Richard L. Gardner
Richard Lavenham Gardner (born June 10, 1943 in Dorking , Surrey ) is a British biologist .
Life
Gardner earned a bachelor's degree from Cambridge University in 1966, a master's degree in 1970 , and a Ph.D. in 1971. in physiology . From 1969 to 1973 Gardner was a research assistant at Cambridge University. In 1973 he became a lecturer in developmental and reproductive biology at Oxford University while enrolled as a student at Christ Church College . 1978 Gardner received a full professorship, which was sponsored by the Royal Society (Royal Society Professor) . Since 1985, Gardner has been Honorary Director of the Developmental Biology Division of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund . In 2008 he retired from Oxford and has been a professor at the University of York since 2007 .
Gardner is married and has one son.
Act
Gardner is considered to be the pioneer of microscopic manipulation of the mouse blastocyst , with which he created a basis for significant scientific advances in the fields of developmental biology and genetics . As a result, other techniques of gene transfer and micromanipulation were developed that ultimately led to the cloning of mammals . Gardner succeeded in identifying mouse embryonic stem cells , bringing them into culture and introducing specific mutations in these cells.
Awards (selection)
- 1977 Scientific Medal from the Zoological Society of London
- 1979 member of the Royal Society
- 1989 member of the Academia Europaea
- 1999 March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology
- 2001 Royal Medal of the Royal Society
- 2003 Prix Albert Brachet of the Académie Royale de Belgique
- 2005 Knight Bachelor
literature
- Ernest Kay (Ed.): International Who's Who in Medicine. Melrose Press, Cambridge 1987, ISBN 0-900332-86-7 , p. 254
Web links
- Sir Richard Gardner at the University of York (york.ac.uk)
- Photography at the Royal Society (royalsociety.org)
- Prof Sir Richard Gardner, FRS at Debrett's (debretts.com)
- 40 Years of IVF - The Biology. Video of a lecture by Gardner on the history of in vitro fertilization
Individual evidence
- ^ Fellows of the Royal Society (royalsociety.org); Retrieved March 18, 2013
- ^ March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology. Previous recipients. ( Memento of February 13, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Royal Medal of the Royal Society (royalsociety.org); Retrieved March 18, 2013
- ^ R. Gardner ( memento of March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) at the Académie royale de Belgique (academieroyale.be); Retrieved March 18, 2013
- ↑ Knights Bachelor, June 2005 (PDF, 149 kB) at the BBC (bbc.co.uk); Retrieved March 18, 2013
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gardner, Richard L. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gardner, Richard Lavenham (full name); Gardner, Richard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British biologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 10, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dorking , Surrey |