John P. Morrissey (biologist)

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John Patrick Morrissey (born 31 December 1968 in

industrial biotechnology
, but is also involved in the works with several other organisms.

Life and career

John Morrissey studied microbiology at University College Cork, graduating with a bachelor's degree in science in 1990. After graduating, he moved to the

rRNA in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.[1][2][3] There he worked on translation and stability of mRNA in yeast.[citation needed
]

From 1998 to 2000 he worked and researched at the

sponges (Porifera),[10] to which he also wrote several book chapters.[11][12]

His current research focus is on the molecular biology and ecology of yeasts and the use of wild-type genetically modified yeasts for food, beverage or industrial biotechnology. Morrissey is particularly well known for his work on the food and industrial yeast Kluyveromyces marxianus'.[13][14][15][16] Among other projects he leads or has led, are the European research projects YEASTCELL (until 2017),[17][18] YEASTDOC[19][20] and CHASSY[21][22] with a focus on yeasts as production organisms.

Awards and functions

John P. Morrissey is editor in chief of the editorial board of the journal FEMS Yeast Research. Along with Prof Ken Wolfe of University College Dublin, he represents Ireland of the International Commission on Yeasts (ICY). Previously (2013–2017), he served as chair of the Eukaryotic Division of the Microbiology Society and currently he is serving of a member of the Governing Council of the Microbiology Society.[23] He is also a board member of the Microbial Physiology Section of the European Federation of Biotechnology.[24]

Publications (selection)

Heavily cited peer-reviewed articles:[25]

  • Yves Henry, Heather Wood, John P. Morrissey, Elisabeth Petfalski, Stephen Kearsey, David Tollervey: The 5′ end of yeast 5.8 S rRNA is generated by exonucleases from an upstream cleavage site. The EMBO Journal 13 (10), 1994; S. 2452–2463. (full text)
  • John P. Morrissey, Anne E. Osbourn: Fungal Resistance to Plant Antibiotics as a Mechanism of Pathogenesis. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews 63 (3), September 1999; S. 708–724.
  • Ultan F. Walsh, John P. Morrissey, Fergal O'Gara: Pseudomonas for biocontrol of phytopathogens: from functional genomics to commercial exploitation. Current Opinion in Biotechnology 12 (3), 2001; S. 289–295.
    doi:10.1016/S0958-1669(00)00212-3
  • M.M. Lane, J.P. Morrissey:
    doi:10.1016/j.fbr.2010.01.001
  • Jonathan Kennedy, Burkhardt Flemer, Stephen A. Jackson, David P.H. Lejon, John P. Morrissey, Fergal O’Gara, Alan D.W. Dobson: Marine metagenomics: new tools for the study and exploitation of marine microbial metabolism. Marine Drugs 8 (3), 2010; S. 608–628.
    doi:10.3390/md8030608
  • Leonie Baumann, Arun S. Rajkumar, John P. Morrissey,
    doi:10.1021/acssynbio.8b00309
    .

References

  1. ^ Yves Henry, Heather Wood, John P. Morrissey, Elisabeth Petfalski, Stephen Kearsey, David Tollervey: The 5′ end of yeast 5.8 S rRNA is generated by exonucleases from an upstream cleavage site. The EMBO Journal 13 (10), 1994; S. 2452-2463. (full text).
  2. ^ John P. Morrissey, David Tollervey: Yeast snR30 is a small nucleolar RNA required for 18S rRNA synthesis. Molecular and Cellular Biology 13 (4), 1994; S. 2469-2477. (full text).
  3. doi:10.1016/S0968-0004(00)88962-8
    .
  4. ^ John P. Morrissey, Anne E. Osbourn: Fungal Resistance to Plant Antibiotics as a Mechanism of Pathogenesis. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews 63 (3), September 1999; S. 708–724. (full text)
  5. doi:10.1016/S0958-1669(00)00212-3, full text
    .
  6. doi:10.1073/pnas.0506407102
    .
  7. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6941.2006.00056.x
    .
  8. doi:10.1099/jmm.0.47705-0
    .
  9. doi:10.3390/md8030608
    .
  10. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2672.2009.04563.x
    .
  11. ^ J. Kennedy, S.A. Jackson, J.P. Morrissey, F. O’Gara, A.D.W. Dobson: Marine Invertebrate Animal Metagenomics, Porifera. In: Encyclopedia of Metagenomics. Springer, New York City 2013.
  12. ^ S.A. Jackson, J. Kennedy, L.M. Margassery, B. Flemer, N.D. O’ Leary, J.P. Morrissey, F. O'Gara, A.D.W. Dobson: Marine sponges –Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. In: Handbook of Marine Biotechnology. Springer, New York City 2013.
  13. doi:10.1016/j.fbr.2010.01.001
    .
  14. doi:10.1002/yea.3054
    .
  15. doi:10.1093/femsyr/foy012
    .
  16. ^ J. Morrissey, J. Varela, R. Ortiz, K. Wolfe: Adaptation of the yeast Kluyveromyces marxianus to a biotechnological niche. New Biotechnology 44, S7.
  17. ^ Official Homepage of the project "YEASTCELL", assessed at 1. April 2019.
  18. CORDIS
    , assessed at 1. April 2019.
  19. ^ Official Homepage of the project "YEASTDOC", assessed at 1. April 2019.
  20. CORDIS
    , assessed at 1. April 2019.
  21. ^ Official Homepage of the project "CHASSY", assessed at 1. April 2019.
  22. CORDIS
    , assessed at 1. April 2019.
  23. ^ John Morrissey, biography at University College Cork.
  24. ^ Section Board of the European Federation of Biotechnology, assessed at 4. April 2019.
  25. ^ Publikationen von J. Morrissey at Google Scholar.

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