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'''Elinor P. Thompson''' is ] in microbiology and plant science at the ], UK. Her research focuses on the FtsH family of membrane proteins that act as ]s and the use of '']'' as a model organism. She is also involved with science communication. '''Elinor P. Thompson''' is ] in microbiology and plant science at the ], UK. Her research focuses on the FtsH family of membrane proteins that act as ]s and the use of '']'' as a model organism. She is also involved with science communication.


She has been a member of faculty at the University of Greenwich since 2010.<ref name="UniGreenwich">{{cite web |title=Dr Elinor Thompson |url=https://www.gre.ac.uk/people/rep/faculty-of-engineering-and-science/elinor-thompson |website=University of Greenwich |access-date=3 January 2025}}</ref> After doctoral and post-doctoral research into membrane proteins in plants and bacteria at ] and ], her own research now concentrates on membrane proteases in the eukaryote social amoeba ''Dictyostelium discoideum'' and supports the application of this ] to many research areas, especially signalling, development and translational research.<ref name="Williams et al 2001">{{cite journal |last1=Williams |first1=Robin S. B. |last2=Chubb |first2=Jonathan R. |last3=Insall |first3=Robert |last4=King |first4=Jason S. |last5=Pears |first5=Catherine J. |last6=Thompson |first6=Elinor |last7=Weijer |first7=Cornelis J. |title=Moving the Research Forward: The Best of British Biology Using the Tractable Model System Dictyostelium discoideum |journal=Cells |date=2021 |volume=10 |issue=11 |page=3036 |doi=10.3390/cells10113036 |url=https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/11/3036}}</ref> Her research group uses technologies of molecular biology, imaging, spectroscopy and mathematical modelling to explore the detailed roles of these proteins<ref name="MicroSoc">{{cite web |title=Elinor P. Thompson Chair of the Eukaryotic Division |url=https://microbiologysociety.org/resource_library/knowledge-search/elinor-p-thompson-chair-of-the-eukaryotic-division.html |website=Microbiology Society |access-date=3 January 2025}}</ref> where these proteins are essential in signalling and regulation. FtsH protein family members are involved in removing damaged proteins such as photodamaged proteins from the photosynthetic apparatus in ] and plants and mis-assembled proteins.<ref name="InterPro-FtsH">{{cite web |title=ATP-dependent zinc metalloprotease, FtsH |url=https://www.ebi.ac.uk/interpro/entry/InterPro/IPR005936/ |website=InterPro |publisher=Global Biodata Coalition |access-date=3 January 2025}}</ref> Her research on photodamage has also led her into collaborations about ], the simultaneous use of land for agriculture and solar energy.<ref name="Thompson et al 2020">{{cite journal |last1=Thompson |first1=Elinor P. |last2=others |first2=and 10 |title=Tinted Semi-Transparent Solar Panels Allow Concurrent Production of Crops and Electricity on the Same Cropland |journal=Advanced Energy Materials |date=2020 |page=2001189 |doi=10.1002/aenm.202001189 |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/aenm.202001189}}</ref> She has been a member of faculty at the University of Greenwich since 2010.<ref name="UniGreenwich">{{cite web |title=Dr Elinor Thompson |url=https://www.gre.ac.uk/people/rep/faculty-of-engineering-and-science/elinor-thompson |website=University of Greenwich |access-date=3 January 2025}}</ref> After doctoral and post-doctoral research into membrane proteins in plants and bacteria at ] and ], her own research now concentrates on membrane proteases in the eukaryote social amoeba ''Dictyostelium discoideum'' and supports the application of this ] to many research areas, especially signalling, development and translational research.<ref name="Williams et al 2001">{{cite journal |last1=Williams |first1=Robin S. B. |last2=Chubb |first2=Jonathan R. |last3=Insall |first3=Robert |last4=King |first4=Jason S. |last5=Pears |first5=Catherine J. |last6=Thompson |first6=Elinor |last7=Weijer |first7=Cornelis J. |title=Moving the Research Forward: The Best of British Biology Using the Tractable Model System Dictyostelium discoideum |journal=Cells |date=2021 |volume=10 |issue=11 |page=3036 |doi=10.3390/cells10113036 |doi-access=free |pmid=34831258 |pmc=8616412 }}</ref> Her research group uses technologies of molecular biology, imaging, spectroscopy and mathematical modelling to explore the detailed roles of these proteins<ref name="MicroSoc">{{cite web |title=Elinor P. Thompson Chair of the Eukaryotic Division |url=https://microbiologysociety.org/resource_library/knowledge-search/elinor-p-thompson-chair-of-the-eukaryotic-division.html |website=Microbiology Society |access-date=3 January 2025}}</ref> where these proteins are essential in signalling and regulation. FtsH protein family members are involved in removing damaged proteins such as photodamaged proteins from the photosynthetic apparatus in ] and plants and mis-assembled proteins.<ref name="InterPro-FtsH">{{cite web |title=ATP-dependent zinc metalloprotease, FtsH |url=https://www.ebi.ac.uk/interpro/entry/InterPro/IPR005936/ |website=InterPro |publisher=Global Biodata Coalition |access-date=3 January 2025}}</ref> Her research on photodamage has also led her into collaborations about ], the simultaneous use of land for agriculture and solar energy.<ref name="Thompson et al 2020">{{cite journal |last1=Thompson |first1=Elinor P. |last2=and 10 |first2=others |title=Tinted Semi-Transparent Solar Panels Allow Concurrent Production of Crops and Electricity on the Same Cropland |journal=Advanced Energy Materials |date=2020 |volume=10 |issue=35 |page=2001189 |doi=10.1002/aenm.202001189 |bibcode=2020AdEnM..1001189T |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/aenm.202001189}}</ref>


Following graduating in microbiology, she worked for the scientific journal ''Journal of General Virology'' before returning to academic study at University College London.<ref name="MicroSoc" /> She was a guest on the ] discussion programme '']'' about slime moulds in January 2025, presented by ]. <ref name="In Our Time Jan 2025">{{cite web |title=In Our Time: Slime Moulds |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002691y |website=BBC Radio 4 |access-date=3 January 2025}}</ref> She chairs the Eukaryotic Division of the ].<ref name="MicroSoc" /> Following graduating in microbiology, she worked for the scientific journal ''Journal of General Virology'' before returning to academic study at University College London.<ref name="MicroSoc" /> She was a guest on the ] discussion programme '']'' about slime moulds in January 2025, presented by ]. <ref name="In Our Time Jan 2025">{{cite web |title=In Our Time: Slime Moulds |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002691y |website=BBC Radio 4 |access-date=3 January 2025}}</ref> She chairs the Eukaryotic Division of the ].<ref name="MicroSoc" />
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She is the author or co-author of over 20 scientific publications and conference contributions. They include: She is the author or co-author of over 20 scientific publications and conference contributions. They include:


* Robin S. B. Williams, Jonathan R. Chubb, Robert Insall, Jason S. King, Catherine J. Pears, Elinor Thompson, and Cornelis J. Weijer. (2021) ''Cells'', '''10''' (11), 3036 * Robin S. B. Williams, Jonathan R. Chubb, Robert Insall, Jason S. King, Catherine J. Pears, Elinor Thompson, and Cornelis J. Weijer. (2021) ''Cells'', '''10''' (11), 3036.


* Elinor P. Thompson, Emilio L. Bombelli, Simon Shubham, Hamish Watson, Aldous Everard, Vincenzo D’Ardes, Andrea Schievano, Stefano Bocchi, Nazanin Zand, Christopher J. Howe, Paolo Bombelli. (2020) ''Advanced Energy materials'', * Elinor P. Thompson, Emilio L. Bombelli, Simon Shubham, Hamish Watson, Aldous Everard, Vincenzo D’Ardes, Andrea Schievano, Stefano Bocchi, Nazanin Zand, Christopher J. Howe, Paolo Bombelli. (2020) ''Advanced Energy materials'', '''10''', 200118.


* Elinor P. Thompson, Christopher Wilkins, Vadim Demidchik, Julia M. Davies, Beverley J. Glover. (2009) . ''Journal of Experimental Botany'', Volume '''61''', (2), pages 439–451, * Elinor P. Thompson, Christopher Wilkins, Vadim Demidchik, Julia M. Davies, Beverley J. Glover. (2009) . ''Journal of Experimental Botany'', Volume '''61''', (2), pages 439–451.


* Paulo Silva, Elinor Thompson, Shaun Bailey, Olaf Kruse, Conrad W Mullineaux, Colin Robinson, Nicholas H Mann, Peter J Nixon. (2003) ''The Plant Cell'', '''15''', (9), pages 2152–2164. * Paulo Silva, Elinor Thompson, Shaun Bailey, Olaf Kruse, Conrad W Mullineaux, Colin Robinson, Nicholas H Mann, Peter J Nixon. (2003) ''The Plant Cell'', '''15''', (9), pages 2152–2164.

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British microbial and plant scientist
Elinor P Thompson
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity College, London
Scientific career
Fieldsmicrobiology
InstitutionsUniversity of Greenwich
Thesis Proteins involved in the maintenance of the photosynthetic apparatus in cyanobacteria and plants  (2003)
Doctoral advisorsConrad Mullineaux and Saul Purton

Elinor P. Thompson is Reader in microbiology and plant science at the University of Greenwich, UK. Her research focuses on the FtsH family of membrane proteins that act as proteases and the use of Dictyostelium discoideum as a model organism. She is also involved with science communication.

She has been a member of faculty at the University of Greenwich since 2010. After doctoral and post-doctoral research into membrane proteins in plants and bacteria at University College, London and University of Cambridge, her own research now concentrates on membrane proteases in the eukaryote social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum and supports the application of this model organism to many research areas, especially signalling, development and translational research. Her research group uses technologies of molecular biology, imaging, spectroscopy and mathematical modelling to explore the detailed roles of these proteins where these proteins are essential in signalling and regulation. FtsH protein family members are involved in removing damaged proteins such as photodamaged proteins from the photosynthetic apparatus in cyanobacteria and plants and mis-assembled proteins. Her research on photodamage has also led her into collaborations about agrovoltaics, the simultaneous use of land for agriculture and solar energy.

Following graduating in microbiology, she worked for the scientific journal Journal of General Virology before returning to academic study at University College London. She was a guest on the BBC Radio 4 discussion programme In our Time about slime moulds in January 2025, presented by Melvyn Bragg. She chairs the Eukaryotic Division of the Microbiology Society.

Publications

She is the author or co-author of over 20 scientific publications and conference contributions. They include:


References

  1. "Dr Elinor Thompson". University of Greenwich. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  2. Williams, Robin S. B.; Chubb, Jonathan R.; Insall, Robert; King, Jason S.; Pears, Catherine J.; Thompson, Elinor; Weijer, Cornelis J. (2021). "Moving the Research Forward: The Best of British Biology Using the Tractable Model System Dictyostelium discoideum". Cells. 10 (11): 3036. doi:10.3390/cells10113036. PMC 8616412. PMID 34831258.
  3. ^ "Elinor P. Thompson Chair of the Eukaryotic Division". Microbiology Society. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  4. "ATP-dependent zinc metalloprotease, FtsH". InterPro. Global Biodata Coalition. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  5. Thompson, Elinor P.; and 10, others (2020). "Tinted Semi-Transparent Solar Panels Allow Concurrent Production of Crops and Electricity on the Same Cropland". Advanced Energy Materials. 10 (35): 2001189. Bibcode:2020AdEnM..1001189T. doi:10.1002/aenm.202001189.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. "In Our Time: Slime Moulds". BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
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