Martin Embley Explained

Martin Embley
Birth Name:	Thomas Martin Embley
Fields:	Eukaryotes Evolution
Workplaces:	Newcastle University North East London Polytechnic Natural History Museum, London
Alma Mater:	Newcastle University (PhD)
Thesis Title:	Aspects of the biology of Renibacterium salmoninarum
Thesis Url:	https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.372322
Thesis Year:	1983
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Awards:	EMBO Membership (2009)^[1]
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(Thomas) Martin Embley is a professor at Newcastle University who has made contributions to our understanding of the origin of eukaryotes and the evolution of organelles such as mitochondria,^{[2] [3] [4]} mitosomes and hydrogenosomes, that are found in parasitic protists.^[1]

In May 2021, Embley was appointed as a Fellow of the Royal Society.^[5]

Education

Embley was educated at Newcastle University, where he was awarded a PhD on the biology of the bacterium Renibacterium salmoninarum in 1983.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Anon. 2009. Martin Embley EMBO biography. people.embo.org. European Molecular Biology Organization.
2. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20190424061645/https://royalsociety.org/people/martin-embley-14088/. 2019-04-24. Professor Martin Embley FMedSci FRS. royalsociety.org. Royal Society. London. Anon. 2019. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where:
3. Berriman. M.. The Genome of the African Trypanosome Trypanosoma brucei. Science. 309. 5733. 2005. 416–422. 0036-8075. 10.1126/science.1112642. 16020726. 2005Sci...309..416B. 18649858.
4. Embley. T. Martin. Martin. William. Eukaryotic evolution, changes and challenges. Nature. 440. 7084. 2006. 623–630. 0028-0836. 10.1038/nature04546. 16572163. 2006Natur.440..623E. 4396543.
5. Web site: Two leading scientists recognised with 'science Oscars'.
6. PhD. University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Aspects of the biology of Renibacterium salmoninarum. Thomas Martin. Embley. 1983. . jisc.ac.uk. 10497082.