Biography:Rosemary Redfield

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Short description: Microbiologist
Rosie Redfield
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Born
Rosemary Jeanne Redfield
Alma materMonash University (BSc)
McMaster University (MSc)
Stanford University (PhD)
AwardsNature's 10 (2011)[1]
Scientific career
FieldsMicrobiology
Genetics
DNA
Evolution[2]
InstitutionsUniversity of British Columbia
Harvard University
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
ThesisGeneration of cryptic lambda prophages in Escherichia coli K-12 (1987)
Doctoral advisorAllan M. Campbell
Websiterrresearch.fieldofscience.com

Rosemary Jeanne Redfield is a microbiologist associated with the University of British Columbia[2] where she worked as a faculty member in the Department of Zoology from 1993 until retiring in 2021.[3][4]

Education

Redfield completed her undergraduate degree in biochemistry at Monash University.[5] She continued her education at McMaster University where she completed her MSc in 1980. Her thesis titled, "Methylation and chromatin conformation of adenovirus type 12 DNA sequences in transformed cells," dealt with the chromatin structure and SDNA methylation.[6] Redfield received her PhD in Biological Sciences from Stanford University under Allan M. Campbell.

Research and career

Redfield completed postdoctoral work at Harvard University with Richard Charles Lewontin and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine with Hamilton O. Smith, an American microbiologist and 1978 Nobel Laureate.[7] She played an early role in the refutation of the GFAJ-1 "arsenic life" results of Felisa Wolfe-Simon.[8][9][10] She retired in 2021.[11]

Select publications

Awards

  • CIHR Grant (1999) - Regulation of competence in haemophilus influenzae[12]
  • CIHR Grant (2012) - Regulation of CRP-S promoters in H. Influenzae and E. Coli[12]
  • Nominated by Nature as one of Nature's 10 people who mattered in 2011.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Butler, Declan; Callaway, Ewen; Check Hayden, Erika; Cyranoski, David; Hand, Eric; Nosengo, Nicola; Samuel Reich, Eugenie; Tollefson, Jeff et al. (2011). "365 days: Nature's 10". Nature 480 (7378): 437–445. doi:10.1038/480437a. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 22193082. Bibcode2011Natur.480..437B. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 {{Google Scholar id}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata.
  3. "Coursera - Free Online Courses From Top Universities" (in en-US). https://www.coursera.org/instructor/~323. 
  4. ""Dr. Rosemary (Rosie) Redfield Retirement"". https://www.zoology.ubc.ca/article/dr-rosemary-rosie-redfield-retirement. 
  5. "Bios | Cell Decision Making". http://physicsoflivingsystems.org/cdm/bios/. 
  6. Redfield, Rosemary J. (1980). Methylation and chromatin conformation of adenovirus type 12 DNA sequences in transformed cells (Order No. MK50873).. McMaster University. 
  7. "Looking to our leaders: An interview with Rosie Redfield" (in en-US). 2011-01-23. http://www.molecularecologist.com/2011/01/looking-to-our-leaders-an-interview-with-rosie-redfield/. 
  8. Reaves, Marshall Louis; Sinha, Sunita; Rabinowitz, Joshua D.; Kruglyak, Leonid; Redfield, Rosemary J. (2012-07-27). "Absence of Detectable Arsenate in DNA from Arsenate-Grown GFAJ-1 Cells" (in en). Science 337 (6093): 470–473. doi:10.1126/science.1219861. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 22773140. Bibcode2012Sci...337..470R. 
  9. Zimmer, Carl (2010-12-07). ""This Paper Should Not Have Been Published": Scientists see fatal flaws in the NASA study of arsenic-based life" (in en-US). Slate. ISSN 1091-2339. http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2010/12/this_paper_should_not_have_been_published.html. 
  10. Yong, Ed (2010-12-10). "Arsenic bacteria - a post-mortem, a review, and some navel-gazing" (in en-US). Not Exactly Rocket Science (Discover Magazine). http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2010/12/10/arsenic-bacteria-a-post-mortem-a-review-and-some-navel-gazing/. 
  11. ""Dr. Rosemary (Rosie) Redfield Retirement"". https://www.zoology.ubc.ca/article/dr-rosemary-rosie-redfield-retirement. 
  12. 12.0 12.1 "Canadian Research Information System". http://webapps.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/cris/Search?p_language=E&p_version=CRIS. 

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