Michael Denis Gale
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Michael Denis Gale FRS was a British plant geneticist.
He studied at Birmingham University, and Aberystwyth University with Hubert Rees
. He worked at the Plant Breeding Institute, Cambridge, and the John Innes Centre
, Norwich Research Park.
He studied at Birmingham University, and Aberystwyth University with Hubert Rees
Hubert Rees
Hubert Rees was a Welsh character actor who had supporting roles in British television shows throughout the 1970s and 1980s.-Career:...
. He worked at the Plant Breeding Institute, Cambridge, and the John Innes Centre
John Innes Centre
The John Innes Centre located in Norwich, Norfolk, England is an independent centre for research and training in plant and microbial science...
, Norwich Research Park.
Awards and honours
- 1994 − gold medal from the Royal Horticultural SocietyRoyal Horticultural SocietyThe Royal Horticultural Society was founded in 1804 in London, England as the Horticultural Society of London, and gained its present name in a Royal Charter granted in 1861 by Prince Albert...
- 1998 − The Royal SocietyRoyal SocietyThe Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, known simply as the Royal Society, is a learned society for science, and is possibly the oldest such society in existence. Founded in November 1660, it was granted a Royal Charter by King Charles II as the "Royal Society of London"...
Darwin MedalDarwin MedalThe Darwin Medal is awarded by the Royal Society every alternate year for "work of acknowledged distinction in the broad area of biology in which Charles Darwin worked, notably in evolution, population biology, organismal biology and biological diversity". First awarded in 1890, it was created in...
, jointly with Professor Graham Moore
Works
- Michael D. Gale and Katrien M. Devos, "Comparative genetics in the grasses", Proc Natl Acad Sci. 1998 March 3; 95(5): 1971–1974