Name Peter Goodfellow Education University of Oxford | Notable awards Royal Society | |
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Born Peter Neville Goodfellow
4 August 1951 (age 73) ( 1951-08-04 ) Institutions University of Cambridge Alma mater University of Bristol
University of Oxford Thesis Biochemical and genetic studies of human tissue antigens (1975) Spouse Dame Julia Goodfellow (1972-present); 2 children Books Avian Architecture: How Bird, Questions for the MRCS Viva, Identification Guide to Birds of B, Birds of the Bible: A Guide for, Illustrated Guide to Birds of B | ||
Iain Lee Vs Peter Goodfellow (Absolute Radio - 01.02.2009)
Peter Neville Goodfellow, FRS (born 4 August 1951) is a British geneticist best known for his work on sex determination and the SRY gene that encodes testis determining factor. He was Arthur Balfour Professor of Genetics at the University of Cambridge from 1992 to 1996.
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- Iain Lee Vs Peter Goodfellow Absolute Radio 01022009
- Education
- Awards and honours
- Personal life
- References
Education
Goodfellow completed his Bachelor of Science degree in Microbiology at the University of Bristol in 1972 and was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Oxford in 1975 for research supervised by Walter Bodmer.
Awards and honours
Goodfellow was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1992. In 2002, he received an Honorary Doctor of Science (Hon DSc) degree from the University of Bristol.
Personal life
In 1972 he married Julia Mary Lansdall, former CEO of the BBSRC. They have a son and a daughter.