Edwin Southern
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Gender | Male |
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Age | 86 |
Date of birth | June 7,1938 |
Zodiac sign | Gemini |
Born | Burnley |
United Kingdom | |
Known for | Southern blot |
Thesis | Studies on synthetic and naturally occurring enzyme metabolites (1964) |
Job | Biochemist |
Molecular Biologist | |
Education | The University of Manchester |
University of Glasgow | |
Burnley Grammar School | |
Awards | Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award |
Gairdner Foundation International Award | |
Canada Gairdner International Award | |
Notable student | Robin Allshire |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 547136 |
Edwin Southern Life story
Sir Edwin Mellor Southern FRS FRSE is an English Lasker Award-winning molecular biologist, Emeritus Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Oxford and a fellow of Trinity College, Oxford. He is most widely known for the invention of the Southern blot, published in 1975 and now a common laboratory procedure.