Geoffrey Frank Grant
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| Geoffrey Frank Grant | |
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 Geoffrey Grant, 2002 |
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| Born | 5 September 1941 Empingham, Rutland, United Kingdom |
| Residence | Fort Worth, Texas, United States |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom (1941-) Canada (1953-) United States (1991–) |
| Fields | Scientist Inventor Sportsman |
| Alma mater | University of California San Diego University of British Columbia |
| Doctoral advisor | Melvin Simon Caltech |
| Other academic advisors | Melvin Cohn. Salk Institute |
| Known for | No-line, multicolored tennis court 1975 electronic line judge tennis 1974 Co-discoverer - the isolation, mode of action and sequence of the brain hypothalamic peptide Somatostatin. 1972. ITF World Senior Tennis Doubles Champion. 2002 |
Geoffrey Frank Grant is a scientist and administrative manager at the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth He was born on September 5, 1941 in Empingham, Rutland. He migrated to the United States and currently resides in Fort Worth, Texas.
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[edit] Science career
As a post-doctoral fellow, he continued research at nearby Salk Institute for Biological Studies becoming an assistant research professor in the neuro-endocrinology laboratory of Roger Guillemin. At the Salk, he conducted studies and published with Guillemin[1] on the cell biology and mode of action / structure-activity relationships of hypothalamic hormone analogs and was a co-discoverer of the hypothalamic peptide, Somatostatin.[2] He has articles published in both Nature[3] and Science.[4]
His present interests are as a naturopathic theorist extending the theory he published –"The DOLE - Decline of Life's Energy - Theory of Aging." 2000.[5][6] Specifically, the root molecular causes of Aging.
[edit] Tennis
While a researcher at the Salk Institute he designed, developed, and built a computerized electronic line judge computer.[7] During 1974 and 1975 his device was used in the first successful public demonstration of a computerized line-calling device at a professional tennis tournament.[citation needed] This original tennis electronic line judge device was used by the Men's World Championship Tennis and the Ladies’ Virginia Slims sponsored tennis tours.[citation needed] The computerized device not only made decisions as to whether the ball landed within the boundaries of the playing zones but also made foot fault and service net-cord decisions.[8][9]
During the early years 1975-6, of the World TeamTennis (WWT) league it adopted Dr. Grant's creative alternative tennis court design as a ‘signature logo’.[citation needed] The original WTT no-line, multi-colored tennis court was a multi-colored court with eleven separate colored areas with no segregating lines.[citation needed] A USPTO utility patent[10] was issued in 1977.[11]
[edit] Professional
During the last decade Grant has been professor and an administrative manager at the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth[citation needed] and the University of Texas at Arlington[citation needed] where he assisted and mentored entrepreneurs in their efforts to commercialize university intellectual property.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.geoffreygrant.com/Vale-Guillemin-Grant.html[self-published source?]
- ^ Vale W, Brazeau P, Grant G, et al. (December 1972). "[Preliminary observations on the mechanism of action of somatostatin, a hypothalamic factor inhibiting the secretion of growth hormone]" (in French). Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires Des Séances De l'Académie Des Sciences. Série D: Sciences Naturelles 275 (25): 2913–6. PMID 4347575.
- ^ Grant G, Vale W (June 1972). "Speculations on structural relationships between the hypothalamic releasing factors of pituitary hormones". Nature: New Biology 237 (75): 182–3. PMID 4556378.
- ^ Vale W, Grant G, Rivier J, et al. (May 1972). "Synthetic polypeptide antagonists of the hypothalamic luteinizing hormone releasing factor". Science 176 (4037): 933–4. doi:10.1126/science.176.4037.933. PMID 4555980.
- ^ Grant, Geoffrey F.; Parr, Tyler (December 2000). "Decline of life's energy theory of ageing 2. Restoration of anabolic and regulatory processes". Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents 10 (12): 1885–98. doi:10.1517/13543776.10.12.1885.
- ^ Grant, Geoffrey F.; Parr, Tyler (August 2000). "Decline of life's energy theory of ageing 1. Revitalisation of energy metabolism and ageing mitochondria". Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents 10 (8): 1233–43. doi:10.1517/13543776.10.8.1233.
- ^ US patent 3982759, Grant, Geoffrey F., "Tennis court line monitoring apparatus", issued 28 September 1976
- ^ Mason, John F. (26 April 1976). "An electronic linesman decides where the tennis ball bounces". Electronic Design Magazine: 55–57.
- ^ Bentley, Ken (January 1975). "Is the tennis lineman obsolete?". Tennis Magazine: 20–22.
- ^ US patent 4045022, Grant, Geoffrey F., "No-line tennis court", issued 30 August 1977
- ^ "Jares, Joe (12 May 1975). "Patching a tattered image". Sports Illustrated: 68. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1089830/index.htm.
- 1941 births
- Living people
- California Institute of Technology alumni
- British endocrinologists
- English expatriates in Canada
- English expatriates in the United States
- English inventors
- English biologists
- People from Rutland
- University of British Columbia alumni
- University of California, San Diego alumni
- University of North Texas faculty
- University of Texas at Arlington faculty
