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Sir David Alan Hopwood FRS (born 19 August 1933) is a British microbiologist and geneticist.
Professor David Hopwood. Emeritus Fellow Fellow of the Royal Society. David helps to promote discoveries from his previous group and from other colleagues in the natural product field at the John Innes Centre and around the world.
David HOPWOOD, Emeritus Fellow | Cited by 29,005 | of John Innes Centre, Norwich | Read 297 publications | Contact David HOPWOOD
David’s Story. Streptomyces bacteria are globally important industrial microbes, but 60 years ago, our understanding of what made them tick was primitive in the extreme. That this has changed is due in no small part to the work of one man, Professor Sir David Hopwood.
David Hopwood is a microbiologist and geneticist, and a leading authority in microbial genetics. David developed original systems of genetic — or linkage — mapping and his work has formed the basis for the genetic engineering of bacteria to produce ‘designer’ antibiotics that promise to overcome antibiotic resistance.
Aug 18, 2023 · Find out more about Sir David Hopwood’s career in this interview and his short biography, and more about his research in Streptomycetes genetics in the series ‘Microbial Genomics: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants’, part I, part II and part III.
May 11, 2017 · The change in understanding is due in no small part to the work of one man, Professor Sir David Hopwood, whose remarkable career is outlined in a new book. From making fundamental biological discoveries, to building a community that brought academia and industry into fruitful partnership, Sir David was the driving force in the Streptomyces ...
