British biophysicist and academic
Dame Julia Mary Goodfellow DBE FMedSci FInstP (née Lansdall ; born 1 July 1951) is a former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Kent ,[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] and Chair of the British Science Association .[ 6] She was the president of Universities UK from 1 August 2015 until July 2017.[ 7] [ 8]
Early life, education and career[ edit ] Goodfellow completed her BSc degree in physics at the University of Bristol [ 9] and obtained a PhD degree in biophysics at the Open University [ 10] Research Unit in Oxford . She began her career as Professor of Biomolecular Science at Birkbeck College in 1995, and was promoted to Vice Master in 1998.[ 11] In 2002, she was appointed chief executive of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council , the first woman to lead a UK research council.[ 8] Goodfellow served as chair of the British Science Association from 2009 to 2014.[ 12]
In 2007, she was appointed Vice-Chancellor of the University of Kent.[ 13] In 2011, she was appointed to both the Council for Science and Technology and the Science and Technology Facilities Council .[ 7] Currently, Goodfellow is a member of the Higher Education Policy Institute (Hepi) advisory board.[ 14]
Goodfellow was elected Universities UK president from 2015 to 2017, the first woman to hold the role. In 2015 Goodfellow stated that Universities UK supported staying in the European Union , citing the “economic growth, employable graduates and cutting edge research discoveries” that the EU could provide in the education sector.[ 15] In 2018 she became president of the Royal Society of Biology .[ 16]
In 1972 Julia Lansdall married Peter Goodfellow , with whom she has one daughter and one son.[citation needed ]
Goodfellow has been criticised for her travel expenses and pay for the 2014-15 year. Her travel expenses were reported to be £26,635, with 92% of flights being first or business class. She also received a pay rise of 3% in the same year, increasing her salary to £272,000.[ 23]
She received a £43,000 pay rise in 2012–13, a rise of 19%.[ 24] Other staff at the university were striking to secure a 2% pay rise in the same year.[ 24] The university was criticised by the University and College Union for attempting to "obscure key information" by obfuscating records of the meeting in which her salary was decided.[citation needed ]
Selected publications [ edit ] Goodfellow, J.; Winstanley, M. (2004). "Shaping the future in biology". Systems Biology . 1 (1): 6–7. PMID 17052110 .
MacDonald, J. T.; Purkiss, A. G.; Smith, M. A.; Evans, P.; Goodfellow, J. M.; Slingsby, C. (2005). "Unfolding crystallins: The destabilizing role of a β-hairpin cysteine in βB2-crystallin by simulation and experiment" . Protein Science . 14 (5): 1282–1292. doi :10.1110/ps.041227805 . PMC 2253261 . PMID 15840832 .
Sy, D.; Gravier, Y.; Goodfellow, J.; Vovelle, F. (2003). "Protein stability and plasticity of the hydrophobic cavity in wheat ns-LTP". Journal of Biomolecular Structure & Dynamics . 21 (1): 15–29. doi :10.1080/07391102.2003.10506902 . PMID 12854956 . S2CID 42712897 .
Moraitakis, G.; Goodfellow, J. M. (2003). "Simulations of Human Lysozyme: Probing the Conformations Triggering Amyloidosis" . Biophysical Journal . 84 (4): 2149–2158. Bibcode :2003BpJ....84.2149M . doi :10.1016/S0006-3495(03)75021-8 . PMC 1302782 . PMID 12668424 .
Beatty, E.; Zhong, W.; Kubal, G.; Houldershaw, D.; Goodfellow, J.; Sadler, P. (2002). "Histidine pK(a) values for the N-lobe of human transferrin: Effect of substitution of binding site Asp by Ser (D63S)". Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry . 88 (3–4): 403–409. doi :10.1016/S0162-0134(01)00352-X . PMID 11897357 .
Goodfellow, J. (2002). "Keeping focus on the science. Interview by Nigel Williams" . Current Biology . 12 (3): R80–R81. doi :10.1016/s0960-9822(02)00663-2 . PMID 11839282 . S2CID 35371857 .
Purkiss, A. G.; Bateman, O.; Goodfellow, J.; Lubsen, N.; Slingsby, C. (2001). "The X-ray Crystal Structure of Human gamma S-crystallin C-terminal Domain" . Journal of Biological Chemistry . 277 (6): 4199–4205. doi :10.1074/jbc.M110083200 . PMID 11706012 .
^ a b "GOODFELLOW, Dame Julia (Mary)" . Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press .(subscription required)
^ "University of Kent website, 1" . Archived from the original on 9 June 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2010 .
^ "University of Kent website, 2" . Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2010 .
^ Birkbeck College website
^ Julia Goodfellow publications indexed by Microsoft Academic
^ British Science Association Council Archived 2013-06-06 at the Wayback Machine
^ a b "Professor Dame Julia Goodfellow elected President of Universities UK for 2015 - 2017" . UUK. Archived from the original on 2 October 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015 .
^ a b Morgan, John (27 November 2014). "Julia Goodfellow to be first female UUK president" . timeshighereducation.co.uk . Retrieved 1 August 2015 .
^ a b Faculty of Science: Alumni and friends Archived 2014-08-20 at the Wayback Machine , bristol.ac.uk; accessed 9 April 2016.
^ Goodfellow, Julia (1975). Structural studies of the corneal stroma (PhD thesis). Open University.
^ Goodfellow profile at the University of Kent website
^ "David Willetts to be new chair of the BSA" . British Science Association. Retrieved 7 October 2015 .
^ "University appoints new vice-chancellor" . Kent Online News . 2 April 2007. Retrieved 28 September 2015 .
^ "Advisory Board" . Higher Education Policy Institute (Hepi) . Retrieved 28 September 2015 .
^ "Universities UK declares "in" stance in UK's EU debate" . The PIE News. Retrieved 5 October 2015 .
^ The Biologist 65(2) p22-25
^ Honorary degrees at Bristol University , bristol.ac.uk; accessed 9 April 2016.
^ Honorary Graduates , essex.ac.uk; accessed 9 April 2016.
^ Honorary graduates 2004-05 Archived 2014-12-02 at the Wayback Machine , ed.ac.uk; accessed 9 April 2016.
^ News: Six set for honorary doctorates at Durham University , dur.ac.uk; accessed 9 April 2016.
^ Quartet to be honoured at Manchester , manchester.ac.uk; accessed 9 April 2016.
^ "No. 59446" . The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 June 2010. p. 6.
^ Florence Maher, UKC VC spent a staggering £26,635 on flying first class last year , thetab.com; accessed 9 April 2016.
^ a b University of Kent vice-chancellor Professor Dame Julia Goodfellow's salary increases to £265,000 , kentonline.co.uk; accessed 9 April 2016.
* indicates current president