Prof. John Atkins University of Utah, USA

John F. Atkins is a Research Professor. He received his primary degree and PhD from Trinity College, Dublin. He did a postdoc in Denmark before investigating adenovirus expression in Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Apart from two years in the UK on the yeast 2 micron plasmid and vector development, nearly... read moreall his research career to date has been with the Department of Human Genetics in the University of Utah and in University College, Cork, Ireland investigating ribosomal frameshifting and codon redefinition. His other main interest is in the RNA world, a topic on which he co-edits a monograph.