Dr Alan Radford

Profile

Research Fellow, Stanford University 1966-70; Assistant Professor, UCLA 1970-71; Lecturer, Birkbeck College 1972-74; Lecturer, University of Leeds 1974-82; Senior Lecturer, University of Leeds 1982-2005; Visiting Professor, University of Brasilia 1987 and 1997; Visiting Professor, Oregon Graduate Institute 2004-07; Visiting Professor, Texas A & M University 2008-2010; C Biol, FRSB.

Responsibilities

• Curator of the Neurospora crassa e-Compendium

Research interests

Genomics of fungi, particularly the ascomycete Neurospora crassa:

(a) integration of genetic and physical mapping data;

(b) gene annotation;

(c) maintenance of a Neurospora crassa genome database;

(d) origin and evolution of gene families, particularly those for secreted hydrolytic enzymes;

(e) ribosomes and other complex heterooligomeric protein complexes.

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Qualifications

• BSc, Leeds; MSc, PhD, McMaster.
• C Biol
• FRSB

Professional memberships

• The Genetics Society
• The Royal Society of Biology