Background
Winkel-Shirley, Brenda S.J. was born on April 14, 1957 in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. Daughter of Berend Willem and Sophia (Zurel) Winkel.
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Brenda S.J. Winkel-Shirley
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Brenda S.J. Winkel-Shirley, American plant molecular biology professor. Achievements include co-patentee for methods of concentrating ligands and active membranes used therefor. Grantee National Science Foundation, since 1993, Jeffress Foundation, 1993-1994, 96-97, United States Department of Agriculture. 2001-2005; Diggs scholar 1999.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Southern Illinois University, 1978. Master of Science in Chemistry and Biochemistry, Southern Illinois University, 1981. Doctor of Philosophy in Genetics, University Georgia, 1989.
Career
Research technician Mount Sinai Hospital, Bronx (New York ) Veterans Administration Hospital, 1981-1982. Laboratory technician, supervisor Pall Corporation, Glen Cove, New York, 1982-1984. Postdoctoral fellow Harvard University Medical School-Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1989-1992.
Assistant professor department biology Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, 1992-1997, associate professor, 1997—2002, professor, since 2002.
Achievements
Membership
Judge Blue Ridge Highlands Regional Science Fair, Wytheville, Virginia, 1993-2000. Member PREP program advisory board NAASC. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, International Society for Plant Molecular Biology, American Society Plant Physiologists, Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married James Harry Westwood, March 6, 1998.
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American
Awards
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Grantee National Science Foundation, since 1993, Jeffress Foundation, 1993-1994, 96-97, United States Department of Agriculture. 2001-2005; Diggs scholar 1999.Grantee National Science Foundation, since 1993, Jeffress Foundation, 1993-1994, 96-97, United States Department of Agriculture. 2001-2005; Diggs scholar 1999.