvador Moncada. Director of Research at the Wellcome Foundation Limited, Beckenham, UK. Distinguished for his work on the actions and identification of various substances liberated from the walls of bronchioles in the lung, and of blood vessels, as well as platelets, all of which play an important role in normal lung function and circulation of the blood, and may be altered in disease. Professor Howard Redfern Morris. Professor and Head of the Department of Biochemistry ~,! the Imperial College of Science ,~nd lechnology, London, UK. Distinguished for his development of new methods of determining the structures of complex molecules of great biological importance. Professor John Gareth Morris. Professor of Microbiology in the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK. Distinguished for his studies of the molecular biology, physiology, and sporulation of clostridia (a biotechnologically important group of anaerobic bacteria) and the discovery of the multifactorial nature of oxygen intolerance in obligately anaerobic bacteria. Professor Eric Manvers Shooter. Professor of Neurobiology at Stanford University School of Medicine, California, USA. Distinguished for his important studies on the biochemistry of Nerve Growth Factor. He has shown, by structural and other studies, how this protein is formed from a complex precursor, and has characterized cell surface receptors for Nerve Growth Factor.
Dr Barbara Mary Frances Pearse. Member of the Scientific Staff of the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK. Distinguished for her studies on the isolation, structure and function of coated vesicles from eukaryotic cells, her discoveries of the protein clathrin, its structural arrangement in the vesicle and interaction with other proteins, have thrown new light on the processes by which molecules selectively enter cells.
Dr Robert Henry Symons. Reader in Biochemistry in the University of Adelaide, Australia. Distinguished for his many contributions to nucleic acid biochemistry, including the synthesis of radioactive nucleotides of high specific activity. He has also made notable contributions to the molecular biology of plant viruses and our understanding of the structure and self-cleavage of viroids, and the nature of virusoids, all agents of considerable agricultural importance. Dr Jeffrey Clifton Watkins. Leader of the Excitatory Amino Acid Transmitter Group in the Department of Pharmacology, University of Bristol, UK. Distinguished for his outstanding contributions to excitatory amino acid neurotransmission in the vertebrate central nervous system. He is responsible for work fundamental to the development of new therapeutic strategies. Dr Hugh Reginald BrentnaH Pelham. Member of the Scientific Staff of the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK. Distinguished for his outstanding contributions to diverse aspects of the mechanisms of gone expression. His studies of heat shock genes led to the discovery of a regulatory DNA sequence that alone confers heat inducibility of another gone. He also showed that a C-terminal tetrapeptide sequence represents a novel signai for cell sorting.
Election to the Fellowship is recognized as ae~ honour and represents the recognitiot~ by the scientific community of major contributions to science.