Alan Sterling Parkes
Sir Alan Sterling Parkes FRS CBE (10 September 1900 - 17 July 1990) was an English reproductive biologist credited with Christopher Polge and Audrey Smith for the discovery that spermatozoa can be protected against induced damage induced by freezing and low-temperature storage using glycerol.[1] This work enabled the development of the field of cryobiology.[2]
Alan Sterling Parkes | |
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Born | 10 September 1900 |
Died | 17 July 1990 (aged 89) |
Alma mater | Christ's College, Cambridge University of Manchester |
Awards | Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh (1962) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Reproductive biology |
Additionally, he published on the reproductive effects of X-rays on mice, hormonal control of secondary sexual characteristics in birds, and aided Hilda Bruce in research that established the Bruce effect.[2][3]
In 1962, Parkes was awarded the Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh.[4]
References
- Polge, C.; Smith, A. U.; Parkes, A. S. (1949). "Revival of Spermatozoa after Vitrification and Dehydration at Low Temperatures". Nature. 164 (4172): 666–666. doi:10.1038/164666a0. ISSN 1476-4687.
- Polge, Christopher (2006). "Sir Alan Sterling Parkes. 10 September 1900 — 17 July 1990: Elected FRS 1933". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 52: 263–283. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2006.0019. ISSN 0080-4606.
- "Parkes, Sir Alan Sterling (1900–1990), reproductive biologist". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/40018. Retrieved 2020-05-12.
- Lamming, G.E., ed. (1994). Marshall’s Physiology of Reproduction. 3 (4th ed.). Chapman & Hall. pp. xviii. doi:10.1007/978-94-011-1286-4. ISBN 978-94-010-4561-2.
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