Papers of Malcolm Andrew Ferguson-Smith, correspondence with Jennifer A Marshall Graves and others

Date:
1995-2005
Reference:
UGC 188/3/10
Part of:
Papers of Malcolm Andrew Ferguson-Smith, geneticist, Professor of Medical Genetics, University of Glasgow, Scotland
  • Archives and manuscripts

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Description

This correspondence documents a long-running research collaboration on comparative genomics of platypus, echidna and various marsupials between Ferguson-Smith's laboratory in Cambridge and the laboratory of Professor Jennifer A Marshall Graves at La Trobe University, Australia (then at the Australian National University, Canberra).

Publication/Creation

1995-2005

Physical description

13 folders

Arrangement

Arranged into chronological order.

The files described below are arranged into separate folders which contain loose pages of correspondence and related papers.

Biographical note

Malcolm Andrew Ferguson-Smith (1931- ) is a celebrated geneticist whose work on gene mapping has shaped our understanding of human evolution. Ferguson-Smith graduated MB, ChB in 1955 and was appointed a lecturer in Medical Genetics at the University in 1961. He was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 1965 , a Reader in 1971, and Professor of Medical Genetics in 1973. He was also Honorary Consultant in Medical Paediatrics at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children from 1966 and in Clinical Genetics at Yorkhill and Associated Hospitals from 1973 to 1987. In 1987, Ferguson-Smith left Glasgow to become Professor of Pathology and Professorial Fellow at Peterhouse College, Cambridge. He was also Director of the Cambridge University Centre for Medical Genetics from 1989. For a complete biography see the Malcolm Andrew Ferguson-Smith collection description.

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Terms of use

Open and available at Glasgow University Archive Services.

Location of duplicates

A digitised copy is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

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Location of original

The original material is held at Glasgow University Archive Services. This catalogue is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

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