Lynnette Ferguson

QSO
Ferguson in 2020
Born
Lynnette Robin Ferguson
Alma materUniversity of Oxford
Scientific career
FieldsNutritional genomics
InstitutionsUniversity of Auckland
Thesis

Lynnette Robin Ferguson QSO is a New Zealand academic, and as of 2021 is an emeritus professor at the University of Auckland. Ferguson has been a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi since 2016.

Academic career

Ferguson says she initially wanted to be a hairdresser, until a stint at hairdressing school showed her she did not have the talent or interest for it.[1]

After completing a Masters of Science with Honours at the University of Auckland, Ferguson completed a DPhil at the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, in 1975, with a thesis titled The Control of DNA Repair in Yeast.[2] She returned to the University of Auckland School of Medicine for post-doctoral work, and then became an Auckland Cancer Society research career fellow.[1]

Ferguson was promoted to full professor at the University of Auckland in 2000, when she established a new Department of Nutrition.[3] She is now a emeritus professor at the University of Auckland.[1]

Ferguson works on nutritional genomics, mutagenesis and the causes and control of chronic diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease. She has also worked on genes associated with satiety, the feeling of fullness after eating.[4]

For ten years, Ferguson led Nutrigenomics New Zealand, which was a partnership between the University of Auckland, and three Crown Research Institutes: Crop & Food Research, AgResearch and HortResearch. Research focused on the genetics of inflammatory bowel disease and how personalised dietary changes could influence disease. This led to the first international conference on nutrigenomics and gut health, in 2006.[5]

Honours and awards

In the 2006 Queen's Birthday Honours, Ferguson was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for public services.[6]

Ferguson was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi in 2016.[7] She is also a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Food Science and Technology.[8]

Selected works

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Emeritus Professor Lynnette Ferguson". Science Learning Hub. Archived from the original on 31 January 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  2. ↑ Ferguson, Lynnette (1975). "The control of DNA repair in yeast". solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  3. ↑ "Lynnette Ferguson | Auckland University, New Zealand | Allied Academies". alliedacademies.com. Archived from the original on 27 May 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  4. ↑ "Genetic tests reveal need for vitamins". NZ Herald. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  5. ↑ Lynnette R Ferguson; Andrew N Shelling; Denis Lauren; Warren McNabb; For Nutrigenomics New Zealand (1 October 2007). "Nutrigenomics and gut health: meeting report from an international conference in Auckland, New Zealand, April 30, May 1-3, 2006". Genes & Nutrition. 2 (1): 157–160. doi:10.1007/S12263-007-0046-1. ISSN 1555-8932. PMC 2474923. PMID 18850170. Wikidata Q36776634.
  6. ↑ "THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY HONOURS 2006 - 2006-vr3819 - New Zealand Gazette". gazette.govt.nz. Archived from the original on 27 February 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  7. ↑ "Lynnette Ferguson". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Archived from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  8. ↑ "Emeritus Professor Lynnette Ferguson - The University of Auckland". unidirectory.auckland.ac.nz. Archived from the original on 14 February 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
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