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| Guido Pontecorvo | |
 Guido Pontecorvo
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| Born | 29 November 1907 Pisa, Italy |
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| Died | 25 September 1999 |
| Fields | Italian geneticist |
Guido Pontecorvo (29 November 1907, Pisa, Italy - 25 September 1999) was an Italian geneticist.
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Career
He fled to Britain in 1938.
- Institute of Animal Genetics, University of Edinburgh, 1938-40 and 1944-45
- Department of Zoology, University of Glasgow, 1941-44
- Dept of Genetics, University of Glasgow, 1945-68 (Professor 1956-68)
- Honorary Director, MRC Unit of Cell Genetics, 1966-68
- Member of research staff, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, 1968-75
- Honorary Consultant Geneticist, ICRF, 1975-80
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1955.
He was one of eight children. He was a brother to Gillo Pontecorvo and Bruno Pontecorvo.
Legacy
The current genetics building at the University of Glasgow is named in honour of Guido Pontecorvo. The Pontecorvo Building is part of the Anderson College complex located on Dumbarton Road in the West End of Glasgow. It houses one of the few working Paternoster elevators in the UK.
He has also lent his name to the annual Pontecorvo award, presented to the most promising genetics student in the department.
Past Winners:
2003 - Robert Irving
2004 - John Rowell
References
- Cohen, Bernard L (November 2007). "Guido Pontecorvo ("Ponte"): a centenary memoir". Genetics (United States) 177 (3): 1439–44. ISSN 0016-6731. PMID 18039877.
- Siddiqi, O (2002). "Guido Pontecorvo, 29 November 1907 - 25 September 1999". Biographical memoirs of fellows of the Royal Society. Royal Society (Great Britain) (England) 48: 377–90. doi:. ISSN 0080-4606. PMID 13678073.
- Cohen, B L (February 2000). "Guido Pontecorvo ("Ponte"), 1907-1999". Genetics (UNITED STATES) 154 (2): 497–501. ISSN 0016-6731. PMID 10655205.
- Siddiqi, O (November 1999). "Guido Pontecorvo (1907-99)". Nature (ENGLAND) 402 (6759): 250. doi:. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 10580492.
- "Somatic cell genetics and cancer. Dedicated to Guido Pontecorvo on his 80th birthday". Cancer Surv. (ENGLAND) 7 (2): 223–375. 1988. ISSN 0261-2429. PMID 3066471.
External links
- Bernard L. Cohen. "Guido Pontecorvo ("Ponte"), 1907–1999". Genetics Society of America: genetics.org. Retrieved on 2006-09-04.
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