Eleanor Dodson Explained

Eleanor Dodson
Birth Place:	Australia
Fields:	Biology, crystallography
Workplaces:	University of York
Alma Mater:	University of Melbourne
Known For:	Computational modelling of protein crystallography
Awards:	FRS
Spouse:	Guy Dodson
Children:	4

Eleanor Joy Dodson FRS is an Australian-born biologist who specialises in the computational modelling of protein crystallography.^{[1] [2]} She holds a chair in the Department of Chemistry at the University of York.^[3] She is the widow of the scientist Guy Dodson.

Early life and education

She was born Eleanor MacPherson in rural Australia, the daughter of Scottish farmers. In 1958, she graduated with a degree in mathematics and philosophy from the University of Melbourne.^{[4] [5]}

Personal life

She was married to fellow scientist Guy Dodson until his death in 2012. They have four children: Vicki, Richard, Philip and Tom.

Awards

• 1998 Fankuchen Memorial Award of the ACA
• 2001 Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science, University of Uppsala^[5]
• 2003 Fellow of the Royal Society^[6]
• 2006 2nd Max Perutz ECA Prize^[7]
• 2010 Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science, University of St Andrews^[4]
• 2011 9th IUCr Ewald Prize^[8]

Works

• Dodson EJ . Using electron-microscopy images as a model for molecular replacement . Acta Crystallographica D. 57 . Pt 10 . 1405–9 . 2001 . 11567152 . 10.1107/s0907444901013415. free .
• Dauter Z, Dauter M, Dodson E . Jolly SAD . Acta Crystallographica D . 58 . Pt 3 . 494–506 . 2002 . 11856836 . 10.1107/S090744490200118X.
• Kleywegt GJ, Henrick K, Dodson EJ, van Aalten DM . Pound-wise but penny-foolish: How well do micromolecules fare in macromolecular refinement? . Structure . 11 . 9 . 1051–9 . 2003 . 12962624 . 10.1016/s0969-2126(03)00186-2 . free .
• Yao J, Woolfson MM, Wilson KS, Dodson EJ . A modified ACORN to solve protein structures at resolutions of 1.7 A or better . Acta Crystallographica D . 61 . Pt 11 . 1465–75 . 2005 . 16239723 . 10.1107/S090744490502576X . free .

Notes and References

1. Wigley . D.B. . Davies . G.J.. Gideon Davies . Dodson . E.J.. Eleanor Dodson . Maxwell . A . Dodson . G. Guy Dodson . 1991 . Crystal structure of an N-terminal fragment of the DNA gyrase B protein . Nature . 351 . 6328. 624–629 . 1646964 . 10.1038/351624a0 . 1991Natur.351..624W . 4373125 .
2. Web site: About staff - Professor Eleanor Dodson . The University of York . 26 March 2013 . 31 December 2013.
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20090504020857/http://www.york.ac.uk/research/athena/profiles/elanor_dodson.htm Professor Eleanor Dodson FRS Department of Chemistry
4. Web site: Professor Eleanor Dodson . University of St Andrews . 23 June 2010 . 31 December 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131231180649/http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/graduation/laureationaddresses/archive/june2010/eleanordodson/ . 31 December 2013 .
5. Web site: Eleanor Dodson – . Uppsala universitet . 31 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131231225022/http://katalog.uu.se/empInfo/?id=N2-1423 . 31 December 2013 . dead .
6. Web site: Fellows. Royal Society. 1 December 2010.
7. Web site: August 2009 . ECA Prizes . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131231074321/http://www.ecanews.org/ecaprize.php . 31 December 2013 . 31 December 2013 . European Crystallographic Association.
8. Web site: 9th Ewald Prize given to Professor E. Dodson. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20220318123644/https://www.iucr.org/iucr/ewald-prize#:~:text=The%20ninth,UK). 18 March 2022.