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Dr. Trevor Alleyne Thorpe was born in Bridgetown, Barbados October 18,1936 (Parents: Mitchell and Violet (nee Alleyne) Thorpe). After graduating from Harrison College, Barbados in 1953, he received a Jawaharlal Nehru Scholarship to study for his bachelor's degree (1956–1960) at the Allahabad Agricultural Institute (AAI) in Allahabad, India (presently known as Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology, and Sciences). Dr. Thorpe pursued his graduate studies as a Fullbright Scholar at the University of California, Riverside where he received his Ph.D. degree working in the laboratory of Toshio Murashige. After completing his Ph.D Thorpe was a post-doctoral fellow at the US Department of Agriculture research facility in Pasadena, California.[1]
| Born | October 18,1936 Barbados[2] |
| Died | May 18, 2020 (aged 83) Calgary, Canada |
| Spouse | Yvonne Thorpe (nee Cumberbatch, married 1963); 2 children, Anthony (1969), and Jennifer (1970) |
| Awards | Lifetime Achievement Award, SIVB, USA (2004)[3][4] |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Plant Physiology, Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology |
| Institutions | Allahabad Agricultural Institute (AAI) Allahabad, India, University of California, Riverside, University of Calgary, Canada |
Academic Life
editThorpe began his academic career as an assistant professor at the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada in 1969 and remained there as a professor until retirement in 2000 becoming the Associate Dean at the University of Calgary.[1]
Thorpe was a pioneering scientist in the field of plant tissue culture and biotechnology and he published more than 220 scientific works[5] including the "Plant Tissue Culture: Methods and Applications in Agriculture[6]" book and the landmark paper entitled "Plant tissue culture media" authored jointly by OL Gamborg, T Murashige, TA Thorpe and IK Vasil.[7]
Scientific legacy
editHe was the Chair/President of the International Association for Plant Tissue Culture (IAPTC) from 1974 to 1978 and the founding Editor-in-Chief of the In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology-Plant. He served on the editorial board of Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture, Tree Physiology, Phytomorphology, and Physiologia Plantarum. He died on May 18, 2020.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Kumar, P.P., Chandler, S.F., Harry, I.S. et al. Trevor Alleyne Thorpe: His academic life and scientific legacy. In Vitro Cell.Dev.Biol.-Plant 56, 728–737 (2020)".
- ^ "Calgary Herald, Obituary".
- ^ "Thorpe Receives Lifetime Achievement Award, Lifetime Achievement Award, SIVB, USA (2004)".
- ^ "Lifetime Achievement Award, Society for In Vitro Biology".
- ^ "Google Scholar Profile".
- ^ Thorpe, Trevor A., ed. (1981). Plant tissue culture: methods and applications in agriculture. New York: Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-12-690680-6.
- ^ Gamborg, O. L.; Murashige, T.; Thorpe, T. A.; Vasil, I. K. (1976-07-01). "Plant tissue culture media". In Vitro. 12 (7): 473–478. doi:10.1007/BF02796489. ISSN 1475-2689.