William Bradshaw Amos

William Bradshaw Amos FRS (born 1945)^[1][2] is a British biologist, Emeritus Scientist at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB).^[3] He led a team that developed the mesolens, a microscope with a giant lens.^[4][5][6]

Brad Amos FRS
Born	William Bradshaw Amos (1945-11-21) 21 November 1945 (age 79)[1]
Education	King Edward VII School, Sheffield
Alma mater	University of Oxford (BA) University of Cambridge (PhD)
Awards	Mullard Award (1994)
Scientific career
Institutions	Laboratory of Molecular Biology University of Cambridge Bio-Rad Laboratories
Thesis	Aspects of contraction in the Peritrich stalk (1975)
Website	www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/emeritus/brad-amos

Education

Amos was educated at King Edward VII School, Sheffield^[1] and graduated from University of Oxford with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1966, and from University of Cambridge with a PhD in 1970.^[7]

Career and research

Amos was research assistant from 1966 to 1967, research student from 1967 to 1970, and research fellow from 1970 to 1974 at King's College, Cambridge. He taught at the department of zoology, Cambridge, from 1973 to 1978.^[1]

Awards and honours

His awards and honours include:

• 1994 Mullard Award of the Royal Society^{[citation needed]}
• 1995 Rank Prize for Optoelectronics^[8]
• 2002 Progress Medal of the Royal Photographic Society^{[citation needed]}
• 2002 Ernst Abbe Award for Lifetime Achievement of the New York Microscopical Society^{[citation needed]}