Milton Wainwright
Milton Wainwright | |
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| File:Milton Wainwright.jpg Milton Wainwright in his lab at Firth Court | |
| Nationality | English |
| Citizenship | British |
| Alma mater | University of Nottingham |
| Known for | "Alien Bugs", Neopanspermia |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Microbiology, Astrobiology |
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Professor Milton Wainwright is a British microbiologist who became world famous for his claims to have found extraterrestrial life in the stratosphere.[1][2][3] His interest are in Astrobiology and History of Science.[4] He claimed that the idea of natural selection is not original to Darwin or Wallace theory.[5] Also, he has claimed that the Red rain in Kerala is a biological entity.[6] Professor Wainwright has also written widely about the history of the discovery penicillin (including that Hitler’s life was saved by the drug) and streptomycin[7] and on the theory that bacteria and other non-virus microbes cause cancer.[8]
Honours and awards
- Honorary Professor and Fellow of the Centre for Astrobiology, University of Buckingham, Great Britain, 2012[9]
- Honorary Professor, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia, 2010
- Honorary Professor, Cardiff University, Great Britain, 2009
Articles
- Wainwright, M., Al Harbi, S. and Wickramasinghe, N.C. (2006). How do microorganisms reach the stratosphere? International Journal of Astrobiology 5,13-15.[10]
- Shivaji, S.,Chaturvedi, P.,Kuresh,K.,Redy,C.B.S.,Wainwright M.et al. (2006). Bacillus aerius sp. nov. isolated from cryogenic tubes used for collecting air samples from high altitudes. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 56,1465-1473.[11]
- Wainwright, M. (2008). Some highlights in the history of mycology-a personal journey. Fungal Biology Reviews, 7, 2297-102.[12]
- Wainwright, M., Leswd, A. and Alshammari,F. (2009). Bacteria in amber coal and clay in relation to lithopanspermia. International Journal of Astrobiology 8,141-143.[13]
- Wainwright, M. (2010).The overlooked link between non-virus microbes and cancer. Science Progress 93, 393-40.[14]
- Wainwright, M.(2002). Do fungi play a role in the aetiology of cancer? Reviews of Medical Microbiology 13, 1-6.[15]
- Wainwright,M. (2006). The potential role of non-virus microorganisms in cancer. Current Trends in Microbiology 2, 48-59.[16]
- Wainwright,M.(2011). Charles Darwin mycologist and refuter of his own myth. Fungi 4, 12-20.[17]
- Wainwright, M. (1991). Streptomycin: discovery and resultant controversy. Journal of the History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences 13, 97-124.[18]
- Wainwright, M. and Swan, H.T. (1986). C.G. Paine and the earliest surviving clinical record of penicillin therapy. Medical History 30, 42-56.[19]
Professor Wainwright had a Facebook Appreciation Society since the 20th of February 2013.[20] This group is consisted of mainly his MBB (Molecular Biology and Biotechnology) students at Sheffield University. The group is open to anyone to join except for Sheffield Hallam students.[21][22][23]
See also
References
- ^ http://news.sky.com/story/1143906/alien-bugs-discovered-in-earths-atmosphere
- ^ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/the-truth-is-out-there-above-cheshire-that-is-british-scientists-claim-to-have-found-proof-of-alien-life-8826690.html
- ^ http://www.sci-news.com/space/science-extraterrestrial-life-form-earth-stratosphere-01393.html
- ^ http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/mbb/staff/wainwright
- ^ http://wainwrightscience.blogspot.co.uk/
- ^ http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2006/03/03/1427866.htm
- ^ http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/perspectives_in_biology_and_medicine/v047/47.2wainwright.html
- ^ http://www-07.all-portland.net/pubs/micro_today/pdf/020008.pdf
- ^ http://www.shef.ac.uk/mbb/staff/wainwright
- ^ http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=457860
- ^ http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/mbb/staff/wainwright
- ^ http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/mbb/staff/wainwright
- ^ http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/mbb/staff/wainwright
- ^ http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/mbb/staff/wainwright
- ^ http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/mbb/staff/wainwright
- ^ http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/mbb/staff/wainwright
- ^ http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/mbb/staff/wainwright
- ^ http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/mbb/staff/wainwright
- ^ http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/mbb/staff/wainwright
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/groups/571263502886427/
- ^ http://sheffield.tab.co.uk/2013/09/29/the-tabs-a-z-of-sheffield-part-two/
- ^ http://www.shropshirestar.com/lifestyle/blogs/2012/05/04/university-rivalries-its-not-just-the-boat-race/
- ^ http://sheffield.tab.co.uk/2013/09/12/seventieth-heaven/