William Bradshaw Amos

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Brad Amos

FRS
Born
William Bradshaw Amos

(1945-11-21) 21 November 1945 (age 77) [1]
Education King Edward VII School, Sheffield
Alma mater
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.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/emeritus/brad-amos

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]

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Education

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]

Career and research

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]

Awards and honours

His awards and honours include:

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