Jamie A. Davies
FRSE FLSW is a British scientist, Professor of Experimental Anatomy at the
University of Edinburgh
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, and leader of a laboratory in its Centre for Integrative Physiology. He works in the fields of
Developmental biology,
Synthetic biology
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It is a branch of science that encompasses a broad ran ...
, and
Tissue engineering
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. He is also Principal Investigator for the IUPHAR/BPS
Guide to Pharmacology
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database.
Biography
Davies received his BA, MA, and, in 1989, D. Phil, all at
University of Cambridge
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. He then took up post doctoral fellowships first at the
University of Manchester
, mottoeng = Knowledge, Wisdom, Humanity
, established = 2004 – University of Manchester Predecessor institutions: 1956 – UMIST (as university college; university 1994) 1904 – Victoria University of Manchester 1880 – Victoria Univ ...
, and then at the
University of Southampton
, mottoeng = The Heights Yield to Endeavour
, type = Public research university
, established = 1862 – Hartley Institution1902 – Hartley University College1913 – Southampton University Coll ...
before being appointed to Edinburgh. He was initially appointed in 1995 as a lecturer, rising to senior lecturer, reader, and finally professor.
Davies was the founding editor of the journal'' Organogenesis'' and is on the editorial boards of Journal of Anatomy, and Nephron. He is a fellow of the
Royal Society of Edinburgh, the
Royal Society of Biology, the
Royal Society of Medicine
The Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) is a medical society in the United Kingdom, headquartered in London.
History
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, a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and, though his 'other life' as a dance teacher, a Fellow of the
Royal Society of Arts. He is also a member of the
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. He served on the board of the National Centre for 3Rs from 2009 to 2014, and was deputy chair from 2012.
In 2023, Davies was elected a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales.
Books
* Davies J.A. (2004) ''Branching Morphogenesis''. Springer.
* Davies J.A. (2004) ''Mechanisms of Morphogenesis''. Elsevier/ Academic Press
* Davies J.A. (2012) ''Replacing animal models: a practical guide to creating and using culture-based biomimetic alternatives''. Wiley-Blackwell.
* Davies J.A. (2012) ''Tissue Regeneration''. InTech.
* Davies J.A. (2013) ''Mechanisms of Morphogenesis'' (2nd Edition). Elsevier/ Academic Press.
* Davies J.A. (2014) ''Life Unfolding''. Oxford University Press.
*Davies J.A. (2018) ''Synthetic Biology: A Very Short Introduction.'' Oxford University Press.
*Davies J.A. & Lawrence M.L. (2018) ''Organoids and Mini-organs''. Academic Press.
*Davies J.A. (2020) ''Synthetic biology in mammals'' . Oxford University Press
*Davies J.A. (2021) ''Human Physiology: A Very Short Introduction''. Oxford University Press.
References
External links
Official web site at EdinburghFull list of publications through 2010
Publications from 2002 to present
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British anatomists
Academics of the University of Edinburgh
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Synthetic biologists
Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Fellows of the Learned Society of Wales