Armand marie leroi biography

Armand Marie Leroi (born 16 July 1964) is a.
ARMAND MARIE LEROI was born in Wellington, New Zealand.
SIDELIGHTS: Armand Marie Leroi is a developmental biologist who has studied the molecular and genetic aspects of biological development from nematode worms to.

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Leroi, Armand Marie 1964-

PERSONAL: Born July 16, 1964, in Wellington, New Zealand. Education: Dalhousie University, B.Sc., 1989; University of California at Irvine, Ph.D., 1993; postdoctoral study at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

ADDRESSES: Home—London, England. Offıce— Department of Biological Sciences, Silwood Park Campus, Imperial College, London, Ascot, Berkshire SLG 7PY, England. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER: Imperial College, London, London, England, lecturer, 1996-2001, reader in evolutionary developmental biology, 2001—.

WRITINGS:

Mutants: On Genetic Variety and the Human Body, Viking (New York, NY), 2003.

Contributor to academic journals, including Bioinformatics, Genetics, Evolution and Development, American Naturalist, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences; also contributor of book reviews to London Review of Books and Times Literary Supplement. Member of editorial board, Evolution and Development.

ADAPTATIONS: Mutants was adapted as a three-part television series by the British Broadcasting Corporatio

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For the past three years, the London School of Economics has been holding a seminar series, or rather a salon, snappily titled Darwin@LSE. These seminars are

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Armand Marie Leroi author biography, plus links to books by Armand Marie Leroi.

Armand Marie Leroi

Armand Marie Leroi is a professor of evolutionary development biology at Imperial College London. He is the author of Mutants: On the Form, Variety and Errors of the Human Body, which has been published in eleven languages and won The Guardian's First Book Award in 2003. He is one of the UK's most prominent science media figures.

This biography was last updated on 09/25/2014.

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