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Antony "Tony" Oliver Ward Stretton is a
neuroscientist A neuroscientist (or neurobiologist) is a scientist who has specialised knowledge in neuroscience, a branch of biology that deals with the physiology, biochemistry, psychology, anatomy and molecular biology of neurons, neural circuits, and glial ...
, faculty member of the Neuroscience Training Program, and the John Bascom Professor o
Zoology
at the
University of Wisconsin–Madison A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United Stat ...
. He is married to fellow scientist, Philippa Claude, daughter of
Albert Claude Albert Claude (; 24 August 1899 – 22 May 1983) was a Belgian-American cell biologist and medical doctor who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1974 with Christian de Duve and George Emil Palade. His elementary education s ...
. Stretton worked with Vernon M. Ingram first in the
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at the Cavendish Laboratory of the
University of Cambridge The University of Cambridge is a public collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209 and granted a royal charter by Henry III in 1231, Cambridge is the world's third oldest surviving university and one of its most pr ...
then in the
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at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the ...
as well as with Edward A. Kravitz at the Medical School of
Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of high ...
. He has also done research at the
Marine Biological Laboratory The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) is an international center for research and education in biological and environmental science. Founded in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, in 1888, the MBL is a private, nonprofit institution that was independent ...
in
Woods Hole, Massachusetts Woods Hole is a census-designated place in the town of Falmouth in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. It lies at the extreme southwest corner of Cape Cod, near Martha's Vineyard and the Elizabeth Islands. The population was 781 ...
.


Honors and awards

*Distinguished Teaching Awards: Chancellor's Award, University of Wisconsin–Madison (2007) *Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science


Selected publications

*Ingram, V. M. and A. O. W. Stretton, (1959) "Genetic basis of the thalassaemia diseases", ''Nature'', 184:1903-1909. rossRefMedline] *Ingram, V. M. and A. O. W. Stretton, (1961) "Human haemoglobin A2: chemistry, genetics and evolution", ''Nature'' 190:1079-1084 *Ingram, V. M. and A. O. W. Stretton, (1962) "Human haemoglobin A2. I. Comparisons of haemoglobins A2 and A", ''Biochim. Biophys. Acta'' 62:456-474 *Ingram, V. M. and A. O. W. Stretton, (1962) "Human haemoglobin A2. II. The chemistry of some peptides peculiar to haemoglobin A2", ''Biochim. Biophys. Acta'' 63:20-33 *Stretton A.O., Kravitz E.A., (1968)
"Neuronal geometry: determination with a technique of intracellular dye injection"
''Science'', 162: p. 132-4. Science 4 October 1968: Vol. 162. no. 3849, pp. 132 – 134 *Stretton A.O.W. (2002
"The First Sequence: Fred Sanger and Insulin"
''Genetics'', Vol. 162, 527-532, October 2002, *Stretton, A. O. W., Ph.D. Thesis, Univ. Cambridge (1960)


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* ttp://www.news.wisc.edu/13686 http://www.news.wisc.edu/13686br>https://web.archive.org/web/20110720114703/https://www.mbo.wisc.edu/SpecialProfessorships/NamedProfsFY8ByApp.pdf
*Ingram V.A. ttp://www.genetics.org/cgi/content/full/167/1/1 "Sickle-Cell Anemia Hemoglobin: The Molecular Biology of the First "Molecular Disease"—The Crucial Importance of Serendipity" ''Genetics'', Vol. 167, 1-7, May 2004
Ingram, Father of Molecular Medicine, Dies at 82.
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* ttp://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0272%2FKC%2FKCAC%2F1%2F2%2F6%2F1%2FStretton http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0272%2FKC%2FKCAC%2F1%2F2%2F6%2F1%2FStretton {{DEFAULTSORT:Stretton, Antony Living people American neuroscientists University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty Year of birth missing (living people) Alumni of the University of Cambridge