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Johnjoe McFadden

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31: 348:"'Life on the Edge’ gives the clearest account I’ve ever read of the possible ways in which the very small events of the quantum world can affect the world of middle-sized living creatures like us. With great vividness and clarity it shows how our world is tinged, even saturated, with the weirdness of the quantum." (Philip Pullman) 343:
further explore quantum biology and particularly recent findings in photosynthesis, enzyme catalysis, avian navigation, olfaction, mutation and neurobiology. The book received positive reviews, for example:
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and invented a test for the diagnosis of meningitis. He has published more than 100 articles in scientific journals on subjects as wide-ranging as bacterial genetics, tuberculosis,
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McFadden has lectured extensively in the UK, Europe, the US and Japan and his work has been featured on radio, television and national newspaper articles particularly for the
176: 251:. His present post, which he has held since 2001, is Professor of Molecular Genetics at the University of Surrey. Living in London, he is married and has one son. 671: 613: 666: 384: 691: 706: 711: 372: 200: 429: 701: 122: 567: 542: 30: 686: 676: 276: 629: 415: 196: 118: 681: 159:(born 17 May 1956) is an Anglo-Irish scientist, academic and writer. He is Professor of Molecular Genetics at the 473: 364: 696: 532: 394: 184: 69: 656: 242:. He produced a widely reported artificial life computer model which modelled evolution in organisms. 661: 204: 180: 160: 114: 641:- Life on the Edge: The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology. Johnjoe McFadden and Jim Al-Khalili (2014) 368: 192: 58: 517: 296: 621: 563: 538: 496: 425: 290: 264: 275:. The book has been described as offering an alternative evolutionary mechanism, beyond the 188: 129: 633: 589: 235: 87: 83: 238:. He has contributed to more than a dozen books and has edited a book on the genetics of 316:
on the insights of both science and literature on human nature, with contributions from
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newspaper on topics as varied as quantum mechanics, evolution and
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McFadden was born in Donegal, Ireland but raised in the
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in 2014 McFadden co-wrote the popular science book,
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For more than a decade, McFadden has researched the
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Life on the Edge: The Coming Age of Quantum Biology
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Life on the Edge: The Coming Age of Quantum Biology
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He obtained his BSc in Biochemistry 672:Academics of the University of Surrey 312:In 2006 McFadden co-edited the book, 7: 203:, London (1984–88) and then at the 201:St George's Hospital Medical School 375:have also published his articles. 14: 667:Alumni of Imperial College London 197:St Mary's Hospital Medical School 123:St George's, University of London 119:St Mary's Hospital Medical School 367:, and has reviewed books there. 263:. The book examines the role of 29: 692:Extended evolutionary synthesis 236:computer modelling of evolution 187:in 1982. He went on to work on 707:Scientists from County Donegal 534:Human Nature: Fact and Fiction 314:Human Nature: Fact and Fiction 149:https://johnjoemcfadden.co.uk/ 1: 712:21st-century Irish biologists 609:- Johnjoe McFadden's Homepage 177:British and Irish Nationality 456:Gunter, Pete. A. Y. (2006). 702:Writers from County Donegal 728: 365:genetically modified crops 300:by evolutionary biologist 509:Arthur, Wallace. 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Donegal
Ireland
Imperial College London
Diagnosis of meningitis
Quantum biology
Systems biology
Biologist
University of Surrey
St Mary's Hospital Medical School
St George's, University of London
Doctoral advisor
Ken Buck
https://johnjoemcfadden.co.uk/
University of Surrey
UK
British and Irish Nationality
University of London
Imperial College London
human genetic diseases
infectious diseases
St Mary's Hospital Medical School
St George's Hospital Medical School
University of Surrey
Guildford
genetics
microbes
tuberculosis
meningitis
idiopathic

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