Bulfield, Grahame, 1941-: (geneticist, formerly director and chief executive, Roslin Institute, Edinburgh and vice-principal, University of Edinburgh)
Dates
- Existence: 1941-:
Biography
Grahame Bulfield was born in Leeds in 1941, and attended school in Cheshire, where he developed an interest in agriculture and farming. In 1959 he began at the University of Leeds, reading for a BSc in Agriculture with Honours in animal production. He became interested in genetics and completed his honours project on the subject of 'Beef Sire Performance and Progeny Testing.'
After a lecturer recommended the Institute of Animal Genetics in Edinburgh, Bulfield began studying for a Diploma in Animal Genetics at the Institute in 1964, with a scholarship from the Ministry of Agriculture. After a spell at the University of Uppsala, Sweden, as a Yorkshire Agricultural Society Travelling Fellow, Bulfield began studying for a PhD in Genetics at the University of Edinburgh, with a studentship from the Agricultural Research Council. His thesis was on the biochemical genetics of two obese mutants in the mouse, and his supervisors were C.H. Waddington, D.S. Falconer, H. Kacser and G.S. Boyd.
Between 1968 and 1970, Bulfield worked in the Department of Genetics, University of California, as a Fulbright Fellow. He returned to Edinburgh in 1971 to work with Henrik Kacser on two MRC-funded projects on the screening and analysis of mouse mutants of human inherited disease.
In 1976, Bulfield was appointed Lecturer and Medical Convenor of Medical Genetics at the University of Leicester, where his research included mouse disease mutants, the genetic control of gene expression and the genetics of growth. Here Bulfield made the significant discovery of a mutation on the mouse X-chromosome which is still used as an animal model for understanding Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy in humans.
Bulfield returned to Edinburgh in 1981 as Head of the Genetics Group at the Poultry Research Centre. In 1986, part of the PRC became integrated into the newly-formed Edinburgh Research Station of the Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics Research (IAPGR), and Bulfield was appointed Head of the Gene Expression group. In 1988 he became head of the entire Station. When the IAPGR-ERS became independent from its sister institute in Cambridge, and renamed Roslin Institute, Bulfield became director and Chief Executive. Bulfield steered Roslin through a time of scientific innovation, the growth of various spin-out biotechnology companies, government scrutiny of research establishments, as well as unprecedented public and media attention, particularly surrounding the Institute's work on cloned and transgenic animals, including Dolly the sheep (b.1996). In 1997, Bulfield and colleagues appeared before the House of Commons Select Committee on Science and Technology to answer questions on cloning.
In 2002, Bulfield retired as Roslin's director and moved over to the University of Edinburgh to become Vice-Principal and Head of the College of Science and Engineering. He is currently Emeritus Professor of Genetics at the University of Edinburgh.
Grahame Bulfield has served on a wide range of government and public committees and Working Parties. He has been a non-executive director of nine companies and an advisor and consultant to both a US and UK biotechnology venture capital fund as well as a UK biotechnology company. Bulfield was appointed an Honorary Professor of the University of Edinburgh in 1990, to a Personal Chair of Animal Genetics in 2002 and elected to a Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1992. In 1999 he was appointed Honorary Fellow of the Royal Agricultural Society of England. He was awarded a CBE for services to Animal Genetics in 2001.
Found in 104 Collections and/or Records:
Director's files relating to matters for discussion at Governing Council meetings, 2000-2002
Comprises records of Roslin Institute which relate to governance, administration, finance, legal, estates, human resources, external relations, events and publicity. Also contains some research data. The majority of these records originate from the office of the Institute Secretary, with a number from the Director and Assistant Director. In the latter cases this is noted in the catalogue.
Director's files relating to Roslin Nutrition Ltd, 1996-2002
Contains: agendas and minutes for meetings of the directors of Roslin Nutrition Ltd; copies of accounts; a valuation report (August 1998); correspondence with stakeholders; papers relating to the sale of the company and Grahame Bulfield's notes and annotations.
Director's meeting papers of the Audit Committee , 2000
Contains agendas and minutes of the Audit Committee and related correspondence, financial schedules, balance sheets, financial statements, audit summaries and director's notes. Also contains reports and financial statements for Roslin Biotechnology Centre Ltd and Roslin Nutrition Ltd, and bound presentations for consultancy services to the Roslin Institute from Baillie Gifford and Hymans Robertson. Concerns meetings held on 02 March, 24 July and 05 October 2000.
Director's meeting papers of the Finance and General Purposes Committee, 1996-2000
Comprises records of Roslin Institute which relate to governance, administration, finance, legal, estates, human resources, external relations, events and publicity. Also contains some research data. The majority of these records originate from the office of the Institute Secretary, with a number from the Director and Assistant Director. In the latter cases this is noted in the catalogue.
Director's meeting papers of the Institute Executive Committee, March 1993 - June 2002
Contains agendas, minutes and other papers from Institute Executive Committee meetings, related correspondence and Grahame Bulfield's notes and annotations.
Director's meeting papers of the Roslin Bio-Med Board, 1998-1999
Contains papers for meetings held on 11 May, 29 June, 25 September, 23 October, 27 November and 12 December 1998 and 26 March 1999. Also contains Grahame Bulfield's notes and annotations.
Director's papers from the Heads of Division Retreat, 2-3 February 1998 , December 1997-February 1998
Comprises records of Roslin Institute which relate to governance, administration, finance, legal, estates, human resources, external relations, events and publicity. Also contains some research data. The majority of these records originate from the office of the Institute Secretary, with a number from the Director and Assistant Director. In the latter cases this is noted in the catalogue.
Director's papers from the Heads of Division Retreat, 21-22 January 2004, October 2003-January 2004
Comprises records of Roslin Institute which relate to governance, administration, finance, legal, estates, human resources, external relations, events and publicity. Also contains some research data. The majority of these records originate from the office of the Institute Secretary, with a number from the Director and Assistant Director. In the latter cases this is noted in the catalogue.
Director's papers from the Heads of Division Retreat, 22-23 January 2001, January 2001
Comprises records of Roslin Institute which relate to governance, administration, finance, legal, estates, human resources, external relations, events and publicity. Also contains some research data. The majority of these records originate from the office of the Institute Secretary, with a number from the Director and Assistant Director. In the latter cases this is noted in the catalogue.
Director's papers from the Heads of Division Retreat, 24 January 2000 , October 1999-January 2000
Contains a copy of the draft review of Roslin Institute conducted by HEDRA Quality Control in January 2000.
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- Archival Object 102
- Collection 2
- Subject
- Animal Genetics 59
- Mice 31
- Poultry 12
- Transgenic animals 8
- Enzymes 6
- Mutation (Biology) 6
- Livestock--Selection 5
- Biotechnology 4
- Molecular Genetics 4
- Animal Breeding 3
- Animal embryology 3
- Gene expression 3
- Inbreeding 3
- Livestock 3
- Molecular cloning 3
- Animals--Diseases 2
- Biochemistry 2
- Domestic animals--Growth 2
- Growth 2
- Hormones, Sex 2
- Livestock--Breeding 2
- Muscles 2
- Poultry industry 2
- Quantitative genetics 2
- Adipose tissues 1
- Anemia 1
- Animal genetic engineering 1
- Animal models in research 1
- Animal welfare 1
- Blood proteins 1
- Body composition 1
- Body weight 1
- Cattle 1
- Cattle--Breeding 1
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 1
- Cloning 1
- Eggs 1
- Fatty Acids 1
- Fertility 1
- Festivals 1
- Gene mapping 1
- Generative organs, Female 1
- Genes 1
- Genetic recombination 1
- Genetic transformation 1
- Growth factors 1
- Hormones 1
- Human genetics 1
- Lipids 1
- Molecular biology 1
- Muscle cells 1
- Patent laws and legislation 1
- Programmes 1
- Student activities | Edinburgh (Scotland) 1
- Theatre 1
- Theileriasis 1
- Transcription factors 1
- University of Edinburgh -- students 1
- Variation (Biology) 1 + ∧ less