Neil Gow (scientist) explained

Neil Gow
Birth Place:Tezpur, India
Birth Date:1957 11, df=yes
Thesis Title:Growth, physiology and ultrastructure of the pathogenic fungus Candida albicans
Thesis Url:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.354942
Thesis Year:1982
Doctoral Advisor:Graham W. Gooday

Neil Andrew Robert Gow (born 30 November 1957) is a professor of Microbiology and deputy Vice Chancellor at the University of Exeter.[1] Previously he served at the University of Aberdeen for 38 years and retains an honorary chair there.[2]

Education

Gow was educated Madras College and Perth Academy. He studied at the University of Edinburgh and the University of Aberdeen where he was awarded a PhD in 1982 for research on the pathogenic fungus Candida albicans supervised by Graham Gooday.[3] [4]

Research and career

Gow's research career has been in the field of fungal biology and medical mycology. He is known for his discoveries in fungal biology and genetics, morphogenesis and pathogenesis. His studies of how the cell walls of fungal pathogenic species is assembled, responds to antifungal antibiotics and is recognised by the human immune system directly impacts on the design and use of antifungal drugs, diagnostics and immunotherapies for fungal diseases.[5] [6] [7] [8]

After his PhD, Gow worked in Denver before returning to Aberdeen, where he has developed a team that has recently become a Medical Research Council (MRC) Centre for Medical Mycology and is one of the largest centres in this field worldwide. He has helped co-ordinate UK training and research in medical mycology and has acted as President of the British Mycological Society, the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology (ISHAM) and the Microbiology Society.

Awards and honours

Gow has received several awards for his research, he was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci), the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE)[9] and the American Academy of Microbiology. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2016[10] and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (FRSB).

Notes and References

  1. Web site: University of Exeter. Exeter.ac.uk. 28 November 2018.
  2. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20160517163133/http://www.abdn.ac.uk/smmsn/people/profiles/n.gow. 2016-05-17. Professor Neil Gow: Chair in Microbiology, University of Aberdeen. abdn.ac.uk. Aberdeen.
  3. PhD . Neil Andrew Robert. Gow . Growth, physiology and ultrastructure of the pathogenic fungus Candida albicans . University of Aberdeen. 1982 . . jisc.ac.uk . 646445444.
  4. Neil A. R. . Gow . Graham W. . Gooday . Growth kinetics and morphology of colonies of the filamentous form of Candida albicans . Journal of General Microbiology . 128 . 9 . 2187–2194 . 1982 . 10.1099/00221287-128-9-2187 . 6757383. free .
  5. Odds. Frank C.. Brown. Alistair J.P.. Gow. Neil A.R.. Antifungal agents: mechanisms of action. Trends in Microbiology. 11. 6. 2003. 272–279. 12823944. 10.1016/S0966-842X(03)00117-3.
  6. Netea. Mihai G.. Brown. Gordon D.. Kullberg. Bart Jan. Gow. Neil A. R.. An integrated model of the recognition of Candida albicans by the innate immune system. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 6. 1. 2008. 67–78. 18079743. 10.1038/nrmicro1815. 1477651 .
  7. Cormack. B. P.. Bertram. G.. Egerton. M.. Gow. N. A. R.. Falkow. S.. Brown. A. J. P.. Yeast-enhanced green fluorescent protein (yEGFP): a reporter of gene expression in Candida albicans. Microbiology. 143. 2. 1997. 303–311. 9043107. 10.1099/00221287-143-2-303. free.
  8. Butler. Geraldine. Geraldine Butler. Rasmussen. Matthew D.. Lin. Michael F.. Santos. Manuel A. S.. Sakthikumar. Sharadha. Munro. Carol A.. Rheinbay. Esther. Grabherr. Manfred. Forche. Anja. Reedy. Jennifer L.. Agrafioti. Ino. Arnaud. Martha B.. Bates. Steven. Brown. Alistair J. P.. Brunke. Sascha. Costanzo. Maria C.. Fitzpatrick. David A.. de Groot. Piet W. J.. Harris. David. Hoyer. Lois L.. Hube. Bernhard. Klis. Frans M.. Kodira. Chinnappa. Lennard. Nicola. Logue. Mary E.. Martin. Ronny. Neiman. Aaron M.. Nikolaou. Elissavet. Quail. Michael A.. Quinn. Janet. Santos. Maria C.. Schmitzberger. Florian F.. Sherlock. Gavin. Shah. Prachi. Silverstein. Kevin A. T.. Skrzypek. Marek S.. Soll. David. Staggs. Rodney. Stansfield. Ian. Stumpf. Michael P. H.. Sudbery. Peter E.. Srikantha. Thyagarajan. Zeng. Qiandong. Berman. Judith. Berriman. Matthew. Heitman. Joseph. Gow. Neil A. R.. Lorenz. Michael C.. Birren. Bruce W.. Kellis. Manolis. Cuomo. Christina A.. Evolution of pathogenicity and sexual reproduction in eight Candida genomes. Nature. 459. 7247. 2009. 657–662. 19465905. 10.1038/nature08064. 2834264. 2009Natur.459..657B .
  9. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20160330014912/https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/lists/fellows.pdf . 2016-03-30. Royal Society of Edinburgh Fellows as of 2016-05-13. Royal Society of Edinburgh. Edinburgh.
  10. Web site: Professor Neil Gow FMedSci FRS . . 2016-04-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160429121607/https://royalsociety.org/people/neil-gow-12871/ . London . Anon . 2016 . One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where:

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