Gideon J. Davies
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Gideon J. Davies
The author presented on this page has published more than 10 articles since 2002 in Angewandte Chemie, most recently:
“A Convenient Approach to Stereoisomeric Iminocyclitols: Generation of Potent Brain-Permeable OGA Inhibitors”: M. Bergeron-Brlek et al., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 15429; Angew. Chem. 2015, 127, 15649.
“A Glycosynthase Catalyst for the Synthesis of Flavonoid Glycosides”: M. Yang, G. J. Davies, B. G. Davis, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 3885; Angew. Chem. 2007, 119, 3959.
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Date of birth:
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July 6, 1964
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Position:
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Professor of Chemistry, University of York
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Education:
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1995 BSc (Hons) Biochemistry, University of Bristol
1990 PhD supervised by Herman Watson and Len Hall, University of Bristol
1990–1991 Postdoctoral work with Keith Wilson, EMBL Hamburg
1991–1996 Postdoctoral work in York, with periods in Grenoble and Uppsala
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Awards:
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2006 Whistler Prize, International Carbohydrate Organization; 2010 GlaxoSmithKline Award, Biochemical Society; 2010 Gabor Medal, The Royal Society; 2010 Fellow of the Royal Society; 2014 Khorana Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry; 2015 Davy Medal, The Royal Society; 2017 Ken Murray Research Professorship, The Royal Society
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Current research interests:
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Mammalian glycobiology; O-GlcNAc and neurodegeneration; conformational analysis of enzyme reaction coordinates; enzymes for biofuels and polysaccharide degradation.
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Hobbies:
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Walking, sailing, hockey, cricket, chemistry of Vitis vinifera
I would have liked to have discovered gene editing.
My favorite author (fiction) is Jane Austen.
The most amusing chemistry adventure in my career was exploding logwood chips over my parents' bathroom walls; the concept of pH-sensitive wallpaper never took off, sadly.
My favorite food is the culinary alchemy of poulet aux vin jaune et aux morilles.
If I won the lottery, I would buy a yacht and sail the world (or maybe just its warmer parts), in between tending my vines.
When I'm frustrated, I walk to quiet outdoor places and take in nature.
The most important thing I learned from my parents is a passion for learning.
If I could have dinner with three famous scientists from history, they would be Hypatia, Richard Feynman, Joseph Banks.
My favorite place on earth is the west coast of Scotland—after a storm when the sky is blue and the salmon are leaping up rain-fed waterfalls.
The biggest problem that scientists face is a lack of quality time.
