Background
Griffin, Beverly E. was born on January 23, 1930 in Delhi, Louisiana, United States. Arrived in England, 1955. Daughter of Solon E. Smith and Nina L. Gilliland.
oncologist researcher virologist
Griffin, Beverly E. was born on January 23, 1930 in Delhi, Louisiana, United States. Arrived in England, 1955. Daughter of Solon E. Smith and Nina L. Gilliland.
Bachelor of Science, Bachelor, Baylor University, 1951. Doctor of Philosophy, University Virginia, 1955. Doctor of Philosophy, University Cambridge, 1958.
Doctor of Science (honorary), University Cambridge, 1982. Doctor of Medicine (honorary), Göteborg University, Sweden, 1990.
Lecturer Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts, 1958—1961. Lecturer Girton College Cambridge (England) University, 1961—1972, senior research associate department chemistry, 1961—1968. Staff scientist laboratory molecular biology Medical Research Council, 1968—1972.
Head nucleic acids research Imperial Cancer Research Fund, London, 1972—1984. Professor, director department virology Royal Postgraduate Medical School, 1984—1997. Senior research fellow Imperial College, since 1997.
Honorary professor, consultant department genetics and microbiology Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, since 1995.
Life partner Tomas Lindahl.