Prof. Tom Brown
Prof. Tom Brown
Group leader
Tom received his first degree in Chemistry at Bradford University, where he was awarded the Griffin and George Prize as most outstanding graduate. After a PhD at Bradford with Gordon Shaw he moved to Nottingham University, then to Oxford and Cambridge Universities to carry out postdoctoral research with Leslie Crombie and Gerry Pattenden FRS, John Jones and Olga Kennard OBE FRS respectively. In 1985 he was appointed to a lectureship in Biological Chemistry at Edinburgh University where he was promoted to Reader and then Professor of Nucleic Acids Chemistry. He moved to a Chair in Chemistry at Southampton University in 1995.
Tom’s research interests centre on Nucleic acids chemistry, in particular the relationship between structure and function, DNA sequence recognition and the application of oligonucleotide chemistry to genetic analysis, diagnostics and therapeutics. He is co-founder of three biotech companies: Oswel, ATDBio and PrimerDesign.
Curriculum vitae
Personal
| Date of Birth | 10th November 1952 |
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| Nationality | British |
Fellowships
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE)
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)
- Member of the American Chemical Society
Recent Invited Lectures
| May 2005 | Nobel Foundation Workshop “Fundamentals of Biomolecular Function: Nucleic Acids, Proteins and Membranes” - Coimbra, Portugal |
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| June 2005 | Mutations in the Human Genome - Santorini Greece |
| December 2007 | Eurotides - Berlin |
| January 2008 | Molecular Frontiers Symposium and Forum - Biopolis, Singapore |
| May 2009 | BIOTECH.ORG - Forte dei Marmi (Lucca) Italy |
| August 2009 | 42nd IUPAC Congress, Glasgow |
| September 2009 | 3rd European Congress on Chemistry for Life Sciences - Frankfurt |
Previous positions
| 1985-1991 | Lecturer in Chemistry, University of Edinburgh |
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| 1991-1993 | Reader in Chemistry, University of Edinburgh |
| 1993-1995 | Professor of Nucleic acids Chemistry, University of Edinburgh |
Prizes and appointments
| 1992 | MakDougall-Brisbane prize for research, Royal Society of Edinburgh |
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| 1992 | Royal Society of Chemistry Josef Loschmidt Award |
| 1993 | Royal Society of Edinburgh Caledonian Research Fellowship |
| 2004/5 | Royal Society Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowship |
| 2005/6 | Chair of EPSRC Senior and Advanced Chemistry Fellowships Panel |
| 2006-9 | Member of BBSRC Biomolecular Sciences committee |
| 2007 | Royal Society of Chemistry Nucleic Acids Chemistry Prize |
| 2009 | Royal Society of Chemistry Interdisciplinary Award |