Lorna Casselton
Lorna Casselton | |
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Born | Lorna Ann Smith 18 July 1938[3] Rochford, Essex, England |
Died | 14 February 2014 Oxford, England | (aged 75)
Alma mater | University College London[3] |
Known for | Genetic and molecular analysis of mushrooms |
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Thesis | The production, behaviour and genetics of diploids of Coprinus lagopus (1964) |
Doctoral advisor | Dan Lewis[1][2] |
Website | royalsociety |
Lorna Ann Casselton,
Early life
Casselton was born on 18 July 1938 in Rochford, Essex[11] to William Charles Henry Smith and Cecile Smith (née Bowman).[10] Her parents' smallholding and her father's interest in natural history and genetics encouraged her and her sister Pauline in the direction of biology.[10] She was educated at Southend High School for Girls, a grammar school in Southend-on-Sea.[12] She studied at University College London, from which she gained a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in botany and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 1964.[9][13][14]
Academic career
Casselton began her career in lecturing and research as an assistant lecturer at
Casselton was a Fellow of St Cross College Oxford from 1993 to 2003, and was appointed Professor of Fungal Genetics at Oxford in 1997. Her specialism was sexual development in fungi and she contributed to over 100 publications on this topic.[15] She was a Fellow of St Cross College, Oxford, from 1993 to 2003, and an Honorary Fellow of St Hilda's College, Oxford, from 2000. She was a member of the Royal Society's Council from 2002 to 2003, and rejoined the Council in 2006 as Vice-President and Foreign Secretary, replacing Professor Dame Julia Higgins.[5][15]
As Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society, Casselton gave the
Personal life
She married Peter John Casselton in 1961, divorcing him in 1978. She married William Joseph Dennis Tollett in 1981.[3] She died after a short illness, aged 75.[17]
Awards and honours
She was elected a Fellow of the
The British Mycological Society awarded her an Honorary Membership in 2002.[10]
Selected publications
- Stajich, J. E.; Wilke, S. K.; Ahren, D.; Au, C. H.; et al. (14 June 2010). "Insights into evolution of multicellular fungi from the assembled chromosomes of the mushroom Coprinopsis cinerea (Coprinus cinereus)". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107 (26): 11889–11894. PMID 20547848.
- Riquelme, Meritxell; Challen, Michael P.; Casselton, Lorna A.; Brown, Andrew J. (6 May 2005). "The Origin of MultipleBMating Specificities inCoprinus cinereus". Genetics. 170 (3). Oxford University Press (OUP): 1105–1119. PMID 15879506.
- Casselton, LA. (2002). "Mate recognition in fungi". Heredity. 88 (2): 142–147. PMID 11932772.
- Brown, AJ; Casselton, LA. (2001). "Mating in mushrooms: increasing the chances but prolonging the affair". Trends in Genetics. 17 (7): 393–400. PMID 11418220.
- Olesnicky, NS.; Brown, AJ.; Dowell, SJ.; Casselton, LA. (1999). "A constitutively active G-protein-coupled receptor causes mating self-compatibility in the mushroom Coprinus". EMBO Journal. 18 (10): 2756–2763. PMID 10329622.
- Casselton, LA.; Olesnicky, NS. (1998). "Molecular genetics of mating recognition in basidiomycete fungi". Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews. 62 (1): 55–70. PMID 9529887.
- Banham, AH.; Asanteowusu, RN.; Casselton, LA. (1995). "An N-terminal dimerization domain permits homeodomain proteins to choose compatible partners and initiate sexual development in the mushroom Coprinus cinereus". Plant Cell. 7 (6): 773–783. PMID 12242384.
- Kues, U.; Casselton, LA. (1992). "Fungal mating type genes - regulators of sexual development". Mycological Research. 96 (12): 993–1006. .
- Kues, U.; Richardson, WVJ; Casselton, LA. (1992). "The combination of dissimilar alleles of the A-alpha and A-beta gene complexes, whose proteins contain homeo domain motifs, determines sexual development in the mushroom Coprinus cinereus". Genes & Development. 6 (4): 568–577. PMID 1348484.
- Binninger, DM.; Skrzynia, C.; Pukkila, PJ.; Casselton, LA. (1987). "DNA-mediated transformation of the basidiomycete Coprinus cinereus". EMBO Journal. 6 (4): 835–840. PMID 3595558.
- Sealy-Lewis, HM.; Casselton, LA. (1978). "Restoration of enzyme activity by recessive missense suppressors in fungus Coprinus". Molecular and General Genetics. 164 (2): 211–215. S2CID 6010171.
- Casselton, LA.; Lewis, D. (1967). "Dilution of gene products in cytoplasm of heterokaryons in Coprinus lagopus"". Genetical Research. 9: 63. .
- Casselton, LA. (1965). "Production and behaviour of diploids of Coprinus lagopus". Genetical Research. 6 (2): 190–208. PMID 14345906.
References
- S2CID 85390625.
- ^ Professor Lorna Casselton CBE FRS Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, University College London
- ^ a b c d "CASSELTON, Prof. Lorna Ann, (Mrs W. J. D. Tollett)". Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press. (subscription required)
- PMID 9529887.
- ^ a b c http://royalsociety.org/people/lorna-casselton/ Casselton's biography on the Royal Society website
- PMID 14345906.
- PMID 1097583.
- PMID 5947646.
- ^ a b Casselton's profile on Debrett's
- ^ a b c d Lorna Casselton obituary: Researcher into the genetic basis of fungal mating, The Guardian, 31 March 2014
- ^ Lorna Casselton obituary The Guardian, 31 March 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ^ "Professor Lorna Casselton". The Times. 27 March 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
- ^ Casselton, Lorna (1964). The production, behaviour and genetics of diploids of Coprinus lagopus (PhD thesis). University College London.(subscription required)
- S2CID 11520048.
- ^ a b "Plant Sciences Staff Professor Lorna A. Casselton". Archived from the original on 1 March 2012.
- ^ a b Staff. "Honorary Graduates of UCL". University College London. Archived from the original on 12 August 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
- ^ St Cross College, Oxford Megan Palmer, 18 February 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ^ "No. 60173". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 June 2012. p. 7.
- ^ "EC/1999/07: Casselton, Lorna Ann. Royal Society Library and Archive Catalogue". London: The Royal Society. Archived from the original on 2 April 2014.