Brian Heap#
| Membership Number: | 1895 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 1999 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | 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
