Michael W. Bevan

Bevan was educated at the University of Auckland where he was awarded a Bachelor of Science in 1973 and a Master of Science in 1974. He went on to study at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where he was awarded a PhD in 1979 for work on differentiation in plant tissue cultures.{{cite thesis |degree=PhD |first=Michael W|last=Bevan |title=Differentiation in plant tissue cultures |publisher=University of Cambridge |year=1979 |url=http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.449710}}

Following his PhD, Bevan did postdoctoral research with Mary-Dell Chilton at Washington University in St. Louis{{Cite journal | last1 = Bevan | first1 = MW | last2 = Flavell | first2 = RB | last3 = Chilton | first3 = MD | authorlink3 = Mary-Dell Chilton| doi = 10.1038/304184a0 | title = A chimaeric antibiotic resistance gene as a selectable marker for plant cell transformation | journal = Nature | volume = 304 | issue = 5922 | pages = 184–7 | year = 1983 | bibcode = 1983Natur.304..184B | s2cid = 28713537 }}{{Cite journal

| pmid = 6298724

| year = 1983

| last1 = Bevan

| first1 = M

| title = Structure and transcription of the nopaline synthase gene region of T-DNA

| journal = Nucleic Acids Research

| volume = 11

| issue = 2

| pages = 369–85

| last2 = Barnes

| first2 = WM

| last3 = Chilton

| first3 = MD

| pmc = 325720

| doi=10.1093/nar/11.2.369

}}{{Cite journal

| pmid = 7153688

| year = 1982

| last1 = Bevan

| first1 = MW

| title = Multiple transcripts of T-DNA detected in nopaline crown gall tumors

| journal = Journal of Molecular and Applied Genetics

| volume = 1

| issue = 6

| pages = 539–46

| last2 = Chilton

| first2 = MD

}}{{Cite journal

| pmid = 6297376

| year = 1982

| last1 = Bevan

| first1 = MW

| title = T-DNA of the Agrobacterium Ti and Ri plasmids

| journal = Annual Review of Genetics

| volume = 16

| pages = 357–84

| last2 = Chilton

| first2 = MD

| doi = 10.1146/annurev.ge.16.120182.002041

}} where he identified ways to make functional chimaeric genes based on knowledge of gene function.

Bevan returned to the UK at the Plant Breeding Institute, Cambridge{{Cite journal

| pmid = 3327686

| year = 1987

| last1 = Jefferson

| first1 = RA

| authorlink1 = Richard Anthony Jefferson

| title = GUS fusions: Beta-glucuronidase as a sensitive and versatile gene fusion marker in higher plants

| journal = The EMBO Journal

| volume = 6

| issue = 13

| pages = 3901–7

| last2 = Kavanagh

| first2 = TA

| last3 = Bevan

| first3 = MW

| authorlink3 =

| pmc = 553867

| doi=10.1002/j.1460-2075.1987.tb02730.x

}}{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1093/nar/12.22.8711| pmid = 6095209| title = Binary Agrobacteriumvectors for plant transformation| journal = Nucleic Acids Research| volume = 12| issue = 22| pages = 8711–21| year = 1984| last1 = Bevan | first1 = M | pmc = 320409}} in 1980, part of the Agricultural and Food Research Council (AFRC). This became the John Innes Centre of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) where he has worked since 1988.

As of 2014, Bevan's laboratory focus on the molecular control of plant growth.{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2001.2641043.x| pmid = 11439129| title = Impaired sucrose-induction mutants reveal the modulation of sugar-induced starch biosynthetic gene expression by abscisic acid signalling| journal = The Plant Journal| volume = 26| issue = 4| pages = 421–33| year = 2002| last1 = Rook | first1 = F | last2 = Corke | first2 = F | last3 = Card | first3 = R | last4 = Munz | first4 = G | last5 = Smith | first5 = C | last6 = Bevan | first6 = MW |display-authors= 2 | doi-access = free }}{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1038/nature08747| pmid = 20148030| title = Genome sequencing and analysis of the model grass Brachypodium distachyon| journal = Nature| volume = 463| issue = 7282| pages = 763–8| year = 2010| last1 = Vogel | first1 = JP | last2 = Garvin | first2 = DF | last3 = Mockler | first3 = TC | last4 = Schmutz | first4 = J | last5 = Rokhsar | first5 = D | last6 = Bevan | first6 = MW | last7 = Barry | first7 = K | last8 = Lucas | first8 = S | last9 = Harmon-Smith | first9 = M | last10 = Lail | first10 = K | last11 = Tice | first11 = H | last12 = Schmutz (Leader) | first12 = J | last13 = Grimwood | first13 = J | last14 = McKenzie | first14 = N | last15 = Bevan | first15 = MW | last16 = Huo | first16 = N | last17 = Gu | first17 = YQ | last18 = Lazo | first18 = GR | last19 = Anderson | first19 = OD | last20 = Vogel (Leader) | first20 = JP | last21 = You | first21 = FM | last22 = Luo | first22 = MC | last23 = Dvorak | first23 = J | last24 = Wright | first24 = J | last25 = Febrer | first25 = M | last26 = Bevan | first26 = MW | last27 = Idziak | first27 = D | last28 = Hasterok | first28 = R | last29 = Garvin | first29 = DF | last30 = Lindquist | first30 = E | bibcode = 2010Natur.463..763T| display-authors = 2| doi-access = free }}{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1038/321446a0| title = Expression of biologically active viral satellite RNA from the nuclear genome of transformed plants| journal = Nature| volume = 321| issue = 6068| pages = 446–9| year = 1986| last1 = Baulcombe | first1 = DC | authorlink1= David Baulcombe| last2 = Saunders | first2 = GR | last3 = Bevan | first3 = MW | last4 = Mayo | first4 = MA | last5 = Harrison | first5 = BD | bibcode = 1986Natur.321..446B| s2cid = 4309327|display-authors= 2 }}{{Cite journal

| pmid = 7624340

| year = 1995

| last1 = Sablowski

| first1 = RW

| title = Expression of a flower-specific Myb protein in leaf cells using a viral vector causes ectopic activation of a target promoter

| journal = Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

| volume = 92

| issue = 15

| pages = 6901–5

| last2 = Baulcombe

| first2 = DC

| last3 = Bevan

| first3 = M

| pmc = 41438

| doi=10.1073/pnas.92.15.6901

| bibcode = 1995PNAS...92.6901S

| doi-access = free

}}{{cite web |url= https://www.jic.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2012/11/deciphering-wheats-genome/ |title= Major breakthrough in deciphering bread wheat's genetic code |publisher= John Innes Centre |date= 22 November 2012 }}

Bevan was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2013. His nomination reads: {{centred pull quote|Michael Bevan's work laid the foundations of modern day plant molecular biology and genetics. He pioneered plant transformation and expression technologies, developing the most widely used vector and gene expression systems. He played a major role in the multi-national efforts to sequence the Arabidopsis and Brachypodium genomes, which provide key foundations for plant biology. He has capitalised on this by his analyses of gene function and growth control in plants. He has recently completed the first analysis of the large, complex and important genome of bread wheat, aiming to develop resources for molecular breeding and improvement of this globally important crop.{{cite web |url= http://royalsociety.org/people/Michael-Bevan/ |title= Professor Michael Bevan FRS |publisher= Royal Society |date=}}}}

He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2019 Birthday Honours for services to plant genomics.{{London Gazette|issue=62666|supp=y|page=B10|date=8 June 2019}}

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