Edwin Southern
Sir Edwin Southern FRSE | |
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Born | Edwin Mellor Southern 7 June 1938[3] Burnley, United Kingdom |
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | (BSc)
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Known for | Southern blot |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Molecular Biology |
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Thesis | Studies on synthetic and naturally occurring enzyme metabolites (1964) |
Doctoral students | Robin Allshire[2] |
Website | www |
Sir Edwin Mellor Southern
Early life and education
Southern was born in
Career and Research
Southern is also the founder and chairman of Oxford Gene Technology. He is also the founder (in 2000) and chairman of a Scottish charity, The Kirkhouse Trust, which aims to promote education and research in the Natural Sciences, particularly the biological and medical sciences, and the Edina Trust, which was founded to promote science in schools.[11][12] These charities are financed using royalty income from licensing microarray technology.
Southern blot
The Southern blot is used for DNA analysis and was routinely used for genetic fingerprinting and paternity testing prior to the development of microsatellite markers for this purpose. The procedure is also frequently used to determine the number of copies of a gene in the genome.[13] The concepts of the Southern blot were used in the development and creation of the modern microarray slide, which is an extensively used experimental tool. The northern blot, western blot and eastern blot, related procedures for the analysis of RNA, protein and post-translational modification of proteins, respectively, are all puns on Southern's name.
DNA microarray
Southern founded Oxford Gene Technology (OGT) in 1995,[1] a company that developed DNA microarray technology. OGT won a 1999 patent infringement lawsuit against Affymetrix based on his patent holdings in microarray technology.[14]
Awards and honours
In 1990, Southern was one of the winners of the
References
- ^ a b "Professor Sir Edwin Southern – Founder, Chairman and Chief Science Advisor". Oxford Gene Technology. Archived from the original on 17 April 2015.
- EThOS uk.bl.ethos.355979.
- ^ a b "Edwin Southern CV" (PDF). Roche. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2012.
- ^ S2CID 34584084.
- S2CID 20126741.
- S2CID 2690775.
- PMID 232210.
- PMID 1579459.
- S2CID 10853509.
- ProQuest 301213660.
- ^ Kirkhouse Trust
- ^ Edina Trust
- ^ "Glossary:Southern blot". Nature.com.
- S2CID 5310891.
- ^ "List of winners". The Gairdner Foundation. Archived from the original on 30 December 2007. Retrieved 19 December 2007.
- The Royal Society. Archived from the originalon 19 December 2007. Retrieved 20 December 2007.
- ^ "Past Recipients". Association for Molecular Pathology. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
- ^ "2005 Albert Lasker Award – Acceptance remarks by Edwin Southern". Lasker Foundation. Archived from the original on 10 June 2008.
- ^ "2005 Albert Lasker Award for Clinical Medical Research". Lasker Foundation. Archived from the original on 11 December 2007. Retrieved 19 December 2007.
- ^ "ABRF Award". Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities. Archived from the original on 22 November 2007.
- ^ "Professor Sir Edwin Mellor Southern FRS HonFRSE - The Royal Society of Edinburgh". The Royal Society of Edinburgh. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
- ^ "EC/1983/34: Southern, Edwin Mellor". London: The Royal Society. Archived from the original on 13 July 2015.