Guido Pontecorvo

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birth_date = 29 November 1907
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death_date = 25 September 1999
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Guido Pontecorvo (29 November 1907, Pisa, Italy - 25 September 1999) was an Italian geneticist.

Career

He fled to Britain in 1938.

* Institute of Animal Genetics, University of Edinburgh, 1938-40 and 1944-45
* Department of Zoology, University of Glasgow, 1941-44
* Dept of Genetics, University of Glasgow, 1945-68 (Professor 1956-68)
* Honorary Director, MRC Unit of Cell Genetics, 1966-68
* Member of research staff, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, 1968-75
* Honorary Consultant Geneticist, ICRF, 1975-80

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1955.

He was one of eight children. He was a brother to Gillo Pontecorvo and Bruno Pontecorvo.

Legacy

The current genetics building at the University of Glasgow is named in honour of Guido Pontecorvo. The Pontecorvo Building is part of the Anderson College complex located on Dumbarton Road in the West End of Glasgow. It houses one of the few working Paternoster elevators in the UK.

He has also lent his name to the annual Pontecorvo award, presented to the most promising genetics student in the department.

Past Winners:

2003 - Robert Irving
2004 - John Rowell

References

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title=Guido Pontecorvo ("Ponte"): a centenary memoir
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title=Guido Pontecorvo, 29 November 1907 - 25 September 1999
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year=2000|month=Feb.
title=Guido Pontecorvo ("Ponte"), 1907-1999
journal=Genetics
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year=1999|month=Nov.
title=Guido Pontecorvo (1907-99)
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title=Somatic cell genetics and cancer. Dedicated to Guido Pontecorvo on his 80th birthday
journal=Cancer Surv.
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issue=2
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External links

*cite web|url=http://www.genetics.org/cgi/content/full/154/2/497|title=Guido Pontecorvo ("Ponte"), 1907–1999|author=Bernard L. Cohen|work=Genetics Society of America: genetics.org|accessdate=2006-09-04