Brief curriculum vitae of Chris Anthony
A separate page gives Publications
December 2005
Date of birth: 27th June 1939; Watford, Herts, UK
Brief summary of career:
1957- 1960: BSc course in Microbiology, University of Reading
1960-1963: PhD in Microbial Biochemistry, University of Reading
1963-1966: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Reading
1966-1967: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Sheffield
1967-1986: Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Reader, University of Southampton
1986-2005: Professor of Biochemistry , University of Southampton
Present post: Emeritus Professor in School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Biological Sciences.
Qualifications: BSc Microbiology 1960; University of Reading
PhD Microbial Biochemistry 1963 University of Reading
DSc Microbial Biochemistry 1984 University of Reading
PhD students supervised: 35
Research interests: The biochemistry of methylotrophs. Active transport of amino acids and ammonia in Aspergillus. Respiratory protection in nitrogen fixation. Bacterial energy transduction. PQQ and quinoproteins. Cytochrome structure and function.
Major conferences attended as invited lecturer
1985: Int. Symp. and on biomembranes, Madurai, India.
1986: 5th Int. Symposium on Microbial Growth on C_1 Compounds (Groningen)
1986: Soc. Gen. Microbiol: Symp. on Carbon substrates in Biotechnology (Durham)
1988: Int. Symposium on PQQ and Quinoproteins (plenary lecturer) (Delft)
1987: Int. Symposium on Biochemistry for Development (Karachi)
1987: Lecturer in Atomic Res. Centre, Bombay and Microbiology Dept. Goa.
1988: Int. Congress of Biochemistry (Prague)
1989: FEBS Meeting (Rome)
1989: Amer. Soc. Microbiol. Ann. Symposium. (New Orleans)
1989: Soc. General Microbiology Symposium (Cambridge)
1989: 6th Int. Symposium on Microbial Growth on C_1 Compounds (Gottingen)
1990: Bioscience_90 (Malmo)
1991: 2nd International Symposium on PQQ and Quinoproteins (Yamaguchi, Japan; Main Plenary lecturer)
1992: Gordon Conference on PQQ (Andover, USA) (Chairman and main plenary lecturer)
1992: 7th Int. Symposium on Microbial Growth on C_1 Compounds. Warwick.
1994: 3rd International Symposium on PQQ and Quinoproteins (Capri; Main Plenary lecturer)
1994: Gordon Conference on quinoproteins and amino acid cofactors; (Ventura, California; Main Plenary lecturer)
1995: 8th International Symposium on Microbial Growth on C1-Compounds (San Diego)
1995: Lecturer at Labs in Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
1996: Plenary Lecturer Jubilee Symposium Mol. Biophysics lab. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
1997: Plenary lecturer in Gordon Conference on Quinones and redox active amino acids in Il Ciocco, Italy
1998: Biochemical Society; Lecture in Bioenergetics colloquium, Southampton
1998: Biochemical Society; Lecture in Enzyme colloquium, Leicester
1998: Plenary lecturer in Gordon Conference on Microbial Growth on C-1 Compounds in New Hampshire, USA
1998: Invited lecturer in meeting of International Study Group for Tryptophan Research, Hamburg
1998: Plenary lecturer in Gordon Conference on Microbial Growth on C-1 Compounds in New Hampshire, USA
1998: Invited lecturer in meeting of International Study Group for Tryptophan Research, Hamburg
1999: Plenary Lecturer in 2nd International Symposium on vitamin B6, carbonyl catalysis , PQQ and quinoproteins. Santa Fe, USA.
2000: Discussion Leader in Gordon Conference on Molecular Basis of Microbial one-carbon metabolism.
(Connecticut, USA).
2002: Organiser of 3rd International Symposium on vitamin B6, carbonyl catalysis, PQQ and quinoproteins. Southampton, UK.
2004: Closing Plenary Lecturer at Gordon Conference on Molecular Basis of Microbial one-carbon metabolism; South Hadley, MA, USA
2005: Member of International Advisory Panel [and Speaker and Chairman]; International Interdisciplinary Conference on Vitamins, Coenzymes and Biofactors; Awaji, Japan.
2007: Closing plenary lecture at Gordon Conference on Molecular Basis of Microbial one-carbon metabolism; Magdalen College, Oxford. The lecture was In Memorian Professor J.R. Quayle.
External Committees: Science and Engineering Research Council (UK) (SERC) Plant Sciences and Microbiology Sub_Committee (1980 _1983); Biochemical Society; Bioenergetics committee (1986- 1990); SERC Postdoctoral Fellowship Allocation Committee (1980); SERC Biological Sciences Committee (1988 -1991); SERC CASE studentship allocation committee (1990, 1991; Chairman); SERC Biological Sciences Education and Training Panel (Chairman; 1991-1994)
Editorial work: Editorial adviser for Biochem. J (1982 - 2005); Editor for Biochim. Biophys. Acta (1986-present); Referee for: J. Gen. Microbiol; Biochem. J; Biochim. Biophys. Acta; Archives for Microbiology, Molecular Microbiology, J. Bacteriol.European Journal of Biochemistry; Archives Chemistry and Biophyscis, Biochemistry, Journal of Biological Chemistry..
