Douglas Kell

Douglas Kell
CBE FRSB FLSW
Douglas Kell at Buckingham Palace after receiving his CBE
Born
Douglas Bruce Kell

(1953-04-07) 7 April 1953 (age 71)[5]
NationalityBritish
EducationBradfield College
Alma materUniversity of Oxford (BA, DPhil)
Known forCEO of BBSRC
Spouse
Dr Antje Wagner
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(m. 1989)​
[5]
Children3[5]
AwardsFellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2012)[1]
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
ThesisThe Bioenergetics of Paracoccus denitrificans (1978)
Doctoral advisor
  • Stuart Ferguson[3]
  • Philip John
Doctoral students
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Douglas Bruce Kell CBE FRSB FLSW[6] (born 7 April 1953)[5] is a British biochemist and Professor of Systems Biology in the Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology at the University of Liverpool. He was previously at the School of Chemistry at the University of Manchester, based in the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology (MIB)[7] where he founded and led the Manchester Centre for Integrative Systems Biology (MCISB). He served as chief executive officer (CEO) of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) from 2008 to 2013.[8][9][10][11][12][13]

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  4. ^ Mendes, Pedro Pedrosa (1994). Computer simulation of the dynamics of biochemical pathways (PhD thesis). University of Aberystwyth. Archived from the original on 14 April 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
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  7. ^ Kell, Douglas (2012). "Prof Douglas Kell, research profile - personal details". University of Manchester. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  8. ^ "19 June 2012 - Reappointment of Chief Executive for the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council - News - BBSRC". Archived from the original on 26 June 2012.
  9. ^ Van Noorden, Richard (24 November 2008). "Interview: Douglas Kell". Chemistry World. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  10. ^ Interview with Douglas Kell on the website of the Royal Society of Chemistry
  11. ^ Douglas Kell author profile page at the ACM Digital Library
  12. ^ Douglas Kell publications from Europe PubMed Central
  13. ^ Kell, D. B.; Lurie-Luke, E (2015). "The virtue of innovation: Innovation through the lenses of biological evolution". Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 12 (103): 20141183. doi:10.1098/rsif.2014.1183. PMC 4305420. PMID 25505138.