Anne Glover

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Anne Glover (2012)

Dame Lesley Anne Glover (born April 19, 1956 in Arbroath ) is a Scottish biologist. From 2012 to 2014 she was Chief Scientific Adviser to the President of the European Commission .

education

Glover attended High School of Dundee . In 1978 she earned a bachelor's degree in biochemistry from the University of Edinburgh . In 1979 she earned a Masters Degree from King's College, Cambridge . In 1981 she received her doctorate there with a thesis on the biosynthesis of membrane proteins from halobacteria .

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After completing her doctorate, Glover became a lecturer at the University of Aberdeen and has lived in Aberdeen with her husband Ian George ever since . With the results of her research, she founded the Remedios company . She received a professorship for molecular and cell biology in Aberdeen. From 2006 to 2011, Glover was the first Chief Scientific Adviser for Scotland to the Scottish Parliament . Until 2012 she was a member of the Scottish Science Advisory Committee and the Scottish Council of Economic Advisers .

Anne Glover, Chief Scientific Advisor to the European Commission, visits the Paranal Observatory .

In 2012, Glover became the first Chief Scientific Adviser to the President of the European Commission. In this role, created by José Manuel Barroso , her job was to provide the Commission President with independent expertise on science, technology and innovation issues. In addition, her job was to serve as an ambassador for European science.

Anne Glover takes the position that genetically modified plants are not associated with higher risks than plants from conventional breeding. For this clear positioning, Glover was criticized by non-governmental organizations such as Greenpeace . Greenpeace and several other groups launched a lobby campaign in 2014 with the aim of abolishing the position of Chief Scientific Adviser , which was created in 2012 . In November 2014, the newly elected President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker , decided to abolish the post. Glover was the first and only person to hold this post.

According to press reports, Juncker's abolition of the post was related to Glover's position on genetic engineering and Juncker's plan to let EU member states decide whether to approve GM crops, regardless of the scientific evidence. Glover's dismissal or the abolition of the post of Chief Scientific Advisor has been criticized by the scientific community.

Glover also positioned himself in August 2015 on the position taken by Richard Lochhead , Minister for Environment and Rural Affairs in Scotland, on a ban on the cultivation of genetically modified crops in Scotland.

In 2005 she became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh , which she has held since 2018. She was accepted as a full member of the Academia Europaea in 2014. In the same year she became an honorary member of the Royal Society of Chemistry . In 2015 she was ennobled as Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire . In 2016 she was elected a member of the Royal Society .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/4mdm5VDNDcv3KSSTFCMBbnG/professor-anne-glover-cbe
  2. ↑ Glover, Lesley Anne: The biochemistry and biosynthesis of halobacterial membrane proteins (dissertation), University of Cambridge, 1982, online at URL: http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos. 256912
  3. ↑ Ben Martynoga: I'm no superwoman , Interview, in: Financial Times , November 14, 2015, p. 2
  4. ↑ Chief Scientific Adviser to the European Commission visits ESO's Paranal Observatory . In: ESO Announcement . Retrieved March 25, 2013. 
  5. ^ "Appointment of Chief Scientific Adviser" , Brussels, December 5, 2011. Retrieved on February 29, 2012.
  6. ↑ Ulrich Bahnsen: Biotechnology: Start all over again . In: The time . No. 44/2014 ( online ).
  7. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-30037531
  8. ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/11229774/Jean-Claude-Juncker-sacks-EU-scientific-adviser-over-her-pro-GM-views.html
  9. ^ Daniel Sanderson: Expert who advised SNP government slams move to ban GM crops. The Herald Scotland, August 11, 2015; Retrieved August 13, 2015
  10. ^ Membership directory: Lesley Anne Glover. Academia Europaea, accessed November 8, 2017 (English, with biographical and other information).

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SURNAME Glover, Anne
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Glover, Lesley Anne (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish biologist
DATE OF BIRTH April 19, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Arbroath