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Prof. Stephen C Fry

Prof. Stephen C. Fry

Personal Details

Name : Prof. Stephen C. Fry
Email address : S.Fry@ed.ac.uk
Nationality : British
Position : Group leader

Qualifications

  • BSc (Hons), Biological Sciences, University of Leicester, 1975
  • PhD in Plant Physiology, University of Leicester, 1979 (Supervisors: Prof H.E. Street & Dr W. Cockburn)

Career

  1. Science Research Council Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge (with Prof. D.H. Northcote, FRS) [1978-79].
  2. Royal Society Rosenheim Research Fellow, Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge (with Prof. D.H. Northcote, FRS) [1979-81].
  3. Royal Society Rosenheim Research Fellow, Food Science Institute, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zürich (with Prof. H. Neukom) [1982].
  4. Senior Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado (with Prof. P. Albersheim) [1982-83].
  5. Lecturer in Plant Biochemistry, University of Edinburgh [1983-89].
  6. Reader in Plant Biochemistry, University of Edinburgh [1989-95].
  7. Professor of Plant Biochemistry, The University of Edinburgh [1995-2023].
  8. Professor Emeritus, The University of Edinburgh [2024-present].

Membership of Academic Societies

  • Royal Society of Edinburgh (Fellow).
  • Society for Experimental Biology.

Current Research Interests

  • See research page

Research funded by

  • CelluComp/Innovate UK
  • Oceanium Ltd/BBSRC IAA
  • IBiolC
  • Mars Inc
  • Bayer CropScience
  • BBRSC
  • NERC
  • EPSRC
  • Leverhulme Foundation
  • Mizutani Foundation for Glycoscience
  • Marine Biopolymers Ltd/TSB
  • CelluComp/Scottish Funding Council
  • Vitacress

Thesis

  • S.C. Fry (1978). "Metabolic Corollaries of Gibberellin-Stimulated Growth". PhD Thesis, University of Leicester.

Books and scientific papers

  • See group publication list




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