Julia Goodfellow

Dame Julia Mary Goodfellow, DBE, FMedSci, FInstP (née Lansdall; born 1 July 1951) is Vice-Chancellor of the University of Kent,^[2][3][4][5] and Chair of the British Science Association.^[6]

Early life and education

Goodfellow completed her BSc degree in in physics at the University of Bristol^[7] and obtained a PhD degree in biophysics at the Open University^[8] Research Unit in Oxford. She began her career as Professor of Biomolecular Science at Birkbeck College in 1995.^{[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]} In 2002, she was appointed CEO of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, which funds scientific research projects at British universities.

Honours

• 2001: Appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
• 2002: Honorary Doctor of Science (Hon DSc) degree from the University of Bristol^[17]
• 2002: Honorary Doctor of Science degree from the University of Strathclyde^[7][18]
• 2004: Doctor of the University (DUniv) degree from the University of Essex^[19]
• 2205: Honorary Doctor of Science degree from the University of Edinburgh^[20]
• 2005: Honorary Doctor of Science degree from Durham University^[21]
• 2009: Honorary Doctor of Science degree from the University of Manchester^[22]
• 2010: Promoted to Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) 'For services to Science'^[23]

Affiliations

• STEMnet
• Daphne Jackson Trust
• John Innes Foundation
• East Malling Trust
• British Science Association

Personal life

In 1972, Julia Lansdall married Peter Goodfellow, with whom she has one daughter and one son.

References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "GOODFELLOW, Dame Julia (Mary),". Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press. (subscription required)
2. ↑ University of Kent website, 1
3. ↑ University of Kent website, 2
4. ↑ Birkbeck College website
5. ↑ List of publications from Microsoft Academic Search
6. ↑ British Science Association Council
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Faculty of Science: Alumni and friends - website of the University of Bristol
8. ↑ Goodfellow, Julia (1975). Structural studies of the corneal stroma (PhD thesis). Open University. 
9. ↑ Goodfellow profile at the University of Kent website
10. ↑ Goodfellow, J.; Winstanley, M. (2004). "Shaping the future in biology". Systems biology 1 (1): 6–7. PMID 17052110. 
11. ↑ MacDonald, J. T.; Purkiss, A. G.; Smith, M. A.; Evans, P.; Goodfellow, J. M.; Slingsby, C. (2005). "Unfolding crystallins: The destabilizing role of a β-hairpin cysteine in βB2-crystallin by simulation and experiment". Protein Science 14 (5): 1282–1292. doi:10.1110/ps.041227805. PMC 2253261. PMID 15840832. 
12. ↑ Sy, D.; Gravier, Y.; Goodfellow, J.; Vovelle, F. (2003). "Protein stability and plasticity of the hydrophobic cavity in wheat ns-LTP". Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics 21 (1): 15–29. doi:10.1080/07391102.2003.10506902. PMID 12854956. 
13. ↑ Moraitakis, G.; Goodfellow, J. M. (2003). "Simulations of Human Lysozyme: Probing the Conformations Triggering Amyloidosis". Biophysical Journal 84 (4): 2149–2158. doi:10.1016/S0006-3495(03)75021-8. PMC 1302782. PMID 12668424. 
14. ↑ Beatty, E.; Zhong, W.; Kubal, G.; Houldershaw, D.; Goodfellow, J.; Sadler, P. (2002). "Histidine pK(a) values for the N-lobe of human transferrin: Effect of substitution of binding site Asp by Ser (D63S)". Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry 88 (3–4): 403–409. doi:10.1016/S0162-0134(01)00352-X. PMID 11897357. 
15. ↑ Goodfellow, J. (2002). "Keeping focus on the science. Interview by Nigel Williams". Current biology : CB 12 (3): R80–R81. doi:10.1016/s0960-9822(02)00663-2. PMID 11839282. 
16. ↑ Purkiss, A. G.; Bateman, O.; Goodfellow, J.; Lubsen, N.; Slingsby, C. (2001). "The X-ray Crystal Structure of Human gamma S-crystallin C-terminal Domain". Journal of Biological Chemistry 277 (6): 4199–4205. doi:10.1074/jbc.M110083200. PMID 11706012. 
17. ↑ Honorary degrees at Bristol University - website of the Bristol University
18. ↑ archive - website of the University of Strathclyde
19. ↑ Honorary Graduates - website of the University of Essex
20. ↑ Honorary graduates 2004/2005 - website of the University of Edinburgh
21. ↑ News: Six set for honorary doctorates at Durham University - website of Durham University
22. ↑ Quartet to be honoured at Manchester - website of the University of Manchester
23. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 59446. p. 6. 12 June 2010. Retrieved 19 March 2013.