Thomas Kirkwood ( born Thomas Burton Loram Kirkwood ; born July 6, 1951 , Durban , Natal , South Africa ) is a British biologist.
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Biography
Since 1954 he lives in England. He graduated from Cambridge University , a master's degree in mathematics ( 1972 ), a bachelor's degree in applied statistics at Oxford University ( 1973 ), and a dissertation in biology at Cambridge ( 1983 ). In 1973 - 1981 employee of the statistics department of the National Institute of Biological Standards and Control, in 1981 - 1988 . Researcher, Computer Laboratory, National Institute for Medical Research, London, 1988 - 1993 Head of the Laboratory of Mathematical Biology at the same institute. In 1993 - 1999 Professor of Gerontology, University of Manchester (the first professorship in the UK in this specialty). He is currently Director of the Institute for Aging and Health at the School of Clinical Medical Research, University of Newcastle .
Kirkwood put forward ( 1977 ) and is developing one of the basic mathematical models of aging - the theory of one-time soma .
Rewards
- 2009 - Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- 2011 -
- 2017 - The Paton Lecture
Main publications
Scientific Articles and Monographs
- Kirkwood TBL. Evolution of ageing. // Nature 270: 301-304. (1977)
- Kirkwood TBL, Rosenberger R, Galas DJ. Accuracy in Molecular Processes: Its Control and Relevance to Living Systems. - London: Chapman & Hall, 1986.
- Kirkwood TBL, Rose MR. Evolution of senescence: late survival sacrificed for reproduction. // Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society , London B 332: 15-24. (1991)
- Kirkwood TBL, Franceschi C. Is aginging as complex as it would appear? New perspectives in aging research. // Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 663: 412-417. (1992)
- Kirkwood TBL, Bangham CRM. Cycles, chaos, and evolution in virus cultures: a model of defective interfering particles. // Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 91: 8685-8689. (1994)
- Kirkwood TBL. Human senescence. // BioEssays 18: 1009-1016. (1996)
Popular science
- Time of Our Lives: The Science of Human Aging (1999)
- Chance, Development, and Aging (2000, with Caleb Finch)
- The End of Age: Why Everything About Aging Is Changing (2001)
Notes
- ↑ SNAC - 2010.
Links
- Full bibliography on the School of Clinical Medical Research website (link not available )