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Martin Embley
FRS FMedSci
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Thomas Martin Embley
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| Alma mater | Newcastle University (PhD) |
| Awards | EMBO Membership (2009) |
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| Fields | Eukaryotes Evolution |
| Institutions | Newcastle University North East London Polytechnic Natural History Museum, London |
| Thesis | Aspects of the biology of Renibacterium salmoninarum (1983) |
(Thomas) Martin Embley FRS FMedSci is a professor at Newcastle University who has made contributions to our understanding of the origin of eukaryotes and the evolution of organelles such as mitochondria, mitosomes and hydrogenosomes, that are found in parasitic protists.
In May 2021, Embley was appointed as a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Education
Embley was educated at Newcastle University, where he was awarded a PhD on the biology of the bacterium Renibacterium salmoninarum in 1983.
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