Richard Summerbell

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Richard Summerbell
Summerbell in 2005
Born (1956-06-29) 29 June 1956 (age 67)
Brooks, Alberta
CitizenshipCanadian
Alma materUniversity of British Columbia, University of Toronto
Scientific career
FieldsMycology

Richard C. Summerbell (born 29 June 1956) is a

AIDS and promiscuity and attitudes to homosexuality
in organized religion.

Born in

doctorate degree from the University of Toronto. He has lived with his partner, Ross Fraser, since 1978 and currently resides in Toronto
, Canada.

Research in Mycology

Summerbell has published over 150

dermatophytes) and nail infections (onychomycosis).[8] As of July 9, 2010, his 1989 paper on onychomycosis[8] is the most-cited original research paper published in the over 50-year history of the journal Mycoses.[9]

Summerbell spent a decade as the Chief of Medical Mycology at the Ontario Ministry of Health Public Health Lab in Toronto, followed by 6 years as senior scientist at the

Utrecht.[10] He was editor-in-chief of the international scientific journal Medical Mycology from 2000 to 2004.[11] Since 2008, he has been a faculty member of the University of Toronto Dalla Lana School of Public Health[12] and research director of Sporometrics, a Toronto-based microbiological testing company.[10]

Summerbell has co-authored two textbooks in medical mycology, Identifying Filamentous Fungi[13] (simultaneously published in French as Champignons Filamenteux D'Intérêt Medical[14]) and Laboratory Handbook of Dermatophytes.[15]

Species (co-)described include:

  • Arachnomyces kanei (asexual state Onychocola kanei), an invader of human nails[16]
  • Phaeoacremonium krajdenii, a cause of subcutaneous infection of humans[17]
  • Phaeoacremonium alvesii, a cause of subcutaneous infection of humans[17]
  • Phaeoacremonium amstelodamense, a cause of human joint infection[17]
  • Phaeoacremonium australiense, an endophyte of grapevines[17]
  • Phaeoacremonium griseorubrum, a cause of human fungemia (blood infection)[17]
  • Phaeoacremonium scolyti, an endophyte of grapevine, also isolated from bark beetle larvae[17]
  • Phaeoacremonium subulatum, an endophyte of grapevine[17]
  • Phaeoacremonium tardicrescens, from unspecified human medical source[17]
  • Phaeoacremonium venezuelense, from eumycetoma of the human foot[17]
  • Phaeoacremonium sphinctrophorum, from fungal cyst of the human foot[18]
  • Phaeoacremonium theobromatis, from stem of wild mountain cocoa (Theobroma gileri) in Ecuador[18]
  • ectomycorrhizal with black spruce (Picea mariana)[19]
  • Teberdinia hygrophila a northern and alpine soil fungus[20]
  • Acremonium fuci, an endophyte of brown marine algae in the genus Fucus[21]
  • Acremonium exuviarum, from shed skin of lizard[22]
  • Fusarium delphinoides, from diseased succulent plant Hoodia gordonii and from human eye infection[23]
  • Fusarium biseptatum, from South African soil[23]
  • Fusarium penzigii, from decayed wood and human eye infection[23]
  • Phialosimplex caninus, cause of fatal infections in dogs[24]
  • Phaeomoniella pinifoliorum, a surface colonizer of pine needles[25]
  • Phaeomoniella zymoides, also from pine needles[25]

The species Sarocladium summerbellii has been named in Summerbell's honour.[26]

The standard author abbreviation Summerb. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[27]

Gay activism

Summerbell began working as a gay activist in 1979 when he became president of the gay and lesbian student association at the

The Body Politic from 1982 to 1986[30][31][32][33] and a contributor to other early Canadian gay publications such as Q Magazine.[34] As a gay activist, he was an early commentator on (then) controversial topics such as AIDS and promiscuity,[35] and attitudes to homosexuality in Christianity, Judaism and Islam.[36]

In 1985, he published a humorous look at gay life and culture entitled Abnormally Happy: A Gay Dictionary that satirizes stereotypical views of gays and lesbians.[37]

Summerbell also authored an early safe sex campaign series called "Is There a Condom in Your Life?" in Toronto gay newspaper

Xtra!, beginning in 1987.[38]

Music

As a songwriter and musician, Summerbell released an independent CD, Light Carries On, in 2004. One song from the CD, Thank you for being My Dog, won the 7th Annual Great American Song Contest in the Special Music category and won Summerbell a place in the Great American Song Hall of Fame.[39] Songs by Summerbell have been included in several popular compilations of music by gay musicians.[40] He has also written contemporary lyrics for the Huron Carol.[41]

Books

  • Identifying Filamentous Fungi, G. St. Germain & R. C. Summerbell, Star Publishing, Belmont CA, 1995,
    ISBN 978-0-89863-177-7
  • Champignons Filamenteux D'Interêt Medical, G. St. Germain & R.C. Summerbell, Star Publishing, Belmont CA, 1995,
    ISBN 978-0-89863-179-1
  • Laboratory Handbook of Dermatophytes, J. Kane, R. C. Summerbell, et al., Star Publishing, Belmont CA, 1996,
    ISBN 978-0-89863-157-9
  • Abnormally Happy: A Gay Dictionary, Richard Summerbell, New Star Books, Vancouver BC, 1985,
    ISBN 978-0-919573-41-3

References

  1. ^ Richard Summerbell on Google Scholar. Retrieved 2010-06-29. Google Scholar lists 154 results.
  2. S2CID 4411217
    .
  3. PMID 16214747
    .
  4. PMID 11692299
    .
  5. PMID 12468437
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  6. PMID 12355397
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  7. PMID 16494754
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  8. ^
    S2CID 32915689
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  9. S2CID 3928107
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  10. ^ a b News article from The National Post, 20 May 2009. Retrieved 2010-07-00.
  11. ^ Medical Mycology, Volume 42, Issue 1 2004, page i.
  12. ^ Faculty of the University of Toronto School of Public Health [1]. Retrieved 2010-06-29.
  13. ISBN 978-0-89863-177-7
    .
  14. ISBN 978-0-89863-179-1
    .
  15. ISBN 978-0-89863-157-9
    .
  16. PMID 12521121. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 6 July 2011.
  17. ^
    PMID 15814996
    .
  18. ^
    doi:10.3114/sim.54.1.1
    .
  19. JSTOR 3807434
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  20. PMID 16392257
    .
  21. ^ Zuccaro, Alga; Summerbell, Richard C.; Gams, Walter; Schroers, Hans-Josef; Mitchell, Julian I. (2004). "A new Acremonium species associated with Fucus spp., and its affinity with a phylogenetically distinct marine Emericellopsis clade" (PDF). Studies in Mycology. 50: 283–97.
  22. ^ Sigler, Lynne; Zuccaro, Alga; Summerbell, Richard C.; Mitchell, Julian; Paré, Jean A. (2004). "Acremonium exuviarum sp. nov., a lizard-associated fungus with affinity to Emericellopsis" (PDF). Studies in Mycology. 50: 409–13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2011.
  23. ^
    S2CID 36053585
    .
  24. PMID 20141373
    .
  25. ^
    PMID 17139853
    .
  26. PMID 26240442
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  27. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Summerb.
  28. ^ "1979 article on homosexuality in the student newspaper of University of BC (The Ubyssey)" (PDF). Retrieved 5 December 2013.
  29. ^ Savage, Phillip. Doing Community Radio: The Practices of Information Programming at a Community Radio Station, 1985. Retrieved 2010-06-29.
  30. ^ The Body Politic, index of issues 1983. Retrieved 2010-06-29.
  31. ^ The Body Politic, index of issues 1984. Retrieved 2010-06-29.
  32. ^ The Body Politic, index of issues 1985. Retrieved 2010-06-29.
  33. ^ The Body Politic, index of issues 1986. Retrieved 2010-06-29.
  34. ^ Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, Inventory of the Records of The Body Politic & Pink Triangle Press. Retrieved 2010-06-29.
  35. ISBN 978-1-896357-73-7
    .
  36. ^ Robinson, B. A. (13 August 2007). "Islam and homosexuality: Positive and supportive comments by Muslim and human rights groups". Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance.
  37. ISBN 978-0-919573-41-3
  38. ISSN 0829-3384
    .
  39. ^ Great American Songwriting Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2010-06-29.
  40. ^ "Richard Summerbell's music on CBC Radio 3". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
  41. ^ "Richard Summerbell | CD single "star date 25.12: nativities." The Lake Huron Carol b/w You Came a Star from Heaven (Tu Scendi Dalle Stelle) | CD Baby Music Store". Cdbaby.com. Retrieved 2 November 2013.

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