Johnjoe McFadden
| Johnjoe McFadden | |
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| Born |
17 May 1956 Donegal, Ireland |
| Residence |
 UK
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| Fields | Biologist |
| Institutions |
University of Surrey St Mary's Hospital Medical School St George's, University of London |
| Alma mater | Imperial College London |
| Doctoral advisor | Ken Buck |
| Known for |
Diagnosis of meningitis Quantum biology Systems biology |
Johnjoe McFadden (born 17 May 1956 in Donegal, Ireland) is an Anglo-Irish scientist, academic and writer. He is Professor of Molecular Genetics at the University of Surrey, United Kingdom.
McFadden was born in Donegal, Ireland but raised in the UK. He holds joint British and Irish Nationality. He obtained his BSc in Biochemistry University of London in 1977 and his PhD at Imperial College London in 1982. He went on to work on human genetic diseases and then infectious diseases, at St Mary's Hospital Medical School, London (1982–84) and St George's Hospital Medical School, London (1984–88) and then at the University of Surrey in Guildford, UK.
For more than a decade, McFadden has researched the genetics of microbes such as the agents of tuberculosis and meningitis 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, idiopathic diseases and computer modelling of evolution. He has contributed to more than a dozen books and has edited a book on the genetics of mycobacteria. He produced a widely reported artificial life computer model which modelled evolution in organisms.
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