| RefNo | EC/1986/35 |
| Previous numbers | Cert XXII, 35 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Sulston, John Edward: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Date | 1985 |
| Description | Citation typed |
| Citation | John Sulston is distinguished for his work on the molecular and developmental genetics of Caenorhabditis elegans. His initial research was in the field of chemical synthesis of oligonucleotides. Suslston began his work on C. elegans in 1974 characterising its DNA. Since then he has carried out a wide range of genetical and developmental studies on the nematode but his major research has been on the developmental lineage and mutations that affect it. In a series of studies, culminating in a paper published in 1983, Sulston has analysed and described the total cell lineage of the nematode making it the first organism for which the origin of every cell is exactly known. This work is the basis for the study of mutations affecting lineages and is the foundation on which detailed studies of development in this organism will be based. Sulston has now turned his attention to an analysis of the genome of C. elegans and is constructing a total physical map using a novel method of analysing cloned DNA fragments. |
| AccessStatus | Closed |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7841 | Sulston; Sir; John Edward (1942 - 2018) | 1942 - 2018 |