Jeremy Brockes

Jeremy Patrick Brockes FRS (born 29 February 1948 Haslemere, Surrey) is a British biochemist,[1] and worked as an MRC Research Professor at University College London until 2016.[2]

Life

He earned a BA from Cambridge University, and a PhD in molecular biology from Edinburgh University in the laboratory of the late Kenneth Murray and Noreen Murray. He did post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School (with Zach Hall) and University College London (with Martin Raff) before appointments at CalTECH, King's College London and University College London. He studied cellular interactions in the mammalian peripheral nervous system, and the mechanisms underlying limb regeneration in salamanders. He is the uncle of award-winning journalist and author Emma Brockes.

He currently plays chess as a FIDE-rated player. In the following game from the Preston Congress (2018) against S. Turner (white), black wins with a stream of tactics. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bg5 0-0 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 a6 8. Bd3 c5 9. d5 b5 10. PxP Qa5 11. 0-0 N(b)d7 12. PxP BxP 13. BxB QxB 14. e4 R(f)b8 15. Qc2 Nb6 16. Nd2 Nc4 17. NxN QxN 18. f3 NxdP 19. PxN QxB 20. g3 Qh3 21. a4 Rb4 22. b3 h5 23. R(a)b1 h4 24. g5 BxN 25. QxB RxgP+ 26. Kf2 Qxh2+ 27. Ke3 Qf4+ 28. Kf2 h3 29. Ke1 h2 30. Qc2 Qe5+ 31. Qe2 Rg1 32. QxQ RxR+ 33. Ke2 RxR 0-1

Works
  • Kumar A, Godwin JW, Gates PB, Garza-Garcia AA, Brockes JP. Molecular basis for the nerve dependence of limb regeneration in an adult vertebrate. Science 330, 485-490 (2007).
  • Jeremy P. Brockes, Anoop Kumar, Cristiana P. Velloso, "Regeneration as an evolutionary variable" J Anat. 2001 Jul-Aug; 199(Pt 1-2): 3–11.
  • Neuroimmunology, Plenum Press, 1982, ISBN 978-0-306-40955-4.

Awards and Prizes

1985 Scientific Medal, Zoological Society of London.

2008 Newcomb Cleveland Prize (joint recipient), AAAS.

References
  1. http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/b/16977/Jeremy%20Patrick+BROCKES.aspx
  2. "Jeremy Brockes". www.ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 20 February 2016.

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*https://mannchess.org.uk/YEvents/2019-09-22Harrogate.htm
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