Richard Anthony Jefferson

Richard Jefferson
Richard Jefferson, 2010
Richard Jefferson, 2010
Born
Richard Anthony Jefferson

1956
Santa Cruz, California
CitizenshipUnited States of America; Australia
Alma mater
Known for
Awardswebsite = www.cambia.org
Scientific career
Institutions
ThesisDNA Transformation of Caenorhabditis elegans Development and Application of a New Gene Fusion System (Cloning, Chimeric, Sequence) (1985)
Doctoral advisorDavid I. Hirsh, William B. Wood

Richard Anthony Jefferson (born 1956) is an American-born molecular biologist and social entrepreneur who developed the widely used reporter gene system GUS,[3] conducted the world's first biotech crop release, proposed the Hologenome theory of evolution, pioneered Biological Open Source and founded The Lens. He is founder of the social enterprise Cambia and a professor of Biological Innovation at the Queensland University of Technology. In 2003, he was named by Scientific American as one of the world's 50 most influential technologists, and is renowned for his work on making science-enabled innovation more widely accessible.[4][5] He was profiled in 'Open & Shut: The Basement Interviews',[6] and other major media, including in an Economist Feature 'Grassroots Innovator' in 2001.[7]

  1. ^ Jefferson, R. A. (1987). "Assaying chimeric genes in plants: The GUS gene fusion system". Plant Molecular Biology Reporter. 5 (4): 387–405. doi:10.1007/BF02667740. S2CID 5619830.
  2. ^ Jefferson, R. A. (1989). "The GUS reporter gene system". Nature. 342 (6251): 837–8. Bibcode:1989Natur.342..837J. doi:10.1038/342837a0. PMID 2689886. S2CID 24680810.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference gus was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Scientific American Website: The 2003 Scientific American 50 List of Winners [1] Archived 13 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine, URL accessed on 30 May 2006
  5. ^ Richard Anthony Jefferson publications indexed by Google Scholar
  6. ^ "Open and Shut?: Interview with Richard Jefferson". 22 September 2006. Archived from the original on 24 July 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  7. ^ "Grassroots innovator". The Economist. 8 December 2001. Archived from the original on 8 September 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2015.