Adam Rutherford
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| Born | 1974/1975 (age 41–42) Ipswich, Suffolk, England |
| Occupation | Geneticist, author, broadcaster |
| Education | PhD |
| Alma mater | UCL Institute of Child Health |
| Subject | Genetics |
| Notable works | Creation: The Origin of Life / The Future of Life; BBC Radio 4: Inside Science |
| Children | 2 |
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Adam Rutherford (born 1974/1975) is a British geneticist, author, and broadcaster. He was an editor for the journal Nature for a decade, is a frequent contributor to the newspaper The Guardian, hosts the BBC Radio 4 programme Inside Science, has produced several science documentaries and has published books related to genetics and the origin of life.
Rutherford, who is half Guyanese Indian, was born in Ipswich in the East of England and attended Ipswich School.
He was admitted to the medical school at University College London, but transferred to a degree in evolutionary genetics, including a project under Steve Jones studying stalk-eyed flies. He completed a Ph.D. in genetics at UCL Institute of Child Health at Great Ormond Street Hospital in 2002. His PhD thesis subject was the role of a specific gene (CHX10) on eye development, with focus on the effect of mutations in this gene on the development of eye disorders.
Rutherford's other academic research was also on genetic causes of eye disorders, including the relation of retinoschisin to retinoschisis, the role of mutations of the gene CRX in retinal dystrophy, and the role of the gene CHX10 in microphthalmia in humans and mice.
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