William Bradshaw 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]

Brad Amos

FRS
Born
William Bradshaw Amos

(1945-11-21) 21 November 1945[1]
EducationKing Edward VII School, Sheffield
Alma mater
AwardsMullard Award (1994)
Scientific career
InstitutionsLaboratory of Molecular Biology
University of Cambridge
Bio-Rad Laboratories
ThesisAspects of contraction in the Peritrich stalk (1975)
Websitewww2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/emeritus/brad-amos

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:

References
  1. Anon (2017). "Amos, William Bradshaw (Brad)". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com (online Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U245920. (subscription or UK public library membership required) (subscription required)
  2. Anon (2007). "Dr William Amos FRS". royalsociety.org. London: Royal Society. Archived from the original on 2015-11-17. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where:
    “All text published under the heading 'Biography' on Fellow profile pages is available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.” --Royal Society Terms, conditions and policies at the Wayback Machine (archived 2016-11-11)
  3. UK (2014-06-20). "Emeritus - MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology". Mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2016-12-29.
  4. http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/emeritus-scientists/b-amos
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20120418193129/http://www.mrc.ac.uk/Newspublications/News/MRC006930
  6. McConnell, Gail; Trägårdh, Johanna; Amor, Rumelo; Dempster, John; Reid, Es; Amos, William Bradshaw (2016). "A novel optical microscope for imaging large embryos and tissue volumes with sub-cellular resolution throughout". eLife. 5: e18659. doi:10.7554/eLife.18659. ISSN 2050-084X. PMC 5035146. PMID 27661778.
  7. Amos, William Bradshaw (1975). Aspects of contraction in the Peritrich stalk. jisc.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University of Cambridge. OCLC 1064544089. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.447807.
  8. "Past Prizes in Optoelectronics". The Rank Prize Funds. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
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