"Creator Of Dolly"
Birth: September 9,1944
Hometown: Hampton, England
Education: Nottingham University, B.S. 1967; Cambridge University, PhD 1971; Nottingham University, DS 1998
Past Working Experience: senior scientist, ABRO 1973-1993; principal investigator, Roslin Institute 1993-; editor Journal of Reproduction Fertility 1993-
Ian Wilmut, professor and Head of the Department of Gene Expression and Development at the Roslin Institute near Edinburgh, Scotland, is uniquely qualified both as a pioneer in the science of cloning and as a participant in the public discussion of its possible social of cloning and as a participant in the public discussions of its possible social and ethical consequences. He is the leader of the team that produced Dolly the sheep in 1996, the first animal to be cloned from an adult cell. Since Dolly's birth, he has become something of an international figure as an expert on cloning techniques, and his laboratory continues to play a leading role in the development of methods for cloning and genetic modification of animals.
Dr. Wilmut has a distinguished record of ground-breaking biological research. He obtained a B.Sc. in Agricultural Science at the University of Nottingham before studying at the University of Cambridge, where he was awarded a Ph.D. in 1971. His subsequent research Cambridge led to the birth of the first calf from a frozen embryo, "Frosty", in 1973. He moved to Edinburgh that year and has worked there ever since. Besides heading a department at the Roslin Institute, he serves as scientific advisor to Geron-Bio Med, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Geron Corp of Menlo Park, California. The objectives of current research are to develop biomedical applications of the nuclear-transfer procedure: these include the provision of modified animal organs and human stem cells.
Ian Wilmut's work has been recognized by many awards and honorary degrees. In 2000, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the highest Scottish society of learning, and in the previous year was made a member of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II. Other awards include a fellowship in the Academy of Medical Sciences, the Lord Lloyd of Kilgerran Prize, the Sir John Hammond Memorial Prize of the Society for the Study of Fertility, the Sir William Young Award of Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, and the Research Medal of the Royal Agriculture Society of England.
Sources:
http://www.time.com/time/special/moy/grove/runnerwilmut.html
http://sts.sunyit.edu/bioethics/clone-wilmut-profile-sci.html
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/briefings/bio/wilmut1101.htm
http://www.roslin.ac.uk/about/staff/iwilmut.html
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