Martin Hume Johnson | |
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 Martin Johnson in 2014, portrait via theRoyal Society | |
| Born | (1944-12-19)19 December 1944 (age 80)[2] |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
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| Institutions | University of Cambridge |
| Thesis | An immunochemical analysis of factors affecting fertility (1969) |
| Doctoral advisor | Robert Edwards (physiologist) |
| Website | pdn |
Martin Hume Johnson (born 1944) is a British scientist who isemeritus professor ofReproductive Sciences in theDepartment of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience (PDN) at theUniversity of Cambridge.[2][1][3]
Johnson was educated atCheltenham Grammar School for Boys andChrist's College, Cambridge, where he was awarded Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in 1969 forimmunochemical analysis of factors affectingfertility.[2][4]
Currently, Johnson's research investigates thehistory of the reproductive and developmental sciences and their historical relationship to the development of humanIn vitro fertilisation and other clinical technologies, and to their regulation legally and ethically.[3] Johnson collaborates with Kay Elder, at theBourn Hall Clinic,Sarah Franklin[5] and Nick Hopwood[6] in theDepartment of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge.
Johnson has co-authored over 300 papers on reproductive anddevelopmental science, history, ethics, law andmedical education.[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] Johnson is the co-editor ofEssential Reproduction (now in its eighth edition),[15]Sexuality Repositioned: diversity and the law,[16]Death Rites and Rights[17] andBirth Rites and Rights.[18]
Johnson's research has been funded by theWellcome Trust.[3]
Johnson was elected aFellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2014. His nomination reads:
Johnson's seminal scientific contribution was the discovery and analysis ofcellular polarisation during early mammalian development. He showed that this event initiated the first lineage segregation: one lineage formed the outer implanting layer of theplacenta while thefetal body developed form the other. Recent techniques have permitted further understanding of this vital and decisive moment, and they all depend and build on his foundations. He also contributed to human reproductive sciences with his work leading to change in clinical practice.[1]
Johnson was elected aFellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci) in 2012. His nomination reads:
Martin Johnson is Professor of Reproductive Sciences at the University of Cambridge. He has made fundamental contributions to our understanding of early mammalian development and ofhuman reproduction. Johnson's work on mouse development shed light on the earliest steps ofembryogenesis. He also contributed to our understanding of the timing ofzygotic gene activation, optimised protocols forcryopreservation ofmouse oocytes, and usedtransgenic mice to studyerythropoietin production with me, and the role ofglial cells inbrain regeneration after traumatic damage. Johnson has also contributed significantly to issues surrounding the regulation ofreproductive medicine.[19]
Johnson is also a Fellow of theRoyal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (FRCOG) and a Fellow of theRoyal Society of Biology (FRSB).
Having been, withRichard Gardner, Bob Edwards' first graduate student (1966–1969), Prof Johnson opened the Nobel Symposium[20] on Bob's work in Stockholm, 2010.
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