Stephen Charles Fry

Background

Stephen Charles was born on 26 November in 1953 in Sheffield, England. The son of Charles Edward and Nora Mary Fry.

Education

Stephen was a student at the University of Leicester. In 1975 he became a Bachelor of Science.

In 1978 he became a Doctor of Philosophy of the University of Leicester.

Career

Senior research associate University Colorado, Boulder, 1982-1983; lecturer University Edinburgh (Scotland), 1983-1989, reader, 1989-1995, professor, 1995; Author: The Growing Plant Cell Wall: Chemical and Metabolic Analysis, 1988; contributor articles to professional journals.

Achievements

• discovery of isodityrosine

• discovery of xyloglucan endotransglucosylase

• discovery of pathway of vitamin C degradation in plants

• discovery of a novel hetero-transglycosylase in Equisetum plants

• Achievements include discovery of isodityrosine; discovery of xyloglucan endotransglucosylase; discovery of pathway of vitamin C degradation in plants; discovery of a novel hetero-transglycosylase in Equisetum plants

• Achievements include discovery of isodityrosine; discovery of xyloglucan endotransglucosylase; discovery of pathway of vitamin C degradation in plants; discovery of a novel hetero-transglycosylase in Equisetum plants

Works

• book

  • The Growing Plant Cell Wall: Chemical and Metabolic Analysis

    (Bench-top methodology for studying plant cell wall bioche...)

    2000

Membership

• Fellow Royal Society Edinburgh.

Interests

• Hill walking, paper chromatography, reading maps

Connections

Stephen married to Verena Ryffel on 27 March in 1982.

Father:

Charles

Mother:

Nora

Wife:

Verena Ryffel