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60
Citations
59793
World Ranking
11639
National Ranking
893

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
  • 1990 - Canada Gairdner International Award
  • 1988 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1983 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Edwin M. Southern is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom and has contributed to research primarily within Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

Their recent research includes the paper titled The Kirkhouse Trust: Successes and Challenges in Twenty Years of Supporting Independent, Contemporary Grain Legume Breeding Projects in India and African Countries published in 2024 in the journal Plants.

Their work encompasses key topics such as agricultural pest management studies, genetic and environmental crop studies, and agronomic practices and intercropping systems.

  • Agricultural pest management studies
  • Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies
  • Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems

Edwin M. Southern's main fields of study focus on agricultural and biological sciences with subfields including plant science and agronomy and crop science.

  • Plant Science
  • Agronomy and Crop Science

The scientist frequently publishes in the journal Plants.

  • Plants

They have collaborated with several coauthors, including Claudia Canales Holzeis, Paul Gepts, R. M. D. Koebner, P. Mathur, and Sonia Morgan.

  • Claudia Canales Holzeis
  • Paul Gepts
  • R. M. D. Koebner
  • P. Mathur
  • Sonia Morgan

Throughout their career, Edwin M. Southern has been recognized with several awards and honors:

  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (2012)
  • Canada Gairdner International Award (1990)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1988)
  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom (1983)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Best Publications

  • Detection of specific sequences among DNA fragments separated by gel electrophoresis.

    E.M. Southern

  • Apparatus and method for analyzing polynucleotide sequences and method of generating oligonucleotide arrays

    Edwin Southern

  • Molecular interactions on microarrays

    Edwin Southern;Kalim Mir;Mikhail Shchepinov

  • Analyzing and comparing nucleic acid sequences by hybridization to arrays of oligonucleotides: evaluation using experimental models.

    E.M. Southern;U. Maskos;J.K. Elder

  • Oligonucleotide hybridizations on glass supports: a novel linker for oligonucleotide synthesis and hybridization properties of oligonucleotides synthesised in situ.

    Uwe Maskos;Edwin M. Southern

  • Gel electrophoresis of restriction fragments.

    Edwin Southern

  • Support-bound oligonucleotides

    Edwin M. Southern;Uwe Maskos

  • Analysing polynucleotide sequences

    Edwin Southern

  • Steric Factors Influencing Hybridisation Of Nucleic Acids To Oligonucleotide Arrays

    M. S. Shchepinov;S. C. Case-Green;E. M. Southern

  • Measurement of DNA length by gel electrophoresis

    E.M. Southern

  • Long range periodicities in mouse satellite DNA.

    E.M. Southern

  • Base Sequence and Evolution of Guinea-pig α-Satellite DNA

    Southern Em

  • Arrays of complementary oligonucleotides for analysing the hybridisation behaviour of nucleic acids

    E M Southern;S C Case-Green;J K Elder;M Johnson

  • Selecting effective antisense reagents on combinatorial oligonucleotide arrays.

    Natalie Milner;Kalim U. Mir;Edwin M. Southern

  • Removal of repeated sequences from hybridisation probes

    Paul G. Sealey;Paul A. Whittaker;Edwin M. Southern

  • A model for the separation of large DNA molecules by crossed field gel electrophoresis

    E.M. Southern;R. Anand;W.R.A. Brown;D.S. Fletcher

  • The efficacy of small interfering RNAs targeted to the type 1 insulin-like growth factor receptor (IGF1R) is influenced by secondary structure in the IGF1R transcript.

    Erin A. Bohula;Amanda J. Salisbury;Muhammad Sohail;Martin P. Playford

  • Method for analysing polynucleotide targets using tethered oligonucleotide probes

    Edwin Mellor Southern;Clare Elizabeth Pritchard;Stephen Charles Case-Green

  • Oligonucleotide dendrimers: synthesis and use as polylabelled DNA probes.

    M S Shchepinov;I A Udalova;A J Bridgman;E M Southern

  • Determining the influence of structure on hybridization using oligonucleotide arrays.

    Kalim U. Mir;Edwin M. Southern

Frequent Co-Authors

William Brown
William Brown University of Nottingham
Ben Berkhout
Ben Berkhout University of Amsterdam
Frank Marken
Frank Marken University of Bath
Ulf Landegren
Ulf Landegren Uppsala University
Tim Hunt
Tim Hunt University of Cambridge
Mark D. Fricker
Mark D. Fricker University of Oxford
Irina A. Udalova
Irina A. Udalova University of Oxford
Noreen E. Murray
Noreen E. Murray University of Edinburgh
Ivo Gut
Ivo Gut Centro Nacional de Análisis Genómico

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