David Hopwood
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Sir David Alan Hopwood FRS
(19 August 1933) is a British geneticist.
He gained his PhD from St John's College, Cambridge
and served as an assistant lecturer in genetics at Cambridge until he became a Lecturer in Genetics at the University of Glasgow
in 1961. He later became John Innes Professor of Genetics at the University of East Anglia
and now works as Head of Genetics at the John Innes Centre
. He was awarded the Gabor Medal
in 1995 "in recognition of his pioneering and leading the growing field of the genetics of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2), and for developing the programming of the pervasive process of polyketide synthesis". In 2002, he co-authored the sequencing of the S. coelicolor A3(2) genome. During more than forty years he has been studying the genetics and molecular biology of the model actinomycete S. coelicolor.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1979 and delivered their Leeuwenhoek Lecture
in 1987.
Royal Society
The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, known simply as the Royal Society, is a learned society for science, and is possibly the oldest such society in existence. Founded in November 1660, it was granted a Royal Charter by King Charles II as the "Royal Society of London"...
(19 August 1933) is a British geneticist.
He gained his PhD from St John's College, Cambridge
St John's College, Cambridge
St John's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college's alumni include nine Nobel Prize winners, six Prime Ministers, three archbishops, at least two princes, and three Saints....
and served as an assistant lecturer in genetics at Cambridge until he became a Lecturer in Genetics at the University of Glasgow
University of Glasgow
The University of Glasgow is the fourth-oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's four ancient universities. Located in Glasgow, the university was founded in 1451 and is presently one of seventeen British higher education institutions ranked amongst the top 100 of the...
in 1961. He later became John Innes Professor of Genetics at the University of East Anglia
University of East Anglia
The University of East Anglia is a public research university based in Norwich, United Kingdom. It was established in 1963, and is a founder-member of the 1994 Group of research-intensive universities.-History:...
and now works as Head of Genetics at the John Innes Centre
John Innes Centre
The John Innes Centre located in Norwich, Norfolk, England is an independent centre for research and training in plant and microbial science...
. He was awarded the Gabor Medal
Gabor Medal
The Gabor Medal is a medal awarded by the Royal Society of London for "acknowledged distinction of interdisciplinary work between the life sciences with other disciplines". The medal was created in 1989 to honour the memory of Dennis Gabor, and is awarded biennially...
in 1995 "in recognition of his pioneering and leading the growing field of the genetics of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2), and for developing the programming of the pervasive process of polyketide synthesis". In 2002, he co-authored the sequencing of the S. coelicolor A3(2) genome. During more than forty years he has been studying the genetics and molecular biology of the model actinomycete S. coelicolor.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1979 and delivered their Leeuwenhoek Lecture
Leeuwenhoek Lecture
The Leeuwenhoek Lecture is a prize lecture of the Royal Society originally given annually, but now every three years, on the subject of microbiology. It is named after the Dutch microscopist Anton van Leeuwenhoek and was instituted in 1948 from a bequest...
in 1987.