Brad Amos | |
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Born | William Bradshaw Amos 21 November 1945[1] |
Education | King Edward VII School, Sheffield |
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Awards | Mullard Award (1994) |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | Laboratory of Molecular Biology University of Cambridge Bio-Rad Laboratories |
Thesis | Aspects of contraction in the Peritrich stalk (1975) |
Website | www2 |
William Bradshaw Amos FRS (born 1945)[1][2] is a British biologist, Emeritus Scientist at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB).[3] He led a team that developed the mesolens, a microscope with a giant lens.[4][5][6]
Amos was educated at King Edward VII School, Sheffield[1] and graduated from University of Oxford with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1966, and from University of Cambridge with a PhD in 1970.[7]
Amos was research assistant from 1966 to 1967, research student from 1967 to 1970, and research fellow from 1970 to 1974 at King's College, Cambridge. He taught at the department of zoology, Cambridge, from 1973 to 1978.[1]
His awards and honours include: