Christopher John Lamb

Christopher John Lamb CBE FRS[1] (19 March 1950 – 21 August 2009) was a Professor of Plant Biology at the University of East Anglia and director of the John Innes Centre.[2][3][4]

For other people with the same name, see Christopher Lamb.

Chris Lamb

FRS
Born
Christopher John Lamb

(1950-03-19)19 March 1950
Died21 August 2009(2009-08-21) (aged 59)
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
AwardsFellow of the Royal Society
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Cambridge
University of Oxford
University of Edinburgh
University of East Anglia
John Innes Centre
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
InfluencedRichard Dixon

His field of study was plant–pathogen interactions, and he made many contributions to the understanding of plant pathology.

Education

Lamb graduated from Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Natural Sciences in 1972 which was followed by a PhD in Plant Biochemistry in 1976 also in Cambridge.

Career and research

From 1975 to 1982 he worked at the University of Oxford, first as an ICI Research Fellow in the School of Botany, then as a Browne Research Fellow at The Queen's College. In 1982 he moved to the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California where he was director of the plant biology laboratory until 1998. In 1999 he returned to the United Kingdom, first at the University of Edinburgh where he was Regius Professor of Plant Science then at the University of East Anglia where he was a Professor and director of the John Innes Centre.

References
  1. Chory, J.; Casey, R. (2010). "Christopher John Lamb CBE. 19 March 1950 -- 21 August 2009". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 56: 189. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2010.0014.
  2. Bevan, Mike (31 August 2009). "Chris Lamb Obituary in The Guardian". London. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
  3. "Professor Chris Lamb obituary in the Telegraph". The Daily Telegraph. London. 12 October 2009. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
  4. "Professor Chris Lamb at the John Innes Centre". Archived from the original on 25 October 2011. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
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