Bill Harris (geneticist): Difference between revisions

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Professor '''Bill Harris''' (17 November 1944 – 2 June 2014)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dct.myfamilyannouncements.co.uk/dundee/view/3468502/harris|title=HARRIS - Deaths - Dundee Courier Announcements - Dundee Courier|website=dct.myfamilyannouncements.co.uk|access-date=2 June 2017}}</ref> was a [[geneticist|genetic scientist]] who specialised in [[antibody]] research.<ref name="bbc.co.uk">{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/431416.stm|title=BBC News - UK - University in germ warfare research|website=news.bbc.co.uk|access-date=2 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sciencescotland.org/feature.php?id=142|title=Science Scotland|first=MTC|last=Media|website=www.sciencescotland.org|access-date=2 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://medicalresearchscotland.com/resabdnold.htm|title=Research in Aberdeen funded by Medical Research Scotland|website=medicalresearchscotland.com|access-date=2 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304092323/http://medicalresearchscotland.com/resabdnold.htm|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Greenstein |first=Julius Sidney |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-bJ6_IujW_IC&pg=PA17 |title=Contemporary Readings in Biology |date=1972 |publisher=Ardent Media |language=en}}</ref><ref>[https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19920006320.pdf NASA.gov] pg312</ref> An author of about 70 scientific research papers, author, editor, and contributor to many books, and 15 patent applications,<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.lens.org/lens/search/v/table/p/2?d=-&s=pub_date&dates=%2Bpub_date%3A19800101-20000501&n=10&applicant=SCOTGEN+BIOPHARMACEUTICALS+INC&applicant=LUDWIG+INST+CANCER+RES&applicant=HARRIS+WILLIAM+J&applicant=SCOTGEN+LTD&l=en&jo=false&st=true&j=US&inventor=HARRIS+WILLIAM+J |title = Documents the Lens - Free & Open Patent and Scholarly Search}}</ref> Bill was most notable for his work translating science from the lab in to industry.<ref name="abdn.ac.uk">{{Cite web |url=http://www.abdn.ac.uk/clsm/documents/CLSM-Bulletin-12-Winter-2014-HighRes.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=18 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150121075155/http://www.abdn.ac.uk/clsm/documents/CLSM-Bulletin-12-Winter-2014-HighRes.pdf |archive-date=21 January 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> His recent academic research centred on engineering of antibodies for application in health care, management of environmental pollution, and the derivation and use of novel [[combinatorial libraries]]. In early 2015, Bill was celebrated as a pioneering [[bio-entrepreneur]] by the University of Aberdeen during a two-day symposium at the Institute of Medical sciences.<ref name="abdn.ac.uk"/>