Brian Heap#


Brian Heap
Email:rbh22 'at' cam.ac.uk
Membership Number:1895
Main Country of Residence:UNITED KINGDOM
Section:PHYSIOLOGY & MEDICINE
Username:bheap
Homepage: http://www.cei.cam.ac.uk/directory/rbh22@cam.ac.uk







Present and Previous Positions

  • 2010 President, European Academies Science Advisory Council
  • 1991 Director of Science, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, UK
  • 1989 Special Professor, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham
  • 1989 Director of Research, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics Research (Cambridge and Edinburgh)
  • 1986 Head, Cambridge Research Station, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics Research (Cambridge and Edinburgh)
  • 1976 Head, Department of Physiology, Babraham, Cambridge
  • 1964 Scientific Staff, Institute of Animal Physiology, Babraham, Cambridge
  • 1960 PhD Animal Physiology, University of Nottingham

Fields of Scholarship

  • pregnancy, growth, lactation, evolution of viviparity in mammals
  • endocrine regulation of ovarian function
  • internal signals and recognition of pregnancy
  • hormone production and conservation in pregnancy
  • triggers spark the onset of parturition
  • steroid interactions with phospholipids
  • steroids, liposomes and membrane permeability
  • steroid inhibition of lymphocyte migration
  • immunology of pregnancy
  • anti-progesterone monoclonal antibodies
  • anti-idiotypic antibodies block pregnancy
  • pregnancy diagnosis in dairy animals
  • induced delivery in pigs improving animal welfare
  • gene transfer
  • intra-uterine delivery of a liposome-DNA preparation
  • biotechnology and food security
  • global population growth
  • sustainable consumption and production (food, energy, transport)
  • mitigation of environmental impacts
  • climate change in developed and less developed countries

Honours and Awards

  • 1980 ScD (University of Cambridge)
  • 1989 FRS (Fellow of The Royal Society)
  • 1994 Hon DSc (University of Nottingham)
  • 1994 CBE
  • 1994 UK Representative, European Science Foundation, Strasbourg
  • 1996 President, Institute of Biology
  • 1996 Master, St Edmund’s College, University of Cambridge
  • 1996 Vice-President and Foreign Secretary, The Royal Society
  • 1997 UK Representative on NATO Science Committee, Brussels
  • 1999 Member, Academia Europaea
  • 2001 KBE
  • 2001 D Univ (York)
  • 2004 Chair of Trustees, Academia Europeae
  • 2006 Hon Fellow, Zoological Society of London
  • 2007 Hon DSc, St Andrews University, Scotland
  • 2008 Vice-President, European Academies Science Advisory Board
  • 2009 Fellow, World Academy of Art and Science
  • 2011 Honorary Professor, University of Nottingham


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