T. Geoffrey Flynn

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T. Geoffrey Flynn (* 1937 ) is a retired biochemist at Queen's University in Kingston , Ontario .

Live and act

Flynn earned a PhD in biochemistry in 1967 . He worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Berkeley and Brandeis University . At Queen's University, he was director of biochemistry, vice dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, and first vice president of research at Kingston General Hospital .

Flynn was a leading scientist who discovered and characterized the atrial natriuretic factor (ANF). Flynn's more recent work deals with aldo-keto-reductases , aldose reductases and related enzymes.

From 1996 to 1999 Flynn was President of the Academy of Science of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) and from 1998 to 2002 he was Chairman of the RSC Committee on Expert Panels .

In 2002 Flynn retired.

Awards (selection)

Since 2003, Queen's University has presented the T. Geoffrey Flynn Advancement Champion Award for combining research and teaching.

Fonts (selection)

  • TG Flynn, PL Davies: The biochemistry and molecular biology of atrial natriuretic factor. In: The Biochemical journal. Volume 232, Number 2, December 1985, pp. 313-321, ISSN  0264-6021 . PMID 2936330 . PMC 1152881 (free full text). (Review).
As editor
  • Enzymology and Molecular Biology of Carbonyl Metabolism 4: Proceedings of an International Workshop Held in Dublin, Ireland, June 28-July 1, 1992 v. 4 (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology) Springer 1993 ISBN 978-0-306-44357-2
  • Enzymology and Molecular Biology of Carbonyl Metabolism 6: Proceedings of the 8th International Workshop Held in Deadwood, South Dakota, June 29-July 3, 1996, in Deadwood, South Dakota (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology) Springer 1997 ISBN 978-0- 306-45509-4
  • With David M. Hayne: Well Being of Canada: A Symposium of the Royal Society of Canada, November 22, 1997 / Un Colloque De La Société Royale Du Canada, Le 22 Novembre 1997 (Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada) Toronto 1998 ISBN 978-0-8020-8256-5
  • With David M. Hayne: Human Survivability in the 21s: Proceedings of a Symposium Held in November 1998 Under the Auspices of the Royal Society of Canada (Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada) Toronto 1999 ISBN 978-0-8020-8343-2

literature

  • American Chemical Society. Committee on Chemists with Disabilities. Directory of Graduate Research. American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, 2001, p. 1534.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Council of Canadian Academies. ANNUAL REPORT for the Fiscal Year 2006-07 (PDF, 2 MB) ( Memento from August 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ THE COUNCIL OF CANADIAN ACADEMIES. ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH, 2006 (PDF, 640 kB) ( Memento from August 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ T. Geoffrey Flynn PhD at the Gairdner Foundation (gairdner.org); Retrieved December 15, 2012
  4. ^ Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada (rsc-src.ca); Retrieved December 15, 2012
  5. ↑ Congratulations to Dr. TG Flynn and Dr. S. Cole (cross-appointed) for being awarded Diamond Jubilee Medals at Queen's University (queensu.ca); Retrieved December 15, 2012
  6. ^ The T. Geoffrey Flynn Advancement Champion Award at Queen's University (queensu.ca); accessed on May 17, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Flynn, T. Geoffrey
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Flynn, Geoffrey
BRIEF DESCRIPTION biochemist
DATE OF BIRTH 1937