Don Grierson (geneticist)

This article is about the British Geneticist. For the ice hockey player, see Don Grierson (hockey player).

Professor Don Grierson OBE, FRS is a British geneticist. He graduated from the University of East Anglia with a degree in Biological Sciences in 1967, and obtained his PhD in Plant Science from the University of Edinburgh in 1972. He is Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research at University of Nottingham. His daughter Claire Grierson is also a geneticist, and a Professor at Bristol University.^[1][2] He was involved in creating a genetically modified tomato in the 1990s which ripened more slowly, a tomato puree made from the tomatoes was the first genetically modified food to be sold in the UK.^[3]

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2. ^ "Don Grierson". Genomics.nottingham.ac.uk. 2009-02-04. http://genomics.nottingham.ac.uk/~Zoe/pslab/grierson/. Retrieved 2010-08-23. 
3. ^ "A puree genius at his work". Times Higher Education. 1998-07-17. http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=108313&sectioncode=26. Retrieved 2010-08-23. 

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