Nationality United Kingdom Education University of Oxford | Role Professor Name Douglas Kell | |
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Born Douglas Bruce Kell
7 April 1953 (age 71) ( 1953-04-07 ) Institutions BBSRC
University of Manchester
Aberystwyth University
University of Oxford Alma mater University of Oxford (BA, PhD) Thesis The Bioenergetics of Paracoccus denitrificans (1978) Doctoral advisor Stuart Ferguson
Philip John Doctoral students Eva Zelena
Thomas Williamson
Adaoha Ihekwaba
Maria Brown
Julia Handl
Pedro Mendes Fields Systems biology, Computational biology | ||
Notable students Pedro Pedrosa Mendes | ||
Professor douglas kell biology changing the world interview
Douglas Bruce Kell CBE FRSB FLSW (born 7 April 1953) is a British biochemist and Professor of Bioanalytical Sciences in the School of Chemistry at the University of Manchester, based in the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology (MIB). He was formerly Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) from 2008-2013.
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- Professor douglas kell biology changing the world interview
- Synthetic biology a combinatorial optimisation problem douglas kell
- Education
- Research
- Awards and honours
- References
Synthetic biology a combinatorial optimisation problem douglas kell
Education
He was educated at Hydneye House in Sussex, Bradfield College in Berkshire and St John's College, Oxford. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Biochemistry in 1975 and a Doctor of Philosophy (Oxon) in 1978 with a thesis on the Bioenergetics of Paracoccus denitrificans supervised by Stuart John Ferguson and Philip John.
From 1978 to 2002 he worked at Aberystwyth University, moving to UMIST in 2002 as EPSRC/Royal Society of Chemistry Research Chair in Bioanalytical Sciences.
Research
According to Google Scholar his most cited peer-reviewed research papers are in functional genomics, metabolomics and the yeast genome. He has also been involved in research to create a Robot Scientist in collaboration with Ross King, Stephen Muggleton and Steve Oliver as well as several projects in systems biology.
Kell's research has been funded by the BBSRC, the Medical Research Council (MRC) and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.
Awards and honours
Kell was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2014 New Year Honours for services to science and research.
Kell is also a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales (FLSW), a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (FRSB) and the Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (FAAAS).