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'''Don Grierson''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|OBE|FRS|FRSB}} (born 1 October 1945)<ref name=whoswho>{{Who's Who | author=Anon| surname = Greirson| othernames = Prof. Donald | id = U18183 | year = 2017 | doi =10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.18183 | edition = online [[Oxford University Press]]|location=Oxford}} {{subscription required}}</ref> 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 | |
'''Don Grierson''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|OBE|FRS|FRSB}} (born 1 October 1945)<ref name=whoswho>{{Who's Who | author=Anon| surname = Greirson| othernames = Prof. Donald | id = U18183 | year = 2017 | doi =10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.18183 | edition = online [[Oxford University Press]]|location=Oxford}} {{subscription required}}</ref> 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 | access-date=31 December 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208105755/http://genomics.nottingham.ac.uk/~Zoe/pslab/grierson/ | archive-date=8 February 2012 | url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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==Education== |
==Education== |
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==Career and research== |
==Career and research== |
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Grierson was a member of academic staff at [[University of Nottingham]] for over 40 years<ref name=notts>{{cite web| |
Grierson was a member of academic staff at [[University of Nottingham]] for over 40 years<ref name=notts>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070519080713/http://genomics.nottingham.ac.uk/~Zoe/pslab/grierson/|archive-date=2007-05-19|url=http://genomics.nottingham.ac.uk/~Zoe/pslab/grierson/|title=Professor Don Grierson: Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Professor of Plant Physiology|website=nottingham.ac.uk}}</ref> where he was awarded a [[Doctor of Science]] (DSc) degree in 1999.{{citation needed|date=March 2018}} He was the founding professor of the School of Biosciences before becoming [[Pro-Vice-Chancellor]] for Research. |
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Grierson discovered several plant genes and studied their role in tomato ripening. He also was the first to identify and characterise genes for [[ACC oxidase]] (ACO) and demonstrated its role in the synthesis of the hormone ethylene.<ref name="Srivastava2002">{{cite book|author=Lalit M. Srivastava|title=Plant Growth and Development: Hormones and Environment|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wXLBKdncciQC&pg=PA238| |
Grierson discovered several plant genes and studied their role in tomato ripening. He also was the first to identify and characterise genes for [[ACC oxidase]] (ACO) and demonstrated its role in the synthesis of the hormone ethylene.<ref name="Srivastava2002">{{cite book|author=Lalit M. Srivastava|title=Plant Growth and Development: Hormones and Environment|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wXLBKdncciQC&pg=PA238|access-date=24 April 2013|date=27 August 2002|publisher=Academic Press|isbn=978-0-08-051403-1|pages=238–}}</ref> Grierson was among the first to achieve [[gene silencing|silencing of plant genes]] in [[transgenic]] plants using [[antisense]] (1988, 1990)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.genengnews.com/gen-articles/gen-s-30th-anniversary-antisense/3592|title=Researchers Pursue "Anti-Sense" Technology in Quest for Novel Drugs and Agriproducts|author=Anne Simon Moffat|publisher=Genetic Engineering and Biotech News|date=November–December 1988}}</ref> and sense genes (1990). He was involved in creating a [[genetically modified tomato]] in the 1990s which ripened more slowly, a [[tomato purée]] 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 |access-date=2010-08-23}}</ref> His research collaborators include [[Harry Smith (botanist)|Harry Smith]].<ref name=harry1>{{cite journal|last1=Grierson|first1=Donald|last2=Smith|first2=Harry|title=The Synthesis and Stability of Ribosomal RNA in Blue-Green Algae|journal=[[European Journal of Biochemistry]]|volume=36|issue=1|year=1973|pages=280–285|issn=0014-2956|doi=10.1111/j.1432-1033.1973.tb02911.x|pmid=4200178|doi-access=free}} {{closed access}}</ref><ref name=harry2>{{cite journal|last1=Grierson|first1=Donald|authorlink=Don Grierson (geneticist)|title=Harry Smith. 19 September 1935—9 February 2015|journal=[[Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society]]|volume=64|pages=387–399|year=2018|issn=0080-4606|doi=10.1098/rsbm.2017.0045|doi-access=free}}</ref> |
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===Awards and honours=== |
===Awards and honours=== |
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==Notable relatives== |
==Notable relatives== |
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His daughter Claire Grierson is also a geneticist specialising in plant root-hair cells, and a Professor at the [[University of Bristol]]. In 2017 she was appointed Head of the School of Biological Sciences.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://genomics.nottingham.ac.uk/~Zoe/pslab/grierson/ |title=Don Grierson |publisher=Genomics.nottingham.ac.uk |date=2009-02-04 | |
His daughter Claire Grierson is also a geneticist specialising in plant root-hair cells, and a Professor at the [[University of Bristol]]. In 2017 she was appointed Head of the School of Biological Sciences.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://genomics.nottingham.ac.uk/~Zoe/pslab/grierson/ |title=Don Grierson |publisher=Genomics.nottingham.ac.uk |date=2009-02-04 |access-date=2010-08-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070519080713/http://genomics.nottingham.ac.uk/~Zoe/pslab/grierson/ |archive-date=19 May 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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==References== |
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Revision as of 10:29, 14 January 2021
Don Grierson | |
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| Born | Donald Grierson 1 October 1945 |
| Alma mater | University of East Anglia (BSc) University of Edinburgh (PhD) |
| Awards | Bertebos Prize |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Nottingham Zhejiang University |
| Thesis | Synthesis of ribosomal ribonucleic acid in developing primary leaves of Phaseolus aureus (1972) |
| Doctoral advisor | Ulrich Loening[1] |
Don Grierson OBE FRS FRSB (born 1 October 1945)[4] is a British geneticist, and Emeritus Professor at University of Nottingham.[5]
Education
Grierson graduated from the University of East Anglia with a degree in Biological Sciences in 1967,[4] after working for a short time in an industrial research lab, he obtained his PhD in Plant Science from the University of Edinburgh in 1972 for research on ribosomal ribonucleic acid in developing primary leaves of the mung bean Phaseolus aureus supervised by Ulrich Loening.[1]
Career and research
Grierson was a member of academic staff at University of Nottingham for over 40 years[6] where he was awarded a Doctor of Science (DSc) degree in 1999.[citation needed] He was the founding professor of the School of Biosciences before becoming Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research.
Grierson discovered several plant genes and studied their role in tomato ripening. He also was the first to identify and characterise genes for ACC oxidase (ACO) and demonstrated its role in the synthesis of the hormone ethylene.[7] Grierson was among the first to achieve silencing of plant genes in transgenic plants using antisense (1988, 1990)[8] and sense genes (1990). He was involved in creating a genetically modified tomato in the 1990s which ripened more slowly, a tomato purée made from the tomatoes was the first genetically modified food to be sold in the UK.[9] His research collaborators include Harry Smith.[2][3]
Awards and honours
Grierson was elected fellow of the Institute of Biology in 1985, awarded a research medal by the Royal Agricultural Society of England for "outstanding research in agriculture" in 1990. In 2000 he appointed Order of the British Empire (OBE) for "services to plant gene regulation".[10] In 2001 he received the Bertebos Prize, from the Royal Swedish Academy for Agriculture & Forestry for "pioneering research in modern plant biotechnology". He is now[when?] an emeritus professor at Nottingham and also has a part-time position as Guang Biao professor at Zhejiang University. In 2017, he was elected as a foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE).[11]
Notable relatives
His daughter Claire Grierson is also a geneticist specialising in plant root-hair cells, and a Professor at the University of Bristol. In 2017 she was appointed Head of the School of Biological Sciences.[12]
References
- ^ a b Grierson, Donald (1972). The synthesis of ribosomal ribonucleic acid in developing primary leaves of Phaseolus aureus (PhD thesis). University of Edinburgh. hdl:1842/13956. OCLC 846263643. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.651825.
- ^ a b Grierson, Donald; Smith, Harry (1973). "The Synthesis and Stability of Ribosomal RNA in Blue-Green Algae". European Journal of Biochemistry. 36 (1): 280–285. doi:10.1111/j.1432-1033.1973.tb02911.x. ISSN 0014-2956. PMID 4200178.
- ^ a b Grierson, Donald (2018). "Harry Smith. 19 September 1935—9 February 2015". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 64: 387–399. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2017.0045. ISSN 0080-4606.
- ^ a b Anon (2017). "Greirson, Prof. Donald". Who's Who (online Oxford University Press ed.). Oxford: A & C Black. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.18183.
{{cite encyclopedia}}: More than one of|surname=and|author=specified (help); Unknown parameter|othernames=ignored (help) (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) (subscription required) - ^ "Professor Don Grierson". University of Nottingham. Archived from the original on 8 February 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
- ^ "Professor Don Grierson: Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Professor of Plant Physiology". nottingham.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 19 May 2007.
- ^ Lalit M. Srivastava (27 August 2002). Plant Growth and Development: Hormones and Environment. Academic Press. pp. 238–. ISBN 978-0-08-051403-1. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
- ^ Anne Simon Moffat (November–December 1988). "Researchers Pursue "Anti-Sense" Technology in Quest for Novel Drugs and Agriproducts". Genetic Engineering and Biotech News.
- ^ "A puree genius at his work". Times Higher Education. 17 July 1998. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
- ^ "The Queen's Birthday Honours - OBEs: A - K". BBC. 16 June 2000.
- ^ "Four Professors Newly Elected as Chinese Academicians".
- ^ "Don Grierson". Genomics.nottingham.ac.uk. 4 February 2009. Archived from the original on 19 May 2007. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
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