Ann Clarke (immunologist)
Ann G. Clarke (née Jewkes) is a British immunologist and co-founder of the Frozen Ark project.[1]
Career
Clarke's research focused on the immunological relationship between mouse mothers and embryos. For six years she was an Inspector for the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority.[1]
She and her husband, Bryan Clarke, made several scientific expeditions to French Polynesia, where they realised that the partula snail was facing rapid extinction after the introduction of a predator as a biological control for a different species. Inspired by this, they and Anne McLaren (1927–2007) founded the Frozen Ark project to preserve the DNA of species threatened with extinction. As of 2017[update] the project held some 48,000 frozen samples from 5,500 species.[2]
In 2017 Clarke was the subject of an episode of BBC Radio 4's The Life Scientific.[2]
Selected publications
- MacKenzie-Dodds, Jacqueline; Clarke, Ann; et al. (June 2013). "Recent Initiatives in Biodiversity Biobanking: Summary of Presentations from the ESBB 2012 Conference". Biopreservation and Biobanking. 11 (3): 182–188. PMID 24850096.
- Lerman, Dominik; Blomeke, Brunhilde; Browne, Robert; Clarke, Ann; et al. (March 2009). "Cryobanking of viable biomaterials: implementation of new strategies for conservation purposes". Molecular Ecology. 18 (6): 1030–1033. PMID 19207252.
- Clarke, A. G. (January 2009). "The Frozen Ark Project: the role of zoos and aquariums in preserving the genetic material of threatened animals". International Zoo Yearbook. 43 (1): 222–230. .
- Hetherington, C. M.; Humber, D. P.; Clarke, Ann G. (August 1976). "Genetic and immunological aspects of litter size in the mouse". European Journal of Immunogenetics. 3 (4): 245–252. PMID 789780.
- Clarke, Ann G.; Hetherington, C. M. (April 1972). "Immunogenetic aspects of maternal-fetal relations". Journal of Reproduction and Fertility. Supplement. 15: 99–118. PMID 4565753.
- Clarke, Ann G.; Hetherington, C. M. (March 1971). "Effects of Maternal Preimmunization on the Decidual Cell Reaction in Mice". Nature. 230 (5289): 114–115. PMID 4927009.
Personal life
Ann Jewkes married Professor Bryan Clarke (1932–2014) in 1960. They had a daughter and a son.[3]
References
- ^ a b "Dr Ann Clarke". People. The Frozen Ark project. 4 September 2018. Archived from the original on 26 September 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- ^ a b "Ann Clarke on The Frozen Ark". The Life Scientific. BBC Radio 4. 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- ^ "Professor Bryan Clarke - obituary". The Telegraph. 5 March 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
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